Fertility in Madagascar, 1960

Madagascar
1960
Total fertility rate: 7.34
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1960
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   1960  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 7.34 children per woman in 1960 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (365 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 243,495 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.34
Births
243,495
Births per 1,000 people
47.6
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
5,111,029
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
10-144.40.3%1,224
15-19175.211.9%38,144
20-24335.522.8%66,175
25-29364.724.8%64,409
30-34276.918.8%40,033
35-39208.114.2%24,277
40-4484.65.8%7,468
45-4919.71.3%1,682
50-540.90.1%84