Ethiopia vs Samoa: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Ethiopia
3.74 children per women
in 2023
Samoa
3.7 children per women
in 2023
Ethiopia rank
22nd
Samoa rank
24th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Ethiopia
- Samoa
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 3.74 children per women against 3.7 children per women in Samoa, a difference of 0.04 children per women.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Samoa ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 22nd and Samoa ranks 24th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 4 and Samoa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.68 children per women | 6.33 children per women | 2.65 children per women | Samoa |
| 1960s | 4.11 children per women | 6.72 children per women | 2.6 children per women | Samoa |
| 1970s | 4.46 children per women | 6.13 children per women | 1.68 children per women | Samoa |
| 1980s | 4.81 children per women | 5.17 children per women | 0.3538 children per women | Samoa |
| 1990s | 5.34 children per women | 4.54 children per women | 0.7977 children per women | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 5.28 children per women | 4.2 children per women | 1.08 children per women | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 4.27 children per women | 4.18 children per women | 0.0907 children per women | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 3.86 children per women | 3.77 children per women | 0.0908 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, Ethiopia or Samoa?
- Ethiopia, at 3.74 children per women against 3.7 children per women in Samoa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Ethiopia and Samoa?
- 0.04 children per women, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Samoa?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Ethiopia and Samoa rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Ethiopia ranks 22nd 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).