Kenya vs Palestine: Fertility rate: births per woman
Kenya
3.21 live births per woman
in 2023
Palestine
3.31 live births per woman
in 2023
Kenya rank
53rd
Palestine rank
50th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Kenya
- Palestine
How they compare
Palestine currently reports 3.31 live births per woman against 3.21 live births per woman in Kenya, a difference of 0.1 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Palestine ahead.
Kenya ranks 53rd and Palestine ranks 50th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 3 and Palestine in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Palestine | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.48 live births per woman | 7.82 live births per woman | 0.3376 live births per woman | Palestine |
| 1960s | 7.85 live births per woman | 7.76 live births per woman | 0.0967 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 1970s | 7.8 live births per woman | 7.48 live births per woman | 0.3157 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 1980s | 7 live births per woman | 6.99 live births per woman | 0.0081 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 1990s | 5.52 live births per woman | 6.23 live births per woman | 0.7097 live births per woman | Palestine |
| 2000s | 4.86 live births per woman | 4.92 live births per woman | 0.0675 live births per woman | Palestine |
| 2010s | 3.87 live births per woman | 3.98 live births per woman | 0.116 live births per woman | Palestine |
| 2020s | 3.29 live births per woman | 3.41 live births per woman | 0.1232 live births per woman | Palestine |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Kenya or Palestine?
- Palestine, at 3.31 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 Kenya and Palestine?
- 0.1 live births per woman, with Palestine ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Palestine?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Palestine rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Kenya ranks 53rd and Palestine ranks 50th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β 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
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.