Fertility in Madagascar, 1951

Madagascar
1951
Total fertility rate: 7.43
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1951
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-5 -1   1951  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 7.43 children per woman in 1951 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (373 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 201,274 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.43
Births
201,274
Births per 1,000 people
49.6
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.25
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
4,057,200
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%660
15-19174.711.8%34,124
20-24346.023.3%56,787
25-29373.325.2%50,471
30-34279.818.9%28,890
35-39206.913.9%19,647
40-4479.25.3%8,660
45-4920.31.4%1,964
50-540.90.1%72