Namibia vs Nauru: Fertility rate, total

Namibia
3.21 births per woman
in 2024
Nauru
3.29 births per woman
in 2024
Namibia rank
50th
Nauru rank
47th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Namibia
  • Nauru
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How they compare

Nauru currently reports 3.29 births per woman against 3.21 births per woman in Namibia, a difference of 0.08 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 50th and Nauru ranks 47th of 217 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 5 and Nauru in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Namibia Nauru Difference Ahead
1960s 6.41 births per woman 5.33 births per woman 1.08 births per woman Namibia
1970s 6.48 births per woman 4.13 births per woman 2.35 births per woman Namibia
1980s 5.89 births per woman 4.06 births per woman 1.83 births per woman Namibia
1990s 4.65 births per woman 3.83 births per woman 0.8147 births per woman Namibia
2000s 3.67 births per woman 3.5 births per woman 0.1702 births per woman Namibia
2010s 3.58 births per woman 3.96 births per woman 0.3795 births per woman Nauru
2020s 3.26 births per woman 3.38 births per woman 0.1136 births per woman Nauru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Namibia or Nauru?
Nauru, at 3.29 births per woman against 3.21 births per woman in Namibia as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Namibia and Nauru?
0.08 births per woman, with Nauru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Nauru?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Namibia and Nauru rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Namibia ranks 50th and Nauru ranks 47th 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.