Afghanistan vs Burundi: Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility)
Afghanistan
4.84 live births per woman
in 2023
Burundi
4.88 live births per woman
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
9th
Burundi rank
8th
Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility) over time
- Afghanistan
- Burundi
How they compare
Burundi currently reports 4.88 live births per woman against 4.84 live births per woman in Afghanistan, a difference of 0.04 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 9th and Burundi ranks 8th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 6 and Burundi in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Burundi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.26 live births per woman | 6.93 live births per woman | 0.3338 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 1960s | 7.32 live births per woman | 7.1 live births per woman | 0.216 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 7.52 live births per woman | 7.24 live births per woman | 0.2826 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 7.57 live births per woman | 7.34 live births per woman | 0.2392 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 7.7 live births per woman | 7.17 live births per woman | 0.5322 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 6.93 live births per woman | 6.7 live births per woman | 0.232 live births per woman | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 5.71 live births per woman | 5.75 live births per woman | 0.0341 live births per woman | Burundi |
| 2020s | 4.99 live births per woman | 5.03 live births per woman | 0.0393 live births per woman | Burundi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Afghanistan or Burundi?
- Burundi, at 4.88 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 Burundi?
- 0.04 live births per woman, with Burundi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Burundi?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Burundi rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Afghanistan ranks 9th and Burundi ranks 8th 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.