Fertility in Malta, 2001

Malta
2001
Total fertility rate: 1.49
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malta was 1.49 children per woman in 2001 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (113 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 4,059 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.49
Births
4,059
Births per 1,000 people
10.1
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
5.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.3
Population
402,784
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
10-140.70.2%10
15-1915.75.3%228
20-2458.519.6%855
25-29112.537.7%1,562
30-3478.026.1%945
35-3926.58.9%356
40-446.32.1%97
45-490.30.1%5
50-540.00.0%0