Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Malta, 2006

Malta
2006
Total fertility rate: 1.36
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Malta was 1.36 children per woman in 2006 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (95 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 3,911 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.36
Births
3,911
Births per 1,000 people
9.4
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
6.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
415,454
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%7
15-1917.26.3%248
20-2445.716.7%676
25-2994.634.6%1,400
30-3480.629.4%1,136
35-3929.610.8%369
40-445.21.9%69
45-490.20.1%4
50-540.00.0%0