Fertility in Madagascar, 1961

Madagascar
1961
Total fertility rate: 7.30
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1961
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   1961  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 7.30 children per woman in 1961 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (360 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 246,923 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.30
Births
246,923
Births per 1,000 people
47.1
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
5,246,158
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
10-145.20.4%1,557
15-19173.811.9%38,693
20-24329.322.5%65,628
25-29360.524.7%64,918
30-34276.318.9%41,280
35-39207.514.2%25,139
40-4487.76.0%7,994
45-4919.81.4%1,636
50-540.80.1%78