Fertility in Madagascar, 1975

Madagascar
1975
Total fertility rate: 6.97
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1975
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   1975  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 6.97 children per woman in 1975 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (305 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 366,601 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.97
Births
366,601
Births per 1,000 people
47.4
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.49
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
7,739,336
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
10-1414.81.1%7,074
15-19173.212.4%72,173
20-24291.320.9%102,727
25-29305.221.9%77,173
30-34263.918.9%51,168
35-39208.514.9%36,103
40-44110.37.9%16,831
45-4926.21.9%3,219
50-541.40.1%133