High income vs Rwanda: Fertility rate, total

High income
1.42 births per woman
in 2024
Rwanda
3.65 births per woman
in 2024
High income rank
39th
Rwanda rank
38th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • High income
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 3.65 births per woman against 1.42 births per woman in High income, a difference of 2.23 births per woman.

That makes Rwanda's figure about 2.6 times High income's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Rwanda has been ahead every year.

High income ranks 39th and Rwanda ranks 38th of 47 groups.

Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade High income Rwanda Difference Ahead
1960s 2.73 births per woman 8.24 births per woman 5.51 births per woman Rwanda
1970s 2.16 births per woman 8.12 births per woman 5.96 births per woman Rwanda
1980s 1.89 births per woman 7.73 births per woman 5.84 births per woman Rwanda
1990s 1.7 births per woman 6.4 births per woman 4.7 births per woman Rwanda
2000s 1.64 births per woman 5.47 births per woman 3.82 births per woman Rwanda
2010s 1.65 births per woman 4.16 births per woman 2.51 births per woman Rwanda
2020s 1.47 births per woman 3.77 births per woman 2.3 births per woman Rwanda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, High income or Rwanda?
Rwanda, at 3.65 births per woman against 1.42 births per woman in High income as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between High income and Rwanda?
2.23 births per woman, with Rwanda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Rwanda?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do High income and Rwanda rank globally for fertility rate, total?
High income ranks 39th and Rwanda ranks 38th of 47 groups.
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
266 places, 17,258 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.