Madagascar
Fertility rate in Madagascar
Fertility rate in Madagascar: 7.43 births per woman in 1950 and 3.97 births per woman in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 3.97 births per woman
- Since 1950
- −3.46 births per woman
- Rank, 2023
- 28 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 2.25 births per woman
- Projected, 2100
- 2.06 births per woman
- UN projection (medium variant)
births per woman · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 2.06 births per woman in 2100, between 1.17 births per woman and 3.46 births per woman (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 7.43 births per woman in 1953, the lowest 3.97 births per woman in 2023.
Every year
births per woman · UN
| Year | Madagascar | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3.97 | 2.25 |
| 2022 | 4.04 | 2.27 |
| 2021 | 4.1 | 2.29 |
| 2020 | 4.17 | 2.32 |
| 2019 | 4.22 | 2.4 |
| 2018 | 4.25 | 2.44 |
| 2017 | 4.26 | 2.5 |
| 2016 | 4.29 | 2.54 |
| 2015 | 4.34 | 2.54 |
| 2014 | 4.42 | 2.56 |
| 2013 | 4.53 | 2.57 |
| 2012 | 4.61 | 2.61 |
| 2011 | 4.74 | 2.59 |
| 2010 | 4.9 | 2.6 |
| 2009 | 5 | 2.62 |
| 2008 | 5.04 | 2.63 |
| 2007 | 5.08 | 2.62 |
| 2006 | 5.13 | 2.63 |
| 2005 | 5.2 | 2.63 |
| 2004 | 5.26 | 2.65 |
| 2003 | 5.33 | 2.66 |
| 2002 | 5.41 | 2.68 |
| 2001 | 5.53 | 2.71 |
| 2000 | 5.67 | 2.75 |
| 1999 | 5.84 | 2.75 |
| 1998 | 5.99 | 2.78 |
| 1997 | 6.02 | 2.81 |
| 1996 | 6.03 | 2.85 |
| 1995 | 6.04 | 2.89 |
| 1994 | 6.04 | 2.93 |
| 1993 | 6.06 | 2.98 |
| 1992 | 6.08 | 3.04 |
| 1991 | 6.12 | 3.13 |
| 1990 | 6.14 | 3.31 |
| 1989 | 6.15 | 3.35 |
| 1988 | 6.18 | 3.39 |
| 1987 | 6.24 | 3.48 |
| 1986 | 6.34 | 3.5 |
| 1985 | 6.46 | 3.51 |
| 1984 | 6.55 | 3.55 |
| 1983 | 6.63 | 3.58 |
| 1982 | 6.7 | 3.71 |
| 1981 | 6.77 | 3.71 |
| 1980 | 6.84 | 3.74 |
| 1979 | 6.87 | 3.77 |
| 1978 | 6.9 | 3.79 |
| 1977 | 6.93 | 3.85 |
| 1976 | 6.95 | 3.97 |
| 1975 | 6.97 | 4.08 |
| 1974 | 6.99 | 4.26 |
| 1973 | 7.01 | 4.42 |
| 1972 | 7.04 | 4.55 |
| 1971 | 7.07 | 4.68 |
| 1970 | 7.1 | 4.83 |
| 1969 | 7.12 | 4.87 |
| 1968 | 7.13 | 4.96 |
| 1967 | 7.14 | 4.85 |
| 1966 | 7.16 | 4.96 |
| 1965 | 7.17 | 5.07 |
| 1964 | 7.19 | 5.12 |
| 1963 | 7.21 | 5.31 |
| 1962 | 7.26 | 5.02 |
| 1961 | 7.3 | 4.57 |
| 1960 | 7.34 | 4.7 |
| 1959 | 7.36 | 4.74 |
| 1958 | 7.37 | 4.93 |
| 1957 | 7.38 | 5.07 |
| 1956 | 7.39 | 4.93 |
| 1955 | 7.4 | 5 |
| 1954 | 7.42 | 5 |
| 1953 | 7.43 | 4.92 |
| 1952 | 7.43 | 5 |
| 1951 | 7.43 | 4.82 |
| 1950 | 7.43 | 4.85 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Madagascar | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.913.18–4.65 | 2.25 |
| 2025 | 3.853.05–4.68 | 2.24 |
| 2026 | 3.782.92–4.67 | 2.23 |
| 2027 | 3.722.76–4.65 | 2.22 |
| 2028 | 3.662.7–4.66 | 2.21 |
