Fertility in Madagascar, 2010

Madagascar
2010
Total fertility rate: 4.90
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2010 1980, 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   2010  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 4.90 children per woman in 2010 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (218 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 815,149 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.90
Births
815,149
Births per 1,000 people
36.7
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
20.7%
Net reproduction rate
2.10
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.7
Population
22,183,340
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
10-1414.61.5%20,913
15-19143.014.6%168,932
20-24217.522.2%208,907
25-29207.521.2%171,039
30-34178.818.3%127,925
35-39129.713.2%77,270
40-4469.77.1%33,142
45-4917.21.8%6,705
50-541.00.1%316