Eritrea vs Senegal: Fertility rate, total

Eritrea
3.68 births per woman
in 2024
Senegal
3.77 births per woman
in 2024
Eritrea rank
36th
Senegal rank
33rd

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Eritrea
  • Senegal
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How they compare

Senegal currently reports 3.77 births per woman against 3.68 births per woman in Eritrea, a difference of 0.09 births per woman.

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

Eritrea ranks 36th and Senegal ranks 33rd of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 1 and Senegal in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Senegal Difference Ahead
1960s 6.49 births per woman 7.15 births per woman 0.6622 births per woman Senegal
1970s 6.58 births per woman 7.26 births per woman 0.6875 births per woman Senegal
1980s 6.57 births per woman 6.99 births per woman 0.4191 births per woman Senegal
1990s 5.95 births per woman 5.91 births per woman 0.0371 births per woman Eritrea
2000s 5.01 births per woman 5.19 births per woman 0.1763 births per woman Senegal
2010s 4.26 births per woman 4.75 births per woman 0.488 births per woman Senegal
2020s 3.8 births per woman 3.88 births per woman 0.0814 births per woman Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Eritrea or Senegal?
Senegal, at 3.77 births per woman against 3.68 births per woman in Eritrea as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Eritrea and Senegal?
0.09 births per woman, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Senegal?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Eritrea and Senegal rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Eritrea ranks 36th and Senegal ranks 33rd 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.