Fertility & birth rates in Madagascar and Syria

Fertility rate in Madagascar vs Syria 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 2.71 in Syria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Madagascar vs Syria 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	Syria
1960	7.34	7.51
1961	7.3	7.5
1962	7.26	7.51
1963	7.21	7.51
1964	7.19	7.53
1965	7.17	7.53
1966	7.16	7.55
1967	7.14	7.56
1968	7.13	7.57
1969	7.12	7.59
1970	7.1	7.62
1971	7.07	7.6
1972	7.04	7.57
1973	7.01	7.55
1974	6.99	7.52
1975	6.97	7.49
1976	6.95	7.45
1977	6.93	7.42
1978	6.9	7.35
1979	6.87	7.25
1980	6.84	7.12
1981	6.77	6.97
1982	6.7	6.81
1983	6.63	6.69
1984	6.55	6.59
1985	6.46	6.48
1986	6.34	6.37
1987	6.24	6.2
1988	6.18	6
1989	6.15	5.78
1990	6.14	5.56
1991	6.12	5.34
1992	6.08	5.14
1993	6.06	4.99
1994	6.04	4.86
1995	6.04	4.7
1996	6.03	4.54
1997	6.02	4.37
1998	5.99	4.25
1999	5.84	4.14
2000	5.67	4.07
2001	5.53	3.98
2002	5.41	3.87
2003	5.33	3.76
2004	5.26	3.68
2005	5.2	3.61
2006	5.13	3.56
2007	5.08	3.54
2008	5.04	3.48
2009	5	3.42
2010	4.9	3.36
2011	4.74	3.29
2012	4.61	3.22
2013	4.53	3.17
2014	4.42	3.12
2015	4.34	3.07
2016	4.29	3.01
2017	4.26	2.97
2018	4.25	2.93
2019	4.22	2.88
2020	4.17	2.84
2021	4.1	2.8
2022	4.04	2.75
2023	3.97	2.71
2024	3.91	2.7
2025	3.84	2.66
2026	3.78	2.62
2027	3.72	2.58
2028	3.66	2.54
2029	3.61	2.51
2030	3.56	2.48
2031	3.51	2.45
2032	3.46	2.42
2033	3.41	2.39
2034	3.36	2.36
2035	3.32	2.33
2036	3.28	2.31
2037	3.24	2.29
2038	3.2	2.26
2039	3.16	2.24
2040	3.12	2.22
2041	3.09	2.2
2042	3.05	2.18
2043	3.02	2.16
2044	2.99	2.14
2045	2.95	2.13
2046	2.92	2.11
2047	2.9	2.1
2048	2.87	2.08
2049	2.84	2.07
2050	2.82	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Madagascar	Syria
1960	45.2%	45.3%
1961	45.8%	45.7%
1962	46.3%	46.1%
1963	46.7%	46.3%
1964	46.8%	46.6%
1965	46.7%	46.9%
1966	46.6%	47.3%
1967	46.5%	47.5%
1968	46.5%	47.8%
1969	46.4%	48%
1970	46.4%	48.2%
1971	46.4%	48.3%
1972	46.4%	48.4%
1973	46.4%	48.5%
1974	46.5%	48.5%
1975	46.5%	48.6%
1976	46.6%	48.6%
1977	46.7%	48.7%
1978	46.8%	48.7%
1979	46.9%	48.7%
1980	47%	48.7%
1981	47.1%	48.7%
1982	47.1%	48.5%
1983	47%	48.4%
1984	46.9%	48.2%
1985	46.8%	48%
1986	46.7%	47.7%
1987	46.5%	47.5%
1988	46.3%	47.2%
1989	46.1%	46.9%
1990	45.9%	46.6%
1991	45.7%	46.1%
1992	45.6%	45.7%
1993	45.5%	45.2%
1994	45.4%	44.7%
1995	45.3%	44.2%
1996	45.3%	43.8%
1997	45.3%	43.3%
1998	45.4%	42.9%
1999	45.4%	42.4%
2000	45.4%	41.9%
2001	45.4%	41.3%
2002	45.4%	40.8%
2003	45.4%	40.2%
2004	45.3%	39.6%
2005	45.2%	39.1%
2006	45%	38.1%
2007	44.8%	36.7%
2008	44.6%	36.3%
2009	44.3%	36.3%
2010	44%	36.1%
2011	43.7%	36.1%
2012	43.3%	36.5%
2013	42.8%	38%
2014	42.4%	39.8%
2015	42%	40.6%
2016	41.6%	40.2%
2017	41.2%	39.3%
2018	40.9%	37.9%
2019	40.7%	36.1%
2020	40.4%	34.6%
2021	40.1%	33.4%
2022	39.9%	31.9%
2023	39.6%	30.3%
2024	39.3%	29.2%
2025	38.9%	28.4%
2026	38.6%	27.9%
2027	38.4%	27.5%
2028	38.1%	27.3%
2029	37.8%	27.3%
2030	37.6%	27.6%
2031	37.3%	27.9%
2032	37%	28.3%
2033	36.7%	28.6%
2034	36.4%	28.8%
2035	36%	29%
2036	35.7%	29%
2037	35.3%	28.9%
2038	35%	28.7%
2039	34.6%	28.4%
2040	34.3%	28%
2041	34%	27.5%
2042	33.6%	27%
2043	33.3%	26.4%
2044	33%	25.8%
2045	32.7%	25.1%
2046	32.4%	24.5%
2047	32.1%	23.9%
2048	31.8%	23.3%
2049	31.6%	22.8%
2050	31.3%	22.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 39.3% of the population in Madagascar and 29.2% in Syria in 2024, compared to 45.9% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Madagascar and Syria compared.

