World vs Zambia: Fertility rate, total
World
2.19 births per woman
in 2024
Zambia
4.04 births per woman
in 2024
World rank
22nd
Zambia rank
25th
Fertility rate, total over time
- World
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 4.04 births per woman against 2.19 births per woman in World, a difference of 1.85 births per woman.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.8 times World's.
Across all 65 years both countries report, Zambia has been ahead every year.
World ranks 22nd and Zambia ranks 25th of 47 groups.
Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | World | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.95 births per woman | 7.09 births per woman | 2.14 births per woman | Zambia |
| 1970s | 4.22 births per woman | 7.32 births per woman | 3.1 births per woman | Zambia |
| 1980s | 3.56 births per woman | 6.92 births per woman | 3.36 births per woman | Zambia |
| 1990s | 2.93 births per woman | 6.25 births per woman | 3.32 births per woman | Zambia |
| 2000s | 2.64 births per woman | 5.69 births per woman | 3.06 births per woman | Zambia |
| 2010s | 2.49 births per woman | 4.86 births per woman | 2.37 births per woman | Zambia |
| 2020s | 2.22 births per woman | 4.18 births per woman | 1.95 births per woman | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, World or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 4.04 births per woman against 2.19 births per woman in World as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between World and Zambia?
- 1.85 births per woman, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for World and Zambia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do World and Zambia rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- World ranks 22nd and Zambia ranks 25th 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
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.