Eritrea vs Zimbabwe: Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence

Eritrea

3.68 births per woman

in 2024

Zimbabwe

3.67 births per woman

in 2024

Eritrea rank

36th

Zimbabwe rank

37th

Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence over time

Eritrea
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 3.68 births per woman against 3.67 births per woman in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.006 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Eritrea ranks 36th and Zimbabwe ranks 37th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence
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, in a given year. Contraceptive prevalence is the percentage of women who are practicing, or whose sexual partners are practicing, any form of contraception.