Upper middle income vs Zimbabwe: Fertility rate, total

Upper middle income
1.52 births per woman
in 2024
Zimbabwe
3.67 births per woman
in 2024
Upper middle income rank
37th
Zimbabwe rank
37th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Upper middle income
  • Zimbabwe
2468196019922024

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 3.67 births per woman against 1.52 births per woman in Upper middle income, a difference of 2.15 births per woman.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 2.4 times Upper middle income's.

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

Upper middle income ranks 37th and Zimbabwe ranks 37th of 47 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Upper middle income Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1960s 5.72 births per woman 7.18 births per woman 1.47 births per woman Zimbabwe
1970s 4.39 births per woman 6.82 births per woman 2.44 births per woman Zimbabwe
1980s 3.22 births per woman 5.89 births per woman 2.67 births per woman Zimbabwe
1990s 2.28 births per woman 4.33 births per woman 2.05 births per woman Zimbabwe
2000s 1.98 births per woman 3.83 births per woman 1.85 births per woman Zimbabwe
2010s 1.95 births per woman 3.94 births per woman 1.99 births per woman Zimbabwe
2020s 1.56 births per woman 3.74 births per woman 2.17 births per woman Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Upper middle income or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 3.67 births per woman against 1.52 births per woman in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Upper middle income and Zimbabwe?
2.15 births per woman, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Upper middle income and Zimbabwe?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Upper middle income and Zimbabwe rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Upper middle income ranks 37th and Zimbabwe ranks 37th 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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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.