Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Madagascar, 1998

Madagascar
1998
Total fertility rate: 5.99
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 5.99 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (263 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 682,746 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.99
Births
682,746
Births per 1,000 people
44.1
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.39
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
15,489,364
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
10-1412.51.0%11,640
15-19144.412.0%118,832
20-24263.522.0%186,579
25-29262.721.9%153,449
30-34227.118.9%106,403
35-39170.014.2%67,527
40-4495.78.0%31,968
45-4922.81.9%6,124
50-541.30.1%223