Fertility in Madagascar, 2018

Madagascar
2018
Total fertility rate: 4.25
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2018 1988, 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   2018  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 4.25 children per woman in 2018 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (194 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 925,221 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.25
Births
925,221
Births per 1,000 people
33.7
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.2%
Net reproduction rate
1.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
27,494,926
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
10-149.51.1%15,893
15-19136.316.0%205,619
20-24193.522.8%254,298
25-29182.621.5%193,360
30-34150.417.7%131,028
35-39108.212.7%81,876
40-4454.96.5%35,282
45-4914.51.7%7,560
50-540.70.1%308