Equatorial Guinea vs World: Fertility rate, total
Equatorial Guinea
4.12 births per woman
in 2024
World
2.19 births per woman
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
22nd
World rank
22nd
Fertility rate, total over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- World
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 4.12 births per woman against 2.19 births per woman in World, a difference of 1.93 births per woman.
That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.9 times World's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Equatorial Guinea has been ahead every year.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 22nd and World ranks 22nd of 217 countries.
Equatorial Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.72 births per woman | 4.95 births per woman | 0.7754 births per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1970s | 5.8 births per woman | 4.22 births per woman | 1.59 births per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1980s | 5.92 births per woman | 3.56 births per woman | 2.37 births per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1990s | 5.96 births per woman | 2.93 births per woman | 3.03 births per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 5.58 births per woman | 2.64 births per woman | 2.94 births per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 4.82 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman | 2.33 births per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 4.2 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman | 1.97 births per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Equatorial Guinea or World?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 4.12 births per woman against 2.19 births per woman in World as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Equatorial Guinea and World?
- 1.93 births per woman, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and World?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and World rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 22nd and World ranks 22nd 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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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.