Gabon vs Vanuatu: Fertility rate, total

Gabon
3.59 births per woman
in 2024
Vanuatu
3.57 births per woman
in 2024
Gabon rank
40th
Vanuatu rank
42nd

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Gabon
  • Vanuatu
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How they compare

Gabon currently reports 3.59 births per woman against 3.57 births per woman in Vanuatu, a difference of 0.02 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Vanuatu ahead.

Gabon ranks 40th and Vanuatu ranks 42nd of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 4 and Vanuatu in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Gabon Vanuatu Difference Ahead
1960s 4.75 births per woman 6.58 births per woman 1.83 births per woman Vanuatu
1970s 5.37 births per woman 6.02 births per woman 0.6592 births per woman Vanuatu
1980s 5.69 births per woman 5.46 births per woman 0.2258 births per woman Gabon
1990s 4.97 births per woman 4.88 births per woman 0.0947 births per woman Gabon
2000s 4.26 births per woman 4.26 births per woman 0.0012 births per woman Vanuatu
2010s 3.99 births per woman 3.97 births per woman 0.0227 births per woman Gabon
2020s 3.71 births per woman 3.65 births per woman 0.0624 births per woman Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Gabon or Vanuatu?
Gabon, at 3.59 births per woman against 3.57 births per woman in Vanuatu as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Gabon and Vanuatu?
0.02 births per woman, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Vanuatu?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Gabon and Vanuatu rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Gabon ranks 40th and Vanuatu ranks 42nd 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.