Fertility in Madagascar, 2008

Madagascar
2008
Total fertility rate: 5.04
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 5.04 children per woman in 2008 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (227 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 785,413 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.04
Births
785,413
Births per 1,000 people
37.5
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
19.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.15
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
20,923,840
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
10-1413.91.4%18,644
15-19143.414.2%156,429
20-24227.422.6%205,230
25-29213.121.1%167,803
30-34183.018.2%123,130
35-39137.213.6%75,746
40-4471.97.1%31,646
45-4917.51.7%6,485
50-541.00.1%297