Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Madagascar

Total fertility rate in Madagascar in 2024 — 3.91 births. Ranked 26 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 46.7%.

2024 3.91 births −1.51% vs 2023
World rank 26of 217
Period maximum 7.34 births1960
Period minimum 3.91 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Madagascar, 1960–202434567819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7.34 births1962: 7.26 births1964: 7.19 births1966: 7.16 births1968: 7.13 births1970: 7.1 births1972: 7.04 births1974: 6.99 births1976: 6.95 births1978: 6.9 births1980: 6.84 births1982: 6.7 births1984: 6.55 births1986: 6.34 births1988: 6.18 births1990: 6.14 births1992: 6.08 births1994: 6.04 births1996: 6.03 births1998: 5.99 births2000: 5.67 births2002: 5.41 births2004: 5.26 births2006: 5.13 births2008: 5.04 births2010: 4.9 births2012: 4.61 births2014: 4.42 births2016: 4.29 births2018: 4.25 births2020: 4.17 births2022: 4.04 births2024: 3.91 births
Change over the period: −3.43 (−46.72%) Average annual rate: -0.98 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Madagascar

Madagascar 3.91 births
World 2.19 births
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births
Eastern Africa computed 4.06 births
Low-income countries computed 4.48 births
Total fertility rate — Madagascar, by year Madagascar All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 3.91 −0.06 −1.51%
2023 3.97 −0.06 −1.59%
2022 4.04 −0.07 −1.66%
2021 4.1 −0.07 −1.58%
2020 4.17 −0.05 −1.21%
2019 4.22 −0.03 −0.59%
2018 4.25 −0.01 −0.31%
2017 4.26 −0.03 −0.61%
2016 4.29 −0.05 −1.15%
2015 4.34 −0.09 −1.95%
2014 4.42 −0.11 −2.34%
2013 4.53 −0.09 −1.86%
2012 4.61 −0.12 −2.62%
2011 4.74 −0.16 −3.25%
2010 4.9 −0.11 −2.14%
2009 5 −0.04 −0.79%
2008 5.04 −0.04 −0.79%
2007 5.08 −0.05 −0.97%
2006 5.13 −0.06 −1.19%
2005 5.2 −0.07 −1.31%
2004 5.26 −0.06 −1.22%
2003 5.33 −0.08 −1.53%
2002 5.41 −0.12 −2.1%
2001 5.53 −0.14 −2.42%
2000 5.67 −0.17 −2.98%
1999 5.84 −0.15 −2.55%
1998 5.99 −0.03 −0.51%
1997 6.02 −0.01 −0.13%
1996 6.03 −0 −0.08%
1995 6.04 −0.01 −0.1%
1994 6.04 −0.02 −0.33%
1993 6.06 −0.02 −0.33%
1992 6.08 −0.04 −0.59%
1991 6.12 −0.02 −0.36%
1990 6.14 −0.01 −0.15%
1989 6.15 −0.03 −0.47%
1988 6.18 −0.06 −1.03%
1987 6.24 −0.1 −1.59%
1986 6.34 −0.11 −1.75%
1985 6.46 −0.09 −1.39%
1984 6.55 −0.08 −1.19%
1983 6.63 −0.07 −1.09%
1982 6.7 −0.08 −1.11%
1981 6.77 −0.06 −0.94%
1980 6.84 −0.03 −0.49%
1979 6.87 −0.03 −0.46%
1978 6.9 −0.02 −0.33%
1977 6.93 −0.03 −0.39%
1976 6.95 −0.02 −0.24%
1975 6.97 −0.02 −0.31%
1974 6.99 −0.02 −0.26%
1973 7.01 −0.03 −0.44%
1972 7.04 −0.03 −0.37%
1971 7.07 −0.03 −0.39%
1970 7.1 −0.02 −0.31%
1969 7.12 −0.01 −0.18%
1968 7.13 −0.01 −0.18%
1967 7.14 −0.01 −0.17%
1966 7.16 −0.02 −0.21%
1965 7.17 −0.02 −0.24%
1964 7.19 −0.02 −0.33%
1963 7.21 −0.04 −0.61%
1962 7.26 −0.04 −0.59%
1961 7.3 −0.04 −0.6%
1960 7.34

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.