Fertility in Madagascar, 2001

Madagascar
2001
Total fertility rate: 5.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 5.53 children per woman in 2001 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (251 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 700,327 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.53
Births
700,327
Births per 1,000 people
41.1
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.26
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
17,032,939
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
10-1414.51.3%14,878
15-19149.913.6%131,575
20-24251.122.7%193,634
25-29237.921.5%154,661
30-34201.918.2%106,041
35-39148.613.4%63,590
40-4480.67.3%29,408
45-4920.71.9%6,249
50-541.30.1%290