Afghanistan vs Angola: Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility)
Afghanistan
4.84 live births per woman
in 2023
Angola
5.12 live births per woman
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
9th
Angola rank
7th
Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility) over time
- Afghanistan
- Angola
How they compare
Angola currently reports 5.12 live births per woman against 4.84 live births per woman in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.28 live births per woman.
That makes Angola's figure about 1.1 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 9th and Angola ranks 7th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 6 and Angola in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Angola | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.26 live births per woman | 6.2 live births per woman | 1.06 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 7.32 live births per woman | 7.07 live births per woman | 0.2523 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 7.52 live births per woman | 7.48 live births per woman | 0.0434 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 7.57 live births per woman | 7.43 live births per woman | 0.1449 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 7.7 live births per woman | 6.96 live births per woman | 0.7382 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 6.93 live births per woman | 6.47 live births per woman | 0.4599 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 5.71 live births per woman | 5.82 live births per woman | 0.1076 live births per woman | Angola |
| 2020s | 4.99 live births per woman | 5.25 live births per woman | 0.263 live births per woman | Angola |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Afghanistan or Angola?
- Angola, at 5.12 live births per woman against 4.84 live births per woman in Afghanistan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Afghanistan and Angola?
- 0.28 live births per woman, with Angola ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Angola?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Angola rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Afghanistan ranks 9th and Angola ranks 7th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. 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 live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.