Fertility & birth rates in Grenada and Madagascar

Fertility rate in Grenada vs Madagascar chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Grenada was 1.49 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 Grenada 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
	Grenada	Madagascar
1960	6.74	7.34
1961	6.63	7.3
1962	6.44	7.26
1963	6.2	7.21
1964	5.91	7.19
1965	5.6	7.17
1966	5.3	7.16
1967	5.04	7.14
1968	4.84	7.13
1969	4.69	7.12
1970	4.46	7.1
1971	4.31	7.07
1972	4.18	7.04
1973	4.05	7.01
1974	3.92	6.99
1975	3.75	6.97
1976	3.6	6.95
1977	3.46	6.93
1978	3.35	6.9
1979	3.34	6.87
1980	3.3	6.84
1981	2.99	6.77
1982	3.15	6.7
1983	3.31	6.63
1984	3.22	6.55
1985	3.48	6.46
1986	3.58	6.34
1987	3.58	6.24
1988	3.19	6.18
1989	3.23	6.15
1990	3.06	6.14
1991	3.11	6.12
1992	2.97	6.08
1993	2.81	6.06
1994	2.79	6.04
1995	2.82	6.04
1996	2.85	6.03
1997	2.8	6.02
1998	2.49	5.99
1999	2.39	5.84
2000	2.44	5.67
2001	2.42	5.53
2002	2.38	5.41
2003	2.33	5.33
2004	2.29	5.26
2005	2.24	5.2
2006	2.19	5.13
2007	2.15	5.08
2008	2.12	5.04
2009	2.08	5
2010	2.04	4.9
2011	2.01	4.74
2012	1.97	4.61
2013	1.91	4.53
2014	1.8	4.42
2015	1.72	4.34
2016	1.62	4.29
2017	1.44	4.26
2018	1.53	4.25
2019	1.54	4.22
2020	1.53	4.17
2021	1.52	4.1
2022	1.5	4.04
2023	1.49	3.97
2024	1.47	3.91
2025	1.46	3.84
2026	1.45	3.78
2027	1.44	3.72
2028	1.44	3.66
2029	1.44	3.61
2030	1.44	3.56
2031	1.44	3.51
2032	1.44	3.46
2033	1.44	3.41
2034	1.44	3.36
2035	1.45	3.32
2036	1.45	3.28
2037	1.45	3.24
2038	1.45	3.2
2039	1.46	3.16
2040	1.46	3.12
2041	1.46	3.09
2042	1.46	3.05
2043	1.47	3.02
2044	1.47	2.99
2045	1.47	2.95
2046	1.47	2.92
2047	1.47	2.9
2048	1.47	2.87
2049	1.48	2.84
2050	1.48	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Grenada	Madagascar
1960	47.3%	45.2%
1961	47.2%	45.8%
1962	47.2%	46.3%
1963	47.1%	46.7%
1964	46.9%	46.8%
1965	47%	46.7%
1966	47.5%	46.6%
1967	47.6%	46.5%
1968	47.5%	46.5%
1969	47.2%	46.4%
1970	46.8%	46.4%
1971	46.2%	46.4%
1972	45.5%	46.4%
1973	44.7%	46.4%
1974	43.9%	46.5%
1975	43.1%	46.5%
1976	42.3%	46.6%
1977	41.5%	46.7%
1978	40.8%	46.8%
1979	40%	46.9%
1980	39.4%	47%
1981	38.6%	47.1%
1982	37.5%	47.1%
1983	36.5%	47%
1984	35.6%	46.9%
1985	34.8%	46.8%
1986	34.1%	46.7%
1987	33.6%	46.5%
1988	33.2%	46.3%
1989	33%	46.1%
1990	32.8%	45.9%
1991	32.8%	45.7%
1992	32.9%	45.6%
1993	33.1%	45.5%
1994	33.3%	45.4%
1995	33.5%	45.3%
1996	33.6%	45.3%
1997	33.6%	45.3%
1998	33.5%	45.4%
1999	33.3%	45.4%
2000	32.9%	45.4%
2001	32.1%	45.4%
2002	31%	45.4%
2003	29.8%	45.4%
2004	28.7%	45.3%
2005	27.7%	45.2%
2006	26.7%	45%
2007	25.9%	44.8%
2008	25.2%	44.6%
2009	24.6%	44.3%
2010	24%	44%
2011	23.6%	43.7%
2012	23.3%	43.3%
2013	23%	42.8%
2014	22.7%	42.4%
2015	22.4%	42%
2016	22.1%	41.6%
2017	21.8%	41.2%
2018	21.5%	40.9%
2019	21.2%	40.7%
2020	20.9%	40.4%
2021	20.6%	40.1%
2022	20.2%	39.9%
2023	19.8%	39.6%
2024	19.4%	39.3%
2025	19%	38.9%
2026	18.6%	38.6%
2027	18.1%	38.4%
2028	17.7%	38.1%
2029	17.3%	37.8%
2030	17%	37.6%
2031	16.7%	37.3%
2032	16.5%	37%
2033	16.4%	36.7%
2034	16.2%	36.4%
2035	16%	36%
2036	15.8%	35.7%
2037	15.6%	35.3%
2038	15.4%	35%
2039	15.2%	34.6%
2040	15%	34.3%
2041	14.9%	34%
2042	14.8%	33.6%
2043	14.6%	33.3%
2044	14.5%	33%
2045	14.4%	32.7%
2046	14.3%	32.4%
2047	14.1%	32.1%
2048	14%	31.8%
2049	13.9%	31.6%
2050	13.8%	31.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 19.4% of the population in Grenada and 39.3% in Madagascar in 2024, compared to 32.8% and 45.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Grenada and Madagascar compared.

