Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Madagascar, 2006

Madagascar
2006
Total fertility rate: 5.13
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 5.13 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (234 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 749,906 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.13
Births
749,906
Births per 1,000 people
38.0
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.2%
Net reproduction rate
2.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
19,730,909
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
10-1413.11.3%16,339
15-19142.313.9%143,751
20-24233.722.8%200,656
25-29217.621.2%163,232
30-34186.818.2%117,816
35-39139.913.6%71,189
40-4472.77.1%30,043
45-4918.71.8%6,573
50-541.10.1%308