Gambia vs Togo: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Gambia
3.68 children per women
in 2023
Togo
3.73 children per women
in 2023
Gambia rank
26th
Togo rank
23rd
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Gambia
- Togo
How they compare
Togo currently reports 3.73 children per women against 3.68 children per women in Gambia, a difference of 0.05 children per women.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Togo ahead.
Gambia ranks 26th and Togo ranks 23rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 3 and Togo in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Togo | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.21 children per women | 4.31 children per women | 1.1 children per women | Togo |
| 1960s | 3.6 children per women | 4.68 children per women | 1.08 children per women | Togo |
| 1970s | 4.18 children per women | 5.03 children per women | 0.8499 children per women | Togo |
| 1980s | 4.65 children per women | 4.86 children per women | 0.2165 children per women | Togo |
| 1990s | 4.79 children per women | 4.38 children per women | 0.4121 children per women | Gambia |
| 2000s | 4.84 children per women | 4.18 children per women | 0.6589 children per women | Gambia |
| 2010s | 4.51 children per women | 4.07 children per women | 0.4358 children per women | Gambia |
| 2020s | 3.78 children per women | 3.8 children per women | 0.0242 children per women | Togo |
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 Togo?
- Togo, at 3.73 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 Togo?
- 0.05 children per women, with Togo ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Togo?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Gambia and Togo rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Gambia ranks 26th and Togo ranks 23rd 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).