Fertility & birth rates in Madagascar and Myanmar

Fertility rate in Madagascar vs Myanmar chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Madagascar was 3.97 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.12 in Myanmar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Madagascar	Myanmar
1960	7.34	5.9
1961	7.3	5.9
1962	7.26	5.9
1963	7.21	5.91
1964	7.19	5.91
1965	7.17	5.91
1966	7.16	5.88
1967	7.14	5.84
1968	7.13	5.8
1969	7.12	5.75
1970	7.1	5.68
1971	7.07	5.62
1972	7.04	5.53
1973	7.01	5.44
1974	6.99	5.34
1975	6.97	5.25
1976	6.95	5.16
1977	6.93	5.07
1978	6.9	4.99
1979	6.87	4.9
1980	6.84	4.79
1981	6.77	4.69
1982	6.7	4.66
1983	6.63	4.63
1984	6.55	4.52
1985	6.46	4.32
1986	6.34	4.08
1987	6.24	3.86
1988	6.18	3.67
1989	6.15	3.59
1990	6.14	3.5
1991	6.12	3.43
1992	6.08	3.35
1993	6.06	3.28
1994	6.04	3.2
1995	6.04	3.13
1996	6.03	3.06
1997	6.02	2.99
1998	5.99	2.91
1999	5.84	2.85
2000	5.67	2.81
2001	5.53	2.79
2002	5.41	2.77
2003	5.33	2.68
2004	5.26	2.59
2005	5.2	2.52
2006	5.13	2.47
2007	5.08	2.45
2008	5.04	2.4
2009	5	2.37
2010	4.9	2.34
2011	4.74	2.31
2012	4.61	2.28
2013	4.53	2.26
2014	4.42	2.25
2015	4.34	2.27
2016	4.29	2.27
2017	4.26	2.25
2018	4.25	2.23
2019	4.22	2.21
2020	4.17	2.18
2021	4.1	2.16
2022	4.04	2.13
2023	3.97	2.12
2024	3.91	2.1
2025	3.84	2.08
2026	3.78	2.06
2027	3.72	2.04
2028	3.66	2.02
2029	3.61	2.01
2030	3.56	2
2031	3.51	1.98
2032	3.46	1.97
2033	3.41	1.96
2034	3.36	1.94
2035	3.32	1.93
2036	3.28	1.92
2037	3.24	1.92
2038	3.2	1.91
2039	3.16	1.9
2040	3.12	1.89
2041	3.09	1.89
2042	3.05	1.88
2043	3.02	1.87
2044	2.99	1.86
2045	2.95	1.86
2046	2.92	1.85
2047	2.9	1.85
2048	2.87	1.84
2049	2.84	1.83
2050	2.82	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Madagascar	Myanmar
1960	45.2%	39.9%
1961	45.8%	40.2%
1962	46.3%	40.6%
1963	46.7%	40.9%
1964	46.8%	41%
1965	46.7%	41.1%
1966	46.6%	41.1%
1967	46.5%	41%
1968	46.5%	40.9%
1969	46.4%	40.8%
1970	46.4%	40.7%
1971	46.4%	40.6%
1972	46.4%	40.5%
1973	46.4%	40.3%
1974	46.5%	40.2%
1975	46.5%	40.1%
1976	46.6%	40%
1977	46.7%	39.8%
1978	46.8%	39.6%
1979	46.9%	39.4%
1980	47%	39.2%
1981	47.1%	39%
1982	47.1%	38.8%
1983	47%	38.6%
1984	46.9%	38.3%
1985	46.8%	38.1%
1986	46.7%	37.8%
1987	46.5%	37.4%
1988	46.3%	37%
1989	46.1%	36.6%
1990	45.9%	36.2%
1991	45.7%	35.8%
1992	45.6%	35.4%
1993	45.5%	35.1%
1994	45.4%	34.7%
1995	45.3%	34.2%
1996	45.3%	33.8%
1997	45.3%	33.3%
1998	45.4%	32.8%
1999	45.4%	32.3%
2000	45.4%	31.8%
2001	45.4%	31.4%
2002	45.4%	31%
2003	45.4%	30.7%
2004	45.3%	30.4%
2005	45.2%	30.1%
2006	45%	29.7%
2007	44.8%	29.4%
2008	44.6%	29%
2009	44.3%	28.6%
2010	44%	28.2%
2011	43.7%	27.9%
2012	43.3%	27.5%
2013	42.8%	27.1%
2014	42.4%	26.8%
2015	42%	26.5%
2016	41.6%	26.2%
2017	41.2%	25.9%
2018	40.9%	25.6%
2019	40.7%	25.4%
2020	40.4%	25.1%
2021	40.1%	24.9%
2022	39.9%	24.7%
2023	39.6%	24.5%
2024	39.3%	24.3%
2025	38.9%	24.1%
2026	38.6%	23.9%
2027	38.4%	23.6%
2028	38.1%	23.4%
2029	37.8%	23.2%
2030	37.6%	23%
2031	37.3%	22.7%
2032	37%	22.4%
2033	36.7%	22.2%
2034	36.4%	21.9%
2035	36%	21.7%
2036	35.7%	21.4%
2037	35.3%	21.2%
2038	35%	21%
2039	34.6%	20.8%
2040	34.3%	20.6%
2041	34%	20.4%
2042	33.6%	20.2%
2043	33.3%	20.1%
2044	33%	19.9%
2045	32.7%	19.8%
2046	32.4%	19.6%
2047	32.1%	19.5%
2048	31.8%	19.4%
2049	31.6%	19.2%
2050	31.3%	19.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.3% of the population in Madagascar and 24.3% in Myanmar in 2024, compared to 45.9% and 36.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Madagascar and Myanmar compared.

