Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Australia vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Australia was 1.5 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 Australia 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
	Australia	Guinea-Bissau
1960	3.45	5.92
1961	3.54	5.93
1962	3.44	5.94
1963	3.33	5.95
1964	3.15	5.96
1965	2.98	5.97
1966	2.88	5.98
1967	2.85	5.99
1968	2.89	6.01
1969	2.89	6.02
1970	2.86	6.04
1971	2.96	6.06
1972	2.74	6.08
1973	2.49	6.1
1974	2.4	6.12
1975	2.15	6.15
1976	2.06	6.19
1977	2.01	6.25
1978	1.95	6.32
1979	1.91	6.4
1980	1.89	6.49
1981	1.94	6.57
1982	1.93	6.64
1983	1.92	6.69
1984	1.84	6.73
1985	1.92	6.74
1986	1.87	6.73
1987	1.85	6.72
1988	1.83	6.69
1989	1.84	6.66
1990	1.9	6.5
1991	1.85	6.47
1992	1.89	6.44
1993	1.86	6.37
1994	1.84	6.3
1995	1.82	6.22
1996	1.8	6.14
1997	1.78	6.06
1998	1.76	5.97
1999	1.76	5.87
2000	1.76	5.79
2001	1.74	5.69
2002	1.76	5.63
2003	1.75	5.58
2004	1.77	5.5
2005	1.81	5.46
2006	1.91	5.41
2007	1.96	5.37
2008	1.98	5.27
2009	1.97	5.18
2010	1.93	5.11
2011	1.93	5.07
2012	1.92	5
2013	1.86	4.93
2014	1.83	4.79
2015	1.81	4.66
2016	1.75	4.52
2017	1.74	4.35
2018	1.74	4.24
2019	1.66	4.15
2020	1.58	4.08
2021	1.7	4
2022	1.63	3.91
2023	1.5	3.84
2024	1.5	3.76
2025	1.5	3.68
2026	1.5	3.62
2027	1.5	3.56
2028	1.51	3.5
2029	1.5	3.44
2030	1.51	3.37
2031	1.5	3.31
2032	1.5	3.25
2033	1.5	3.2
2034	1.5	3.15
2035	1.5	3.09
2036	1.5	3.04
2037	1.5	3
2038	1.5	2.95
2039	1.5	2.91
2040	1.5	2.87
2041	1.5	2.84
2042	1.5	2.8
2043	1.5	2.77
2044	1.5	2.74
2045	1.5	2.71
2046	1.5	2.67
2047	1.5	2.64
2048	1.5	2.62
2049	1.5	2.59
2050	1.5	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Guinea-Bissau
1960	30.2%	36.9%
1961	30.2%	37.1%
1962	30.1%	37.7%
1963	29.9%	38.4%
1964	29.8%	39.6%
1965	29.6%	41%
1966	29.5%	41.9%
1967	29.3%	42.1%
1968	29.1%	41.8%
1969	28.9%	41.9%
1970	28.8%	41.9%
1971	28.7%	41.9%
1972	28.5%	41.9%
1973	28.2%	41.6%
1974	27.9%	41.4%
1975	27.5%	41.8%
1976	27%	42.6%
1977	26.5%	43.7%
1978	26.1%	44.8%
1979	25.6%	45.1%
1980	25.3%	45%
1981	25%	45.3%
1982	24.7%	45.5%
1983	24.4%	45.7%
1984	24%	45.9%
1985	23.6%	45.9%
1986	23.1%	46%
1987	22.7%	45.9%
1988	22.4%	45.9%
1989	22.2%	45.8%
1990	22%	45.7%
1991	21.9%	45.5%
1992	21.8%	45.5%
1993	21.7%	45.4%
1994	21.7%	45.4%
1995	21.5%	45.3%
1996	21.4%	45.2%
1997	21.2%	45.1%
1998	21.1%	45%
1999	20.9%	44.8%
2000	20.8%	44.7%
2001	20.6%	44.5%
2002	20.4%	44.3%
2003	20.2%	44.2%
2004	20%	44%
2005	19.8%	43.9%
2006	19.6%	43.8%
2007	19.4%	43.6%
2008	19.3%	43.5%
2009	19.2%	43.3%
2010	19.1%	43.2%
2011	19%	43%
2012	18.9%	42.8%
2013	18.9%	42.7%
2014	18.9%	42.5%
2015	18.9%	42.2%
2016	18.9%	42%
2017	18.8%	41.7%
2018	18.8%	41.3%
2019	18.7%	40.9%
2020	18.6%	40.5%
2021	18.4%	40.1%
2022	18.2%	39.7%
2023	18%	39.2%
2024	17.8%	38.8%
2025	17.7%	38.3%
2026	17.5%	37.8%
2027	17.4%	37.4%
2028	17.2%	36.9%
2029	17%	36.4%
2030	16.9%	36%
2031	16.7%	35.5%
2032	16.6%	35.1%
2033	16.5%	34.8%
2034	16.4%	34.4%
2035	16.3%	34.1%
2036	16.2%	33.7%
2037	16.1%	33.4%
2038	16%	33%
2039	15.9%	32.7%
2040	15.9%	32.4%
2041	15.8%	32%
2042	15.8%	31.7%
2043	15.7%	31.4%
2044	15.7%	31%
2045	15.7%	30.7%
2046	15.7%	30.4%
2047	15.7%	30.1%
2048	15.7%	29.7%
2049	15.7%	29.4%
