Fertility & birth rates in Madagascar and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate in Madagascar vs Solomon Islands 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 3.56 in the Solomon Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Madagascar vs the Solomon Islands 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	Solomon Islands
1960	7.34	7.07
1961	7.3	7.05
1962	7.26	7.04
1963	7.21	7.03
1964	7.19	7.05
1965	7.17	7.02
1966	7.16	7
1967	7.14	6.97
1968	7.13	6.95
1969	7.12	6.97
1970	7.1	6.98
1971	7.07	6.99
1972	7.04	6.99
1973	7.01	7
1974	6.99	7.01
1975	6.97	6.99
1976	6.95	6.95
1977	6.93	6.92
1978	6.9	6.87
1979	6.87	6.82
1980	6.84	6.77
1981	6.77	6.71
1982	6.7	6.64
1983	6.63	6.57
1984	6.55	6.49
1985	6.46	6.38
1986	6.34	6.26
1987	6.24	6.12
1988	6.18	5.99
1989	6.15	5.87
1990	6.14	5.74
1991	6.12	5.62
1992	6.08	5.51
1993	6.06	5.45
1994	6.04	5.4
1995	6.04	5.34
1996	6.03	5.22
1997	6.02	5.09
1998	5.99	4.98
1999	5.84	4.86
2000	5.67	4.76
2001	5.53	4.67
2002	5.41	4.6
2003	5.33	4.54
2004	5.26	4.47
2005	5.2	4.41
2006	5.13	4.39
2007	5.08	4.37
2008	5.04	4.36
2009	5	4.35
2010	4.9	4.34
2011	4.74	4.34
2012	4.61	4.33
2013	4.53	4.33
2014	4.42	4.36
2015	4.34	4.29
2016	4.29	4.2
2017	4.26	4.06
2018	4.25	3.93
2019	4.22	3.8
2020	4.17	3.75
2021	4.1	3.69
2022	4.04	3.62
2023	3.97	3.56
2024	3.91	3.51
2025	3.84	3.47
2026	3.78	3.42
2027	3.72	3.37
2028	3.66	3.32
2029	3.61	3.28
2030	3.56	3.24
2031	3.51	3.2
2032	3.46	3.16
2033	3.41	3.12
2034	3.36	3.08
2035	3.32	3.04
2036	3.28	3
2037	3.24	2.97
2038	3.2	2.94
2039	3.16	2.91
2040	3.12	2.88
2041	3.09	2.84
2042	3.05	2.82
2043	3.02	2.79
2044	2.99	2.76
2045	2.95	2.73
2046	2.92	2.71
2047	2.9	2.68
2048	2.87	2.66
2049	2.84	2.63
2050	2.82	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Madagascar	Solomon Islands
1960	45.2%	46.3%
1961	45.8%	46.1%
1962	46.3%	46%
1963	46.7%	45.9%
1964	46.8%	45.8%
1965	46.7%	45.9%
1966	46.6%	46%
1967	46.5%	46.2%
1968	46.5%	46.4%
1969	46.4%	46.6%
1970	46.4%	46.7%
1971	46.4%	46.8%
1972	46.4%	46.9%
1973	46.4%	47.1%
1974	46.5%	47.5%
1975	46.5%	47.9%
1976	46.6%	48.2%
1977	46.7%	48.3%
1978	46.8%	48.3%
1979	46.9%	48.3%
1980	47%	48.3%
1981	47.1%	48.2%
1982	47.1%	48.1%
1983	47%	47.9%
1984	46.9%	47.8%
1985	46.8%	47.5%
1986	46.7%	47.3%
1987	46.5%	46.9%
1988	46.3%	46.6%
1989	46.1%	46.2%
1990	45.9%	45.8%
1991	45.7%	45.4%
1992	45.6%	45.1%
1993	45.5%	44.8%
1994	45.4%	44.5%
1995	45.3%	44.3%
1996	45.3%	44%
1997	45.3%	43.8%
1998	45.4%	43.5%
1999	45.4%	43.2%
2000	45.4%	42.9%
2001	45.4%	42.5%
2002	45.4%	42.2%
2003	45.4%	41.9%
2004	45.3%	41.7%
2005	45.2%	41.5%
2006	45%	41.3%
2007	44.8%	41.2%
2008	44.6%	41.2%
2009	44.3%	41.1%
2010	44%	41%
2011	43.7%	40.8%
2012	43.3%	40.7%
2013	42.8%	40.4%
2014	42.4%	40.2%
2015	42%	40%
2016	41.6%	39.7%
2017	41.2%	39.4%
2018	40.9%	39%
2019	40.7%	38.7%
2020	40.4%	38.4%
2021	40.1%	38.1%
2022	39.9%	37.7%
2023	39.6%	37.4%
2024	39.3%	37%
2025	38.9%	36.6%
2026	38.6%	36.1%
2027	38.4%	35.7%
2028	38.1%	35.2%
2029	37.8%	34.7%
2030	37.6%	34.3%
2031	37.3%	33.9%
2032	37%	33.5%
2033	36.7%	33.2%
2034	36.4%	32.9%
2035	36%	32.7%
2036	35.7%	32.4%
2037	35.3%	32.2%
2038	35%	31.9%
2039	34.6%	31.7%
2040	34.3%	31.5%
2041	34%	31.2%
2042	33.6%	31%
2043	33.3%	30.7%
2044	33%	30.4%
2045	32.7%	30.2%
2046	32.4%	29.9%
2047	32.1%	29.6%
2048	31.8%	29.3%
2049	31.6%	29%
2050	31.3%	28.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.3% of the population in Madagascar and 37% in the Solomon Islands in 2024, compared to 45.9% and 45.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Madagascar and the Solomon Islands compared.

