Brunei vs El Salvador: Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility)

Brunei
1.75 live births per woman
in 2023
El Salvador
1.77 live births per woman
in 2023
Brunei rank
134th
El Salvador rank
131st

Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility) over time

  • Brunei
  • El Salvador
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 1.77 live births per woman against 1.75 live births per woman in Brunei, a difference of 0.02 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Brunei ahead.

Brunei ranks 134th and El Salvador ranks 131st of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Brunei averaged higher in 2 and El Salvador in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brunei El Salvador Difference Ahead
1950s 7.28 live births per woman 6.45 live births per woman 0.8363 live births per woman Brunei
1960s 6.69 live births per woman 6.57 live births per woman 0.1285 live births per woman Brunei
1970s 5.04 live births per woman 5.75 live births per woman 0.7033 live births per woman El Salvador
1980s 3.67 live births per woman 4.49 live births per woman 0.8135 live births per woman El Salvador
1990s 2.86 live births per woman 3.59 live births per woman 0.7368 live births per woman El Salvador
2000s 2.11 live births per woman 2.57 live births per woman 0.4621 live births per woman El Salvador
2010s 1.92 live births per woman 2.05 live births per woman 0.1321 live births per woman El Salvador
2020s 1.77 live births per woman 1.8 live births per woman 0.0242 live births per woman El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Brunei or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 1.77 live births per woman against 1.75 live births per woman in Brunei as of 2023.
What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Brunei and El Salvador?
0.02 live births per woman, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and El Salvador?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Brunei and El Salvador rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
Brunei ranks 134th and El Salvador ranks 131st of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Fertility Database (2026); 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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Indicator
Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit
live births per woman
Source
Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
Last refreshed

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.