Bhutan vs Uruguay: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Bhutan
1.42 children per women
in 2023
Uruguay
1.39 children per women
in 2023
Bhutan rank
189th
Uruguay rank
192nd
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Bhutan
- Uruguay
How they compare
Bhutan currently reports 1.42 children per women against 1.39 children per women in Uruguay, a difference of 0.03 children per women.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Bhutan ahead.
Bhutan ranks 189th and Uruguay ranks 192nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bhutan averaged higher in 7 and Uruguay in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bhutan | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.91 children per women | 2.55 children per women | 1.36 children per women | Bhutan |
| 1960s | 4.23 children per women | 2.64 children per women | 1.59 children per women | Bhutan |
| 1970s | 4.76 children per women | 2.7 children per women | 2.06 children per women | Bhutan |
| 1980s | 4.99 children per women | 2.4 children per women | 2.6 children per women | Bhutan |
| 1990s | 4.1 children per women | 2.31 children per women | 1.8 children per women | Bhutan |
| 2000s | 2.61 children per women | 2.05 children per women | 0.5571 children per women | Bhutan |
| 2010s | 1.78 children per women | 1.88 children per women | 0.1034 children per women | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 1.44 children per women | 1.42 children per women | 0.0119 children per women | Bhutan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Bhutan or Uruguay?
- Bhutan, at 1.42 children per women against 1.39 children per women in Uruguay as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Bhutan and Uruguay?
- 0.03 children per women, with Bhutan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Uruguay?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bhutan and Uruguay rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Bhutan ranks 189th and Uruguay ranks 192nd 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).