Eritrea vs Zimbabwe: Fertility rate, total
Eritrea
3.68 births per woman
in 2024
Zimbabwe
3.67 births per woman
in 2024
Eritrea rank
36th
Zimbabwe rank
37th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Eritrea
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 3.68 births per woman against 3.67 births per woman in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Eritrea ranks 36th and Zimbabwe ranks 37th of 217 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 5 and Zimbabwe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.49 births per woman | 7.18 births per woman | 0.691 births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 6.58 births per woman | 6.82 births per woman | 0.2488 births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 6.57 births per woman | 5.89 births per woman | 0.6734 births per woman | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 5.95 births per woman | 4.33 births per woman | 1.62 births per woman | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 5.01 births per woman | 3.83 births per woman | 1.18 births per woman | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 4.26 births per woman | 3.94 births per woman | 0.3197 births per woman | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 3.8 births per woman | 3.74 births per woman | 0.059 births per woman | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Eritrea or Zimbabwe?
- Eritrea, at 3.68 births per woman against 3.67 births per woman in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Eritrea and Zimbabwe?
- 0.01 births per woman, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Zimbabwe?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Eritrea and Zimbabwe rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Eritrea ranks 36th and Zimbabwe 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.