Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Madagascar, 1965

Madagascar
1965
Total fertility rate: 7.17
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1965  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 7.17 children per woman in 1965 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (348 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 265,221 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.17
Births
265,221
Births per 1,000 people
45.6
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
5,819,116
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
10-145.70.4%2,135
15-19163.611.5%44,403
20-24308.221.6%64,897
25-29348.024.4%66,048
30-34275.519.3%46,514
35-39210.414.7%28,887
40-4496.66.8%10,623
45-4920.01.4%1,654
50-540.80.1%59