Gambia vs Madagascar: Fertility rate, total
Gambia
3.91 births per woman
in 2024
Madagascar
3.91 births per woman
in 2024
Gambia rank
28th
Madagascar rank
26th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Gambia
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 3.91 births per woman against 3.91 births per woman in Gambia, a difference of 0 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Madagascar ahead.
Gambia ranks 28th and Madagascar ranks 26th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 3 and Madagascar in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.21 births per woman | 7.2 births per woman | 0.9886 births per woman | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 6.39 births per woman | 6.98 births per woman | 0.5938 births per woman | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 6.35 births per woman | 6.49 births per woman | 0.1352 births per woman | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 6 births per woman | 6.04 births per woman | 0.0388 births per woman | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 5.67 births per woman | 5.27 births per woman | 0.4054 births per woman | Gambia |
| 2010s | 5.04 births per woman | 4.45 births per woman | 0.5844 births per woman | Gambia |
| 2020s | 4.08 births per woman | 4.04 births per woman | 0.042 births per woman | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Gambia or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 3.91 births per woman against 3.91 births per woman in Gambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Gambia and Madagascar?
- 0 births per woman, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Madagascar?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Gambia and Madagascar rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Gambia ranks 28th and Madagascar ranks 26th 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.