Madagascar vs Zambia: Fertility rate, total

Madagascar
3.91 births per woman
in 2024
Zambia
4.04 births per woman
in 2024
Madagascar rank
26th
Zambia rank
25th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Madagascar
  • Zambia
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How they compare

Zambia currently reports 4.04 births per woman against 3.91 births per woman in Madagascar, a difference of 0.13 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Madagascar ahead.

Madagascar ranks 26th and Zambia ranks 25th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 1 and Zambia in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Madagascar Zambia Difference Ahead
1960s 7.2 births per woman 7.09 births per woman 0.1164 births per woman Madagascar
1970s 6.98 births per woman 7.32 births per woman 0.3327 births per woman Zambia
1980s 6.49 births per woman 6.92 births per woman 0.4312 births per woman Zambia
1990s 6.04 births per woman 6.25 births per woman 0.217 births per woman Zambia
2000s 5.27 births per woman 5.69 births per woman 0.4268 births per woman Zambia
2010s 4.45 births per woman 4.86 births per woman 0.4036 births per woman Zambia
2020s 4.04 births per woman 4.18 births per woman 0.1374 births per woman Zambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Madagascar or Zambia?
Zambia, at 4.04 births per woman against 3.91 births per woman in Madagascar as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Madagascar and Zambia?
0.13 births per woman, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Zambia?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Madagascar and Zambia rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Madagascar ranks 26th and Zambia ranks 25th 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.