Fertility in Madagascar, 2016

Madagascar
2016
Total fertility rate: 4.28
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2016 1986, 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 4.28 children per woman in 2016 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (196 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 877,298 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.28
Births
877,298
Births per 1,000 people
33.6
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.86
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
26,099,952
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
10-1410.91.3%17,466
15-19135.215.8%196,885
20-24196.422.9%238,251
25-29183.521.4%179,823
30-34151.017.6%125,024
35-39109.112.7%78,618
40-4455.76.5%33,514
45-4915.41.8%7,397
50-540.80.1%321