Equatorial Guinea vs Samoa: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Equatorial Guinea
3.69 children per women
in 2023
Samoa
3.7 children per women
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
25th
Samoa rank
24th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 3.7 children per women against 3.69 children per women in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.01 children per women.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Samoa ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 25th and Samoa ranks 24th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 4 and Samoa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.39 children per women | 6.33 children per women | 2.94 children per women | Samoa |
| 1960s | 3.59 children per women | 6.72 children per women | 3.13 children per women | Samoa |
| 1970s | 3.94 children per women | 6.13 children per women | 2.19 children per women | Samoa |
| 1980s | 4.4 children per women | 5.17 children per women | 0.768 children per women | Samoa |
| 1990s | 4.66 children per women | 4.54 children per women | 0.1227 children per women | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 4.64 children per women | 4.2 children per women | 0.4309 children per women | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 4.22 children per women | 4.18 children per women | 0.0477 children per women | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 3.8 children per women | 3.77 children per women | 0.0224 children per women | Equatorial Guinea |
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 Samoa?
- Samoa, at 3.7 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 Samoa?
- 0.01 children per women, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Samoa?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Samoa rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 25th and Samoa ranks 24th 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).