Fertility in Madagascar, 1990

Madagascar
1990
Total fertility rate: 6.14
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 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   1990  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 6.14 children per woman in 1990 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (270 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 531,725 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.14
Births
531,725
Births per 1,000 people
44.1
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.28
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
12,055,639
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
10-1410.30.8%8,058
15-19132.610.8%87,161
20-24266.121.6%141,523
25-29269.621.9%119,302
30-34234.619.1%89,055
35-39185.715.1%58,775
40-44104.68.5%23,375
45-4925.32.1%4,269
50-541.40.1%208