Gabon vs Malawi: Fertility rate: births per woman
Gabon
3.65 live births per woman
in 2023
Malawi
3.65 live births per woman
in 2023
Gabon rank
41st
Malawi rank
40th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Gabon
- Malawi
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 3.65 live births per woman against 3.65 live births per woman in Gabon, a difference of 0 live births per woman.
Across all 74 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.
Gabon ranks 41st and Malawi ranks 40th of 236 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.08 live births per woman | 6.88 live births per woman | 2.8 live births per woman | Malawi |
| 1960s | 4.75 live births per woman | 7.15 live births per woman | 2.4 live births per woman | Malawi |
| 1970s | 5.37 live births per woman | 7.37 live births per woman | 2 live births per woman | Malawi |
| 1980s | 5.69 live births per woman | 7.2 live births per woman | 1.51 live births per woman | Malawi |
| 1990s | 4.97 live births per woman | 6.43 live births per woman | 1.46 live births per woman | Malawi |
| 2000s | 4.26 live births per woman | 5.8 live births per woman | 1.54 live births per woman | Malawi |
| 2010s | 3.99 live births per woman | 4.53 live births per woman | 0.5353 live births per woman | Malawi |
| 2020s | 3.74 live births per woman | 3.76 live births per woman | 0.0175 live births per woman | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Gabon or Malawi?
- Malawi, at 3.65 live births per woman against 3.65 live births per woman in Gabon as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Gabon and Malawi?
- 0 live births per woman, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Malawi?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Gabon and Malawi rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Gabon ranks 41st and Malawi ranks 40th 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.