Fertility in Madagascar, 1980

Madagascar
1980
Total fertility rate: 6.84
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
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   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 6.84 children per woman in 1980 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (298 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 421,612 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.84
Births
421,612
Births per 1,000 people
46.8
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.45
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
9,006,032
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
10-1413.51.0%7,499
15-19155.511.4%72,612
20-24285.520.9%115,378
25-29297.621.8%101,098
30-34257.018.8%62,242
35-39213.415.6%39,469
40-44115.98.5%19,081
45-4928.02.1%4,055
50-541.50.1%177