Fertility in Madagascar, 2009

Madagascar
2009
Total fertility rate: 5.00
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2009  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 5.00 children per woman in 2009 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (224 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 805,777 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.00
Births
805,777
Births per 1,000 people
37.4
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.6
Population
21,547,280
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
10-1414.21.4%19,819
15-19145.214.5%164,776
20-24224.022.4%208,244
25-29211.421.1%170,282
30-34181.818.2%126,191
35-39134.113.4%77,015
40-4471.37.1%32,575
45-4917.31.7%6,572
50-541.00.1%303