Gabon vs Upper middle income: Fertility rate, total
Fertility rate, total over time
- Gabon
- Upper middle income
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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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.