Mali vs Niger: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Mali
4.84 children per women
in 2023
Niger
5.15 children per women
in 2023
Mali rank
6th
Niger rank
3rd
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Mali
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 5.15 children per women against 4.84 children per women in Mali, a difference of 0.31 children per women.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Niger ahead.
Mali ranks 6th and Niger ranks 3rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 1 and Niger in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.18 children per women | 4.13 children per women | 0.9432 children per women | Niger |
| 1960s | 3.54 children per women | 4.22 children per women | 0.6817 children per women | Niger |
| 1970s | 4.17 children per women | 4.39 children per women | 0.2178 children per women | Niger |
| 1980s | 4.82 children per women | 4.7 children per women | 0.115 children per women | Mali |
| 1990s | 5.13 children per women | 5.21 children per women | 0.0791 children per women | Niger |
| 2000s | 5.27 children per women | 6.04 children per women | 0.768 children per women | Niger |
| 2010s | 5.29 children per women | 5.98 children per women | 0.6893 children per women | Niger |
| 2020s | 4.92 children per women | 5.24 children per women | 0.3207 children per women | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Mali or Niger?
- Niger, at 5.15 children per women against 4.84 children per women in Mali as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Mali and Niger?
- 0.31 children per women, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Niger?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Mali and Niger rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Mali ranks 6th and Niger ranks 3rd 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).