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
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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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.