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
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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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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.