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
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
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).