Gabon vs Rwanda: Fertility rate: births per woman

Gabon

3.65 live births per woman

in 2023

Rwanda

3.7 live births per woman

in 2023

Gabon rank

41st

Rwanda rank

39th

Fertility rate: births per woman over time

Gabon
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 3.7 live births per woman against 3.65 live births per woman in Gabon, a difference of 0.051 live births per woman.

Across all 74 years both countries report, Rwanda has been ahead every year.

Globally, Gabon ranks 41st and Rwanda ranks 39th of 236 countries.

Individual pages

Fertility rate: births per woman in Gabon
Fertility rate: births per woman in Rwanda
Full country ranking

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.