Ethiopia vs Zambia: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Ethiopia
3.74 children per women
in 2023
Zambia
3.82 children per women
in 2023
Ethiopia rank
22nd
Zambia rank
21st
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Ethiopia
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 3.82 children per women against 3.74 children per women in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.08 children per women.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zambia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 22nd and Zambia ranks 21st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 2 and Zambia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.68 children per women | 4.59 children per women | 0.9108 children per women | Zambia |
| 1960s | 4.11 children per women | 4.84 children per women | 0.7296 children per women | Zambia |
| 1970s | 4.46 children per women | 5.21 children per women | 0.7493 children per women | Zambia |
| 1980s | 4.81 children per women | 5.12 children per women | 0.306 children per women | Zambia |
| 1990s | 5.34 children per women | 4.9 children per women | 0.439 children per women | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 5.28 children per women | 4.92 children per women | 0.3649 children per women | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 4.27 children per women | 4.42 children per women | 0.1546 children per women | Zambia |
| 2020s | 3.86 children per women | 3.91 children per women | 0.0457 children per women | Zambia |
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 Zambia?
- Zambia, at 3.82 children per women against 3.74 children per women in Ethiopia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Ethiopia and Zambia?
- 0.08 children per women, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Zambia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Ethiopia and Zambia rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Ethiopia ranks 22nd and Zambia ranks 21st 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).