Malawi vs Zimbabwe: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Malawi
3.44 children per women
in 2023
Zimbabwe
3.45 children per women
in 2023
Malawi rank
41st
Zimbabwe rank
39th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Malawi
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 3.45 children per women against 3.44 children per women in Malawi, a difference of 0.01 children per women.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Malawi ranks 41st and Zimbabwe ranks 39th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 5 and Zimbabwe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.46 children per women | 5.31 children per women | 1.85 children per women | Zimbabwe |
| 1960s | 3.76 children per women | 5.31 children per women | 1.55 children per women | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 4.38 children per women | 5.05 children per women | 0.6643 children per women | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 4.84 children per women | 4.7 children per women | 0.1381 children per women | Malawi |
| 1990s | 4.86 children per women | 3.62 children per women | 1.25 children per women | Malawi |
| 2000s | 5 children per women | 3.3 children per women | 1.69 children per women | Malawi |
| 2010s | 4.17 children per women | 3.56 children per women | 0.6094 children per women | Malawi |
| 2020s | 3.54 children per women | 3.46 children per women | 0.0733 children per women | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Malawi or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 3.45 children per women against 3.44 children per women in Malawi as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Malawi and Zimbabwe?
- 0.01 children per women, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zimbabwe?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Malawi and Zimbabwe rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Malawi ranks 41st and Zimbabwe ranks 39th 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).