Guinea-Bissau vs Senegal: Fertility rate, total
Guinea-Bissau
3.76 births per woman
in 2024
Senegal
3.77 births per woman
in 2024
Guinea-Bissau rank
34th
Senegal rank
33rd
Fertility rate, total over time
- Guinea-Bissau
- Senegal
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 3.77 births per woman against 3.76 births per woman in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Senegal ahead.
Guinea-Bissau ranks 34th and Senegal ranks 33rd of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea-Bissau averaged higher in 3 and Senegal in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea-Bissau | Senegal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.97 births per woman | 7.15 births per woman | 1.19 births per woman | Senegal |
| 1970s | 6.17 births per woman | 7.26 births per woman | 1.09 births per woman | Senegal |
| 1980s | 6.67 births per woman | 6.99 births per woman | 0.3209 births per woman | Senegal |
| 1990s | 6.23 births per woman | 5.91 births per woman | 0.3232 births per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 5.49 births per woman | 5.19 births per woman | 0.296 births per woman | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 4.68 births per woman | 4.75 births per woman | 0.0676 births per woman | Senegal |
| 2020s | 3.92 births per woman | 3.88 births per woman | 0.0382 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 Senegal?
- Senegal, at 3.77 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 Senegal?
- 0.01 births per woman, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea-Bissau and Senegal?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Guinea-Bissau and Senegal rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Guinea-Bissau ranks 34th and Senegal ranks 33rd 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.