Comoros vs Gambia: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Comoros
3.63 children per women
in 2023
Gambia
3.68 children per women
in 2023
Comoros rank
28th
Gambia rank
26th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Comoros
- Gambia
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 3.68 children per women against 3.63 children per women in Comoros, a difference of 0.05 children per women.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Comoros ahead.
Comoros ranks 28th and Gambia ranks 26th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 5 and Gambia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.82 children per women | 3.21 children per women | 0.6099 children per women | Comoros |
| 1960s | 4.66 children per women | 3.6 children per women | 1.07 children per women | Comoros |
| 1970s | 5.25 children per women | 4.18 children per women | 1.06 children per women | Comoros |
| 1980s | 5.6 children per women | 4.65 children per women | 0.9484 children per women | Comoros |
| 1990s | 4.98 children per women | 4.79 children per women | 0.187 children per women | Comoros |
| 2000s | 4.44 children per women | 4.84 children per women | 0.3921 children per women | Gambia |
| 2010s | 4.09 children per women | 4.51 children per women | 0.4214 children per women | Gambia |
| 2020s | 3.71 children per women | 3.78 children per women | 0.0676 children per women | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Comoros or Gambia?
- Gambia, at 3.68 children per women against 3.63 children per women in Comoros as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Comoros and Gambia?
- 0.05 children per women, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Gambia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Comoros and Gambia rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Comoros ranks 28th and Gambia ranks 26th 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).