Fertility in Madagascar, 2021

Madagascar
2021
Total fertility rate: 4.10
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 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   2021  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Madagascar was 4.10 children per woman in 2021 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (188 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 977,163 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.10
Births
977,163
Births per 1,000 people
32.9
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.6%
Net reproduction rate
1.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
29,691,083
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
10-149.31.1%16,497
15-19133.216.2%211,039
20-24187.522.8%269,557
25-29177.221.6%211,645
30-34145.617.7%140,094
35-39103.612.6%84,112
40-4451.66.3%36,264
45-4913.11.6%7,646
50-540.70.1%308