Gabon vs Guinea-Bissau: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Gabon
3.45 children per women
in 2023
Guinea-Bissau
3.46 children per women
in 2023
Gabon rank
40th
Guinea-Bissau rank
38th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Gabon
- Guinea-Bissau
How they compare
Guinea-Bissau currently reports 3.46 children per women against 3.45 children per women in Gabon, 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 Guinea-Bissau ahead.
Gabon ranks 40th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 38th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Gabon averaged higher in 3 and Guinea-Bissau in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Guinea-Bissau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.78 children per women | 3.26 children per women | 0.48 children per women | Guinea-Bissau |
| 1960s | 3.57 children per women | 3.5 children per women | 0.0681 children per women | Gabon |
| 1970s | 4.34 children per women | 3.89 children per women | 0.4423 children per women | Gabon |
| 1980s | 4.85 children per women | 4.57 children per women | 0.2772 children per women | Gabon |
| 1990s | 4.37 children per women | 4.68 children per women | 0.3091 children per women | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2000s | 3.84 children per women | 4.5 children per women | 0.6548 children per women | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2010s | 3.71 children per women | 4.1 children per women | 0.385 children per women | Guinea-Bissau |
| 2020s | 3.53 children per women | 3.55 children per women | 0.0235 children per women | Guinea-Bissau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Gabon or Guinea-Bissau?
- Guinea-Bissau, at 3.46 children per women against 3.45 children per women in Gabon as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Gabon and Guinea-Bissau?
- 0.01 children per women, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Guinea-Bissau?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Gabon and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Gabon ranks 40th 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).