Egypt vs Guam: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Egypt
2.68 children per women
in 2023
Guam
2.72 children per women
in 2023
Egypt rank
66th
Guam rank
63rd
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Egypt
- Guam
How they compare
Guam currently reports 2.72 children per women against 2.68 children per women in Egypt, a difference of 0.04 children per women.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guam ahead.
Egypt ranks 66th and Guam ranks 63rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 5 and Guam in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Guam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.19 children per women | 5.49 children per women | 1.31 children per women | Guam |
| 1960s | 4.47 children per women | 4.97 children per women | 0.504 children per women | Guam |
| 1970s | 4.42 children per women | 3.53 children per women | 0.8887 children per women | Egypt |
| 1980s | 4.39 children per women | 2.87 children per women | 1.53 children per women | Egypt |
| 1990s | 3.61 children per women | 2.94 children per women | 0.671 children per women | Egypt |
| 2000s | 3.16 children per women | 2.72 children per women | 0.4436 children per women | Egypt |
| 2010s | 3.19 children per women | 2.92 children per women | 0.2736 children per women | Egypt |
| 2020s | 2.7 children per women | 2.77 children per women | 0.0699 children per women | Guam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Egypt or Guam?
- Guam, at 2.72 children per women against 2.68 children per women in Egypt as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Egypt and Guam?
- 0.04 children per women, with Guam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Guam?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Egypt and Guam rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Egypt ranks 66th and Guam ranks 63rd 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).