Fertility & birth rates in Algeria and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Algeria vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Algeria was 2.77 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.84 in Guinea-Bissau in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Algeria vs Guinea-Bissau population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Algeria	Guinea-Bissau
1960	7.5	5.92
1961	7.56	5.93
1962	7.61	5.94
1963	7.65	5.95
1964	7.67	5.96
1965	7.71	5.97
1966	7.71	5.98
1967	7.71	5.99
1968	7.71	6.01
1969	7.71	6.02
1970	7.7	6.04
1971	7.67	6.06
1972	7.63	6.08
1973	7.59	6.1
1974	7.55	6.12
1975	7.49	6.15
1976	7.41	6.19
1977	7.31	6.25
1978	7.21	6.32
1979	7.12	6.4
1980	6.99	6.49
1981	6.85	6.57
1982	6.68	6.64
1983	6.5	6.69
1984	6.28	6.73
1985	6.04	6.74
1986	5.65	6.73
1987	5.3	6.72
1988	5.02	6.69
1989	4.76	6.66
1990	4.51	6.5
1991	4.37	6.47
1992	4.27	6.44
1993	4.08	6.37
1994	3.91	6.3
1995	3.49	6.22
1996	3.14	6.14
1997	2.89	6.06
1998	2.69	5.97
1999	2.62	5.87
2000	2.59	5.79
2001	2.52	5.69
2002	2.43	5.63
2003	2.45	5.58
2004	2.5	5.5
2005	2.56	5.46
2006	2.63	5.41
2007	2.7	5.37
2008	2.79	5.27
2009	2.83	5.18
2010	2.88	5.11
2011	2.9	5.07
2012	3	5
2013	3	4.93
2014	3.08	4.79
2015	3.09	4.66
2016	3.09	4.52
2017	3.09	4.35
2018	3.02	4.24
2019	3	4.15
2020	2.94	4.08
2021	2.87	4
2022	2.82	3.91
2023	2.77	3.84
2024	2.72	3.76
2025	2.67	3.68
2026	2.62	3.62
2027	2.58	3.56
2028	2.53	3.5
2029	2.49	3.44
2030	2.45	3.37
2031	2.41	3.31
2032	2.38	3.25
2033	2.34	3.2
2034	2.32	3.15
2035	2.29	3.09
2036	2.26	3.04
2037	2.23	3
2038	2.21	2.95
2039	2.18	2.91
2040	2.16	2.87
2041	2.14	2.84
2042	2.12	2.8
2043	2.1	2.77
2044	2.08	2.74
2045	2.07	2.71
2046	2.05	2.67
2047	2.04	2.64
2048	2.03	2.62
2049	2.01	2.59
2050	2	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Algeria	Guinea-Bissau
1960	45.5%	36.9%
1961	45.9%	37.1%
1962	46.2%	37.7%
1963	46.6%	38.4%
1964	46.9%	39.6%
1965	47%	41%
1966	47.1%	41.9%
1967	47.2%	42.1%
1968	47.1%	41.8%
1969	47%	41.9%
1970	47%	41.9%
1971	46.9%	41.9%
1972	46.8%	41.9%
1973	46.7%	41.6%
1974	46.6%	41.4%
1975	46.7%	41.8%
1976	47.2%	42.6%
1977	47.3%	43.7%
1978	47%	44.8%
1979	46.8%	45.1%
1980	46.5%	45%
1981	46.1%	45.3%
1982	45.8%	45.5%
1983	45.4%	45.7%
1984	45%	45.9%
1985	44.6%	45.9%
1986	44.2%	46%
1987	43.7%	45.9%
1988	43.1%	45.9%
1989	42.6%	45.8%
1990	42%	45.7%
1991	41.4%	45.5%
1992	41%	45.5%
1993	40.5%	45.4%
1994	39.9%	45.4%
1995	39.1%	45.3%
1996	38.2%	45.2%
1997	37.2%	45.1%
1998	36.1%	45%
1999	34.9%	44.8%
2000	33.7%	44.7%
2001	32.6%	44.5%
2002	31.5%	44.3%
2003	30.6%	44.2%
2004	29.7%	44%
2005	29%	43.9%
2006	28.4%	43.8%
2007	28%	43.6%
2008	27.7%	43.5%
2009	27.5%	43.3%
2010	27.5%	43.2%
2011	27.5%	43%
2012	27.7%	42.8%
2013	28.1%	42.7%
2014	28.6%	42.5%
2015	29%	42.2%
2016	29.5%	42%
2017	29.9%	41.7%
2018	30.3%	41.3%
2019	30.6%	40.9%
2020	30.8%	40.5%
2021	30.9%	40.1%
2022	30.8%	39.7%
2023	30.6%	39.2%
2024	30.3%	38.8%
2025	29.9%	38.3%
2026	29.4%	37.8%
2027	28.9%	37.4%
2028	28.2%	36.9%
2029	27.5%	36.4%
2030	26.8%	36%
2031	26%	35.5%
2032	25.2%	35.1%
2033	24.5%	34.8%
2034	23.8%	34.4%
2035	23.2%	34.1%
2036	22.6%	33.7%
2037	22.2%	33.4%
2038	21.8%	33%
2039	21.5%	32.7%
2040	21.2%	32.4%
2041	21%	32%
2042	20.9%	31.7%
2043	20.8%	31.4%
2044	20.8%	31%
2045	20.8%	30.7%
2046	20.9%	30.4%
2047	20.9%	30.1%
2048	20.9%	29.7%
2049	21%	29.4%
