Madagascar vs Nigeria: Birth rate
Madagascar
32.09 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Nigeria
32.95 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Madagascar rank
23rd
Nigeria rank
21st
Birth rate over time
- Madagascar
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 32.95 births per 1,000 people against 32.09 births per 1,000 people in Madagascar, a difference of 0.86 births per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 23rd and Nigeria ranks 21st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 49.01 births per 1,000 people | 46.08 births per 1,000 people | 2.93 births per 1,000 people | Madagascar |
| 1960s | 46.26 births per 1,000 people | 46.88 births per 1,000 people | 0.6192 births per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 47.28 births per 1,000 people | 48.51 births per 1,000 people | 1.23 births per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 44.98 births per 1,000 people | 46.33 births per 1,000 people | 1.35 births per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 1990s | 44.12 births per 1,000 people | 43.92 births per 1,000 people | 0.1911 births per 1,000 people | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 39.09 births per 1,000 people | 43.36 births per 1,000 people | 4.26 births per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 34.46 births per 1,000 people | 38.92 births per 1,000 people | 4.45 births per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 32.7 births per 1,000 people | 33.36 births per 1,000 people | 0.6525 births per 1,000 people | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher birth rate, Madagascar or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 32.95 births per 1,000 people against 32.09 births per 1,000 people in Madagascar as of 2023.
- What is the difference in birth rate between Madagascar and Nigeria?
- 0.86 births per 1,000 people, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Nigeria?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Madagascar and Nigeria rank globally for birth rate?
- Madagascar ranks 23rd and Nigeria ranks 21st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Birth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of live births in a year per 1,000 people in the population.