Namibia vs Tonga: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Namibia
3.03 children per women
in 2023
Tonga
3.05 children per women
in 2023
Namibia rank
54th
Tonga rank
52nd
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Namibia
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 3.05 children per women against 3.03 children per women in Namibia, a difference of 0.02 children per women.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tonga ahead.
Namibia ranks 54th and Tonga ranks 52nd of 236 countries.
Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Namibia | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.13 children per women | 5.69 children per women | 1.56 children per women | Tonga |
| 1960s | 4.75 children per women | 5.81 children per women | 1.06 children per women | Tonga |
| 1970s | 5.04 children per women | 5.42 children per women | 0.3881 children per women | Tonga |
| 1980s | 4.9 children per women | 5.08 children per women | 0.1824 children per women | Tonga |
| 1990s | 4.08 children per women | 4.41 children per women | 0.3302 children per women | Tonga |
| 2000s | 3.32 children per women | 3.98 children per women | 0.6659 children per women | Tonga |
| 2010s | 3.33 children per women | 3.48 children per women | 0.1443 children per women | Tonga |
| 2020s | 3.09 children per women | 3.1 children per women | 0.0171 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, Namibia or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 3.05 children per women against 3.03 children per women in Namibia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Namibia and Tonga?
- 0.02 children per women, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Tonga?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Namibia and Tonga rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Namibia ranks 54th 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).