Kuwait vs Maldives: Fertility rate, total

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

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Kuwait
  • Maldives
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How they compare

Kuwait 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 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 139th and Maldives ranks 139th of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 4 and Maldives in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kuwait Maldives Difference Ahead
1960s 7.27 births per woman 7.04 births per woman 0.2341 births per woman Kuwait
1970s 6.17 births per woman 7.33 births per woman 1.16 births per woman Maldives
1980s 4.35 births per woman 6.92 births per woman 2.57 births per woman Maldives
1990s 3.24 births per woman 4.48 births per woman 1.24 births per woman Maldives
2000s 2.62 births per woman 2.37 births per woman 0.2498 births per woman Kuwait
2010s 2.05 births per woman 2.02 births per woman 0.0241 births per woman Kuwait
2020s 1.76 births per woman 1.59 births per woman 0.1762 births per woman Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Kuwait or Maldives?
Kuwait, 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 Kuwait and Maldives?
0 births per woman, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Maldives?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Kuwait and Maldives rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Kuwait ranks 139th and Maldives ranks 139th 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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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.