Ethiopia vs Malawi: Birth rate

Ethiopia
31.9 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Malawi
31.38 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Ethiopia rank
25th
Malawi rank
27th

Birth rate over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Malawi
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How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 31.9 births per 1,000 people against 31.38 births per 1,000 people in Malawi, a difference of 0.522 births per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malawi ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 25th and Malawi ranks 27th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Birth rate
Unit
births per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
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The total number of births per 1,000 people in a given year.