Subscribe in a reader | Subscribe by Email 7 years down the lane, i suppose it would have further reduced. surprised to see the chinese having more children than the indians.
Tamil Nesan reported National Population and Family Development Board consultant Dr Abdul Majid Mat Salleh's statement that birth rates had been declining since 1957 with no sign of improving.
Board statistics showed that in 1957, the average birth rate in Malaysia was 6.7 children per woman, but it has declined to three children per woman in 2000.
Dr Abdul Majid said Malays were the most fertile ethnic group in 2000 with an average birth rate of 3.5 children per woman compared with 2.5 among the Chinese and 2.4 among Indians
