Eritrea vs Zimbabwe: Children per woman vs population growth

Eritrea
2.25
in 2023
Zimbabwe
2.28
in 2023
Eritrea rank
34th
Zimbabwe rank
32nd

Children per woman vs population growth over time

  • Eritrea
  • Zimbabwe
01234195019862023

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 2.28 against 2.25 in Eritrea, a difference of 0.03.

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

Eritrea ranks 34th and Zimbabwe ranks 32nd of 229 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 2 and Zimbabwe in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eritrea Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1950s 1.68 3.31 1.62 Zimbabwe
1960s 2.33 3.38 1.04 Zimbabwe
1970s 2.41 3.48 1.06 Zimbabwe
1980s 2.42 3.29 0.8746 Zimbabwe
1990s 2.78 2.11 0.6696 Eritrea
2000s 2.69 2.04 0.6472 Eritrea
2010s 2.41 2.49 0.0754 Zimbabwe
2020s 2.23 2.27 0.0388 Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children per woman vs population growth, Eritrea or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at 2.28 against 2.25 in Eritrea as of 2023.
What is the difference in children per woman vs population growth between Eritrea and Zimbabwe?
0.03, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Zimbabwe?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Eritrea and Zimbabwe rank globally for children per woman vs population growth?
Eritrea ranks 34th and Zimbabwe ranks 32nd of 229 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Children per woman vs population growth. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Eritrea vs Zimbabwe: Children per woman vs population growth. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 24 August 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/children-per-woman-vs-population-growth/eritrea/zimbabwe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/children-per-woman-vs-population-growth/eritrea/zimbabwe/">Eritrea vs Zimbabwe: Children per woman vs population growth</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Children per woman vs population growth
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed