Malawi vs Post-demographic dividend: Fertility rate, total
Malawi
3.59 births per woman
in 2024
Post-demographic dividend
1.39 births per woman
in 2024
Malawi rank
41st
Post-demographic dividend rank
40th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Malawi
- Post-demographic dividend
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 3.59 births per woman against 1.39 births per woman in Post-demographic dividend, a difference of 2.2 births per woman.
That makes Malawi's figure about 2.6 times Post-demographic dividend's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.
Malawi ranks 41st and Post-demographic dividend ranks 40th of 218 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Post-demographic dividend | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.15 births per woman | 2.71 births per woman | 4.44 births per woman | Malawi |
| 1970s | 7.37 births per woman | 2.08 births per woman | 5.28 births per woman | Malawi |
| 1980s | 7.2 births per woman | 1.76 births per woman | 5.44 births per woman | Malawi |
| 1990s | 6.43 births per woman | 1.65 births per woman | 4.79 births per woman | Malawi |
| 2000s | 5.8 births per woman | 1.63 births per woman | 4.17 births per woman | Malawi |
| 2010s | 4.53 births per woman | 1.61 births per woman | 2.91 births per woman | Malawi |
| 2020s | 3.73 births per woman | 1.44 births per woman | 2.29 births per woman | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Malawi or Post-demographic dividend?
- Malawi, at 3.59 births per woman against 1.39 births per woman in Post-demographic dividend as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Malawi and Post-demographic dividend?
- 2.2 births per woman, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Post-demographic dividend?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Post-demographic dividend rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Malawi ranks 41st and Post-demographic dividend ranks 40th 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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About this data
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.