Malawi vs Rwanda: Fertility rate: births per woman

Malawi
3.65 live births per woman
in 2023
Rwanda
3.7 live births per woman
in 2023
Malawi rank
40th
Rwanda rank
39th

Fertility rate: births per woman over time

  • Malawi
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 3.7 live births per woman against 3.65 live births per woman in Malawi, a difference of 0.05 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Rwanda ahead.

Globally, Malawi ranks 40th and Rwanda ranks 39th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit
live births per woman
Source
Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
Last refreshed

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.