Kenya vs Namibia: Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate

Kenya

3.17 births per woman

in 2024

Namibia

3.21 births per woman

in 2024

Kenya rank

52nd

Namibia rank

50th

Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate over time

Kenya
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 3.21 births per woman against 3.17 births per woman in Kenya, a difference of 0.044 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 52nd and Namibia ranks 50th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate
Unit: births per woman
Source: United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 13,943 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total fertility rate summarizes the total number of births a woman would have, if she experienced the birth rates seen in women of each age group in one particular year across her childbearing years. The wanted fertility is an estimate of what the total fertility rate would be if all unwanted births were avoided, based on survey data.