Eritrea vs Guinea-Bissau: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Eritrea
3.5 children per women
in 2023
Guinea-Bissau
3.46 children per women
in 2023
Eritrea rank
35th
Guinea-Bissau rank
38th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Eritrea
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 3.5 children per women against 3.46 children per women in Guinea-Bissau, a difference of 0.04 children per women.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 35th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 38th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 6 and Guinea-Bissau in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.55 children per women | 3.26 children per women | 0.2959 children per women | Eritrea |
| 1960s | 4.02 children per women | 3.5 children per women | 0.5162 children per women | Eritrea |
| 1970s | 4.42 children per women | 3.89 children per women | 0.527 children per women | Eritrea |
| 1980s | 4.72 children per women | 4.57 children per women | 0.1543 children per women | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 4.93 children per women | 4.68 children per women | 0.2496 children per women | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 4.48 children per women | 4.5 children per women | 0.0225 children per women | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 3.95 children per women | 4.1 children per women | 0.1508 children per women | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 3.6 children per women | 3.55 children per women | 0.0435 children per women | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Eritrea or Guinea-Bissau?
- Eritrea, at 3.5 children per women against 3.46 children per women in Guinea-Bissau as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Eritrea and Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.04 children per women, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Guinea-Bissau?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Eritrea and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Eritrea ranks 35th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 38th 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).