Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Madagascar, 1958

Madagascar
1958
Total fertility rate: 7.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1958  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 7.37 children per woman in 1958 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (369 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 234,600 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.37
Births
234,600
Births per 1,000 people
48.4
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.36
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
4,850,846
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
10-142.60.2%645
15-19177.712.0%37,466
20-24342.823.2%66,152
25-29368.525.0%61,774
30-34276.418.7%37,598
35-39208.314.1%22,197
40-4479.75.4%6,870
45-4919.51.3%1,809
50-540.90.1%89