2050	21%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.3% of the population in Algeria and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 42% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Algeria and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Algeria vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.86% in Algeria and +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Algeria	Guinea-Bissau
1960	290,582	10,618
1961	296,467	10,756
1962	283,903	10,662
1963	315,645	9,190
1964	312,729	8,989
1965	311,190	7,789
1966	309,628	6,955
1967	316,289	6,742
1968	324,560	7,289
1969	334,541	7,857
1970	346,564	7,632
1971	356,069	8,183
1972	368,179	7,911
1973	382,736	8,430
1974	399,509	10,321
1975	417,803	11,998
1976	440,192	13,688
1977	465,405	15,484
1978	491,876	17,468
1979	523,875	19,736
1980	559,983	21,024
1981	595,150	21,611
1982	620,415	22,131
1983	641,167	22,542
1984	656,475	22,861
1985	672,185	23,116
1986	661,644	23,301
1987	645,309	23,549
1988	637,215	23,940
1989	628,542	24,286
1990	612,369	23,936
1991	616,850	24,527
1992	627,289	25,747
1993	611,306	26,943
1994	594,445	27,895
1995	533,104	29,142
1996	483,632	29,778
1997	450,138	29,792
1998	425,928	30,390
1999	434,198	30,916
2000	447,025	32,816
2001	450,637	33,461
2002	451,369	34,561
2003	474,272	35,649
2004	508,773	36,495
2005	543,158	37,347
2006	580,812	38,886
2007	620,196	40,288
2008	662,044	40,841
2009	691,496	41,950
2010	719,350	43,067
2011	741,832	44,405
2012	790,645	45,480
2013	802,203	46,472
2014	839,654	46,615
2015	847,054	46,846
2016	849,368	46,814
2017	848,585	46,318
2018	824,428	46,659
2019	809,522	47,196
2020	724,140	46,718
2021	735,514	47,242
2022	722,591	48,920
2023	691,724	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Algeria vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 62 deaths per 100,000 live births in Algeria, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Algeria	Guinea-Bissau
1985	292	1,851
1986	265	1,825
1987	243	1,796
1988	227	1,759
1989	215	1,698
1990	202	1,709
1991	198	1,663
1992	193	1,633
1993	195	1,613
1994	196	1,644
1995	187	1,556
1996	173	1,539
1997	155	1,642
1998	143	1,465
1999	132	1,461
2000	123	1,295
2001	113	1,222
2002	102	1,141
2003	101	1,069
2004	91	980
2005	87	956
2006	84	831
2007	83	792
2008	83	802
2009	83	753
2010	82	698
2011	81	678
2012	81	704
2013	81	707
2014	80	662
2015	79	631
2016	79	617
2017	77	597
2018	75	585
2019	73	598
2020	97	603
2021	79	617
2022	64	539
2023	62	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.2% in Algeria and 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Algeria	Guinea-Bissau
1960	24%	-
1961	24%	-
1962	24.1%	-
1963	24.2%	-
1964	24.3%	-
1965	24.5%	-
1966	24.6%	-
1967	24.6%	-
1968	24.6%	-
1969	24.4%	-
1970	24.1%	-
1971	23.7%	-
1972	23.1%	-
1973	22.4%	-
1974	21.7%	-
1975	20.9%	-
1976	20%	-
1977	19%	-
1978	18%	-
1979	16.9%	-
1980	15.6%	-
1981	14%	-
1982	12.3%	-
1983	10.5%	-
1984	8.91%	-
1985	7.61%	24.4%
1986	6.63%	24%
1987	5.96%	23.5%
1988	5.55%	23.1%
1989	5.3%	22.7%
1990	5.17%	22.2%
1991	5.09%	21.8%
1992	5.04%	21.3%
1993	4.98%	20.9%
1994	4.9%	20.4%
1995	4.81%	19.9%
1996	4.7%	19.4%
1997	4.58%	18.9%
1998	4.45%	18.4%
1999	4.31%	17.9%
2000	4.16%	17.4%
2001	4.01%	16.8%
2002	3.85%	16.3%
2003	3.7%	15.7%
2004	3.54%	15.1%
2005	3.4%	14.5%
2006	3.26%	13.9%
2007	3.13%	13.2%
2008	3.01%	12.6%
2009	2.9%	12%
2010	2.81%	11.4%
2011	2.73%	10.9%
2012	2.66%	10.4%
2013	2.6%	9.93%
2014	2.54%	9.53%
2015	2.49%	9.18%
2016	2.45%	8.84%
2017	2.4%	8.53%
2018	2.37%	8.21%
2019	2.33%	7.91%
2020	2.29%	7.66%
2021	2.26%	7.41%
2022	2.23%	7.16%
2023	2.2%	6.93%