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
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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

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.