Afghanistan vs Mali: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Afghanistan
4.47 children per women
in 2023
Mali
4.84 children per women
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
9th
Mali rank
6th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Afghanistan
- Mali
How they compare
Mali currently reports 4.84 children per women against 4.47 children per women in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.37 children per women.
That makes Mali's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 9th and Mali ranks 6th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 6 and Mali in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.63 children per women | 3.18 children per women | 0.4428 children per women | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 4.15 children per women | 3.54 children per women | 0.6137 children per women | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 4.72 children per women | 4.17 children per women | 0.55 children per women | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 5.2 children per women | 4.82 children per women | 0.384 children per women | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 6.13 children per women | 5.13 children per women | 0.9957 children per women | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 5.92 children per women | 5.27 children per women | 0.6468 children per women | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 5.13 children per women | 5.29 children per women | 0.1617 children per women | Mali |
| 2020s | 4.58 children per women | 4.92 children per women | 0.3354 children per women | Mali |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Afghanistan or Mali?
- Mali, at 4.84 children per women against 4.47 children per women in Afghanistan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Afghanistan and Mali?
- 0.37 children per women, with Mali ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Mali?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Mali rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Afghanistan ranks 9th and Mali ranks 6th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).