Fertility in Malta, 2005

Malta
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.38
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malta was 1.38 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (102 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 3,936 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.38
Births
3,936
Births per 1,000 people
9.5
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.66
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.8
Population
413,320
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
10-140.70.3%10
15-1920.77.5%296
20-2453.819.5%802
25-29101.936.9%1,507
30-3472.026.1%982
35-3922.68.2%278
40-443.91.4%56
45-490.30.1%4
50-540.00.0%0