Congo vs Madagascar: Fertility rate, total
Congo
4.11 births per woman
in 2024
Madagascar
3.91 births per woman
in 2024
Congo rank
24th
Madagascar rank
26th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Congo
- Madagascar
How they compare
Congo currently reports 4.11 births per woman against 3.91 births per woman in Madagascar, a difference of 0.2 births per woman.
That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Madagascar ahead.
Congo ranks 24th and Madagascar ranks 26th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Congo averaged higher in 2 and Madagascar in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Congo | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.21 births per woman | 7.2 births per woman | 0.9948 births per woman | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 6.33 births per woman | 6.98 births per woman | 0.6495 births per woman | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 5.66 births per woman | 6.49 births per woman | 0.8259 births per woman | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 5.07 births per woman | 6.04 births per woman | 0.9652 births per woman | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 4.7 births per woman | 5.27 births per woman | 0.5675 births per woman | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 4.63 births per woman | 4.45 births per woman | 0.1789 births per woman | Congo |
| 2020s | 4.22 births per woman | 4.04 births per woman | 0.1792 births per woman | Congo |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Congo or Madagascar?
- Congo, at 4.11 births per woman against 3.91 births per woman in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Congo and Madagascar?
- 0.2 births per woman, with Congo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Congo and Madagascar?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Congo and Madagascar rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Congo ranks 24th and Madagascar ranks 26th 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.