Fertility in Madagascar, 2005

Madagascar
2005
Total fertility rate: 5.20
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 5.20 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (235 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 736,608 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.20
Births
736,608
Births per 1,000 people
38.4
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.18
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
19,159,707
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
10-1414.01.3%16,704
15-19143.513.8%139,866
20-24235.322.7%197,489
25-29220.121.2%160,722
30-34190.718.4%116,264
35-39141.413.6%69,075
40-4473.87.1%29,710
45-4919.01.8%6,472
50-541.10.1%306