Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Madagascar, 2007

Madagascar
2007
Total fertility rate: 5.08
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2007  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 5.08 children per woman in 2007 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (233 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 767,102 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.08
Births
767,102
Births per 1,000 people
37.8
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.16
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
20,318,583
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%16,920
15-19143.014.1%150,060
20-24232.622.9%204,441
25-29215.121.2%165,438
30-34184.118.1%119,991
35-39137.713.5%73,008
40-4471.37.0%30,365
45-4918.21.8%6,573
50-541.00.1%307