Sudan vs Yemen: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age

Sudan
4 children per women
in 2023
Yemen
4.35 children per women
in 2023
Sudan rank
16th
Yemen rank
13th

Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time

  • Sudan
  • Yemen
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How they compare

Yemen currently reports 4.35 children per women against 4 children per women in Sudan, a difference of 0.35 children per women.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Sudan's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sudan ahead.

Sudan ranks 16th and Yemen ranks 13th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Sudan averaged higher in 3 and Yemen in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade Sudan Yemen Difference Ahead
1950s 4.74 children per women 3.93 children per women 0.8111 children per women Sudan
1960s 5.1 children per women 4.68 children per women 0.4267 children per women Sudan
1970s 5.31 children per women 5.86 children per women 0.5512 children per women Yemen
1980s 5 children per women 7.14 children per women 2.14 children per women Yemen
1990s 4.9 children per women 6.56 children per women 1.66 children per women Yemen
2000s 4.71 children per women 5.12 children per women 0.4037 children per women Yemen
2010s 4.44 children per women 4.33 children per women 0.1099 children per women Sudan
2020s 4.09 children per women 4.34 children per women 0.252 children per women Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Sudan or Yemen?
Yemen, at 4.35 children per women against 4 children per women in Sudan as of 2023.
What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Sudan and Yemen?
0.35 children per women, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sudan and Yemen?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Sudan and Yemen rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
Sudan ranks 16th and Yemen ranks 13th 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

Indicator
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Unit
children per women
Source
Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed

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).