Fertility in Madagascar, 1970

Madagascar
1970
Total fertility rate: 7.10
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1970
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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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 7.10 children per woman in 1970 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (322 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.8 years old. In total, 312,422 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
7.10
Births
312,422
Births per 1,000 people
46.8
Mean age of mothers
28.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.48
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
6,672,003
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
10-1410.90.8%4,673
15-19178.512.6%64,984
20-24299.421.1%78,674
25-29322.422.7%65,355
30-34273.819.3%49,744
35-39206.614.6%33,224
40-44102.07.2%13,255
45-4923.41.7%2,428
50-541.10.1%86