Comoros vs Madagascar: Fertility rate vs. child mortality

Comoros
3.88 live births per woman
in 2023
Madagascar
3.97 live births per woman
in 2023
Comoros rank
31st
Madagascar rank
29th

Fertility rate vs. child mortality over time

  • Comoros
  • Madagascar
02468195019862023

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 3.97 live births per woman against 3.88 live births per woman in Comoros, a difference of 0.09 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Madagascar ahead.

Comoros ranks 31st and Madagascar ranks 29th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 3 and Madagascar in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Comoros Madagascar Difference Ahead
1950s 6.24 live births per woman 7.4 live births per woman 1.16 live births per woman Madagascar
1960s 6.95 live births per woman 7.2 live births per woman 0.2514 live births per woman Madagascar
1970s 7.15 live births per woman 6.98 live births per woman 0.1635 live births per woman Comoros
1980s 6.99 live births per woman 6.49 live births per woman 0.5015 live births per woman Comoros
1990s 5.85 live births per woman 6.04 live births per woman 0.1892 live births per woman Madagascar
2000s 5.01 live births per woman 5.27 live births per woman 0.251 live births per woman Madagascar
2010s 4.46 live births per woman 4.45 live births per woman 0.0042 live births per woman Comoros
2020s 3.97 live births per woman 4.07 live births per woman 0.0998 live births per woman Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate vs. child mortality, Comoros or Madagascar?
Madagascar, at 3.97 live births per woman against 3.88 live births per woman in Comoros as of 2023.
What is the difference in fertility rate vs. child mortality between Comoros and Madagascar?
0.09 live births per woman, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Madagascar?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Comoros and Madagascar rank globally for fertility rate vs. child mortality?
Comoros ranks 31st and Madagascar ranks 29th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate vs. child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

About this data

Indicator
Fertility rate vs. child mortality
Unit
live births per woman
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.