Fertility in Madagascar, 2022

Madagascar
2022
Total fertility rate: 4.04
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2022 1992, 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 4.04 children per woman in 2022 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (185 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 989,140 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.04
Births
989,140
Births per 1,000 people
32.5
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.76
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.9
Population
30,437,261
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
10-149.51.2%17,127
15-19131.616.3%212,570
20-24185.022.9%271,188
25-29174.521.6%217,010
30-34143.017.7%143,086
35-39101.412.5%84,296
40-4449.76.2%35,836
45-4912.81.6%7,713
50-540.70.1%317