Iraq vs Kenya: Fertility rate: births per woman
Iraq
3.25 live births per woman
in 2023
Kenya
3.21 live births per woman
in 2023
Iraq rank
51st
Kenya rank
53rd
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Iraq
- Kenya
How they compare
Iraq currently reports 3.25 live births per woman against 3.21 live births per woman in Kenya, a difference of 0.04 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kenya ahead.
Iraq ranks 51st and Kenya ranks 53rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Iraq averaged higher in 2 and Kenya in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iraq | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.99 live births per woman | 7.48 live births per woman | 1.49 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 1960s | 6.73 live births per woman | 7.85 live births per woman | 1.12 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 1970s | 6.9 live births per woman | 7.8 live births per woman | 0.8956 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 1980s | 6.29 live births per woman | 7 live births per woman | 0.7095 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 1990s | 5.45 live births per woman | 5.52 live births per woman | 0.0663 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 2000s | 4.56 live births per woman | 4.86 live births per woman | 0.3 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 2010s | 4.09 live births per woman | 3.87 live births per woman | 0.2253 live births per woman | Iraq |
| 2020s | 3.33 live births per woman | 3.29 live births per woman | 0.0435 live births per woman | Iraq |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Iraq or Kenya?
- Iraq, at 3.25 live births per woman against 3.21 live births per woman in Kenya as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Iraq and Kenya?
- 0.04 live births per woman, with Iraq ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iraq and Kenya?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Iraq and Kenya rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Iraq ranks 51st and Kenya ranks 53rd 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.