Equatorial Guinea vs Gambia: Birth rate, crude

Equatorial Guinea
29.99 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Gambia
29.86 per 1,000 people
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
30th
Gambia rank
32nd

Birth rate, crude over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gambia
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How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 29.99 per 1,000 people against 29.86 per 1,000 people in Gambia, a difference of 0.13 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Gambia ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 30th and Gambia ranks 32nd of 218 countries.

Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Gambia Difference Ahead
1960s 40.64 per 1,000 people 49.11 per 1,000 people 8.47 per 1,000 people Gambia
1970s 42.94 per 1,000 people 47.48 per 1,000 people 4.54 per 1,000 people Gambia
1980s 44.74 per 1,000 people 48.61 per 1,000 people 3.87 per 1,000 people Gambia
1990s 44.04 per 1,000 people 45.03 per 1,000 people 0.987 per 1,000 people Gambia
2000s 39.78 per 1,000 people 39.82 per 1,000 people 0.0479 per 1,000 people Gambia
2010s 34.92 per 1,000 people 35.95 per 1,000 people 1.04 per 1,000 people Gambia
2020s 30.36 per 1,000 people 30.75 per 1,000 people 0.3956 per 1,000 people Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, crude, Equatorial Guinea or Gambia?
Equatorial Guinea, at 29.99 per 1,000 people against 29.86 per 1,000 people in Gambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Equatorial Guinea and Gambia?
0.13 per 1,000 people, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Gambia?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Gambia rank globally for birth rate, crude?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 30th and Gambia ranks 32nd of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,260 data points, 1960–2024
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Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.