Benin vs Zambia: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Benin
3.93 children per women
in 2023
Zambia
3.82 children per women
in 2023
Benin rank
18th
Zambia rank
21st
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Benin
- Zambia
How they compare
Benin currently reports 3.93 children per women against 3.82 children per women in Zambia, a difference of 0.11 children per women.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zambia ahead.
Benin ranks 18th and Zambia ranks 21st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.47 children per women | 4.59 children per women | 1.13 children per women | Zambia |
| 1960s | 4.16 children per women | 4.84 children per women | 0.6768 children per women | Zambia |
| 1970s | 4.71 children per women | 5.21 children per women | 0.4923 children per women | Zambia |
| 1980s | 5.15 children per women | 5.12 children per women | 0.0288 children per women | Benin |
| 1990s | 4.93 children per women | 4.9 children per women | 0.0388 children per women | Benin |
| 2000s | 4.59 children per women | 4.92 children per women | 0.3228 children per women | Zambia |
| 2010s | 4.41 children per women | 4.42 children per women | 0.0087 children per women | Zambia |
| 2020s | 4.01 children per women | 3.91 children per women | 0.1004 children per women | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Benin or Zambia?
- Benin, at 3.93 children per women against 3.82 children per women in Zambia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Benin and Zambia?
- 0.11 children per women, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Zambia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Benin and Zambia rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Benin ranks 18th and Zambia ranks 21st 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).