Africa Eastern and Southern vs Mauritania: Fertility rate, total

Africa Eastern and Southern
4.16 births per woman
in 2024
Mauritania
4.62 births per woman
in 2024
Africa Eastern and Southern rank
8th
Mauritania rank
11th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Africa Eastern and Southern
  • Mauritania
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How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 4.62 births per woman against 4.16 births per woman in Africa Eastern and Southern, a difference of 0.46 births per woman.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.1 times Africa Eastern and Southern's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Africa Eastern and Southern ahead.

Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 8th and Mauritania ranks 11th of 47 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Africa Eastern and Southern averaged higher in 3 and Mauritania in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Eastern and Southern Mauritania Difference Ahead
1960s 6.73 births per woman 6.4 births per woman 0.3237 births per woman Africa Eastern and Southern
1970s 6.77 births per woman 6.71 births per woman 0.0597 births per woman Africa Eastern and Southern
1980s 6.51 births per woman 6.44 births per woman 0.0702 births per woman Africa Eastern and Southern
1990s 5.88 births per woman 5.93 births per woman 0.0537 births per woman Mauritania
2000s 5.36 births per woman 5.4 births per woman 0.046 births per woman Mauritania
2010s 4.74 births per woman 5.22 births per woman 0.4826 births per woman Mauritania
2020s 4.29 births per woman 4.77 births per woman 0.4827 births per woman Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Africa Eastern and Southern or Mauritania?
Mauritania, at 4.62 births per woman against 4.16 births per woman in Africa Eastern and Southern as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Africa Eastern and Southern and Mauritania?
0.46 births per woman, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa Eastern and Southern and Mauritania?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Africa Eastern and Southern and Mauritania rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 8th and Mauritania ranks 11th of 47 groups.
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.