Eritrea vs Rwanda: Fertility rate, total
Eritrea
3.68 births per woman
in 2024
Rwanda
3.65 births per woman
in 2024
Eritrea rank
36th
Rwanda rank
38th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Eritrea
- Rwanda
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 3.68 births per woman against 3.65 births per woman in Rwanda, a difference of 0.03 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Rwanda ahead.
Eritrea ranks 36th and Rwanda ranks 38th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 2 and Rwanda in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.49 births per woman | 8.24 births per woman | 1.75 births per woman | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 6.58 births per woman | 8.12 births per woman | 1.54 births per woman | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 6.57 births per woman | 7.73 births per woman | 1.16 births per woman | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 5.95 births per woman | 6.4 births per woman | 0.4475 births per woman | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 5.01 births per woman | 5.47 births per woman | 0.4523 births per woman | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 4.26 births per woman | 4.16 births per woman | 0.098 births per woman | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 3.8 births per woman | 3.77 births per woman | 0.0208 births per woman | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Eritrea or Rwanda?
- Eritrea, at 3.68 births per woman against 3.65 births per woman in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Eritrea and Rwanda?
- 0.03 births per woman, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Rwanda?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Eritrea and Rwanda rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Eritrea ranks 36th and Rwanda ranks 38th 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.