Equatorial Guinea vs Madagascar: Fertility rate: births per woman
Equatorial Guinea
4.08 live births per woman
in 2023
Madagascar
3.97 live births per woman
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
26th
Madagascar rank
29th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- Madagascar
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 4.08 live births per woman against 3.97 live births per woman in Madagascar, a difference of 0.11 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Madagascar ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 26th and Madagascar ranks 29th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 3 and Madagascar in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.66 live births per woman | 7.4 live births per woman | 1.75 live births per woman | Madagascar |
| 1960s | 5.72 live births per woman | 7.2 live births per woman | 1.48 live births per woman | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 5.8 live births per woman | 6.98 live births per woman | 1.18 live births per woman | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 5.92 live births per woman | 6.49 live births per woman | 0.5602 live births per woman | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 5.96 live births per woman | 6.04 live births per woman | 0.0786 live births per woman | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 5.58 live births per woman | 5.27 live births per woman | 0.3129 live births per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2010s | 4.82 live births per woman | 4.45 live births per woman | 0.3651 live births per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2020s | 4.22 live births per woman | 4.07 live births per woman | 0.1452 live births per woman | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Equatorial Guinea or Madagascar?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 4.08 live births per woman against 3.97 live births per woman in Madagascar as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Equatorial Guinea and Madagascar?
- 0.11 live births per woman, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Madagascar?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and Madagascar rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 26th and Madagascar ranks 29th 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.