Fertility in Madagascar, 2015

Madagascar
2015
Total fertility rate: 4.33
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2015 1985, 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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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 4.33 children per woman in 2015 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (198 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.1 years old. In total, 858,677 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.33
Births
858,677
Births per 1,000 people
33.8
Mean age of mothers
28.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.88
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
25,426,702
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
10-1411.61.3%18,184
15-19135.615.6%192,753
20-24198.322.9%231,026
25-29185.421.4%175,155
30-34152.617.6%123,465
35-39109.912.7%77,001
40-4457.56.6%33,446
45-4915.91.8%7,320
50-540.90.1%327