2050	15.7%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 22% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia 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
	Australia	Guinea-Bissau
1960	141,816	10,618
1961	150,955	10,756
1962	143,943	10,662
1963	140,161	9,190
1964	128,420	8,989
1965	122,990	7,789
1966	126,996	6,955
1967	126,249	6,742
1968	132,099	7,289
1969	143,477	7,857
1970	145,081	7,632
1971	165,593	8,183
1972	155,488	7,911
1973	136,476	8,430
1974	128,996	10,321
1975	123,648	11,998
1976	115,070	13,688
1977	117,793	15,484
1978	116,299	17,468
1979	116,112	19,736
1980	117,536	21,024
1981	125,356	21,611
1982	126,030	22,131
1983	130,844	22,542
1984	123,077	22,861
1985	143,674	23,116
1986	123,342	23,301
1987	128,484	23,549
1988	127,298	23,940
1989	127,789	24,286
1990	143,347	23,936
1991	138,273	24,527
1992	139,829	25,747
1993	137,551	26,943
1994	131,761	27,895
1995	131,436	29,142
1996	125,751	29,778
1997	121,592	29,792
1998	120,949	30,390
1999	118,517	30,916
2000	119,882	32,816
2001	117,575	33,461
2002	116,971	34,561
2003	118,325	35,649
2004	115,610	36,495
2005	129,132	37,347
2006	132,931	38,886
2007	154,124	40,288
2008	155,119	40,841
2009	160,518	41,950
2010	158,628	43,067
2011	156,380	44,405
2012	161,408	45,480
2013	159,584	46,472
2014	154,940	46,615
2015	150,041	46,846
2016	152,403	46,814
2017	150,015	46,318
2018	157,269	46,659
2019	136,808	47,196
2020	133,376	46,718
2021	138,701	47,242
2022	111,862	48,920
2023	103,945	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Australia, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Guinea-Bissau
1985	9	1,851
1986	8	1,825
1987	9	1,796
1988	9	1,759
1989	9	1,698
1990	9	1,709
1991	9	1,663
1992	9	1,633
1993	9	1,613
1994	9	1,644
1995	9	1,556
1996	8	1,539
1997	8	1,642
1998	7	1,465
1999	7	1,461
2000	7	1,295
2001	6	1,222
2002	6	1,141
2003	5	1,069
2004	5	980
2005	5	956
2006	5	831
2007	5	792
2008	5	802
2009	5	753
2010	5	698
2011	6	678
2012	6	704
2013	6	707
2014	6	662
2015	6	631
2016	6	617
2017	6	597
2018	5	585
2019	5	598
2020	5	603
2021	4	617
2022	4	539
2023	2	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia 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
	Australia	Guinea-Bissau
1960	2.49%	-
1961	2.43%	-
1962	2.37%	-
1963	2.32%	-
1964	2.27%	-
1965	2.24%	-
1966	2.21%	-
1967	2.2%	-
1968	2.19%	-
1969	2.18%	-
1970	2.15%	-
1971	2.1%	-
1972	2.03%	-
1973	1.94%	-
1974	1.84%	-
1975	1.73%	-
1976	1.62%	-
1977	1.52%	-
1978	1.44%	-
1979	1.36%	-
1980	1.3%	-
1981	1.26%	-
1982	1.22%	-
1983	1.19%	-
1984	1.16%	-
1985	1.13%	24.4%
1986	1.1%	24%
1987	1.06%	23.5%
1988	1.02%	23.1%
1989	0.97%	22.7%
1990	0.92%	22.2%
1991	0.87%	21.8%
1992	0.82%	21.3%
1993	0.77%	20.9%
1994	0.73%	20.4%
1995	0.7%	19.9%
1996	0.68%	19.4%
1997	0.66%	18.9%
1998	0.64%	18.4%
1999	0.63%	17.9%
2000	0.62%	17.4%
2001	0.61%	16.8%
2002	0.6%	16.3%
2003	0.59%	15.7%
2004	0.58%	15.1%
2005	0.57%	14.5%
2006	0.56%	13.9%
2007	0.54%	13.2%
2008	0.52%	12.6%
2009	0.5%	12%
2010	0.48%	11.4%
2011	0.45%	10.9%
2012	0.43%	10.4%
2013	0.41%	9.93%
2014	0.4%	9.53%
2015	0.39%	9.18%
2016	0.38%	8.84%
2017	0.38%	8.53%
2018	0.38%	8.21%
2019	0.38%	7.91%
2020	0.38%	7.66%
2021	0.37%	7.41%
2022	0.37%	7.16%
2023	0.37%	6.93%