Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) vs Yemen: Fertility rate, total

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
3.05 births per woman
in 2024
Yemen
4.5 births per woman
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank
15th
Yemen rank
13th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
  • Yemen
468196019922024

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 4.5 births per woman against 3.05 births per woman in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), a difference of 1.45 births per woman.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.5 times Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s.

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

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 15th and Yemen ranks 13th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) Yemen Difference Ahead
1960s 6.98 births per woman 8.09 births per woman 1.11 births per woman Yemen
1970s 6.64 births per woman 8.38 births per woman 1.74 births per woman Yemen
1980s 6.12 births per woman 8.8 births per woman 2.68 births per woman Yemen
1990s 4.74 births per woman 7.57 births per woman 2.83 births per woman Yemen
2000s 3.71 births per woman 5.63 births per woman 1.92 births per woman Yemen
2010s 3.45 births per woman 4.64 births per woman 1.19 births per woman Yemen
2020s 3.12 births per woman 4.58 births per woman 1.46 births per woman Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) or Yemen?
Yemen, at 4.5 births per woman against 3.05 births per woman in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) and Yemen?
1.45 births per woman, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) and Yemen?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) and Yemen rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 15th and Yemen ranks 13th of 47 groups.
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

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.