Fertility & birth rates in Fiji and Madagascar

Fertility rate in Fiji vs Madagascar chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Fiji was 2.28 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 Fiji 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
	Fiji	Madagascar
1960	6.36	7.34
1961	6.28	7.3
1962	6.2	7.26
1963	6.09	7.21
1964	5.96	7.19
1965	5.76	7.17
1966	5.55	7.16
1967	5.33	7.14
1968	5.11	7.13
1969	4.91	7.12
1970	4.71	7.1
1971	4.51	7.07
1972	4.32	7.04
1973	4.16	7.01
1974	4.07	6.99
1975	4.1	6.97
1976	4.12	6.95
1977	4.11	6.93
1978	4.1	6.9
1979	4.08	6.87
1980	4.04	6.84
1981	3.99	6.77
1982	3.94	6.7
1983	3.88	6.63
1984	3.8	6.55
1985	3.66	6.46
1986	3.54	6.34
1987	3.48	6.24
1988	3.43	6.18
1989	3.4	6.15
1990	3.39	6.14
1991	3.37	6.12
1992	3.33	6.08
1993	3.29	6.06
1994	3.26	6.04
1995	3.25	6.04
1996	3.25	6.03
1997	3.19	6.02
1998	3.12	5.99
1999	3.05	5.84
2000	2.99	5.67
2001	2.97	5.53
2002	2.97	5.41
2003	2.96	5.33
2004	2.94	5.26
2005	2.92	5.2
2006	2.91	5.13
2007	2.87	5.08
2008	2.82	5.04
2009	2.76	5
2010	2.7	4.9
2011	2.63	4.74
2012	2.61	4.61
2013	2.6	4.53
2014	2.59	4.42
2015	2.57	4.34
2016	2.52	4.29
2017	2.46	4.26
2018	2.42	4.25
2019	2.38	4.22
2020	2.36	4.17
2021	2.33	4.1
2022	2.31	4.04
2023	2.28	3.97
2024	2.27	3.91
2025	2.25	3.84
2026	2.23	3.78
2027	2.21	3.72
2028	2.2	3.66
2029	2.18	3.61
2030	2.16	3.56
2031	2.15	3.51
2032	2.13	3.46
2033	2.12	3.41
2034	2.1	3.36
2035	2.09	3.32
2036	2.07	3.28
2037	2.06	3.24
2038	2.05	3.2
2039	2.04	3.16
2040	2.03	3.12
2041	2.01	3.09
2042	2.01	3.05
2043	1.99	3.02
2044	1.98	2.99
2045	1.97	2.95
2046	1.96	2.92
2047	1.95	2.9
2048	1.94	2.87
2049	1.94	2.84
2050	1.93	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Fiji	Madagascar
1960	46.4%	45.2%
1961	46.5%	45.8%
1962	46.5%	46.3%
1963	46.5%	46.7%
1964	46.4%	46.8%
1965	46.4%	46.7%
1966	46.3%	46.6%
1967	46.1%	46.5%
1968	45.9%	46.5%
1969	45.6%	46.4%
1970	45.2%	46.4%
1971	44.7%	46.4%
1972	44.2%	46.4%
1973	43.5%	46.4%
1974	42.8%	46.5%
1975	42.2%	46.5%
1976	41.5%	46.6%
1977	40.9%	46.7%
1978	40.4%	46.8%
1979	40%	46.9%
1980	39.6%	47%
1981	39.3%	47.1%
1982	39.1%	47.1%
1983	39%	47%
1984	38.9%	46.9%
1985	38.9%	46.8%
1986	38.8%	46.7%
1987	38.7%	46.5%
1988	38.7%	46.3%
1989	38.7%	46.1%
1990	38.7%	45.9%
1991	38.5%	45.7%
1992	38.2%	45.6%
1993	37.9%	45.5%
1994	37.5%	45.4%
1995	37.1%	45.3%
1996	36.6%	45.3%
1997	36.1%	45.3%
1998	35.5%	45.4%
1999	34.9%	45.4%
2000	34.3%	45.4%
2001	33.8%	45.4%
2002	33.4%	45.4%
2003	33%	45.4%
2004	32.6%	45.3%
2005	32.2%	45.2%
2006	31.9%	45%
2007	31.6%	44.8%
2008	31.3%	44.6%
2009	31%	44.3%
2010	30.8%	44%
2011	30.5%	43.7%
2012	30.2%	43.3%
2013	30%	42.8%
2014	29.8%	42.4%
2015	29.6%	42%
2016	29.5%	41.6%
2017	29.2%	41.2%
2018	28.9%	40.9%
2019	28.6%	40.7%
2020	28.3%	40.4%
2021	28%	40.1%
2022	27.7%	39.9%
2023	27.4%	39.6%
2024	27.1%	39.3%
2025	26.8%	38.9%
2026	26.6%	38.6%
2027	26.3%	38.4%
2028	26%	38.1%
2029	25.7%	37.8%
2030	25.4%	37.6%
2031	25%	37.3%
2032	24.7%	37%
2033	24.5%	36.7%
2034	24.2%	36.4%
2035	24%	36%
2036	23.8%	35.7%
2037	23.6%	35.3%
2038	23.5%	35%
2039	23.3%	34.6%
2040	23.2%	34.3%
2041	23%	34%
2042	22.9%	33.6%
2043	22.7%	33.3%
2044	22.6%	33%
2045	22.4%	32.7%
2046	22.3%	32.4%
2047	22.1%	32.1%
2048	21.9%	31.8%
2049	21.8%	31.6%
2050	21.6%	31.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.1% of the population in Fiji and 39.3% in Madagascar in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 45.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Fiji and Madagascar compared.

