Equatorial Guinea vs Zambia: Fertility rate, total
Equatorial Guinea
4.12 births per woman
in 2024
Zambia
4.04 births per woman
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
22nd
Zambia rank
25th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Zambia
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 4.12 births per woman against 4.04 births per woman in Zambia, a difference of 0.08 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Zambia ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 22nd and Zambia ranks 25th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Zambia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.72 births per woman | 7.09 births per woman | 1.36 births per woman | Zambia |
| 1970s | 5.8 births per woman | 7.32 births per woman | 1.52 births per woman | Zambia |
| 1980s | 5.92 births per woman | 6.92 births per woman | 0.9914 births per woman | Zambia |
| 1990s | 5.96 births per woman | 6.25 births per woman | 0.2956 births per woman | Zambia |
| 2000s | 5.58 births per woman | 5.69 births per woman | 0.1139 births per woman | Zambia |
| 2010s | 4.82 births per woman | 4.86 births per woman | 0.0385 births per woman | Zambia |
| 2020s | 4.2 births per woman | 4.18 births per woman | 0.0196 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 Zambia?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 4.12 births per woman against 4.04 births per woman in Zambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Equatorial Guinea and Zambia?
- 0.08 births per woman, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Zambia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Zambia rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 22nd and Zambia ranks 25th 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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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.