Brazil vs Turkey: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Brazil
1.61 live births per woman
in 2024
Turkey
1.62 live births per woman
in 2024
Brazil rank
150th
Turkey rank
149th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Brazil
- Turkey
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 1.62 live births per woman against 1.61 live births per woman in Brazil, a difference of 0.01 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Turkey ahead.
Brazil ranks 150th and Turkey ranks 149th of 236 countries.
Turkey has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Turkey | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.09 live births per woman | 6.46 live births per woman | 0.3651 live births per woman | Turkey |
| 1960s | 5.65 live births per woman | 6.21 live births per woman | 0.5537 live births per woman | Turkey |
| 1970s | 4.5 live births per woman | 5.17 live births per woman | 0.6736 live births per woman | Turkey |
| 1980s | 3.53 live births per woman | 3.87 live births per woman | 0.3403 live births per woman | Turkey |
| 1990s | 2.6 live births per woman | 2.85 live births per woman | 0.2561 live births per woman | Turkey |
| 2000s | 1.98 live births per woman | 2.24 live births per woman | 0.2656 live births per woman | Turkey |
| 2010s | 1.76 live births per woman | 2.08 live births per woman | 0.3215 live births per woman | Turkey |
| 2020s | 1.63 live births per woman | 1.67 live births per woman | 0.0388 live births per woman | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Brazil or Turkey?
- Turkey, at 1.62 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 Turkey?
- 0.01 live births per woman, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Turkey?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Turkey rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Brazil ranks 150th and Turkey ranks 149th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β 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.