Lower middle income vs Uganda: Fertility rate, total

Lower middle income
2.62 births per woman
in 2024
Uganda
4.17 births per woman
in 2024
Lower middle income rank
18th
Uganda rank
19th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Lower middle income
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Uganda currently reports 4.17 births per woman against 2.62 births per woman in Lower middle income, a difference of 1.55 births per woman.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.6 times Lower middle income's.

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

Lower middle income ranks 18th and Uganda ranks 19th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Lower middle income Uganda Difference Ahead
1960s 6.18 births per woman 7.02 births per woman 0.8406 births per woman Uganda
1970s 5.75 births per woman 7.18 births per woman 1.43 births per woman Uganda
1980s 5.08 births per woman 7.08 births per woman 2 births per woman Uganda
1990s 4.23 births per woman 6.89 births per woman 2.66 births per woman Uganda
2000s 3.54 births per woman 6.52 births per woman 2.98 births per woman Uganda
2010s 2.99 births per woman 5.36 births per woman 2.36 births per woman Uganda
2020s 2.67 births per woman 4.39 births per woman 1.73 births per woman Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Lower middle income or Uganda?
Uganda, at 4.17 births per woman against 2.62 births per woman in Lower middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Lower middle income and Uganda?
1.55 births per woman, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Uganda?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Lower middle income and Uganda rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Lower middle income ranks 18th and Uganda ranks 19th 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.