| 2029 | 3.612.56–4.62 | 2.2 |
| 2030 | 3.562.48–4.62 | 2.2 |
| 2031 | 3.512.45–4.61 | 2.19 |
| 2032 | 3.462.35–4.63 | 2.18 |
| 2033 | 3.412.26–4.64 | 2.17 |
| 2034 | 3.372.2–4.6 | 2.16 |
| 2035 | 3.322.13–4.54 | 2.15 |
| 2036 | 3.282.07–4.48 | 2.15 |
| 2037 | 3.242.05–4.5 | 2.14 |
| 2038 | 3.21.98–4.46 | 2.13 |
| 2039 | 3.161.95–4.46 | 2.13 |
| 2040 | 3.121.92–4.43 | 2.13 |
| 2041 | 3.091.9–4.4 | 2.12 |
| 2042 | 3.051.87–4.41 | 2.12 |
| 2043 | 3.021.83–4.41 | 2.12 |
| 2044 | 2.991.79–4.4 | 2.12 |
| 2045 | 2.951.75–4.39 | 2.12 |
| 2046 | 2.931.74–4.37 | 2.11 |
| 2047 | 2.91.73–4.36 | 2.11 |
| 2048 | 2.871.7–4.32 | 2.11 |
| 2049 | 2.841.66–4.3 | 2.1 |
| 2050 | 2.821.65–4.27 | 2.1 |
| 2051 | 2.791.62–4.27 | 2.09 |
| 2052 | 2.761.58–4.25 | 2.09 |
| 2053 | 2.741.57–4.25 | 2.08 |
| 2054 | 2.711.53–4.22 | 2.07 |
| 2055 | 2.691.52–4.17 | 2.07 |
| 2056 | 2.671.52–4.13 | 2.06 |
| 2057 | 2.651.47–4.14 | 2.05 |
| 2058 | 2.631.45–4.1 | 2.04 |
| 2059 | 2.611.46–4.08 | 2.04 |
| 2060 | 2.591.45–4.06 | 2.03 |
| 2061 | 2.571.43–4.08 | 2.02 |
| 2062 | 2.551.44–4.06 | 2.02 |
| 2063 | 2.531.44–4.04 | 2.01 |
| 2064 | 2.511.42–4.04 | 2 |
| 2065 | 2.491.44–4.05 | 2 |
| 2066 | 2.481.41–4.01 | 1.99 |
| 2067 | 2.461.4–4 | 1.98 |
| 2068 | 2.441.4–3.99 | 1.98 |
| 2069 | 2.421.37–3.98 | 1.97 |
| 2070 | 2.411.37–3.96 | 1.97 |
| 2071 | 2.391.37–3.95 | 1.96 |
| 2072 | 2.371.34–3.89 | 1.96 |
| 2073 | 2.361.33–3.89 | 1.95 |
| 2074 | 2.341.31–3.84 | 1.95 |
| 2075 | 2.321.3–3.77 | 1.94 |
| 2076 | 2.311.3–3.81 | 1.94 |
| 2077 | 2.31.28–3.78 | 1.94 |
| 2078 | 2.281.28–3.75 | 1.93 |
| 2079 | 2.271.3–3.73 | 1.93 |
| 2080 | 2.251.29–3.71 | 1.92 |
| 2081 | 2.241.26–3.71 | 1.92 |
| 2082 | 2.231.24–3.71 | 1.91 |
| 2083 | 2.221.24–3.71 | 1.91 |
| 2084 | 2.211.23–3.72 | 1.91 |
| 2085 | 2.21.22–3.74 | 1.9 |
| 2086 | 2.191.23–3.7 | 1.9 |
| 2087 | 2.181.22–3.65 | 1.89 |
| 2088 | 2.171.23–3.63 | 1.89 |
| 2089 | 2.161.22–3.61 | 1.88 |
| 2090 | 2.151.21–3.64 | 1.88 |
| 2091 | 2.141.2–3.57 | 1.88 |
| 2092 | 2.131.2–3.58 | 1.87 |
| 2093 | 2.121.22–3.54 | 1.87 |
| 2094 | 2.111.2–3.51 | 1.86 |
| 2095 | 2.11.2–3.51 | 1.86 |
| 2096 | 2.091.2–3.49 | 1.85 |
| 2097 | 2.081.2–3.48 | 1.85 |
| 2098 | 2.081.18–3.51 | 1.85 |
| 2099 | 2.071.16–3.48 | 1.84 |
| 2100 | 2.061.17–3.46 | 1.84 |
Good to know
- The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending0.62% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$111M in 2025
- Military spending per person$4 in 2025
- Military share of state spending3.8% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel22,000 people in 2020
- National power0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.15% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports3 million TIV in 2025