Belize vs Cook Islands: Comparison of fertility rates that account for survival of children
Belize
2.01 live births per woman
in 2023
Cook Islands
2.04 live births per woman
in 2023
Belize rank
113th
Cook Islands rank
111th
Comparison of fertility rates that account for survival of children over time
- Belize
- Cook Islands
How they compare
Cook Islands currently reports 2.04 live births per woman against 2.01 live births per woman in Belize, a difference of 0.03 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cook Islands ahead.
Belize ranks 113th and Cook Islands ranks 111th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Belize averaged higher in 5 and Cook Islands in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Cook Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.61 live births per woman | 6.97 live births per woman | 0.359 live births per woman | Cook Islands |
| 1960s | 6.41 live births per woman | 7.01 live births per woman | 0.6013 live births per woman | Cook Islands |
| 1970s | 6.23 live births per woman | 5.22 live births per woman | 1.01 live births per woman | Belize |
| 1980s | 5.2 live births per woman | 3.97 live births per woman | 1.23 live births per woman | Belize |
| 1990s | 4.09 live births per woman | 3.68 live births per woman | 0.4081 live births per woman | Belize |
| 2000s | 3.17 live births per woman | 2.83 live births per woman | 0.3394 live births per woman | Belize |
| 2010s | 2.42 live births per woman | 2.26 live births per woman | 0.1676 live births per woman | Belize |
| 2020s | 1.96 live births per woman | 2.08 live births per woman | 0.1183 live births per woman | Cook Islands |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher comparison of fertility rates that account for survival of children, Belize or Cook Islands?
- Cook Islands, at 2.04 live births per woman against 2.01 live births per woman in Belize as of 2023.
- What is the difference in comparison of fertility rates that account for survival of children between Belize and Cook Islands?
- 0.03 live births per woman, with Cook Islands ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Cook Islands?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Belize and Cook Islands rank globally for comparison of fertility rates that account for survival of children?
- Belize ranks 113th and Cook Islands ranks 111th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Comparison of fertility rates that account for survival of children. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.