Ecuador vs Palau: Fertility rate, total

Ecuador
1.81 births per woman
in 2024
Palau
1.88 births per woman
in 2024
Ecuador rank
116th
Palau rank
113th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Ecuador
  • Palau
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How they compare

Palau currently reports 1.88 births per woman against 1.81 births per woman in Ecuador, a difference of 0.07 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Palau ahead.

Ecuador ranks 116th and Palau ranks 113th of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 5 and Palau in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Palau Difference Ahead
1960s 6.55 births per woman 6.98 births per woman 0.4309 births per woman Palau
1970s 5.5 births per woman 5 births per woman 0.496 births per woman Ecuador
1980s 4.21 births per woman 3.08 births per woman 1.13 births per woman Ecuador
1990s 3.42 births per woman 2.48 births per woman 0.945 births per woman Ecuador
2000s 2.85 births per woman 1.94 births per woman 0.9072 births per woman Ecuador
2010s 2.3 births per woman 2 births per woman 0.2946 births per woman Ecuador
2020s 1.87 births per woman 1.93 births per woman 0.0546 births per woman Palau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Ecuador or Palau?
Palau, at 1.88 births per woman against 1.81 births per woman in Ecuador as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Ecuador and Palau?
0.07 births per woman, with Palau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Palau?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Ecuador and Palau rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Ecuador ranks 116th and Palau ranks 113th 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.