Statizoid

Mali vs Niger: Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception

Mali
5.51 births per woman
in 2024
Niger
5.93 births per woman
in 2024
Mali rank
6th
Niger rank
5th

Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception over time

  • Mali
  • Niger
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How they compare

Niger currently reports 5.93 births per woman against 5.51 births per woman in Mali, a difference of 0.425 births per woman.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.

Mali ranks 6th and Niger ranks 5th 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

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.