Fertility in Madagascar, 2023

Madagascar
2023
Total fertility rate: 3.97
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2023 1993, 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 3.97 children per woman in 2023 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (182 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 27.9 years old. In total, 1,001,244 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.97
Births
1,001,244
Births per 1,000 people
32.1
Mean age of mothers
27.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
21.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.8
Population
31,195,932
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
10-149.71.2%17,732
15-19129.816.3%214,308
20-24182.422.9%271,695
25-29171.821.6%222,317
30-34140.717.7%146,421
35-3999.612.5%85,042
40-4448.46.1%35,763
45-4912.31.5%7,652
50-540.60.1%314