Botswana vs Syria: Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population)

Botswana
2.7 births per woman
in 2024
Syria
2.7 births per woman
in 2024
Botswana rank
65th
Syria rank
66th

Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population) over time

  • Botswana
  • Syria
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How they compare

Botswana currently reports 2.7 births per woman against 2.7 births per woman in Syria, a difference of 0 births per woman.

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

Botswana ranks 65th and Syria ranks 66th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 1 and Syria in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Syria Difference Ahead
1960s 6.58 births per woman 7.53 births per woman 0.9513 births per woman Syria
1970s 6.55 births per woman 7.48 births per woman 0.9319 births per woman Syria
1980s 5.53 births per woman 6.5 births per woman 0.9711 births per woman Syria
1990s 3.88 births per woman 4.79 births per woman 0.9119 births per woman Syria
2000s 3.15 births per woman 3.7 births per woman 0.5479 births per woman Syria
2010s 3.02 births per woman 3.1 births per woman 0.081 births per woman Syria
2020s 2.78 births per woman 2.76 births per woman 0.023 births per woman Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Botswana or Syria?
Botswana, at 2.7 births per woman against 2.7 births per woman in Syria as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Botswana and Syria?
0 births per woman, with Botswana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Syria?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Syria rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Botswana ranks 65th and Syria ranks 66th 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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About this data

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.