Natural population change in Madagascar vs Myanmar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.57% in Madagascar and +0.88% in Myanmar. 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
	Madagascar	Myanmar
1960	133,684	465,049
1961	136,578	474,818
1962	139,412	487,925
1963	142,666	501,548
1964	146,894	516,334
1965	152,362	533,443
1966	159,483	546,378
1967	167,287	559,577
1968	175,869	571,123
1969	184,562	584,979
1970	194,889	595,337
1971	204,617	608,784
1972	213,138	616,411
1973	221,768	624,619
1974	230,233	628,458
1975	238,774	635,005
1976	247,026	642,829
1977	255,399	649,915
1978	263,684	658,068
1979	270,752	669,338
1980	275,287	673,815
1981	277,535	679,851
1982	284,733	701,212
1983	290,085	719,710
1984	296,892	723,623
1985	304,199	705,905
1986	307,074	679,467
1987	317,621	652,960
1988	330,510	630,392
1989	344,279	636,610
1990	360,621	636,081
1991	375,040	637,622
1992	388,430	634,484
1993	408,801	633,576
1994	428,169	626,411
1995	450,259	620,376
1996	471,453	619,488
1997	490,905	613,103
1998	508,408	606,110
1999	516,976	597,916
2000	520,860	596,979
2001	529,656	601,524
2002	535,518	602,873
2003	544,903	582,173
2004	556,319	556,494
2005	568,143	537,429
2006	581,489	527,165
2007	597,772	523,745
2008	615,580	373,287
2009	634,008	505,144
2010	641,543	497,745
2011	640,577	492,271
2012	644,255	487,210
2013	654,230	487,648
2014	660,837	488,114
2015	668,977	495,769
2016	682,801	499,508
2017	699,498	492,276
2018	719,267	482,316
2019	735,853	469,924
2020	736,607	448,626
2021	741,416	394,104
2022	753,931	415,647
2023	766,391	408,331

Maternal mortality chart: Madagascar vs Myanmar

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 445 deaths per 100,000 live births in Madagascar, compared to 185 deaths in Myanmar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Madagascar	Myanmar
1985	751	674
1986	730	652
1987	702	631
1988	687	616
1989	684	603
1990	692	586
1991	691	566
1992	699	542
1993	688	522
1994	688	498
1995	684	472
1996	680	442
1997	676	416
1998	663	398
1999	647	388
2000	638	375
2001	611	361
2002	593	347
2003	571	335
2004	555	324
2005	540	312
2006	528	301
2007	522	290
2008	510	286
2009	507	268
2010	500	259
2011	492	249
2012	487	243
2013	481	237
2014	477	228
2015	474	222
2016	470	215
2017	469	209
2018	466	201
2019	462	195
2020	447	198
2021	467	231
2022	439	193
2023	445	185

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.48% in Madagascar and 3.87% in Myanmar. 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
	Madagascar	Myanmar
1968	14.6%	18%
1969	14.7%	17.7%
1970	14.9%	17.4%
1971	15.1%	17%
1972	15.3%	16.7%
1973	15.6%	16.3%
1974	15.8%	16%
1975	16.1%	15.6%
1976	16.3%	15.3%
1977	16.5%	14.9%
1978	16.7%	14.6%
1979	16.9%	14.3%
1980	17.1%	14%
1981	17.4%	13.7%
1982	17.6%	13.4%
1983	17.8%	13.1%
1984	17.8%	12.9%
1985	17.7%	12.7%
1986	17.5%	12.5%
1987	17.1%	12.2%
1988	16.6%	12%
1989	16.1%	11.8%
1990	15.6%	11.5%
1991	15%	11.3%
1992	14.5%	11%
1993	14%	10.7%
1994	13.5%	10.5%
1995	13.1%	10.2%
1996	12.6%	9.94%
1997	12%	9.68%
1998	11.5%	9.43%
1999	11%	9.19%
2000	10.5%	8.95%
2001	10%	8.71%
2002	9.6%	8.47%
2003	9.2%	8.22%
2004	8.82%	7.97%
2005	8.46%	7.71%
2006	8.12%	7.44%
2007	7.81%	7.16%
2008	7.53%	10.1%
2009	7.28%	6.6%
2010	7.07%	6.32%
2011	6.9%	6.05%
2012	6.77%	5.8%
2013	6.69%	5.56%
2014	6.62%	5.34%
2015	6.58%	5.13%
2016	6.57%	4.95%
2017	6.57%	4.77%
2018	6.58%	4.6%
2019	6.61%	4.44%
2020	6.63%	4.29%
2021	6.62%	4.14%
2022	6.57%	4%
2023	6.48%	3.87%