Malta vs Puerto Rico: Fertility rate, total
Malta
1.01 births per woman
in 2024
Puerto Rico
0.92 births per woman
in 2024
Malta rank
212th
Puerto Rico rank
215th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Malta
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Malta currently reports 1.01 births per woman against 0.92 births per woman in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0.09 births per woman.
That makes Malta's figure about 1.1 times Puerto Rico's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Puerto Rico ahead.
Malta ranks 212th and Puerto Rico ranks 215th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 1 and Puerto Rico in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.71 births per woman | 4.04 births per woman | 1.34 births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 1970s | 2.02 births per woman | 2.97 births per woman | 0.9548 births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 1980s | 1.96 births per woman | 2.47 births per woman | 0.5035 births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 1.91 births per woman | 2.15 births per woman | 0.2403 births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 1.44 births per woman | 1.78 births per woman | 0.3367 births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 1.33 births per woman | 1.34 births per woman | 0.0021 births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 1.08 births per woman | 0.9166 births per woman | 0.1674 births per woman | Malta |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Malta or Puerto Rico?
- Malta, at 1.01 births per woman against 0.92 births per woman in Puerto Rico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Malta and Puerto Rico?
- 0.09 births per woman, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Puerto Rico?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Malta and Puerto Rico rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Malta ranks 212th and Puerto Rico ranks 215th 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.