Chad vs Mali: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Chad
4.94 children per women
in 2023
Mali
4.84 children per women
in 2023
Chad rank
5th
Mali rank
6th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Chad
- Mali
How they compare
Chad currently reports 4.94 children per women against 4.84 children per women in Mali, a difference of 0.1 children per women.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Chad ahead.
Chad ranks 5th and Mali ranks 6th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Chad averaged higher in 4 and Mali in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Mali | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.52 children per women | 3.18 children per women | 0.3375 children per women | Chad |
| 1960s | 3.84 children per women | 3.54 children per women | 0.3029 children per women | Chad |
| 1970s | 4.34 children per women | 4.17 children per women | 0.1686 children per women | Chad |
| 1980s | 4.63 children per women | 4.82 children per women | 0.1883 children per women | Mali |
| 1990s | 4.98 children per women | 5.13 children per women | 0.1515 children per women | Mali |
| 2000s | 5.16 children per women | 5.27 children per women | 0.1137 children per women | Mali |
| 2010s | 5.18 children per women | 5.29 children per women | 0.1057 children per women | Mali |
| 2020s | 5 children per women | 4.92 children per women | 0.0829 children per women | Chad |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Chad or Mali?
- Chad, at 4.94 children per women against 4.84 children per women in Mali as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Chad and Mali?
- 0.1 children per women, with Chad ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Mali?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Chad and Mali rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Chad ranks 5th 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).