Botswana vs Egypt: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index

Botswana

2.73 live births per woman

in 2023

Egypt

2.75 live births per woman

in 2023

Botswana rank

68th

Egypt rank

66th

Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index over time

Botswana
Egypt

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 2.75 live births per woman against 2.73 live births per woman in Botswana, a difference of 0.018 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Egypt ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 68th and Egypt ranks 66th of 236 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index
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.