Natural population change in Fiji vs Madagascar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.03% in Fiji 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
	Fiji	Madagascar
1960	13,313	133,684
1961	13,653	136,578
1962	14,429	139,412
1963	14,774	142,666
1964	14,979	146,894
1965	15,166	152,362
1966	15,111	159,483
1967	14,861	167,287
1968	14,831	175,869
1969	14,669	184,562
1970	14,538	194,889
1971	14,313	204,617
1972	13,905	213,138
1973	13,383	221,768
1974	13,557	230,233
1975	14,272	238,774
1976	14,933	247,026
1977	15,532	255,399
1978	16,196	263,684
1979	16,450	270,752
1980	16,907	275,287
1981	17,282	277,535
1982	17,681	284,733
1983	18,237	290,085
1984	18,499	296,892
1985	18,469	304,199
1986	18,024	307,074
1987	17,987	317,621
1988	18,063	330,510
1989	18,007	344,279
1990	17,748	360,621
1991	17,617	375,040
1992	17,170	388,430
1993	16,751	408,801
1994	16,424	428,169
1995	16,273	450,259
1996	16,163	471,453
1997	15,750	490,905
1998	15,464	508,408
1999	15,229	516,976
2000	14,724	520,860
2001	14,720	529,656
2002	14,468	535,518
2003	14,527	544,903
2004	14,526	556,319
2005	14,503	568,143
2006	14,555	581,489
2007	14,349	597,772
2008	14,000	615,580
2009	13,540	634,008
2010	13,227	641,543
2011	12,657	640,577
2012	11,716	644,255
2013	11,972	654,230
2014	11,680	660,837
2015	11,213	668,977
2016	10,807	682,801
2017	10,413	699,498
2018	9,779	719,267
2019	9,271	735,853
2020	8,730	736,607
2021	6,777	741,416
2022	8,223	753,931
2023	8,078	766,391

Maternal mortality chart: Fiji vs Madagascar

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 30 deaths per 100,000 live births in Fiji, compared to 445 deaths in Madagascar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Fiji	Madagascar
1985	78	751
1986	76	730
1987	74	702
1988	71	687
1989	70	684
1990	70	692
1991	67	691
1992	64	699
1993	62	688
1994	58	688
1995	55	684
1996	53	680
1997	51	676
1998	49	663
1999	46	647
2000	47	638
2001	46	611
2002	48	593
2003	47	571
2004	46	555
2005	44	540
2006	43	528
2007	43	522
2008	42	510
2009	41	507
2010	40	500
2011	39	492
2012	42	487
2013	40	481
2014	38	477
2015	37	474
2016	38	470
2017	34	469
2018	35	466
2019	34	462
2020	34	447
2021	68	467
2022	32	439
2023	30	445

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.91% in Fiji 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
	Fiji	Madagascar
1960	7.89%	-
1961	7.53%	-
1962	7.21%	-
1963	6.9%	-
1964	6.61%	-
1965	6.35%	-
1966	6.14%	-
1967	5.97%	-
1968	5.84%	14.6%
1969	5.75%	14.7%
1970	5.69%	14.9%
1971	5.66%	15.1%
1972	5.63%	15.3%
1973	5.59%	15.6%
1974	5.52%	15.8%
1975	5.41%	16.1%
1976	5.27%	16.3%
1977	5.1%	16.5%
1978	4.9%	16.7%
1979	4.68%	16.9%
1980	4.46%	17.1%
1981	4.24%	17.4%
1982	4.03%	17.6%
1983	3.84%	17.8%
1984	3.67%	17.8%
1985	3.51%	17.7%
1986	3.37%	17.5%
1987	3.24%	17.1%
1988	3.12%	16.6%
1989	3%	16.1%
1990	2.89%	15.6%
1991	2.78%	15%
1992	2.68%	14.5%
1993	2.6%	14%
1994	2.52%	13.5%
1995	2.45%	13.1%
1996	2.39%	12.6%
1997	2.35%	12%
1998	2.31%	11.5%
1999	2.28%	11%
2000	2.27%	10.5%
2001	2.26%	10%
2002	2.27%	9.6%
2003	2.28%	9.2%
2004	2.31%	8.82%
2005	2.33%	8.46%
2006	2.35%	8.12%
2007	2.35%	7.81%
2008	2.32%	7.53%
2009	2.28%	7.28%
2010	2.22%	7.07%
2011	2.16%	6.9%
2012	2.1%	6.77%
2013	2.07%	6.69%
2014	2.06%	6.62%
2015	2.09%	6.58%
2016	2.16%	6.57%
2017	2.27%	6.57%
2018	2.41%	6.58%
2019	2.57%	6.61%
2020	2.72%	6.63%
2021	2.83%	6.62%
2022	2.89%	6.57%
2023	2.91%	6.48%