Congo vs Equatorial Guinea: Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception

Congo

4.11 births per woman

in 2024

Equatorial Guinea

4.12 births per woman

in 2024

Congo rank

24th

Equatorial Guinea rank

22nd

Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception over time

Congo
Equatorial Guinea

How they compare

Equatorial Guinea currently reports 4.12 births per woman against 4.11 births per woman in Congo, a difference of 0.007 births per woman.

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

Congo ranks 24th and Equatorial Guinea ranks 22nd of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception
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. The unmet need for contraception shows the estimated share of married fertile women of reproductive age who do not want to become pregnant and are not using contraception.