Gambia vs Samoa: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Gambia
3.68 children per women
in 2023
Samoa
3.7 children per women
in 2023
Gambia rank
26th
Samoa rank
24th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Gambia
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 3.7 children per women against 3.68 children per women in Gambia, a difference of 0.02 children per women.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Samoa ahead.
Gambia ranks 26th and Samoa ranks 24th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 4 and Samoa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.21 children per women | 6.33 children per women | 3.12 children per women | Samoa |
| 1960s | 3.6 children per women | 6.72 children per women | 3.12 children per women | Samoa |
| 1970s | 4.18 children per women | 6.13 children per women | 1.95 children per women | Samoa |
| 1980s | 4.65 children per women | 5.17 children per women | 0.5199 children per women | Samoa |
| 1990s | 4.79 children per women | 4.54 children per women | 0.2537 children per women | Gambia |
| 2000s | 4.84 children per women | 4.2 children per women | 0.6324 children per women | Gambia |
| 2010s | 4.51 children per women | 4.18 children per women | 0.3301 children per women | Gambia |
| 2020s | 3.78 children per women | 3.77 children per women | 0.0017 children per women | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Gambia or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 3.7 children per women against 3.68 children per women in Gambia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Gambia and Samoa?
- 0.02 children per women, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Samoa?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Gambia and Samoa rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Gambia ranks 26th 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).