Gambia vs Madagascar: Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index

Gambia

4.01 live births per woman

in 2023

Madagascar

3.97 live births per woman

in 2023

Gambia rank

27th

Madagascar rank

29th

Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index over time

Gambia
Madagascar

How they compare

Gambia currently reports 4.01 live births per woman against 3.97 live births per woman in Madagascar, a difference of 0.034 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Madagascar ahead.

Globally, Gambia ranks 27th and Madagascar ranks 29th 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.