Côte d'Ivoire vs Lower middle income: Fertility rate, total

Côte d'Ivoire
4.23 births per woman
in 2024
Lower middle income
2.62 births per woman
in 2024
Côte d'Ivoire rank
18th
Lower middle income rank
18th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Lower middle income
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How they compare

Côte d'Ivoire currently reports 4.23 births per woman against 2.62 births per woman in Lower middle income, a difference of 1.61 births per woman.

That makes Côte d'Ivoire's figure about 1.6 times Lower middle income's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Côte d'Ivoire has been ahead every year.

Côte d'Ivoire ranks 18th and Lower middle income ranks 18th of 218 countries.

Côte d'Ivoire has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Côte d'Ivoire Lower middle income Difference Ahead
1960s 7.82 births per woman 6.18 births per woman 1.64 births per woman Côte d'Ivoire
1970s 7.86 births per woman 5.75 births per woman 2.11 births per woman Côte d'Ivoire
1980s 7.28 births per woman 5.08 births per woman 2.2 births per woman Côte d'Ivoire
1990s 6.17 births per woman 4.23 births per woman 1.94 births per woman Côte d'Ivoire
2000s 5.53 births per woman 3.54 births per woman 1.99 births per woman Côte d'Ivoire
2010s 4.97 births per woman 2.99 births per woman 1.97 births per woman Côte d'Ivoire
2020s 4.35 births per woman 2.67 births per woman 1.68 births per woman Côte d'Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Côte d'Ivoire or Lower middle income?
Côte d'Ivoire, at 4.23 births per woman against 2.62 births per woman in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Côte d'Ivoire and Lower middle income?
1.61 births per woman, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d'Ivoire and Lower middle income?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Côte d'Ivoire and Lower middle income rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Côte d'Ivoire ranks 18th and Lower middle income ranks 18th of 218 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
266 places, 17,258 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.