Gibraltar vs Palau: Fertility rate: births per woman
Gibraltar
1.89 live births per woman
in 2023
Palau
1.91 live births per woman
in 2023
Gibraltar rank
124th
Palau rank
123rd
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Gibraltar
- Palau
How they compare
Palau currently reports 1.91 live births per woman against 1.89 live births per woman in Gibraltar, a difference of 0.02 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Palau ahead.
Gibraltar ranks 124th and Palau ranks 123rd of 236 countries.
Palau has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gibraltar | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.82 live births per woman | 7.17 live births per woman | 4.35 live births per woman | Palau |
| 1960s | 3.49 live births per woman | 6.98 live births per woman | 3.49 live births per woman | Palau |
| 1970s | 2.64 live births per woman | 5 live births per woman | 2.36 live births per woman | Palau |
| 1980s | 2.42 live births per woman | 3.08 live births per woman | 0.661 live births per woman | Palau |
| 1990s | 2.33 live births per woman | 2.48 live births per woman | 0.1488 live births per woman | Palau |
| 2000s | 1.85 live births per woman | 1.94 live births per woman | 0.0894 live births per woman | Palau |
| 2010s | 1.99 live births per woman | 2 live births per woman | 0.0137 live births per woman | Palau |
| 2020s | 1.9 live births per woman | 1.94 live births per woman | 0.0417 live births per woman | Palau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Gibraltar or Palau?
- Palau, at 1.91 live births per woman against 1.89 live births per woman in Gibraltar as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Gibraltar and Palau?
- 0.02 live births per woman, with Palau ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gibraltar and Palau?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Gibraltar and Palau rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Gibraltar ranks 124th and Palau ranks 123rd 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.