Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malta, 1997

Malta
1997
Total fertility rate: 1.94
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malta was 1.94 children per woman in 1997 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (146 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 5,044 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.94
Births
5,044
Births per 1,000 people
12.9
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.92
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
390,679
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.40.1%6
15-1916.24.2%235
20-2477.420.1%1,085
25-29146.338.0%1,771
30-3496.825.2%1,236
35-3939.010.1%586
40-448.32.1%121
45-490.30.1%5
50-540.00.0%0