Panama vs Western Sahara: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Panama
2.07 children per women
in 2023
Western Sahara
2.08 children per women
in 2023
Panama rank
104th
Western Sahara rank
101st
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Panama
- Western Sahara
How they compare
Western Sahara currently reports 2.08 children per women against 2.07 children per women in Panama, a difference of 0.01 children per women.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Panama ahead.
Panama ranks 104th and Western Sahara ranks 101st of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 3 and Western Sahara in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Western Sahara | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.93 children per women | 3.71 children per women | 1.22 children per women | Panama |
| 1960s | 5.1 children per women | 4.31 children per women | 0.793 children per women | Panama |
| 1970s | 4.19 children per women | 4.59 children per women | 0.3948 children per women | Western Sahara |
| 1980s | 3.28 children per women | 4.42 children per women | 1.14 children per women | Western Sahara |
| 1990s | 2.77 children per women | 3.64 children per women | 0.8705 children per women | Western Sahara |
| 2000s | 2.57 children per women | 2.77 children per women | 0.193 children per women | Western Sahara |
| 2010s | 2.44 children per women | 2.33 children per women | 0.1186 children per women | Panama |
| 2020s | 2.1 children per women | 2.12 children per women | 0.0169 children per women | Western Sahara |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Panama or Western Sahara?
- Western Sahara, at 2.08 children per women against 2.07 children per women in Panama as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Panama and Western Sahara?
- 0.01 children per women, with Western Sahara ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Western Sahara?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Panama and Western Sahara rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Panama ranks 104th and Western Sahara ranks 101st 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).