Fertility in Madagascar, 1950

Madagascar
1950
Total fertility rate: 7.43
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1950  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 7.43 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (374 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 196,927 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.43
Births
196,927
Births per 1,000 people
49.8
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
3,956,074
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
10-143.10.2%664
15-19173.511.7%33,281
20-24346.223.3%55,088
25-29373.725.2%48,738
30-34279.418.8%28,024
35-39206.213.9%20,204
40-4480.25.4%8,958
45-4920.21.4%1,897
50-540.90.1%70