Natural population change in Madagascar vs Syria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.57% in Madagascar and +1.46% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	133,684	143,687
1961	136,578	151,485
1962	139,412	159,155
1963	142,666	166,555
1964	146,894	174,549
1965	152,362	182,560
1966	159,483	191,122
1967	167,287	199,223
1968	175,869	209,454
1969	184,562	219,114
1970	194,889	230,117
1971	204,617	239,610
1972	213,138	249,027
1973	221,768	254,687
1974	230,233	270,735
1975	238,774	282,299
1976	247,026	294,267
1977	255,399	306,630
1978	263,684	316,724
1979	270,752	324,943
1980	275,287	332,464
1981	277,535	330,237
1982	284,733	319,664
1983	290,085	355,375
1984	296,892	366,768
1985	304,199	379,231
1986	307,074	390,821
1987	317,621	399,159
1988	330,510	404,285
1989	344,279	406,111
1990	360,621	409,177
1991	375,040	410,830
1992	388,430	412,878
1993	408,801	420,244
1994	428,169	426,996
1995	450,259	430,172
1996	471,453	430,765
1997	490,905	429,887
1998	508,408	433,447
1999	516,976	439,261
2000	520,860	446,211
2001	529,656	451,503
2002	535,518	453,967
2003	544,903	457,000
2004	556,319	461,209
2005	568,143	468,960
2006	581,489	480,616
2007	597,772	529,162
2008	615,580	576,593
2009	634,008	559,314
2010	641,543	558,666
2011	640,577	543,950
2012	644,255	475,520
2013	654,230	419,341
2014	660,837	333,116
2015	668,977	253,977
2016	682,801	236,007
2017	699,498	237,214
2018	719,267	242,530
2019	735,853	293,762
2020	736,607	327,992
2021	741,416	350,560
2022	753,931	369,750
2023	766,391	402,713

Maternal mortality chart: Madagascar vs Syria

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 20 deaths in Syria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Madagascar	Syria
1985	751	55
1986	730	52
1987	702	48
1988	687	44
1989	684	41
1990	692	37
1991	691	35
1992	699	33
1993	688	32
1994	688	32
1995	684	33
1996	680	34
1997	676	34
1998	663	34
1999	647	32
2000	638	31
2001	611	29
2002	593	26
2003	571	24
2004	555	22
2005	540	21
2006	528	20
2007	522	19
2008	510	20
2009	507	19
2010	500	19
2011	492	21
2012	487	22
2013	481	25
2014	477	25
2015	474	24
2016	470	23
2017	469	23
2018	466	21
2019	462	24
2020	447	23
2021	467	30
2022	439	21
2023	445	20

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 Syria. 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	Syria
1960	-	16.9%
1961	-	16.1%
1962	-	15.3%
1963	-	14.7%
1964	-	14.1%
1965	-	13.5%
1966	-	12.9%
1967	-	12.3%
1968	14.6%	11.7%
1969	14.7%	11.1%
1970	14.9%	10.5%
1971	15.1%	9.91%
1972	15.3%	9.4%
1973	15.6%	8.92%
1974	15.8%	8.47%
1975	16.1%	8.03%
1976	16.3%	7.61%
1977	16.5%	7.19%
1978	16.7%	6.79%
1979	16.9%	6.4%
1980	17.1%	6.03%
1981	17.4%	6.33%
1982	17.6%	7.06%
1983	17.8%	5.1%
1984	17.8%	4.84%
1985	17.7%	4.6%
1986	17.5%	4.39%
1987	17.1%	4.19%
1988	16.6%	4.02%
1989	16.1%	3.85%
1990	15.6%	3.7%
1991	15%	3.55%
1992	14.5%	3.4%
1993	14%	3.24%
1994	13.5%	3.09%
1995	13.1%	2.94%
1996	12.6%	2.8%
1997	12%	2.66%
1998	11.5%	2.53%
1999	11%	2.42%
2000	10.5%	2.32%
2001	10%	2.23%
2002	9.6%	2.15%
2003	9.2%	2.09%
2004	8.82%	2.03%
2005	8.46%	1.98%
2006	8.12%	1.95%
2007	7.81%	1.92%
2008	7.53%	1.9%
2009	7.28%	1.9%
2010	7.07%	1.9%
2011	6.9%	2.17%
2012	6.77%	3.39%
2013	6.69%	3.65%
2014	6.62%	3.53%
2015	6.58%	3.7%
2016	6.57%	3.22%
2017	6.57%	3.3%
2018	6.58%	3.26%
2019	6.61%	2.5%
2020	6.63%	2.24%
2021	6.62%	2.1%
2022	6.57%	2.11%
2023	6.48%	2.06%