Fertility & birth rates in Madagascar and Poland

Fertility rate in Madagascar vs Poland 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 1.16 in Poland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Madagascar vs Poland 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	Poland
1960	7.34	2.98
1961	7.3	2.83
1962	7.26	2.72
1963	7.21	2.7
1964	7.19	2.57
1965	7.17	2.52
1966	7.16	2.34
1967	7.14	2.33
1968	7.13	2.24
1969	7.12	2.2
1970	7.1	2.2
1971	7.07	2.25
1972	7.04	2.24
1973	7.01	2.26
1974	6.99	2.26
1975	6.97	2.27
1976	6.95	2.3
1977	6.93	2.23
1978	6.9	2.21
1979	6.87	2.28
1980	6.84	2.28
1981	6.77	2.24
1982	6.7	2.34
1983	6.63	2.42
1984	6.55	2.37
1985	6.46	2.33
1986	6.34	2.22
1987	6.24	2.15
1988	6.18	2.13
1989	6.15	2.08
1990	6.14	2.06
1991	6.12	2.07
1992	6.08	1.95
1993	6.06	1.87
1994	6.04	1.81
1995	6.04	1.62
1996	6.03	1.59
1997	6.02	1.51
1998	5.99	1.44
1999	5.84	1.37
2000	5.67	1.37
2001	5.53	1.31
2002	5.41	1.25
2003	5.33	1.22
2004	5.26	1.23
2005	5.2	1.24
2006	5.13	1.27
2007	5.08	1.31
2008	5.04	1.39
2009	5	1.4
2010	4.9	1.41
2011	4.74	1.33
2012	4.61	1.33
2013	4.53	1.29
2014	4.42	1.32
2015	4.34	1.32
2016	4.29	1.39
2017	4.26	1.48
2018	4.25	1.46
2019	4.22	1.44
2020	4.17	1.39
2021	4.1	1.33
2022	4.04	1.29
2023	3.97	1.16
2024	3.91	1.16
2025	3.84	1.17
2026	3.78	1.17
2027	3.72	1.17
2028	3.66	1.18
2029	3.61	1.18
2030	3.56	1.19
2031	3.51	1.19
2032	3.46	1.19
2033	3.41	1.2
2034	3.36	1.2
2035	3.32	1.21
2036	3.28	1.21
2037	3.24	1.21
2038	3.2	1.21
2039	3.16	1.22
2040	3.12	1.22
2041	3.09	1.22
2042	3.05	1.22
2043	3.02	1.23
2044	2.99	1.23
2045	2.95	1.24
2046	2.92	1.24
2047	2.9	1.24
2048	2.87	1.24
2049	2.84	1.24
2050	2.82	1.25

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Madagascar	Poland
1960	45.2%	33.4%
1961	45.8%	33.4%
1962	46.3%	33%
1963	46.7%	32.5%
1964	46.8%	31.9%
1965	46.7%	31.1%
1966	46.6%	30.3%
1967	46.5%	29.5%
1968	46.5%	28.6%
1969	46.4%	27.8%
1970	46.4%	26.9%
1971	46.4%	26.1%
1972	46.4%	25.4%
1973	46.4%	24.8%
1974	46.5%	24.3%
1975	46.5%	24%
1976	46.6%	24%
1977	46.7%	24%
1978	46.8%	24%
1979	46.9%	24.1%
1980	47%	24.3%
1981	47.1%	24.5%
1982	47.1%	24.7%
1983	47%	25%
1984	46.9%	25.3%
1985	46.8%	25.5%
1986	46.7%	25.6%
1987	46.5%	25.6%
1988	46.3%	25.5%
1989	46.1%	25.3%
1990	45.9%	25%
1991	45.7%	24.6%
1992	45.6%	24.3%
1993	45.5%	23.9%
1994	45.4%	23.4%
1995	45.3%	22.8%
1996	45.3%	22.2%
1997	45.3%	21.6%
1998	45.4%	20.9%
1999	45.4%	20.2%
2000	45.4%	19.4%
2001	45.4%	18.7%
2002	45.4%	18.1%
2003	45.4%	17.5%
2004	45.3%	17%
2005	45.2%	16.5%
2006	45%	16%
2007	44.8%	15.7%
2008	44.6%	15.4%
2009	44.3%	15.2%
2010	44%	15.1%
2011	43.7%	15.2%
2012	43.3%	15.1%
2013	42.8%	15.1%
2014	42.4%	15.1%
2015	42%	15.1%
2016	41.6%	15.1%
2017	41.2%	15.2%
2018	40.9%	15.3%
2019	40.7%	15.4%
2020	40.4%	15.5%
2021	40.1%	15.5%
2022	39.9%	15.3%
2023	39.6%	15.1%
2024	39.3%	14.8%
2025	38.9%	14.5%
2026	38.6%	14.1%
2027	38.4%	13.8%
2028	38.1%	13.5%
2029	37.8%	13.2%
2030	37.6%	13%
2031	37.3%	12.7%
2032	37%	12.4%
2033	36.7%	12.1%
2034	36.4%	11.8%
2035	36%	11.5%
2036	35.7%	11.3%
2037	35.3%	11.2%
2038	35%	11.1%
2039	34.6%	11.1%
2040	34.3%	11.1%
2041	34%	11%
2042	33.6%	11.1%
2043	33.3%	11.1%
2044	33%	11.1%
2045	32.7%	11.2%
2046	32.4%	11.3%
2047	32.1%	11.3%
2048	31.8%	11.4%
2049	31.6%	11.5%
2050	31.3%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.3% of the population in Madagascar and 14.8% in Poland in 2024, compared to 45.9% and 25% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Madagascar and Poland compared.

