Eritrea vs Upper middle income: Fertility rate, total
Eritrea
3.68 births per woman
in 2024
Upper middle income
1.52 births per woman
in 2024
Eritrea rank
36th
Upper middle income rank
37th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Eritrea
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 3.68 births per woman against 1.52 births per woman in Upper middle income, a difference of 2.16 births per woman.
That makes Eritrea's figure about 2.4 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 36th and Upper middle income ranks 37th of 217 countries.
Eritrea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.49 births per woman | 5.72 births per woman | 0.7742 births per woman | Eritrea |
| 1970s | 6.58 births per woman | 4.39 births per woman | 2.19 births per woman | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 6.57 births per woman | 3.22 births per woman | 3.35 births per woman | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 5.95 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman | 3.67 births per woman | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 5.01 births per woman | 1.98 births per woman | 3.03 births per woman | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 4.26 births per woman | 1.95 births per woman | 2.31 births per woman | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 3.8 births per woman | 1.56 births per woman | 2.23 births per woman | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Eritrea or Upper middle income?
- Eritrea, at 3.68 births per woman against 1.52 births per woman in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Eritrea and Upper middle income?
- 2.16 births per woman, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Upper middle income?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Eritrea and Upper middle income rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Eritrea ranks 36th and Upper middle income ranks 37th 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.