Equatorial Guinea vs Ethiopia: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Equatorial Guinea
3.69 children per women
in 2023
Ethiopia
3.74 children per women
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
25th
Ethiopia rank
22nd
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Ethiopia
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 3.74 children per women against 3.69 children per women in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.05 children per women.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 25th and Ethiopia ranks 22nd of 236 countries.
Ethiopia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Ethiopia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.39 children per women | 3.68 children per women | 0.2974 children per women | Ethiopia |
| 1960s | 3.59 children per women | 4.11 children per women | 0.524 children per women | Ethiopia |
| 1970s | 3.94 children per women | 4.46 children per women | 0.5181 children per women | Ethiopia |
| 1980s | 4.4 children per women | 4.81 children per women | 0.4141 children per women | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 4.66 children per women | 5.34 children per women | 0.675 children per women | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 4.64 children per women | 5.28 children per women | 0.6456 children per women | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 4.22 children per women | 4.27 children per women | 0.043 children per women | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 3.8 children per women | 3.86 children per women | 0.0684 children per women | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Equatorial Guinea or Ethiopia?
- Ethiopia, at 3.74 children per women against 3.69 children per women in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia?
- 0.05 children per women, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 25th and Ethiopia ranks 22nd 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).