Mali vs Niger: Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected

Mali
4.84
in 2023
Niger
5.15
in 2023
Mali rank
6th
Niger rank
3rd

Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected over time

  • Mali
  • Niger
0246195019862023

How they compare

Niger currently reports 5.15 against 4.84 in Mali, a difference of 0.31.

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 4.13 0.9432 Niger
1960s 3.54 4.22 0.6817 Niger
1970s 4.17 4.39 0.2178 Niger
1980s 4.82 4.7 0.115 Mali
1990s 5.13 5.21 0.0791 Niger
2000s 5.27 6.04 0.768 Niger
2010s 5.29 5.98 0.6893 Niger
2020s 4.92 5.24 0.3207 Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to, Mali or Niger?
Niger, at 5.15 against 4.84 in Mali as of 2023.
What is the difference in effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to between Mali and Niger?
0.31, 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 effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to?
Mali ranks 6th and Niger ranks 3rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to survive until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Effective fertility rate children per woman who are expected to survive until childbearing age
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed