Fertility & birth rates in Comoros and Madagascar

Fertility rate in Comoros vs Madagascar chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Comoros was 3.88 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.97 in Madagascar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Comoros vs Madagascar population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Comoros	Madagascar
1960	6.79	7.34
1961	6.85	7.3
1962	6.9	7.26
1963	6.92	7.21
1964	6.94	7.19
1965	6.97	7.17
1966	7	7.16
1967	7.02	7.14
1968	7.05	7.13
1969	7.07	7.12
1970	7.1	7.1
1971	7.12	7.07
1972	7.14	7.04
1973	7.17	7.01
1974	7.16	6.99
1975	7.16	6.97
1976	7.16	6.95
1977	7.15	6.93
1978	7.16	6.9
1979	7.16	6.87
1980	7.15	6.84
1981	7.14	6.77
1982	7.13	6.7
1983	7.11	6.63
1984	7.07	6.55
1985	7.02	6.46
1986	6.95	6.34
1987	6.87	6.24
1988	6.76	6.18
1989	6.65	6.15
1990	6.51	6.14
1991	6.35	6.12
1992	6.19	6.08
1993	6.02	6.06
1994	5.86	6.04
1995	5.73	6.04
1996	5.63	6.03
1997	5.51	6.02
1998	5.39	5.99
1999	5.28	5.84
2000	5.23	5.67
2001	5.2	5.53
2002	5.16	5.41
2003	5.12	5.33
2004	5.07	5.26
2005	5.01	5.2
2006	4.93	5.13
2007	4.86	5.08
2008	4.81	5.04
2009	4.78	5
2010	4.76	4.9
2011	4.72	4.74
2012	4.65	4.61
2013	4.57	4.53
2014	4.49	4.42
2015	4.42	4.34
2016	4.35	4.29
2017	4.28	4.26
2018	4.21	4.25
2019	4.14	4.22
2020	4.07	4.17
2021	4	4.1
2022	3.94	4.04
2023	3.88	3.97
2024	3.82	3.91
2025	3.76	3.84
2026	3.71	3.78
2027	3.65	3.72
2028	3.6	3.66
2029	3.55	3.61
2030	3.5	3.56
2031	3.44	3.51
2032	3.4	3.46
2033	3.36	3.41
2034	3.31	3.36
2035	3.27	3.32
2036	3.23	3.28
2037	3.19	3.24
2038	3.15	3.2
2039	3.11	3.16
2040	3.07	3.12
2041	3.04	3.09
2042	3	3.05
2043	2.97	3.02
2044	2.93	2.99
2045	2.9	2.95
2046	2.87	2.92
2047	2.84	2.9
2048	2.81	2.87
2049	2.78	2.84
2050	2.76	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Comoros	Madagascar
1960	41.6%	45.2%
1961	42%	45.8%
1962	42.5%	46.3%
1963	43.1%	46.7%
1964	43.7%	46.8%
1965	44.1%	46.7%
1966	44.5%	46.6%
1967	44.9%	46.5%
1968	45.3%	46.5%
1969	45.6%	46.4%
1970	45.8%	46.4%
1971	45.9%	46.4%
1972	46%	46.4%
1973	46.2%	46.4%
1974	46.3%	46.5%
1975	46.4%	46.5%
1976	46.6%	46.6%
1977	46.7%	46.7%
1978	46.8%	46.8%
1979	46.9%	46.9%
1980	46.9%	47%
1981	46.9%	47.1%
1982	46.9%	47.1%
1983	46.9%	47%
1984	46.8%	46.9%
1985	46.9%	46.8%
1986	46.9%	46.7%
1987	46.9%	46.5%
1988	46.9%	46.3%
1989	47%	46.1%
1990	47%	45.9%
1991	46.9%	45.7%
1992	47.1%	45.6%
1993	47.5%	45.5%
1994	47.7%	45.4%
1995	47.9%	45.3%
1996	47.9%	45.3%
1997	47.9%	45.3%
1998	47.7%	45.4%
1999	47.4%	45.4%
2000	47%	45.4%
2001	46.7%	45.4%
2002	46.6%	45.4%
2003	46.3%	45.4%
2004	45.7%	45.3%
2005	45%	45.2%
2006	44.3%	45%
2007	43.6%	44.8%
2008	42.9%	44.6%
2009	42.2%	44.3%
2010	41.6%	44%
2011	41%	43.7%
2012	40.5%	43.3%
2013	40.2%	42.8%
2014	40%	42.4%
2015	39.8%	42%
2016	39.6%	41.6%
2017	39.3%	41.2%
2018	38.9%	40.9%
2019	38.6%	40.7%
2020	38.3%	40.4%
2021	38%	40.1%
2022	37.7%	39.9%
2023	37.4%	39.6%
2024	37.1%	39.3%
2025	36.9%	38.9%
2026	36.6%	38.6%
2027	36.3%	38.4%
2028	36%	38.1%
2029	35.7%	37.8%
2030	35.3%	37.6%
2031	35%	37.3%
2032	34.7%	37%
2033	34.4%	36.7%
2034	34%	36.4%
2035	33.7%	36%
2036	33.4%	35.7%
2037	33.1%	35.3%
2038	32.8%	35%
2039	32.5%	34.6%
2040	32.2%	34.3%
2041	32%	34%
2042	31.7%	33.6%
2043	31.5%	33.3%
2044	31.2%	33%
2045	31%	32.7%
2046	30.8%	32.4%
2047	30.6%	32.1%
2048	30.3%	31.8%
2049	30.1%	31.6%
2050	29.9%	31.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.1% of the population in Comoros and 39.3% in Madagascar in 2024, compared to 47% and 45.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Comoros and Madagascar compared.

Natural population change in Comoros vs Madagascar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Comoros and +2.57% in Madagascar. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Comoros	Madagascar
1960	4,886	133,684
1961	5,027	136,578
1962	5,157	139,412
1963	5,249	142,666
1964	5,359	146,894
1965	5,465	152,362
1966	5,601	159,483
1967	5,741	167,287
1968	5,960	175,869
1969	6,189	184,562
1970	6,456	194,889
1971	6,722	204,617
1972	7,019	213,138
1973	7,328	221,768
1974	7,654	230,233
1975	7,752	238,774
1976	8,371	247,026
1977	8,750	255,399
1978	9,189	263,684
1979	9,637	270,752
1980	10,095	275,287
1981	10,569	277,535
1982	11,002	284,733
1983	11,367	290,085
1984	11,830	296,892
1985	12,202	304,199
1986	12,566	307,074
1987	12,869	317,621
1988	13,144	330,510
1989	13,374	344,279
1990	13,610	360,621
1991	13,783	375,040
1992	13,867	388,430
1993	13,667	408,801
1994	13,465	428,169
1995	13,403	450,259
1996	13,390	471,453
1997	13,254	490,905
1998	13,099	508,408
1999	13,161	516,976
2000	13,270	520,860
2001	13,598	529,656
2002	13,760	535,518
2003	14,031	544,903
2004	14,349	556,319
2005	14,810	568,143
2006	15,124	581,489
2007	15,393	597,772
2008	15,804	615,580
2009	16,315	634,008
2010	16,849	641,543
2011	17,313	640,577
2012	17,565	644,255
2013	17,776	654,230
2014	17,876	660,837
2015	17,961	668,977
2016	17,913	682,801
2017	17,798	699,498
2018	17,883	719,267
2019	17,936	735,853
2020	17,906	736,607
2021	17,645	741,416
2022	18,154	753,931
2023	18,247	766,391

Maternal mortality chart: Comoros vs Madagascar

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 179 deaths per 100,000 live births in Comoros, compared to 445 deaths in Madagascar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Comoros	Madagascar
1985	850	751
1986	825	730
1987	811	702
1988	791	687
1989	768	684
1990	737	692
1991	704	691
1992	675	699
1993	642	688
1994	602	688
1995	571	684
1996	545	680
1997	520	676
1998	515	663
1999	486	647
2000	476	638
2001	440	611
2002	428	593
2003	400	571
2004	385	555
2005	373	540
2006	360	528
2007	352	522
2008	334	510
2009	320	507
2010	305	500
2011	291	492
2012	274	487
2013	260	481
2014	247	477
2015	237	474
2016	225	470
2017	219	469
2018	209	466
2019	202	462
2020	198	447
2021	215	467
2022	186	439
2023	179	445

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.98% in Comoros and 6.48% in Madagascar. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Comoros	Madagascar
1968	-	14.6%
1969	-	14.7%
1970	23.2%	14.9%
1971	22.5%	15.1%
1972	22%	15.3%
1973	21.4%	15.6%
1974	20.8%	15.8%
1975	20.3%	16.1%
1976	19.7%	16.3%
1977	19.1%	16.5%
1978	18.6%	16.7%
1979	18%	16.9%
1980	17.4%	17.1%
1981	16.8%	17.4%
1982	16.2%	17.6%
1983	15.7%	17.8%
1984	15.1%	17.8%
1985	14.6%	17.7%
1986	14%	17.5%
1987	13.5%	17.1%
1988	13%	16.6%
1989	12.6%	16.1%
1990	12.1%	15.6%
1991	11.6%	15%
1992	11.1%	14.5%
1993	10.7%	14%
1994	10.2%	13.5%
1995	9.78%	13.1%
1996	9.37%	12.6%
1997	9%	12%
1998	8.63%	11.5%
1999	8.28%	11%
2000	7.96%	10.5%
2001	7.65%	10%
2002	7.36%	9.6%
2003	7.07%	9.2%
2004	6.8%	8.82%
2005	6.55%	8.46%
2006	6.31%	8.12%
2007	6.08%	7.81%
2008	5.88%	7.53%
2009	5.69%	7.28%
2010	5.51%	7.07%
2011	5.36%	6.9%
2012	5.21%	6.77%
2013	5.08%	6.69%
2014	4.97%	6.62%
2015	4.87%	6.58%
2016	4.76%	6.57%
2017	4.66%	6.57%
2018	4.56%	6.58%
2019	4.46%	6.61%
2020	4.35%	6.63%
2021	4.24%	6.62%
2022	4.11%	6.57%
2023	3.98%	6.48%