Eritrea vs Zimbabwe: Fertility rate: births per woman
Eritrea
3.71 live births per woman
in 2023
Zimbabwe
3.72 live births per woman
in 2023
Eritrea rank
38th
Zimbabwe rank
37th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Eritrea
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 3.72 live births per woman against 3.71 live births per woman in Eritrea, a difference of 0.01 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Eritrea ranks 38th and Zimbabwe ranks 37th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 5 and Zimbabwe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.5 live births per woman | 7.1 live births per woman | 0.5988 live births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1960s | 6.49 live births per woman | 7.18 live births per woman | 0.691 live births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 6.58 live births per woman | 6.82 live births per woman | 0.2488 live births per woman | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 6.57 live births per woman | 5.89 live births per woman | 0.6734 live births per woman | Eritrea |
| 1990s | 5.95 live births per woman | 4.33 live births per woman | 1.62 live births per woman | Eritrea |
| 2000s | 5.01 live births per woman | 3.83 live births per woman | 1.18 live births per woman | Eritrea |
| 2010s | 4.26 live births per woman | 3.94 live births per woman | 0.3197 live births per woman | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 3.82 live births per woman | 3.75 live births per woman | 0.0722 live births per woman | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Eritrea or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 3.72 live births per woman against 3.71 live births per woman in Eritrea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Eritrea and Zimbabwe?
- 0.01 live births per woman, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Zimbabwe?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Eritrea and Zimbabwe rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Eritrea ranks 38th and Zimbabwe ranks 37th 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.