Fertility in Madagascar, 2017

Madagascar
2017
Total fertility rate: 4.26
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 4.26 children per woman in 2017 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (195 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 899,885 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.26
Births
899,885
Births per 1,000 people
33.6
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
26,788,375
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
10-1410.01.2%16,387
15-19135.915.9%201,860
20-24194.622.8%245,864
25-29182.421.4%185,745
30-34150.117.6%127,284
35-39108.912.8%80,493
40-4455.46.5%34,459
45-4914.91.7%7,481
50-540.80.1%313