Fertility & birth rates in Israel and Madagascar

Fertility rate in Israel vs Madagascar chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Israel was 2.85 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 Israel 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
	Israel	Madagascar
1960	3.87	7.34
1961	3.86	7.3
1962	3.85	7.26
1963	3.84	7.21
1964	3.83	7.19
1965	3.81	7.17
1966	3.8	7.16
1967	3.79	7.14
1968	3.79	7.13
1969	3.78	7.12
1970	3.78	7.1
1971	3.77	7.07
1972	3.77	7.04
1973	3.7	7.01
1974	3.63	6.99
1975	3.55	6.97
1976	3.48	6.95
1977	3.41	6.93
1978	3.35	6.9
1979	3.3	6.87
1980	3.24	6.84
1981	3.19	6.77
1982	3.13	6.7
1983	3.11	6.63
1984	3.08	6.55
1985	3.06	6.46
1986	3.03	6.34
1987	3.01	6.24
1988	2.95	6.18
1989	2.89	6.15
1990	2.82	6.14
1991	2.76	6.12
1992	2.7	6.08
1993	2.8	6.06
1994	2.9	6.04
1995	2.9	6.04
1996	2.9	6.03
1997	2.94	6.02
1998	2.98	5.99
1999	2.97	5.84
2000	2.95	5.67
2001	2.92	5.53
2002	2.89	5.41
2003	2.95	5.33
2004	2.9	5.26
2005	2.84	5.2
2006	2.88	5.13
2007	2.9	5.08
2008	2.96	5.04
2009	2.96	5
2010	3.03	4.9
2011	2.98	4.74
2012	3.05	4.61
2013	3.03	4.53
2014	3.08	4.42
2015	3.09	4.34
2016	3.11	4.29
2017	3.11	4.26
2018	3.09	4.25
2019	3.01	4.22
2020	2.9	4.17
2021	3	4.1
2022	2.89	4.04
2023	2.85	3.97
2024	2.8	3.91
2025	2.77	3.84
2026	2.75	3.78
2027	2.72	3.72
2028	2.7	3.66
2029	2.67	3.61
2030	2.66	3.56
2031	2.64	3.51
2032	2.63	3.46
2033	2.6	3.41
2034	2.58	3.36
2035	2.56	3.32
2036	2.55	3.28
2037	2.53	3.24
2038	2.51	3.2
2039	2.49	3.16
2040	2.47	3.12
2041	2.46	3.09
2042	2.44	3.05
2043	2.42	3.02
2044	2.41	2.99
2045	2.39	2.95
2046	2.38	2.92
2047	2.36	2.9
2048	2.35	2.87
2049	2.34	2.84
2050	2.33	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Israel	Madagascar
1960	35.2%	45.2%
1961	34.9%	45.8%
1962	34.8%	46.3%
1963	34.9%	46.7%
1964	34.8%	46.8%
1965	34.6%	46.7%
1966	34.4%	46.6%
1967	34.1%	46.5%
1968	33.8%	46.5%
1969	33.5%	46.4%
1970	33.2%	46.4%
1971	32.9%	46.4%
1972	32.7%	46.4%
1973	32.6%	46.4%
1974	32.7%	46.5%
1975	32.7%	46.5%
1976	32.8%	46.6%
1977	32.9%	46.7%
1978	33%	46.8%
1979	33%	46.9%
1980	32.9%	47%
1981	32.8%	47.1%
1982	32.7%	47.1%
1983	32.7%	47%
1984	32.6%	46.9%
1985	32.5%	46.8%
1986	32.3%	46.7%
1987	32.1%	46.5%
1988	31.9%	46.3%
1989	31.7%	46.1%
1990	31.3%	45.9%
1991	30.7%	45.7%
1992	30.3%	45.6%
1993	30%	45.5%
1994	29.8%	45.4%
1995	29.6%	45.3%
1996	29.3%	45.3%
1997	29%	45.3%
1998	28.8%	45.4%
1999	28.5%	45.4%
2000	28.3%	45.4%
2001	28.1%	45.4%
2002	28%	45.4%
2003	27.9%	45.4%
2004	27.9%	45.3%
2005	27.9%	45.2%
2006	27.8%	45%
2007	27.8%	44.8%
2008	27.8%	44.6%
2009	27.9%	44.3%
2010	28%	44%
2011	28.1%	43.7%
2012	28.1%	43.3%
2013	28.2%	42.8%
2014	28.2%	42.4%
2015	28.2%	42%
2016	28.3%	41.6%
2017	28.2%	41.2%
2018	28.2%	40.9%
2019	28.1%	40.7%
2020	28%	40.4%
2021	27.9%	40.1%
2022	27.8%	39.9%
2023	27.6%	39.6%
2024	27.4%	39.3%
2025	27.2%	38.9%
2026	26.9%	38.6%
2027	26.6%	38.4%
2028	26.4%	38.1%
2029	26.1%	37.8%
2030	25.8%	37.6%
2031	25.5%	37.3%
2032	25.2%	37%
2033	25%	36.7%
2034	24.7%	36.4%
2035	24.6%	36%
2036	24.4%	35.7%
2037	24.2%	35.3%
2038	24.1%	35%
2039	24%	34.6%
2040	24%	34.3%
2041	23.9%	34%
2042	23.9%	33.6%
2043	23.8%	33.3%
2044	23.8%	33%
2045	23.8%	32.7%
2046	23.8%	32.4%
2047	23.7%	32.1%
2048	23.7%	31.8%
2049	23.6%	31.6%
2050	23.5%	31.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.4% of the population in Israel and 39.3% in Madagascar in 2024, compared to 31.3% and 45.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Israel and Madagascar compared.

