Canada vs Guernsey: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Canada
1.34 children per women
in 2023
Guernsey
1.35 children per women
in 2023
Canada rank
202nd
Guernsey rank
199th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Canada
- Guernsey
How they compare
Guernsey currently reports 1.35 children per women against 1.34 children per women in Canada, a difference of 0.01 children per women.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Canada ahead.
Canada ranks 202nd and Guernsey ranks 199th of 236 countries.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | Guernsey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.49 children per women | 2.09 children per women | 1.4 children per women | Canada |
| 1960s | 3.02 children per women | 2.22 children per women | 0.8036 children per women | Canada |
| 1970s | 1.81 children per women | 1.72 children per women | 0.0965 children per women | Canada |
| 1980s | 1.58 children per women | 1.52 children per women | 0.0559 children per women | Canada |
| 1990s | 1.63 children per women | 1.44 children per women | 0.1813 children per women | Canada |
| 2000s | 1.56 children per women | 1.47 children per women | 0.0902 children per women | Canada |
| 2010s | 1.57 children per women | 1.45 children per women | 0.1151 children per women | Canada |
| 2020s | 1.38 children per women | 1.34 children per women | 0.0346 children per women | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Canada or Guernsey?
- Guernsey, at 1.35 children per women against 1.34 children per women in Canada as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Canada and Guernsey?
- 0.01 children per women, with Guernsey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Guernsey?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Canada and Guernsey rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Canada ranks 202nd and Guernsey ranks 199th 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).