Gabon vs Upper middle income: Fertility rate, total

Gabon
3.59 births per woman
in 2024
Upper middle income
1.52 births per woman
in 2024
Gabon rank
40th
Upper middle income rank
37th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Gabon
  • Upper middle income
246196019922024

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 3.59 births per woman against 1.52 births per woman in Upper middle income, a difference of 2.07 births per woman.

That makes Gabon's figure about 2.4 times Upper middle income's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Upper middle income ahead.

Gabon ranks 40th and Upper middle income ranks 37th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 6 and Upper middle income in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Gabon Upper middle income Difference Ahead
1960s 4.75 births per woman 5.72 births per woman 0.9707 births per woman Upper middle income
1970s 5.37 births per woman 4.39 births per woman 0.9766 births per woman Gabon
1980s 5.69 births per woman 3.22 births per woman 2.46 births per woman Gabon
1990s 4.97 births per woman 2.28 births per woman 2.69 births per woman Gabon
2000s 4.26 births per woman 1.98 births per woman 2.28 births per woman Gabon
2010s 3.99 births per woman 1.95 births per woman 2.04 births per woman Gabon
2020s 3.71 births per woman 1.56 births per woman 2.15 births per woman Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Gabon or Upper middle income?
Gabon, at 3.59 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 Gabon and Upper middle income?
2.07 births per woman, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Upper middle income?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Gabon and Upper middle income rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Gabon ranks 40th and Upper middle income ranks 37th 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.