Fertility rate, total in Eritrea
Eritrea: Fertility rate, total was 3.68 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Eritrea, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in births per woman.
Analysis
In 2024, fertility rate, total in Eritrea stood at 3.68 births per woman. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 13.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Eritrea peaked at 6.65 births per woman in 1983 and was at its lowest, 3.68 births per woman, in 2024.
Eritrea ranks 36th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6.49 births per woman | 6.47 births per woman | 6.5 births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.58 births per woman | 6.54 births per woman | 6.62 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 6.57 births per woman | 6.41 births per woman | 6.65 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.95 births per woman | 5.52 births per woman | 6.34 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.01 births per woman | 4.66 births per woman | 5.4 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.26 births per woman | 4 births per woman | 4.57 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.8 births per woman | 3.68 births per woman | 3.93 births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 33 Senegal 3.77 births per woman compare
- 34 Guinea-Bissau 3.76 births per woman compare
- 35 Sierra Leone 3.7 births per woman compare
- 37 Zimbabwe 3.67 births per woman compare
- 38 Rwanda 3.65 births per woman compare
- 39 Sao Tome and Principe 3.6 births per woman compare
More health data for Eritrea
- Age population, age 19, male, interpolated 42,369 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 42,370 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 42,908 (2025)
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 42,998 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 44,025 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 43,173 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 42,246 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 42,761 (2025)
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 41,886 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 41,479 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Eritrea?
- Fertility rate, total in Eritrea was 3.68 births per woman in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest fertility rate, total recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 6.65 births per woman in 1983.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.68 births per woman in 2024.
- How does Eritrea rank for fertility rate, total?
- Eritrea ranks 36th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.