Bulgaria vs Iceland: Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate
Bulgaria
1.58 births per woman
in 2021
Iceland
1.59 births per woman
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
8th
Iceland rank
6th
Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate over time
- Bulgaria
- Iceland
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 1.59 births per woman against 1.58 births per woman in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Iceland ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 8th and Iceland ranks 6th of 34 countries.
Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.19 births per woman | 3.68 births per woman | 1.48 births per woman | Iceland |
| 1970s | 2.17 births per woman | 2.67 births per woman | 0.5026 births per woman | Iceland |
| 1980s | 1.99 births per woman | 2.18 births per woman | 0.19 births per woman | Iceland |
| 1990s | 1.39 births per woman | 2.13 births per woman | 0.7459 births per woman | Iceland |
| 2000s | 1.38 births per woman | 2.06 births per woman | 0.6836 births per woman | Iceland |
| 2010s | 1.53 births per woman | 1.94 births per woman | 0.4072 births per woman | Iceland |
| 2020s | 1.57 births per woman | 1.85 births per woman | 0.281 births per woman | Iceland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate, Bulgaria or Iceland?
- Iceland, at 1.59 births per woman against 1.58 births per woman in Bulgaria as of 2023.
- What is the difference in total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate between Bulgaria and Iceland?
- 0.01 births per woman, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Iceland?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2021.
- How do Bulgaria and Iceland rank globally for total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate?
- Bulgaria ranks 8th and Iceland ranks 6th of 34 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Total fertility rate vs cohort fertility rate vs tempo-adjusted total fertility rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of children a woman would have in her lifetime if she experienced the fertility rates of a specific year.