El Salvador vs Montenegro: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
El Salvador
1.73 children per women
in 2023
Montenegro
1.79 children per women
in 2023
El Salvador rank
130th
Montenegro rank
127th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- El Salvador
- Montenegro
How they compare
Montenegro currently reports 1.79 children per women against 1.73 children per women in El Salvador, a difference of 0.06 children per women.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 130th and Montenegro ranks 127th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 7 and Montenegro in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Montenegro | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.79 children per women | 3.7 children per women | 1.1 children per women | El Salvador |
| 1960s | 5.09 children per women | 2.95 children per women | 2.14 children per women | El Salvador |
| 1970s | 4.74 children per women | 2.33 children per women | 2.41 children per women | El Salvador |
| 1980s | 3.94 children per women | 2.04 children per women | 1.9 children per women | El Salvador |
| 1990s | 3.36 children per women | 1.89 children per women | 1.47 children per women | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 2.46 children per women | 1.79 children per women | 0.6757 children per women | El Salvador |
| 2010s | 1.99 children per women | 1.74 children per women | 0.2582 children per women | El Salvador |
| 2020s | 1.75 children per women | 1.82 children per women | 0.0691 children per women | Montenegro |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, El Salvador or Montenegro?
- Montenegro, at 1.79 children per women against 1.73 children per women in El Salvador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between El Salvador and Montenegro?
- 0.06 children per women, with Montenegro ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Montenegro?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do El Salvador and Montenegro rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- El Salvador ranks 130th and Montenegro ranks 127th 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).