Fertility in Madagascar, 2020

Madagascar
2020
Total fertility rate: 4.17
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2020 1990, 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 4.17 children per woman in 2020 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (190 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.0 years old. In total, 964,457 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.17
Births
964,457
Births per 1,000 people
33.3
Mean age of mothers
28.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
28,953,556
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
10-149.11.1%15,871
15-19135.016.2%210,178
20-24190.322.8%266,979
25-29180.021.6%206,371
30-34147.917.7%137,222
35-39105.512.6%83,661
40-4452.96.3%36,202
45-4913.61.6%7,664
50-540.70.1%307