Ethiopia vs Middle income: Fertility rate, total

Ethiopia
3.91 births per woman
in 2024
Middle income
2.07 births per woman
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
27th
Middle income rank
24th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Middle income
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How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 3.91 births per woman against 2.07 births per woman in Middle income, a difference of 1.84 births per woman.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.9 times Middle income's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Ethiopia has been ahead every year.

Ethiopia ranks 27th and Middle income ranks 24th of 218 countries.

Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Middle income Difference Ahead
1960s 6.62 births per woman 5.9 births per woman 0.7224 births per woman Ethiopia
1970s 7.04 births per woman 4.91 births per woman 2.13 births per woman Ethiopia
1980s 7.31 births per woman 3.93 births per woman 3.38 births per woman Ethiopia
1990s 6.99 births per woman 3.05 births per woman 3.94 births per woman Ethiopia
2000s 6.17 births per woman 2.64 births per woman 3.54 births per woman Ethiopia
2010s 4.67 births per woman 2.43 births per woman 2.24 births per woman Ethiopia
2020s 4.09 births per woman 2.11 births per woman 1.98 births per woman Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Ethiopia or Middle income?
Ethiopia, at 3.91 births per woman against 2.07 births per woman in Middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Ethiopia and Middle income?
1.84 births per woman, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Middle income?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Middle income rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Ethiopia ranks 27th and Middle income ranks 24th of 218 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
266 places, 17,258 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.