# Fertility rate: Malaysia

1.55 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](/sources/fertility) · [All countries and regions](/fertility).

## Every year

| Year | Value (live births per woman) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2023 | 1.55 |
| 2022 | 1.55 |
| 2021 | 1.555 |
| 2020 | 1.68 |
| 2019 | 1.777 |
| 2018 | 1.838 |
| 2017 | 1.893 |
| 2016 | 1.942 |
| 2015 | 2.008 |
| 2014 | 2.058 |
| 2013 | 2.07 |
| 2012 | 2.117 |
| 2011 | 2.153 |
| 2010 | 2.144 |
| 2009 | 2.223 |
| 2008 | 2.262 |
| 2007 | 2.252 |
| 2006 | 2.308 |
| 2005 | 2.391 |
| 2004 | 2.493 |
| 2003 | 2.601 |
| 2002 | 2.658 |
| 2001 | 2.807 |
| 2000 | 2.942 |
| 1999 | 3.068 |
| 1998 | 3.12 |
| 1997 | 3.227 |
| 1996 | 3.297 |
| 1995 | 3.317 |
| 1994 | 3.346 |
| 1993 | 3.364 |
| 1992 | 3.373 |
| 1991 | 3.339 |
| 1990 | 3.304 |
| 1989 | 3.313 |
| 1988 | 3.502 |
| 1987 | 3.565 |
| 1986 | 3.699 |
| 1985 | 3.804 |
| 1984 | 3.885 |
| 1983 | 3.928 |
| 1982 | 3.967 |
| 1981 | 4.002 |
| 1980 | 4.035 |
| 1979 | 4.091 |
| 1978 | 4.179 |
| 1977 | 4.282 |
| 1976 | 4.398 |
| 1975 | 4.501 |
| 1974 | 4.619 |
| 1973 | 4.727 |
| 1972 | 4.822 |
| 1971 | 4.924 |
| 1970 | 5.035 |
| 1969 | 5.159 |
| 1968 | 5.291 |
| 1967 | 5.433 |
| 1966 | 5.635 |
| 1965 | 5.836 |
| 1964 | 6.03 |
| 1963 | 6.191 |
| 1962 | 6.296 |
| 1961 | 6.367 |
| 1960 | 6.412 |
| 1959 | 6.441 |
| 1958 | 6.456 |
| 1957 | 6.468 |
| 1956 | 6.461 |
| 1955 | 6.452 |
| 1954 | 6.448 |
| 1953 | 6.437 |
| 1952 | 6.426 |
| 1951 | 6.428 |
| 1950 | 6.429 |

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