Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Madagascar, 2011

Madagascar
2011
Total fertility rate: 4.74
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2011  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 4.74 children per woman in 2011 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (211 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.3 years old. In total, 815,913 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.74
Births
815,913
Births per 1,000 people
35.8
Mean age of mothers
28.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.04
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
22,822,300
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
10-1414.21.5%20,821
15-19139.614.7%171,581
20-24211.222.3%210,300
25-29201.221.2%169,768
30-34172.818.2%127,074
35-39123.413.0%76,112
40-4466.87.1%33,093
45-4917.11.8%6,837
50-541.00.1%329