Comoros vs Ethiopia: Fertility rate: births per woman
Comoros
3.88 live births per woman
in 2023
Ethiopia
3.99 live births per woman
in 2023
Comoros rank
31st
Ethiopia rank
28th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Comoros
- Ethiopia
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 3.99 live births per woman against 3.88 live births per woman in Comoros, a difference of 0.11 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Comoros ranks 31st and Ethiopia ranks 28th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Comoros averaged higher in 2 and Ethiopia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Comoros | Ethiopia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.24 live births per woman | 6.46 live births per woman | 0.2111 live births per woman | Ethiopia |
| 1960s | 6.95 live births per woman | 6.62 live births per woman | 0.3304 live births per woman | Comoros |
| 1970s | 7.15 live births per woman | 7.04 live births per woman | 0.1104 live births per woman | Comoros |
| 1980s | 6.99 live births per woman | 7.31 live births per woman | 0.3217 live births per woman | Ethiopia |
| 1990s | 5.85 live births per woman | 6.99 live births per woman | 1.15 live births per woman | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 5.01 live births per woman | 6.17 live births per woman | 1.16 live births per woman | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 4.46 live births per woman | 4.67 live births per woman | 0.2101 live births per woman | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 3.97 live births per woman | 4.13 live births per woman | 0.1597 live births per woman | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Comoros or Ethiopia?
- Ethiopia, at 3.99 live births per woman against 3.88 live births per woman in Comoros as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Comoros and Ethiopia?
- 0.11 live births per woman, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Comoros and Ethiopia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Comoros and Ethiopia rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Comoros ranks 31st and Ethiopia ranks 28th 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.