Eswatini vs Guam: Fertility rate: births per woman

Eswatini
2.75 live births per woman
in 2023
Guam
2.78 live births per woman
in 2023
Eswatini rank
65th
Guam rank
63rd

Fertility rate: births per woman over time

  • Eswatini
  • Guam
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How they compare

Guam currently reports 2.78 live births per woman against 2.75 live births per woman in Eswatini, a difference of 0.03 live births per woman.

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

Eswatini ranks 65th and Guam ranks 63rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 7 and Guam in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eswatini Guam Difference Ahead
1950s 6.7 live births per woman 5.88 live births per woman 0.8238 live births per woman Eswatini
1960s 6.78 live births per woman 5.24 live births per woman 1.54 live births per woman Eswatini
1970s 6.7 live births per woman 3.69 live births per woman 3 live births per woman Eswatini
1980s 6.19 live births per woman 2.96 live births per woman 3.23 live births per woman Eswatini
1990s 4.62 live births per woman 3.03 live births per woman 1.6 live births per woman Eswatini
2000s 3.74 live births per woman 2.79 live births per woman 0.9482 live births per woman Eswatini
2010s 3.15 live births per woman 2.99 live births per woman 0.156 live births per woman Eswatini
2020s 2.82 live births per woman 2.84 live births per woman 0.017 live births per woman Guam

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Eswatini or Guam?
Guam, at 2.78 live births per woman against 2.75 live births per woman in Eswatini as of 2023.
What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Eswatini and Guam?
0.03 live births per woman, with Guam ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Guam?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Eswatini and Guam rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
Eswatini ranks 65th and Guam ranks 63rd 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.