Comoros vs Ethiopia: Fertility rate, total

Comoros
3.82 births per woman
in 2024
Ethiopia
3.91 births per woman
in 2024
Comoros rank
30th
Ethiopia rank
27th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Comoros
  • Ethiopia
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How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 3.91 births per woman against 3.82 births per woman in Comoros, a difference of 0.09 births per woman.

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

Comoros ranks 30th and Ethiopia ranks 27th of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 2 and Ethiopia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Comoros Ethiopia Difference Ahead
1960s 6.95 births per woman 6.62 births per woman 0.3304 births per woman Comoros
1970s 7.15 births per woman 7.04 births per woman 0.1104 births per woman Comoros
1980s 6.99 births per woman 7.31 births per woman 0.3217 births per woman Ethiopia
1990s 5.85 births per woman 6.99 births per woman 1.15 births per woman Ethiopia
2000s 5.01 births per woman 6.17 births per woman 1.16 births per woman Ethiopia
2010s 4.46 births per woman 4.67 births per woman 0.2101 births per woman Ethiopia
2020s 3.94 births per woman 4.09 births per woman 0.1452 births per woman Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Comoros or Ethiopia?
Ethiopia, at 3.91 births per woman against 3.82 births per woman in Comoros as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Comoros and Ethiopia?
0.09 births per woman, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Ethiopia?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Comoros and Ethiopia rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Comoros ranks 30th and Ethiopia ranks 27th of 217 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
265 places, 17,193 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.