Congo vs Madagascar: Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception

Congo

4.11 births per woman

in 2024

Madagascar

3.91 births per woman

in 2024

Congo rank

24th

Madagascar rank

26th

Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception over time

Congo
Madagascar

How they compare

Congo currently reports 4.11 births per woman against 3.91 births per woman in Madagascar, a difference of 0.197 births per woman.

That makes Congo's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.

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

Congo ranks 24th and Madagascar ranks 26th 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.