Bulgaria vs Qatar: Fertility rate: births per woman
Bulgaria
1.75 live births per woman
in 2023
Qatar
1.73 live births per woman
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
133rd
Qatar rank
136th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Bulgaria
- Qatar
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 1.75 live births per woman against 1.73 live births per woman in Qatar, 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 Qatar ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 133rd and Qatar ranks 136th of 236 countries.
Qatar has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.35 live births per woman | 6.54 live births per woman | 4.19 live births per woman | Qatar |
| 1960s | 2.19 live births per woman | 6.49 live births per woman | 4.3 live births per woman | Qatar |
| 1970s | 2.17 live births per woman | 5.88 live births per woman | 3.7 live births per woman | Qatar |
| 1980s | 1.99 live births per woman | 4.79 live births per woman | 2.8 live births per woman | Qatar |
| 1990s | 1.38 live births per woman | 3.62 live births per woman | 2.24 live births per woman | Qatar |
| 2000s | 1.38 live births per woman | 2.71 live births per woman | 1.33 live births per woman | Qatar |
| 2010s | 1.53 live births per woman | 1.95 live births per woman | 0.4114 live births per woman | Qatar |
| 2020s | 1.66 live births per woman | 1.69 live births per woman | 0.0223 live births per woman | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Bulgaria or Qatar?
- Bulgaria, at 1.75 live births per woman against 1.73 live births per woman in Qatar as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Bulgaria and Qatar?
- 0.02 live births per woman, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Qatar?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bulgaria and Qatar rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Bulgaria ranks 133rd and Qatar ranks 136th 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.