East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Malawi: Fertility rate, total
Fertility rate, total over time
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 3.59 births per woman against 1.37 births per woman in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 2.22 births per woman.
That makes Malawi's figure about 2.6 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 41st and Malawi ranks 41st of 47 groups.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.94 births per woman | 7.15 births per woman | 1.21 births per woman | Malawi |
| 1970s | 4.35 births per woman | 7.37 births per woman | 3.02 births per woman | Malawi |
| 1980s | 3.02 births per woman | 7.2 births per woman | 4.18 births per woman | Malawi |
| 1990s | 2.09 births per woman | 6.43 births per woman | 4.35 births per woman | Malawi |
| 2000s | 1.89 births per woman | 5.8 births per woman | 3.91 births per woman | Malawi |
| 2010s | 1.89 births per woman | 4.53 births per woman | 2.64 births per woman | Malawi |
| 2020s | 1.42 births per woman | 3.73 births per woman | 2.31 births per woman | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 3.59 births per woman against 1.37 births per woman in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Malawi?
- 2.22 births per woman, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Malawi?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Malawi rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 41st and Malawi ranks 41st of 47 groups.
- 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.