Kenya vs Tonga: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Kenya
2.96 children per women
in 2023
Tonga
3.05 children per women
in 2023
Kenya rank
55th
Tonga rank
52nd
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Kenya
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 3.05 children per women against 2.96 children per women in Kenya, a difference of 0.09 children per women.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tonga ahead.
Kenya ranks 55th and Tonga ranks 52nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 6 and Tonga in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.07 children per women | 5.69 children per women | 0.6188 children per women | Tonga |
| 1960s | 5.87 children per women | 5.81 children per women | 0.0567 children per women | Kenya |
| 1970s | 6.12 children per women | 5.42 children per women | 0.6941 children per women | Kenya |
| 1980s | 5.76 children per women | 5.08 children per women | 0.6722 children per women | Kenya |
| 1990s | 4.63 children per women | 4.41 children per women | 0.2163 children per women | Kenya |
| 2000s | 4.28 children per women | 3.98 children per women | 0.2917 children per women | Kenya |
| 2010s | 3.52 children per women | 3.48 children per women | 0.0381 children per women | Kenya |
| 2020s | 3.03 children per women | 3.1 children per women | 0.0772 children per women | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Kenya or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 3.05 children per women against 2.96 children per women in Kenya as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Kenya and Tonga?
- 0.09 children per women, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Tonga?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Tonga rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Kenya ranks 55th and Tonga ranks 52nd 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).