Brazil vs Colombia: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Brazil
1.61 live births per woman
in 2024
Colombia
1.63 live births per woman
in 2024
Brazil rank
150th
Colombia rank
147th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Brazil
- Colombia
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 1.63 live births per woman against 1.61 live births per woman in Brazil, a difference of 0.02 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Colombia ahead.
Brazil ranks 150th and Colombia ranks 147th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Colombia in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Colombia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.09 live births per woman | 6.59 live births per woman | 0.4969 live births per woman | Colombia |
| 1960s | 5.65 live births per woman | 6.29 live births per woman | 0.6321 live births per woman | Colombia |
| 1970s | 4.5 live births per woman | 4.51 live births per woman | 0.0146 live births per woman | Colombia |
| 1980s | 3.53 live births per woman | 3.35 live births per woman | 0.185 live births per woman | Brazil |
| 1990s | 2.6 live births per woman | 2.86 live births per woman | 0.2617 live births per woman | Colombia |
| 2000s | 1.98 live births per woman | 2.34 live births per woman | 0.364 live births per woman | Colombia |
| 2010s | 1.76 live births per woman | 1.82 live births per woman | 0.0603 live births per woman | Colombia |
| 2020s | 1.63 live births per woman | 1.66 live births per woman | 0.0326 live births per woman | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Brazil or Colombia?
- Colombia, at 1.63 live births per woman against 1.61 live births per woman in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Brazil and Colombia?
- 0.02 live births per woman, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Colombia?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Colombia rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Brazil ranks 150th and Colombia ranks 147th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.