Natural population change in Madagascar vs Solomon Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.57% in Madagascar and +2.38% in the Solomon Islands. 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	Solomon Islands
1960	133,684	4,119
1961	136,578	4,257
1962	139,412	4,408
1963	142,666	4,571
1964	146,894	4,747
1965	152,362	4,885
1966	159,483	5,028
1967	167,287	5,151
1968	175,869	5,285
1969	184,562	5,444
1970	194,889	5,575
1971	204,617	5,814
1972	213,138	6,074
1973	221,768	6,343
1974	230,233	6,612
1975	238,774	6,635
1976	247,026	7,058
1977	255,399	7,290
1978	263,684	7,598
1979	270,752	7,874
1980	275,287	8,156
1981	277,535	8,436
1982	284,733	8,720
1983	290,085	9,011
1984	296,892	9,299
1985	304,199	9,534
1986	307,074	9,656
1987	317,621	9,943
1988	330,510	10,142
1989	344,279	10,354
1990	360,621	10,561
1991	375,040	10,789
1992	388,430	11,029
1993	408,801	11,396
1994	428,169	11,771
1995	450,259	12,124
1996	471,453	12,328
1997	490,905	12,478
1998	508,408	12,658
1999	516,976	12,809
2000	520,860	12,938
2001	529,656	13,061
2002	535,518	13,195
2003	544,903	13,344
2004	556,319	13,444
2005	568,143	13,568
2006	581,489	13,799
2007	597,772	13,963
2008	615,580	14,225
2009	634,008	14,381
2010	641,543	14,604
2011	640,577	15,095
2012	644,255	15,585
2013	654,230	16,038
2014	660,837	16,652
2015	668,977	16,909
2016	682,801	17,027
2017	699,498	16,897
2018	719,267	16,790
2019	735,853	16,649
2020	736,607	16,488
2021	741,416	16,626
2022	753,931	17,253
2023	766,391	17,436

Maternal mortality chart: Madagascar vs Solomon Islands

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 123 deaths in the Solomon Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Madagascar	Solomon Islands
1985	751	209
1986	730	226
1987	702	200
1988	687	193
1989	684	188
1990	692	184
1991	691	178
1992	699	174
1993	688	173
1994	688	170
1995	684	168
1996	680	166
1997	676	164
1998	663	165
1999	647	164
2000	638	166
2001	611	167
2002	593	168
2003	571	167
2004	555	164
2005	540	161
2006	528	159
2007	522	163
2008	510	153
2009	507	152
2010	500	148
2011	492	147
2012	487	146
2013	481	147
2014	477	147
2015	474	146
2016	470	143
2017	469	140
2018	466	136
2019	462	135
2020	447	131
2021	467	153
2022	439	126
2023	445	123

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.48% in Madagascar and 2.06% in the Solomon Islands. 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	Solomon Islands
1960	-	16.7%
1961	-	16%
1962	-	15.4%
1963	-	14.7%
1964	-	14%
1965	-	13.3%
1966	-	12.7%
1967	-	12%
1968	14.6%	11.3%
1969	14.7%	10.6%
1970	14.9%	9.94%
1971	15.1%	9.29%
1972	15.3%	8.69%
1973	15.6%	8.12%
1974	15.8%	7.6%
1975	16.1%	7.9%
1976	16.3%	6.68%
1977	16.5%	6.29%
1978	16.7%	5.95%
1979	16.9%	5.64%
1980	17.1%	5.38%
1981	17.4%	5.14%
1982	17.6%	4.93%
1983	17.8%	4.74%
1984	17.8%	4.58%
1985	17.7%	4.42%
1986	17.5%	4.28%
1987	17.1%	4.16%
1988	16.6%	4.04%
1989	16.1%	3.93%
1990	15.6%	3.82%
1991	15%	3.72%
1992	14.5%	3.62%
1993	14%	3.52%
1994	13.5%	3.43%
1995	13.1%	3.35%
1996	12.6%	3.27%
1997	12%	3.21%
1998	11.5%	3.16%
1999	11%	3.11%
2000	10.5%	3.07%
2001	10%	3.03%
2002	9.6%	2.99%
2003	9.2%	2.97%
2004	8.82%	2.94%
2005	8.46%	2.91%
2006	8.12%	2.88%
2007	7.81%	2.85%
2008	7.53%	2.81%
2009	7.28%	2.76%
2010	7.07%	2.72%
2011	6.9%	2.67%
2012	6.77%	2.62%
2013	6.69%	2.58%
2014	6.62%	2.53%
2015	6.58%	2.49%
2016	6.57%	2.45%
2017	6.57%	2.41%
2018	6.58%	2.36%
2019	6.61%	2.3%
2020	6.63%	2.24%
2021	6.62%	2.18%
2022	6.57%	2.12%
2023	6.48%	2.06%