Fertility in Madagascar, 2000

Madagascar
2000
Total fertility rate: 5.66
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2000 1970, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2000  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 5.66 children per woman in 2000 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (256 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 693,681 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.66
Births
693,681
Births per 1,000 people
42.0
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.29
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
16,516,338
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
10-1413.81.2%13,622
15-19147.713.0%126,814
20-24256.022.6%192,339
25-29245.721.7%154,517
30-34208.818.4%105,365
35-39154.513.6%64,412
40-4484.77.5%30,054
45-4921.41.9%6,276
50-541.40.1%282