Mali vs Niger: Fertility rate, total

Mali
5.51 births per woman
in 2024
Niger
5.93 births per woman
in 2024
Mali rank
6th
Niger rank
5th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Mali
  • Niger
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How they compare

Niger currently reports 5.93 births per woman against 5.51 births per woman in Mali, a difference of 0.42 births per woman.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.

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

Mali ranks 6th and Niger ranks 5th of 217 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Mali Niger Difference Ahead
1960s 7.09 births per woman 7.5 births per woman 0.4101 births per woman Niger
1970s 7.25 births per woman 7.57 births per woman 0.3159 births per woman Niger
1980s 7.31 births per woman 7.87 births per woman 0.5534 births per woman Niger
1990s 7.1 births per woman 7.8 births per woman 0.7006 births per woman Niger
2000s 6.73 births per woman 7.76 births per woman 1.03 births per woman Niger
2010s 6.35 births per woman 7.19 births per woman 0.8377 births per woman Niger
2020s 5.69 births per woman 6.14 births per woman 0.451 births per woman Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Mali or Niger?
Niger, at 5.93 births per woman against 5.51 births per woman in Mali as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Mali and Niger?
0.42 births per woman, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Niger?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Mali and Niger rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Mali ranks 6th and Niger ranks 5th 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.