Natural population change in Madagascar vs Poland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.57% in Madagascar and -0.18% in Poland. 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	Poland
1960	133,684	444,562
1961	136,578	398,521
1962	139,412	360,671
1963	142,666	359,330
1964	146,894	326,965
1965	152,362	314,450
1966	159,483	297,801
1967	167,287	275,089
1968	175,869	280,963
1969	184,562	270,151
1970	194,889	280,913
1971	204,617	278,660
1972	213,138	314,028
1973	221,768	320,229
1974	230,233	346,893
1975	238,774	350,356
1976	247,026	367,612
1977	255,399	353,828
1978	263,684	339,166
1979	270,752	366,571
1980	275,287	348,627
1981	277,535	351,806
1982	284,733	369,551
1983	290,085	373,032
1984	296,892	332,137
1985	304,199	297,615
1986	307,074	258,448
1987	317,621	226,008
1988	330,510	215,599
1989	344,279	182,215
1990	360,621	160,066
1991	375,040	141,511
1992	388,430	118,928
1993	408,801	103,846
1994	428,169	96,357
1995	450,259	46,314
1996	471,453	42,487
1997	490,905	34,785
1998	508,408	19,332
1999	516,976	0
2000	520,860	11,478
2001	529,656	3,825
2002	535,518	-3,823
2003	544,903	-15,281
2004	556,319	-7,637
2005	568,143	-3,817
2006	581,489	3,814
2007	597,772	11,436
2008	615,580	34,313
2009	634,008	30,521
2010	641,543	38,043
2011	640,577	11,419
2012	644,255	0
2013	654,230	-19,020
2014	660,837	0
2015	668,977	-26,590
2016	682,801	-3,797
2017	699,498	0
2018	719,267	-26,582
2019	735,853	-34,169
2020	736,607	-120,050
2021	741,416	-184,907
2022	753,931	-143,605
2023	766,391	-135,743

Maternal mortality chart: Madagascar vs Poland

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 2 deaths in Poland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Madagascar	Poland
1985	751	19
1986	730	19
1987	702	18
1988	687	18
1989	684	18
1990	692	18
1991	691	18
1992	699	16
1993	688	15
1994	688	14
1995	684	12
1996	680	11
1997	676	10
1998	663	9
1999	647	8
2000	638	7
2001	611	6
2002	593	5
2003	571	5
2004	555	4
2005	540	4
2006	528	4
2007	522	3
2008	510	3
2009	507	3
2010	500	3
2011	492	2
2012	487	2
2013	481	2
2014	477	2
2015	474	2
2016	470	2
2017	469	2
2018	466	2
2019	462	2
2020	447	3
2021	467	2
2022	439	2
2023	445	2

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.48% in Madagascar and 0.44% in Poland. 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	Poland
1960	-	6.51%
1961	-	6.02%
1962	-	5.6%
1963	-	5.23%
1964	-	4.89%
1965	-	4.57%
1966	-	4.29%
1967	-	4.06%
1968	14.6%	3.89%
1969	14.7%	3.75%
1970	14.9%	3.59%
1971	15.1%	3.42%
1972	15.3%	3.24%
1973	15.6%	3.06%
1974	15.8%	2.9%
1975	16.1%	2.79%
1976	16.3%	2.7%
1977	16.5%	2.62%
1978	16.7%	2.54%
1979	16.9%	2.47%
1980	17.1%	2.4%
1981	17.4%	2.33%
1982	17.6%	2.26%
1983	17.8%	2.19%
1984	17.8%	2.11%
1985	17.7%	2.03%
1986	17.5%	1.96%
1987	17.1%	1.89%
1988	16.6%	1.84%
1989	16.1%	1.79%
1990	15.6%	1.74%
1991	15%	1.69%
1992	14.5%	1.65%
1993	14%	1.6%
1994	13.5%	1.53%
1995	13.1%	1.43%
1996	12.6%	1.32%
1997	12%	1.2%
1998	11.5%	1.09%
1999	11%	1%
2000	10.5%	0.93%
2001	10%	0.88%
2002	9.6%	0.84%
2003	9.2%	0.81%
2004	8.82%	0.78%
2005	8.46%	0.76%
2006	8.12%	0.73%
2007	7.81%	0.7%
2008	7.53%	0.67%
2009	7.28%	0.63%
2010	7.07%	0.6%
2011	6.9%	0.57%
2012	6.77%	0.54%
2013	6.69%	0.52%
2014	6.62%	0.5%
2015	6.58%	0.49%
2016	6.57%	0.48%
2017	6.57%	0.46%
2018	6.58%	0.45%
2019	6.61%	0.44%
2020	6.63%	0.44%
2021	6.62%	0.44%
2022	6.57%	0.44%
2023	6.48%	0.44%