Fertility in Madagascar, 1959

Madagascar
1959
Total fertility rate: 7.36
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1959
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   1959  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 7.36 children per woman in 1959 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (368 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 239,165 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.36
Births
239,165
Births per 1,000 people
48.0
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
4,979,094
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
10-143.00.2%782
15-19176.011.9%37,638
20-24340.623.1%66,464
25-29367.625.0%63,425
30-34276.518.8%38,744
35-39208.014.1%23,254
40-4481.15.5%7,034
45-4919.61.3%1,738
50-540.90.1%87