Belize vs New Caledonia: Fertility rate: births per woman
Belize
2.01 live births per woman
in 2023
New Caledonia
1.98 live births per woman
in 2023
Belize rank
113th
New Caledonia rank
115th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Belize
- New Caledonia
How they compare
Belize currently reports 2.01 live births per woman against 1.98 live births per woman in New Caledonia, a difference of 0.03 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Belize ahead.
Belize ranks 113th and New Caledonia ranks 115th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Belize averaged higher in 7 and New Caledonia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | New Caledonia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.61 live births per woman | 5.25 live births per woman | 1.36 live births per woman | Belize |
| 1960s | 6.41 live births per woman | 5.28 live births per woman | 1.13 live births per woman | Belize |
| 1970s | 6.23 live births per woman | 4.52 live births per woman | 1.71 live births per woman | Belize |
| 1980s | 5.2 live births per woman | 3.26 live births per woman | 1.94 live births per woman | Belize |
| 1990s | 4.09 live births per woman | 2.76 live births per woman | 1.32 live births per woman | Belize |
| 2000s | 3.17 live births per woman | 2.29 live births per woman | 0.8824 live births per woman | Belize |
| 2010s | 2.42 live births per woman | 2.12 live births per woman | 0.3082 live births per woman | Belize |
| 2020s | 1.96 live births per woman | 2 live births per woman | 0.0448 live births per woman | New Caledonia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Belize or New Caledonia?
- Belize, at 2.01 live births per woman against 1.98 live births per woman in New Caledonia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Belize and New Caledonia?
- 0.03 live births per woman, with Belize ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and New Caledonia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Belize and New Caledonia rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Belize ranks 113th and New Caledonia ranks 115th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – 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
The 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.