Equatorial Guinea vs Gambia: Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected

Equatorial Guinea
3.69
in 2023
Gambia
3.68
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
25th
Gambia rank
26th

Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gambia
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How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 3.69 against 3.68 in Gambia, a difference of 0.01.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 25th and Gambia ranks 26th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 2 and Gambia in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Gambia Difference Ahead
1950s 3.39 3.21 0.1779 Equatorial Guinea
1960s 3.59 3.6 0.0072 Gambia
1970s 3.94 4.18 0.2437 Gambia
1980s 4.4 4.65 0.248 Gambia
1990s 4.66 4.79 0.131 Gambia
2000s 4.64 4.84 0.2015 Gambia
2010s 4.22 4.51 0.2824 Gambia
2020s 3.8 3.78 0.0206 Equatorial Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to, Equatorial Guinea or Gambia?
Equatorial Guinea, at 3.69 against 3.68 in Gambia as of 2023.
What is the difference in effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to between Equatorial Guinea and Gambia?
0.01, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Gambia?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Gambia rank globally for effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 25th and Gambia ranks 26th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to survive until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to survive until childbearing age
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed