Afghanistan vs IDA only: Fertility rate, total

Afghanistan
4.76 births per woman
in 2024
IDA only
3.76 births per woman
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
9th
IDA only rank
12th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Afghanistan
  • IDA only
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How they compare

Afghanistan currently reports 4.76 births per woman against 3.76 births per woman in IDA only, a difference of 1 births per woman.

That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.3 times IDA only's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Afghanistan has been ahead every year.

Afghanistan ranks 9th and IDA only ranks 12th of 218 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan IDA only Difference Ahead
1960s 7.32 births per woman 6.62 births per woman 0.7015 births per woman Afghanistan
1970s 7.52 births per woman 6.57 births per woman 0.9483 births per woman Afghanistan
1980s 7.57 births per woman 6.18 births per woman 1.39 births per woman Afghanistan
1990s 7.7 births per woman 5.39 births per woman 2.31 births per woman Afghanistan
2000s 6.93 births per woman 4.74 births per woman 2.19 births per woman Afghanistan
2010s 5.71 births per woman 4.18 births per woman 1.53 births per woman Afghanistan
2020s 4.94 births per woman 3.85 births per woman 1.09 births per woman Afghanistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Afghanistan or IDA only?
Afghanistan, at 4.76 births per woman against 3.76 births per woman in IDA only as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Afghanistan and IDA only?
1 births per woman, with Afghanistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and IDA only?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and IDA only rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Afghanistan ranks 9th and IDA only ranks 12th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,258 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.