Tonga vs Tuvalu: Fertility rate: births per woman
Tonga
3.13 live births per woman
in 2023
Tuvalu
3.21 live births per woman
in 2023
Tonga rank
56th
Tuvalu rank
53rd
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Tonga
- Tuvalu
How they compare
Tuvalu currently reports 3.21 live births per woman against 3.13 live births per woman in Tonga, a difference of 0.08 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tonga ahead.
Tonga ranks 56th and Tuvalu ranks 53rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Tonga averaged higher in 7 and Tuvalu in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Tonga | Tuvalu | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.68 live births per woman | 5.34 live births per woman | 1.34 live births per woman | Tonga |
| 1960s | 6.43 live births per woman | 4.74 live births per woman | 1.68 live births per woman | Tonga |
| 1970s | 5.8 live births per woman | 3.71 live births per woman | 2.09 live births per woman | Tonga |
| 1980s | 5.34 live births per woman | 3.88 live births per woman | 1.46 live births per woman | Tonga |
| 1990s | 4.59 live births per woman | 3.9 live births per woman | 0.6905 live births per woman | Tonga |
| 2000s | 4.12 live births per woman | 3.57 live births per woman | 0.5449 live births per woman | Tonga |
| 2010s | 3.58 live births per woman | 3.37 live births per woman | 0.2123 live births per woman | Tonga |
| 2020s | 3.18 live births per woman | 3.26 live births per woman | 0.0765 live births per woman | Tuvalu |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Tonga or Tuvalu?
- Tuvalu, at 3.21 live births per woman against 3.13 live births per woman in Tonga as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Tonga and Tuvalu?
- 0.08 live births per woman, with Tuvalu ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and Tuvalu?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Tonga and Tuvalu rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Tonga ranks 56th and Tuvalu 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.