Puerto Rico vs Vatican: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Puerto Rico
0.939 live births per woman
in 2024
Vatican
1 live births per woman
in 2024
Puerto Rico rank
231st
Vatican rank
228th
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Puerto Rico
- Vatican
How they compare
Vatican currently reports 1 live births per woman against 0.939 live births per woman in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0.061 live births per woman.
That makes Vatican's figure about 1.1 times Puerto Rico's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Puerto Rico ahead.
Puerto Rico ranks 231st and Vatican ranks 228th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 7 and Vatican in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | Vatican | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.76 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 3.76 live births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 1960s | 3.97 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 2.97 live births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 1970s | 2.93 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1.93 live births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 1980s | 2.36 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1.36 live births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 2.17 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 1.17 live births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 1.81 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 0.8084 live births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 1.34 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 0.3417 live births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 0.9396 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | 0.0604 live births per woman | Vatican |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Puerto Rico or Vatican?
- Vatican, at 1 live births per woman against 0.939 live births per woman in Puerto Rico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Puerto Rico and Vatican?
- 0.061 live births per woman, with Vatican ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Vatican?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Puerto Rico and Vatican rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Puerto Rico ranks 231st and Vatican ranks 228th 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.