Ecuador vs Gibraltar: Fertility rate: births per woman

Ecuador
1.82 live births per woman
in 2023
Gibraltar
1.89 live births per woman
in 2023
Ecuador rank
127th
Gibraltar rank
124th

Fertility rate: births per woman over time

  • Ecuador
  • Gibraltar
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How they compare

Gibraltar currently reports 1.89 live births per woman against 1.82 live births per woman in Ecuador, a difference of 0.07 live births per woman.

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

Ecuador ranks 127th and Gibraltar ranks 124th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 7 and Gibraltar in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ecuador Gibraltar Difference Ahead
1950s 6.75 live births per woman 2.82 live births per woman 3.94 live births per woman Ecuador
1960s 6.55 live births per woman 3.49 live births per woman 3.05 live births per woman Ecuador
1970s 5.5 live births per woman 2.64 live births per woman 2.86 live births per woman Ecuador
1980s 4.21 live births per woman 2.42 live births per woman 1.79 live births per woman Ecuador
1990s 3.42 live births per woman 2.33 live births per woman 1.09 live births per woman Ecuador
2000s 2.85 live births per woman 1.85 live births per woman 0.9966 live births per woman Ecuador
2010s 2.3 live births per woman 1.99 live births per woman 0.3083 live births per woman Ecuador
2020s 1.89 live births per woman 1.9 live births per woman 0.0072 live births per woman Gibraltar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Ecuador or Gibraltar?
Gibraltar, at 1.89 live births per woman against 1.82 live births per woman in Ecuador as of 2023.
What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Ecuador and Gibraltar?
0.07 live births per woman, with Gibraltar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Gibraltar?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Ecuador and Gibraltar rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
Ecuador ranks 127th and Gibraltar ranks 124th 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

Indicator
Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit
live births per woman
Source
Human Fertility Database (2025); 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

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.