Eritrea vs Malawi: Fertility rate: births per woman

Eritrea

3.71 live births per woman

in 2023

Malawi

3.65 live births per woman

in 2023

Eritrea rank

38th

Malawi rank

40th

Fertility rate: births per woman over time

Eritrea
Malawi

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 3.71 live births per woman against 3.65 live births per woman in Malawi, a difference of 0.065 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malawi ahead.

Globally, Eritrea ranks 38th and Malawi ranks 40th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit: live births per woman
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The total fertility rate: the average number of children a woman would have if she experienced the year's age-specific birth rates throughout her childbearing years.