Curaçao vs Portugal: Fertility rate, total

Curaçao
1.4 births per woman
in 2024
Portugal
1.41 births per woman
in 2024
Curaçao rank
177th
Portugal rank
174th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Curaçao
  • Portugal
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How they compare

Portugal currently reports 1.41 births per woman against 1.4 births per woman in Curaçao, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Curaçao ahead.

Curaçao ranks 177th and Portugal ranks 174th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Curaçao averaged higher in 6 and Portugal in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Curaçao Portugal Difference Ahead
1960s 4.48 births per woman 3.16 births per woman 1.31 births per woman Curaçao
1970s 2.76 births per woman 2.74 births per woman 0.0225 births per woman Curaçao
1980s 2.25 births per woman 1.85 births per woman 0.3999 births per woman Curaçao
1990s 2.38 births per woman 1.49 births per woman 0.8845 births per woman Curaçao
2000s 2.18 births per woman 1.42 births per woman 0.7614 births per woman Curaçao
2010s 1.9 births per woman 1.34 births per woman 0.561 births per woman Curaçao
2020s 1.38 births per woman 1.41 births per woman 0.032 births per woman Portugal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Curaçao or Portugal?
Portugal, at 1.41 births per woman against 1.4 births per woman in Curaçao as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Curaçao and Portugal?
0.01 births per woman, with Portugal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Curaçao and Portugal?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Curaçao and Portugal rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Curaçao ranks 177th and Portugal ranks 174th 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.