Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Madagascar, 2003

Madagascar
2003
Total fertility rate: 5.33
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2003  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 5.33 children per woman in 2003 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (240 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 714,080 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.33
Births
714,080
Births per 1,000 people
39.5
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
18.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
18,071,854
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
10-1414.81.4%16,315
15-19146.813.8%134,893
20-24240.322.5%193,561
25-29226.721.3%156,480
30-34196.418.4%111,480
35-39143.913.5%65,378
40-4476.27.1%29,237
45-4920.01.9%6,424
50-541.20.1%309