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
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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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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.