Botswana vs Jordan: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Botswana
2.58 children per women
in 2023
Jordan
2.59 children per women
in 2023
Botswana rank
71st
Jordan rank
70th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Botswana
- Jordan
How they compare
Jordan currently reports 2.59 children per women against 2.58 children per women in Botswana, a difference of 0.01 children per women.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Jordan ahead.
Botswana ranks 71st and Jordan ranks 70th of 236 countries.
Jordan has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Jordan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.79 children per women | 5.54 children per women | 0.7493 children per women | Jordan |
| 1960s | 5.04 children per women | 6.74 children per women | 1.69 children per women | Jordan |
| 1970s | 5.33 children per women | 7.18 children per women | 1.85 children per women | Jordan |
| 1980s | 4.84 children per women | 6.19 children per women | 1.35 children per women | Jordan |
| 1990s | 3.47 children per women | 4.55 children per women | 1.08 children per women | Jordan |
| 2000s | 2.85 children per women | 3.67 children per women | 0.8222 children per women | Jordan |
| 2010s | 2.81 children per women | 3.2 children per women | 0.3898 children per women | Jordan |
| 2020s | 2.64 children per women | 2.66 children per women | 0.0163 children per women | Jordan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Botswana or Jordan?
- Jordan, at 2.59 children per women against 2.58 children per women in Botswana as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Botswana and Jordan?
- 0.01 children per women, with Jordan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Jordan?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Botswana and Jordan rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Botswana ranks 71st and Jordan ranks 70th 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).