Natural population change in Israel vs Madagascar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.5% in Israel 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
	Israel	Madagascar
1960	44,818	133,684
1961	42,170	136,578
1962	43,337	139,412
1963	44,964	142,666
1964	48,015	146,894
1965	49,979	152,362
1966	50,477	159,483
1967	47,488	167,287
1968	51,014	175,869
1969	53,800	184,562
1970	56,506	194,889
1971	64,449	204,617
1972	62,960	213,138
1973	65,560	221,768
1974	68,891	230,233
1975	70,828	238,774
1976	74,899	247,026
1977	70,092	255,399
1978	67,158	263,684
1979	68,148	270,752
1980	68,253	275,287
1981	67,647	277,535
1982	68,931	284,733
1983	70,196	290,085
1984	70,703	296,892
1985	71,538	304,199
1986	70,073	307,074
1987	69,904	317,621
1988	71,072	330,510
1989	68,674	344,279
1990	71,764	360,621
1991	73,740	375,040
1992	77,357	388,430
1993	77,337	408,801
1994	79,365	428,169
1995	82,066	450,259
1996	86,518	471,453
1997	88,707	490,905
1998	93,744	508,408
1999	94,325	516,976
2000	98,737	520,860
2001	99,160	529,656
2002	101,178	535,518
2003	106,366	544,903
2004	106,901	556,319
2005	105,338	568,143
2006	109,332	581,489
2007	111,292	597,772
2008	117,672	615,580
2009	122,015	634,008
2010	126,552	641,543
2011	125,030	640,577
2012	128,941	644,255
2013	129,758	654,230
2014	133,916	660,837
2015	134,082	668,977
2016	136,736	682,801
2017	138,541	699,498
2018	140,348	719,267
2019	135,810	735,853
2020	128,089	736,607
2021	134,011	741,416
2022	129,982	753,931
2023	131,977	766,391

Maternal mortality chart: Israel vs Madagascar

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Israel, compared to 445 deaths in Madagascar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Israel	Madagascar
1985	36	751
1986	36	730
1987	30	702
1988	31	687
1989	30	684
1990	29	692
1991	28	691
1992	27	699
1993	25	688
1994	24	688
1995	22	684
1996	20	680
1997	17	676
1998	14	663
1999	11	647
2000	9	638
2001	7	611
2002	7	593
2003	5	571
2004	5	555
2005	4	540
2006	4	528
2007	4	522
2008	4	510
2009	4	507
2010	3	500
2011	3	492
2012	3	487
2013	3	481
2014	3	477
2015	3	474
2016	3	470
2017	3	469
2018	3	466
2019	3	462
2020	3	447
2021	3	467
2022	3	439
2023	2	445

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Israel 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
	Israel	Madagascar
1960	4.71%	-
1961	4.48%	-
1962	4.26%	-
1963	4.06%	-
1964	3.86%	-
1965	3.68%	-
1966	3.52%	-
1967	3.36%	-
1968	3.23%	14.6%
1969	3.11%	14.7%
1970	3.01%	14.9%
1971	2.91%	15.1%
1972	2.82%	15.3%
1973	2.72%	15.6%
1974	2.61%	15.8%
1975	2.48%	16.1%
1976	2.33%	16.3%
1977	2.19%	16.5%
1978	2.05%	16.7%
1979	1.93%	16.9%
1980	1.82%	17.1%
1981	1.74%	17.4%
1982	1.66%	17.6%
1983	1.59%	17.8%
1984	1.51%	17.8%
1985	1.44%	17.7%
1986	1.37%	17.5%
1987	1.31%	17.1%
1988	1.26%	16.6%
1989	1.21%	16.1%
1990	1.15%	15.6%
1991	1.1%	15%
1992	1.04%	14.5%
1993	0.98%	14%
1994	0.92%	13.5%
1995	0.87%	13.1%
1996	0.82%	12.6%
1997	0.78%	12%
1998	0.75%	11.5%
1999	0.72%	11%
2000	0.69%	10.5%
2001	0.66%	10%
2002	0.63%	9.6%
2003	0.61%	9.2%
2004	0.58%	8.82%
2005	0.56%	8.46%
2006	0.53%	8.12%
2007	0.51%	7.81%
2008	0.49%	7.53%
2009	0.47%	7.28%
2010	0.46%	7.07%
2011	0.44%	6.9%
2012	0.43%	6.77%
2013	0.41%	6.69%
2014	0.4%	6.62%
2015	0.39%	6.58%
2016	0.38%	6.57%
2017	0.37%	6.57%
2018	0.37%	6.58%
2019	0.36%	6.61%
2020	0.35%	6.63%
2021	0.35%	6.62%
2022	0.34%	6.57%
2023	0.34%	6.48%