Fertility & birth rates in Madagascar and Senegal

Fertility rate in Madagascar vs Senegal 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 3.82 in Senegal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Madagascar vs Senegal 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	Senegal
1960	7.34	7
1961	7.3	7.04
1962	7.26	7.08
1963	7.21	7.12
1964	7.19	7.16
1965	7.17	7.19
1966	7.16	7.22
1967	7.14	7.24
1968	7.13	7.25
1969	7.12	7.26
1970	7.1	7.26
1971	7.07	7.26
1972	7.04	7.26
1973	7.01	7.26
1974	6.99	7.25
1975	6.97	7.25
1976	6.95	7.26
1977	6.93	7.27
1978	6.9	7.28
1979	6.87	7.29
1980	6.84	7.29
1981	6.77	7.28
1982	6.7	7.25
1983	6.63	7.19
1984	6.55	7.11
1985	6.46	7.01
1986	6.34	6.9
1987	6.24	6.79
1988	6.18	6.58
1989	6.15	6.48
1990	6.14	6.4
1991	6.12	6.27
1992	6.08	6.15
1993	6.06	6.05
1994	6.04	5.92
1995	6.04	5.82
1996	6.03	5.72
1997	6.02	5.64
1998	5.99	5.58
1999	5.84	5.57
2000	5.67	5.5
2001	5.53	5.4
2002	5.41	5.3
2003	5.33	5.25
2004	5.26	5.19
2005	5.2	5.13
2006	5.13	5.06
2007	5.08	5.02
2008	5.04	5.02
2009	5	5.03
2010	4.9	5.06
2011	4.74	5.1
2012	4.61	5.13
2013	4.53	5.05
2014	4.42	4.88
2015	4.34	4.75
2016	4.29	4.65
2017	4.26	4.49
2018	4.25	4.29
2019	4.22	4.1
2020	4.17	4
2021	4.1	3.94
2022	4.04	3.86
2023	3.97	3.82
2024	3.91	3.76
2025	3.84	3.71
2026	3.78	3.66
2027	3.72	3.61
2028	3.66	3.57
2029	3.61	3.53
2030	3.56	3.49
2031	3.51	3.44
2032	3.46	3.4
2033	3.41	3.35
2034	3.36	3.32
2035	3.32	3.28
2036	3.28	3.24
2037	3.24	3.22
2038	3.2	3.17
2039	3.16	3.15
2040	3.12	3.11
2041	3.09	3.08
2042	3.05	3.05
2043	3.02	3.02
2044	2.99	2.99
2045	2.95	2.96
2046	2.92	2.93
2047	2.9	2.9
2048	2.87	2.87
2049	2.84	2.85
2050	2.82	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Madagascar	Senegal
1960	45.2%	44.2%
1961	45.8%	44.3%
1962	46.3%	44.3%
1963	46.7%	44.3%
1964	46.8%	44.3%
1965	46.7%	44.3%
1966	46.6%	44.3%
1967	46.5%	44.3%
1968	46.5%	44.2%
1969	46.4%	44.2%
1970	46.4%	44.2%
1971	46.4%	44.2%
1972	46.4%	44.2%
1973	46.4%	44.3%
1974	46.5%	44.4%
1975	46.5%	44.6%
1976	46.6%	44.8%
1977	46.7%	45.2%
1978	46.8%	45.6%
1979	46.9%	46%
1980	47%	46.4%
1981	47.1%	46.7%
1982	47.1%	46.9%
1983	47%	47.1%
1984	46.9%	47.2%
1985	46.8%	47.3%
1986	46.7%	47.3%
1987	46.5%	47.2%
1988	46.3%	47%
1989	46.1%	46.9%
1990	45.9%	46.6%
1991	45.7%	46.4%
1992	45.6%	46.1%
1993	45.5%	45.8%
1994	45.4%	45.4%
1995	45.3%	45.1%
1996	45.3%	44.9%
1997	45.3%	44.6%
1998	45.4%	44.4%
1999	45.4%	44.2%
2000	45.4%	43.9%
2001	45.4%	43.7%
2002	45.4%	43.5%
2003	45.4%	43.2%
2004	45.3%	43.1%
2005	45.2%	42.9%
2006	45%	42.8%
2007	44.8%	42.7%
2008	44.6%	42.7%
2009	44.3%	42.7%
2010	44%	42.7%
2011	43.7%	42.7%
2012	43.3%	42.7%
2013	42.8%	42.7%
2014	42.4%	42.6%
2015	42%	42.4%
2016	41.6%	42.1%
2017	41.2%	41.8%
2018	40.9%	41.3%
2019	40.7%	40.9%
2020	40.4%	40.3%
2021	40.1%	39.8%
2022	39.9%	39.2%
2023	39.6%	38.6%
2024	39.3%	38.2%
2025	38.9%	37.7%
2026	38.6%	37.3%
2027	38.4%	36.9%
2028	38.1%	36.6%
2029	37.8%	36.2%
2030	37.6%	35.9%
2031	37.3%	35.6%
2032	37%	35.4%
2033	36.7%	35.1%
2034	36.4%	34.9%
2035	36%	34.6%
2036	35.7%	34.4%
2037	35.3%	34.1%
2038	35%	33.9%
2039	34.6%	33.5%
2040	34.3%	33.2%
2041	34%	32.9%
2042	33.6%	32.6%
2043	33.3%	32.2%
2044	33%	31.9%
2045	32.7%	31.5%
2046	32.4%	31.2%
2047	32.1%	30.8%
2048	31.8%	30.5%
2049	31.6%	30.2%
2050	31.3%	29.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.3% of the population in Madagascar and 38.2% in Senegal in 2024, compared to 45.9% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Madagascar and Senegal compared.

