Afghanistan vs Mali: Fertility rate, total

Afghanistan
4.76 births per woman
in 2024
Mali
5.51 births per woman
in 2024
Afghanistan rank
9th
Mali rank
6th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Mali
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How they compare

Mali currently reports 5.51 births per woman against 4.76 births per woman in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.75 births per woman.

That makes Mali's figure about 1.2 times Afghanistan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Afghanistan ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 9th and Mali ranks 6th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 5 and Mali in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Mali Difference Ahead
1960s 7.32 births per woman 7.09 births per woman 0.2329 births per woman Afghanistan
1970s 7.52 births per woman 7.25 births per woman 0.2658 births per woman Afghanistan
1980s 7.57 births per woman 7.31 births per woman 0.2624 births per woman Afghanistan
1990s 7.7 births per woman 7.1 births per woman 0.6021 births per woman Afghanistan
2000s 6.93 births per woman 6.73 births per woman 0.1941 births per woman Afghanistan
2010s 5.71 births per woman 6.35 births per woman 0.6429 births per woman Mali
2020s 4.94 births per woman 5.69 births per woman 0.7456 births per woman Mali

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Afghanistan or Mali?
Mali, at 5.51 births per woman against 4.76 births per woman in Afghanistan as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Afghanistan and Mali?
0.75 births per woman, with Mali ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Mali?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Afghanistan and Mali rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Afghanistan ranks 9th and Mali ranks 6th 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.