Congo vs Equatorial Guinea: Fertility rate, total
Congo
4.11 births per woman
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea
4.12 births per woman
in 2024
Congo rank
24th
Equatorial Guinea rank
22nd
Fertility rate, total over time
- Congo
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 4.12 births per woman against 4.11 births per woman in Congo, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Congo ahead.
Congo ranks 24th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 22nd of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 3 and Equatorial Guinea in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.21 births per woman | 5.72 births per woman | 0.4823 births per woman | Congo |
| 1970s | 6.33 births per woman | 5.8 births per woman | 0.5329 births per woman | Congo |
| 1980s | 5.66 births per woman | 5.92 births per woman | 0.2657 births per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1990s | 5.07 births per woman | 5.96 births per woman | 0.8866 births per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 4.7 births per woman | 5.58 births per woman | 0.8804 births per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 4.63 births per woman | 4.82 births per woman | 0.1862 births per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 4.22 births per woman | 4.2 births per woman | 0.0222 births per woman | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Congo or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 4.12 births per woman against 4.11 births per woman in Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Congo and Equatorial Guinea?
- 0.01 births per woman, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Equatorial Guinea?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Congo and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Congo ranks 24th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 22nd 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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About this data
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.