Greenland vs India: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Greenland
1.87 children per women
in 2023
India
1.89 children per women
in 2023
Greenland rank
119th
India rank
118th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Greenland
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 1.89 children per women against 1.87 children per women in Greenland, a difference of 0.02 children per women.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Greenland ahead.
Greenland ranks 119th and India ranks 118th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Greenland averaged higher in 2 and India in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Greenland | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.93 children per women | 3.81 children per women | 1.12 children per women | Greenland |
| 1960s | 5.19 children per women | 4.1 children per women | 1.1 children per women | Greenland |
| 1970s | 2.32 children per women | 3.9 children per women | 1.58 children per women | India |
| 1980s | 1.99 children per women | 3.58 children per women | 1.59 children per women | India |
| 1990s | 2.3 children per women | 3.16 children per women | 0.8537 children per women | India |
| 2000s | 2.22 children per women | 2.7 children per women | 0.4809 children per women | India |
| 2010s | 1.97 children per women | 2.19 children per women | 0.2226 children per women | India |
| 2020s | 1.89 children per women | 1.92 children per women | 0.0223 children per women | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Greenland or India?
- India, at 1.89 children per women against 1.87 children per women in Greenland as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Greenland and India?
- 0.02 children per women, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Greenland and India?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Greenland and India rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Greenland ranks 119th and India ranks 118th 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).