Iceland vs Maldives: Fertility rate, total

Iceland
1.56 births per woman
in 2024
Maldives
1.56 births per woman
in 2024
Iceland rank
139th
Maldives rank
139th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Iceland
  • Maldives
2468196019922024

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 1.56 births per woman against 1.56 births per woman in Maldives, a difference of 0 births per woman.

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

Iceland ranks 139th and Maldives ranks 139th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 1 and Maldives in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iceland Maldives Difference Ahead
1960s 3.67 births per woman 7.04 births per woman 3.37 births per woman Maldives
1970s 2.67 births per woman 7.33 births per woman 4.65 births per woman Maldives
1980s 2.18 births per woman 6.92 births per woman 4.74 births per woman Maldives
1990s 2.13 births per woman 4.48 births per woman 2.35 births per woman Maldives
2000s 2.06 births per woman 2.37 births per woman 0.3119 births per woman Maldives
2010s 1.88 births per woman 2.02 births per woman 0.1408 births per woman Maldives
2020s 1.65 births per woman 1.59 births per woman 0.0618 births per woman Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Iceland or Maldives?
Iceland, at 1.56 births per woman against 1.56 births per woman in Maldives as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Iceland and Maldives?
0 births per woman, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Maldives?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Iceland and Maldives rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Iceland ranks 139th and Maldives ranks 139th 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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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.