Natural population change in Grenada vs Madagascar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.42% in Grenada 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
	Grenada	Madagascar
1960	3,678	133,684
1961	3,703	136,578
1962	3,674	139,412
1963	3,601	142,666
1964	3,508	146,894
1965	3,399	152,362
1966	3,278	159,483
1967	3,158	167,287
1968	3,040	175,869
1969	2,948	184,562
1970	2,793	194,889
1971	2,705	204,617
1972	2,578	213,138
1973	2,464	221,768
1974	2,360	230,233
1975	2,224	238,774
1976	2,092	247,026
1977	1,974	255,399
1978	1,882	263,684
1979	1,871	270,752
1980	1,840	275,287
1981	1,625	277,535
1982	1,798	284,733
1983	1,817	290,085
1984	1,975	296,892
1985	2,215	304,199
1986	2,324	307,074
1987	2,345	317,621
1988	2,044	330,510
1989	2,084	344,279
1990	1,931	360,621
1991	1,953	375,040
1992	1,811	388,430
1993	1,641	408,801
1994	1,596	428,169
1995	1,580	450,259
1996	1,559	471,453
1997	1,480	490,905
1998	1,204	508,408
1999	1,092	516,976
2000	1,105	520,860
2001	1,082	529,656
2002	1,077	535,518
2003	1,074	544,903
2004	1,034	556,319
2005	1,075	568,143
2006	1,068	581,489
2007	1,059	597,772
2008	1,046	615,580
2009	1,024	634,008
2010	989	641,543
2011	954	640,577
2012	925	644,255
2013	878	654,230
2014	772	660,837
2015	684	668,977
2016	579	682,801
2017	402	699,498
2018	470	719,267
2019	462	735,853
2020	433	736,607
2021	343	741,416
2022	371	753,931
2023	334	766,391

Maternal mortality chart: Grenada vs Madagascar

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 48 deaths per 100,000 live births in Grenada, compared to 445 deaths in Madagascar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Grenada	Madagascar
1985	71	751
1986	68	730
1987	68	702
1988	61	687
1989	64	684
1990	61	692
1991	59	691
1992	56	699
1993	53	688
1994	55	688
1995	54	684
1996	51	680
1997	50	676
1998	50	663
1999	48	647
2000	46	638
2001	45	611
2002	42	593
2003	42	571
2004	48	555
2005	40	540
2006	39	528
2007	40	522
2008	41	510
2009	41	507
2010	43	500
2011	44	492
2012	44	487
2013	44	481
2014	45	477
2015	46	474
2016	44	470
2017	45	469
2018	46	466
2019	48	462
2020	51	447
2021	52	467
2022	50	439
2023	48	445

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.83% in Grenada 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
	Grenada	Madagascar
1960	9.5%	-
1961	8.83%	-
1962	8.15%	-
1963	7.5%	-
1964	6.91%	-
1965	6.39%	-
1966	5.95%	-
1967	5.59%	-
1968	5.3%	14.6%
1969	5.06%	14.7%
1970	4.87%	14.9%
1971	4.71%	15.1%
1972	4.58%	15.3%
1973	4.47%	15.6%
1974	4.36%	15.8%
1975	4.25%	16.1%
1976	4.15%	16.3%
1977	4.03%	16.5%
1978	3.9%	16.7%
1979	3.77%	16.9%
1980	3.62%	17.1%
1981	3.46%	17.4%
1982	3.3%	17.6%
1983	3.15%	17.8%
1984	2.99%	17.8%
1985	2.85%	17.7%
1986	2.71%	17.5%
1987	2.58%	17.1%
1988	2.46%	16.6%
1989	2.35%	16.1%
1990	2.24%	15.6%
1991	2.13%	15%
1992	2.04%	14.5%
1993	1.95%	14%
1994	1.87%	13.5%
1995	1.79%	13.1%
1996	1.73%	12.6%
1997	1.67%	12%
1998	1.62%	11.5%
1999	1.58%	11%
2000	1.55%	10.5%
2001	1.52%	10%
2002	1.5%	9.6%
2003	1.49%	9.2%
2004	1.49%	8.82%
2005	1.48%	8.46%
2006	1.49%	8.12%
2007	1.5%	7.81%
2008	1.51%	7.53%
2009	1.54%	7.28%
2010	1.57%	7.07%
2011	1.6%	6.9%
2012	1.64%	6.77%
2013	1.68%	6.69%
2014	1.72%	6.62%
2015	1.75%	6.58%
2016	1.79%	6.57%
2017	1.81%	6.57%
2018	1.83%	6.58%
2019	1.85%	6.61%
2020	1.87%	6.63%
2021	1.87%	6.62%
2022	1.85%	6.57%
2023	1.83%	6.48%