Natural population change in Madagascar vs Senegal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.57% in Madagascar and +2.55% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	133,684	84,735
1961	136,578	87,322
1962	139,412	89,937
1963	142,666	92,264
1964	146,894	94,797
1965	152,362	97,912
1966	159,483	101,359
1967	167,287	104,824
1968	175,869	108,240
1969	184,562	112,393
1970	194,889	117,264
1971	204,617	122,511
1972	213,138	128,024
1973	221,768	133,834
1974	230,233	139,974
1975	238,774	147,311
1976	247,026	154,776
1977	255,399	161,636
1978	263,684	167,744
1979	270,752	173,425
1980	275,287	179,707
1981	277,535	185,917
1982	284,733	191,309
1983	290,085	197,673
1984	296,892	203,125
1985	304,199	208,218
1986	307,074	212,887
1987	317,621	218,522
1988	330,510	221,772
1989	344,279	227,797
1990	360,621	234,155
1991	375,040	237,713
1992	388,430	241,482
1993	408,801	245,742
1994	428,169	249,115
1995	450,259	252,552
1996	471,453	255,418
1997	490,905	261,200
1998	508,408	267,404
1999	516,976	277,944
2000	520,860	283,946
2001	529,656	289,690
2002	535,518	298,842
2003	544,903	308,856
2004	556,319	317,286
2005	568,143	323,908
2006	581,489	331,364
2007	597,772	339,963
2008	615,580	351,661
2009	634,008	362,238
2010	641,543	372,934
2011	640,577	387,290
2012	644,255	402,243
2013	654,230	406,582
2014	660,837	405,019
2015	668,977	407,008
2016	682,801	411,480
2017	699,498	410,366
2018	719,267	405,454
2019	735,853	399,436
2020	736,607	400,910
2021	741,416	403,019
2022	753,931	415,507
2023	766,391	431,006

Maternal mortality chart: Madagascar vs Senegal

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 237 deaths in Senegal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Madagascar	Senegal
1985	751	899
1986	730	820
1987	702	760
1988	687	709
1989	684	662
1990	692	640
1991	691	616
1992	699	598
1993	688	589
1994	688	579
1995	684	586
1996	680	601
1997	676	599
1998	663	605
1999	647	602
2000	638	581
2001	611	560
2002	593	531
2003	571	520
2004	555	501
2005	540	488
2006	528	462
2007	522	457
2008	510	463
2009	507	441
2010	500	436
2011	492	415
2012	487	405
2013	481	385
2014	477	373
2015	474	357
2016	470	345
2017	469	325
2018	466	305
2019	462	286
2020	447	252
2021	467	263
2022	439	228
2023	445	237

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.48% in Madagascar and 3.85% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	-	29.3%
1961	-	29.4%
1962	-	29.5%
1963	-	29.6%
1964	-	29.7%
1965	-	29.7%
1966	-	29.7%
1967	-	29.6%
1968	14.6%	29.4%
1969	14.7%	29.2%
1970	14.9%	28.8%
1971	15.1%	28.4%
1972	15.3%	27.8%
1973	15.6%	27%
1974	15.8%	26.2%
1975	16.1%	25.3%
1976	16.3%	24.2%
1977	16.5%	23.1%
1978	16.7%	22.1%
1979	16.9%	21.2%
1980	17.1%	20.4%
1981	17.4%	19.7%
1982	17.6%	19.1%
1983	17.8%	18.5%
1984	17.8%	17.9%
1985	17.7%	17.1%
1986	17.5%	16.3%
1987	17.1%	15.4%
1988	16.6%	14.7%
1989	16.1%	14.1%
1990	15.6%	13.7%
1991	15%	13.6%
1992	14.5%	13.5%
1993	14%	13.6%
1994	13.5%	13.7%
1995	13.1%	13.8%
1996	12.6%	13.8%
1997	12%	13.9%
1998	11.5%	13.7%
1999	11%	13.4%
2000	10.5%	12.9%
2001	10%	12.2%
2002	9.6%	11.4%
2003	9.2%	10.5%
2004	8.82%	9.59%
2005	8.46%	8.8%
2006	8.12%	8.11%
2007	7.81%	7.52%
2008	7.53%	7.03%
2009	7.28%	6.63%
2010	7.07%	6.3%
2011	6.9%	6.01%
2012	6.77%	5.77%
2013	6.69%	5.57%
2014	6.62%	5.39%
2015	6.58%	5.24%
2016	6.57%	5.11%
2017	6.57%	4.97%
2018	6.58%	4.82%
2019	6.61%	4.65%
2020	6.63%	4.46%
2021	6.62%	4.25%
2022	6.57%	4.04%
2023	6.48%	3.85%