Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Madagascar, 1968

Madagascar
1968
Total fertility rate: 7.13
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-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 7.13 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (334 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 291,027 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.13
Births
291,027
Births per 1,000 people
46.1
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.46
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
6,306,493
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
10-149.40.7%3,807
15-19169.111.9%57,006
20-24303.521.3%69,426
25-29334.523.5%65,590
30-34275.919.4%48,972
35-39210.414.8%32,019
40-4498.76.9%12,026
45-4922.31.6%2,109
50-541.00.1%74