Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malta, 2002

Malta
2002
Total fertility rate: 1.46
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2002  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malta was 1.46 children per woman in 2002 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (109 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 4,003 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.46
Births
4,003
Births per 1,000 people
9.9
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.70
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
405,564
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
10-140.60.2%8
15-198.83.0%125
20-2459.920.6%884
25-29109.337.5%1,558
30-3477.326.6%960
35-3929.410.1%380
40-445.51.9%84
45-490.30.1%5
50-540.00.0%0