Fertility rate: Malawi
3.648 live births per woman in 2023, the latest year published. Figures for 74 years from 1950 to 2023 are below.
Total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.648 |
| 2022 | 3.72 |
| 2021 | 3.791 |
| 2020 | 3.877 |
| 2019 | 3.952 |
| 2018 | 4.021 |
| 2017 | 4.113 |
| 2016 | 4.216 |
| 2015 | 4.384 |
| 2014 | 4.569 |
| 2013 | 4.759 |
| 2012 | 4.902 |
| 2011 | 5.083 |
| 2010 | 5.263 |
| 2009 | 5.453 |
| 2008 | 5.609 |
| 2007 | 5.724 |
| 2006 | 5.802 |
| 2005 | 5.848 |
| 2004 | 5.864 |
| 2003 | 5.875 |
| 2002 | 5.903 |
| 2001 | 5.943 |
| 2000 | 6.002 |
| 1999 | 6.124 |
| 1998 | 6.205 |
| 1997 | 6.231 |
| 1996 | 6.285 |
| 1995 | 6.392 |
| 1994 | 6.488 |
| 1993 | 6.573 |
| 1992 | 6.63 |
| 1991 | 6.681 |
| 1990 | 6.74 |
| 1989 | 6.803 |
| 1988 | 6.876 |
| 1987 | 6.97 |
| 1986 | 7.069 |
| 1985 | 7.17 |
| 1984 | 7.265 |
| 1983 | 7.361 |
| 1982 | 7.451 |
| 1981 | 7.493 |
| 1980 | 7.518 |
| 1979 | 7.465 |
| 1978 | 7.434 |
| 1977 | 7.408 |
| 1976 | 7.387 |
| 1975 | 7.359 |
| 1974 | 7.344 |
| 1973 | 7.338 |
| 1972 | 7.326 |
| 1971 | 7.311 |
| 1970 | 7.295 |
| 1969 | 7.274 |
| 1968 | 7.262 |
| 1967 | 7.213 |
| 1966 | 7.174 |
| 1965 | 7.126 |
| 1964 | 7.114 |
| 1963 | 7.127 |
| 1962 | 7.095 |
| 1961 | 7.067 |
| 1960 | 7.042 |
| 1959 | 7.01 |
| 1958 | 6.965 |
| 1957 | 6.923 |
| 1956 | 6.886 |
| 1955 | 6.843 |
| 1954 | 6.805 |
| 1953 | 6.853 |
| 1952 | 6.845 |
| 1951 | 6.836 |
| 1950 | 6.824 |