Guinea-Bissau vs Samoa: Fertility rate, total

Guinea-Bissau
3.76 births per woman
in 2024
Samoa
3.8 births per woman
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
34th
Samoa rank
31st

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Samoa
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How they compare

Samoa currently reports 3.8 births per woman against 3.76 births per woman in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.04 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Samoa ahead.

Guinea-Bissau ranks 34th and Samoa ranks 31st of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 5 and Samoa in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guinea-Bissau Samoa Difference Ahead
1960s 5.97 births per woman 7.65 births per woman 1.68 births per woman Samoa
1970s 6.17 births per woman 6.68 births per woman 0.5107 births per woman Samoa
1980s 6.67 births per woman 5.5 births per woman 1.17 births per woman Guinea-Bissau
1990s 6.23 births per woman 4.78 births per woman 1.45 births per woman Guinea-Bissau
2000s 5.49 births per woman 4.41 births per woman 1.08 births per woman Guinea-Bissau
2010s 4.68 births per woman 4.35 births per woman 0.3284 births per woman Guinea-Bissau
2020s 3.92 births per woman 3.89 births per woman 0.0244 births per woman Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Guinea-Bissau or Samoa?
Samoa, at 3.8 births per woman against 3.76 births per woman in Guinea-Bissau as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Guinea-Bissau and Samoa?
0.04 births per woman, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Samoa?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Guinea-Bissau and Samoa rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Guinea-Bissau ranks 34th and Samoa ranks 31st 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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About this data

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.