Gibraltar vs Palau: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Gibraltar
1.86 children per women
in 2023
Palau
1.83 children per women
in 2023
Gibraltar rank
121st
Palau rank
124th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Gibraltar
- Palau
How they compare
Gibraltar currently reports 1.86 children per women against 1.83 children per women in Palau, a difference of 0.03 children per women.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Palau ahead.
Gibraltar ranks 121st and Palau ranks 124th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Gibraltar averaged higher in 2 and Palau in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gibraltar | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.64 children per women | 6.04 children per women | 3.39 children per women | Palau |
| 1960s | 3.32 children per women | 6.06 children per women | 2.74 children per women | Palau |
| 1970s | 2.54 children per women | 4.5 children per women | 1.96 children per women | Palau |
| 1980s | 2.34 children per women | 2.85 children per women | 0.506 children per women | Palau |
| 1990s | 2.27 children per women | 2.32 children per women | 0.0549 children per women | Palau |
| 2000s | 1.81 children per women | 1.84 children per women | 0.03 children per women | Palau |
| 2010s | 1.96 children per women | 1.91 children per women | 0.0439 children per women | Gibraltar |
| 2020s | 1.87 children per women | 1.86 children per women | 0.013 children per women | Gibraltar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Gibraltar or Palau?
- Gibraltar, at 1.86 children per women against 1.83 children per women in Palau as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Gibraltar and Palau?
- 0.03 children per women, with Gibraltar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gibraltar and Palau?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Gibraltar and Palau rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Gibraltar ranks 121st and Palau ranks 124th 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).