Fertility rate in Malawi

Fertility rate in Malawi: 6.82 births per woman in 1950 and 3.65 births per woman in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023: 3.65 births per woman
Since 1950: −3.18 births per woman
Rank, 2023: 39 of 229; counting from the highest
World, 2023: 2.25 births per woman
Projected, 2100: 1.95 births per woman; UN projection (medium variant)

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births per woman · UN

Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction intervalWorld

What the numbers say

The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1.95 births per woman in 2100, between 1.12 births per woman and 3.21 births per woman (95% prediction interval).
The highest was 7.52 births per woman in 1980, the lowest 3.65 births per woman in 2023.

Every year

births per woman · UN

Year	Malawi	World
2023	3.65	2.25
2022	3.72	2.27
2021	3.79	2.29
2020	3.88	2.32
2019	3.95	2.4
2018	4.02	2.44
2017	4.11	2.5
2016	4.22	2.54
2015	4.38	2.54
2014	4.57	2.56
2013	4.76	2.57
2012	4.9	2.61
2011	5.08	2.59
2010	5.26	2.6
2009	5.45	2.62
2008	5.61	2.63
2007	5.72	2.62
2006	5.8	2.63
2005	5.85	2.63
2004	5.86	2.65
2003	5.88	2.66
2002	5.9	2.68
2001	5.94	2.71
2000	6	2.75
1999	6.12	2.75
1998	6.21	2.78
1997	6.23	2.81
1996	6.29	2.85
1995	6.39	2.89
1994	6.49	2.93
1993	6.57	2.98
1992	6.63	3.04
1991	6.68	3.13
1990	6.74	3.31
1989	6.8	3.35
1988	6.88	3.39
1987	6.97	3.48
1986	7.07	3.5
1985	7.17	3.51
1984	7.27	3.55
1983	7.36	3.58
1982	7.45	3.71
1981	7.49	3.71
1980	7.52	3.74
1979	7.47	3.77
1978	7.43	3.79
1977	7.41	3.85
1976	7.39	3.97
1975	7.36	4.08
1974	7.34	4.26
1973	7.34	4.42
1972	7.33	4.55
1971	7.31	4.68
1970	7.3	4.83
1969	7.27	4.87
1968	7.26	4.96
1967	7.21	4.85
1966	7.17	4.96
1965	7.13	5.07
1964	7.11	5.12
1963	7.13	5.31
1962	7.1	5.02
1961	7.07	4.57
1960	7.04	4.7
1959	7.01	4.74
1958	6.97	4.93
1957	6.92	5.07
1956	6.89	4.93
1955	6.84	5
1954	6.81	5
1953	6.85	4.92
1952	6.85	5
1951	6.84	4.82
1950	6.82	4.85

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Malawi	World
2024	3.592.8–4.33	2.25
2025	3.532.64–4.33	2.24
2026	3.452.5–4.33	2.23
2027	3.392.36–4.33	2.22
2028	3.332.27–4.35	2.21
2029	3.292.16–4.38	2.2
2030	3.232.07–4.34	2.2
2031	3.182.02–4.36	2.19
2032	3.131.95–4.32	2.18
2033	3.091.9–4.31	2.17
2034	3.051.84–4.33	2.16
2035	3.011.8–4.32	2.15
2036	2.971.74–4.31	2.15
2037	2.931.73–4.3	2.14
2038	2.91.71–4.25	2.13
2039	2.861.66–4.2	2.13
2040	2.821.66–4.17	2.13
2041	2.791.63–4.17	2.12
2042	2.761.59–4.16	2.12
2043	2.731.56–4.08	2.12
2044	2.71.54–4.04	2.12
2045	2.671.5–4.05	2.12
2046	2.641.5–4.03	2.11
2047	2.611.46–4.04	2.11
2048	2.591.44–4.01	2.11
2049	2.571.43–3.99	2.1
2050	2.551.4–4.01	2.1
2051	2.521.4–4.02	2.09
2052	2.51.38–4	2.09
2053	2.481.36–3.95	2.08
2054	2.461.37–3.96	2.07
2055	2.441.35–3.91	2.07
2056	2.421.34–3.92	2.06
2057	2.411.35–3.92	2.05
2058	2.391.32–3.9	2.04
2059	2.381.3–3.87	2.04
2060	2.361.27–3.82	2.03
2061	2.341.27–3.81	2.02
2062	2.321.28–3.8	2.02
2063	2.311.26–3.79	2.01
2064	2.291.27–3.76	2
2065	2.281.25–3.76	2
2066	2.261.23–3.68	1.99
2067	2.251.25–3.66	1.98
2068	2.241.24–3.64	1.98
2069	2.231.24–3.64	1.97
2070	2.221.23–3.62	1.97
2071	2.21.23–3.63	1.96
2072	2.191.22–3.62	1.96
2073	2.181.2–3.59	1.95
2074	2.171.2–3.61	1.95
2075	2.161.2–3.57	1.94
2076	2.151.22–3.54	1.94
2077	2.141.2–3.55	1.94
2078	2.131.21–3.55	1.93
2079	2.121.22–3.55	1.93
2080	2.11.2–3.54	1.92
2081	2.091.19–3.52	1.92
2082	2.081.18–3.51	1.91
2083	2.071.19–3.46	1.91
2084	2.071.18–3.43	1.91
2085	2.061.2–3.42	1.9
2086	2.051.18–3.41	1.9
2087	2.041.16–3.43	1.89
2088	2.041.17–3.43	1.89
2089	2.031.15–3.4	1.88
2090	2.021.15–3.45	1.88
2091	2.011.15–3.4	1.88
2092	21.11–3.37	1.87
2093	1.991.13–3.32	1.87
2094	1.991.14–3.33	1.86
2095	1.981.13–3.35	1.86
2096	1.971.11–3.32	1.85
2097	1.971.11–3.31	1.85
2098	1.961.13–3.28	1.85
2099	1.961.14–3.28	1.84
2100	1.951.12–3.21	1.84

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The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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