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
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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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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.