Fertility in Madagascar, 2019

Madagascar
2019
Total fertility rate: 4.22
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2019 1989, 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 4.22 children per woman in 2019 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (192 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 948,017 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.22
Births
948,017
Births per 1,000 people
33.6
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.0%
Net reproduction rate
1.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
28,219,554
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
10-149.01.1%15,401
15-19136.416.1%208,904
20-24192.422.8%261,977
25-29182.121.5%200,598
30-34149.717.7%134,396
35-39107.012.7%82,901
40-4454.16.4%35,868
45-4914.11.7%7,662
50-540.70.1%308