Mauritania vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income): Fertility rate, total

Mauritania
4.62 births per woman
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
3.05 births per woman
in 2024
Mauritania rank
11th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank
14th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Mauritania
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 4.62 births per woman against 3.05 births per woman in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income), a difference of 1.57 births per woman.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.5 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ahead.

Mauritania ranks 11th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 14th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 6 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mauritania Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1960s 6.4 births per woman 6.98 births per woman 0.5773 births per woman Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)
1970s 6.71 births per woman 6.64 births per woman 0.0753 births per woman Mauritania
1980s 6.44 births per woman 6.12 births per woman 0.3209 births per woman Mauritania
1990s 5.93 births per woman 4.74 births per woman 1.19 births per woman Mauritania
2000s 5.4 births per woman 3.72 births per woman 1.68 births per woman Mauritania
2010s 5.22 births per woman 3.45 births per woman 1.77 births per woman Mauritania
2020s 4.77 births per woman 3.12 births per woman 1.65 births per woman Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Mauritania or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
Mauritania, at 4.62 births per woman against 3.05 births per woman in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Mauritania and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
1.57 births per woman, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Mauritania and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Mauritania ranks 11th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) ranks 14th 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.