Fertility & birth rates in Bahamas and Equatorial Guinea

Fertility rate in Bahamas vs Equatorial Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Bahamas was 1.37 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.08 in Equatorial Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Bahamas vs Equatorial Guinea population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahamas	Equatorial Guinea
1960	5.09	5.65
1961	5.16	5.66
1962	5.13	5.67
1963	5.06	5.69
1964	4.97	5.71
1965	4.88	5.73
1966	4.79	5.76
1967	4.69	5.78
1968	4.56	5.79
1969	4.38	5.8
1970	4.21	5.81
1971	4.06	5.81
1972	3.89	5.81
1973	3.73	5.8
1974	3.57	5.8
1975	3.42	5.79
1976	3.3	5.79
1977	3.17	5.8
1978	3.05	5.8
1979	2.94	5.82
1980	2.84	5.84
1981	2.77	5.86
1982	2.71	5.88
1983	2.65	5.9
1984	2.59	5.93
1985	2.55	5.95
1986	2.53	5.96
1987	2.52	5.97
1988	2.52	5.98
1989	2.52	5.99
1990	2.52	5.99
1991	2.51	5.99
1992	2.71	5.98
1993	2.61	5.98
1994	2.47	5.98
1995	2.42	5.97
1996	2.35	5.96
1997	2.29	5.94
1998	2.23	5.91
1999	2.13	5.88
2000	2.06	5.83
2001	2.02	5.79
2002	1.98	5.73
2003	1.97	5.68
2004	1.98	5.62
2005	2.01	5.56
2006	2.02	5.5
2007	2.04	5.43
2008	2	5.36
2009	2.01	5.29
2010	1.84	5.21
2011	1.79	5.13
2012	1.76	5.04
2013	1.74	4.95
2014	1.69	4.86
2015	1.57	4.77
2016	1.5	4.69
2017	1.42	4.6
2018	1.4	4.51
2019	1.4	4.43
2020	1.39	4.35
2021	1.38	4.27
2022	1.38	4.17
2023	1.37	4.08
2024	1.37	4.12
2025	1.36	4.04
2026	1.36	3.95
2027	1.35	3.87
2028	1.35	3.8
2029	1.35	3.72
2030	1.35	3.65
2031	1.36	3.59
2032	1.36	3.52
2033	1.36	3.46
2034	1.37	3.4
2035	1.37	3.34
2036	1.37	3.29
2037	1.38	3.23
2038	1.38	3.18
2039	1.38	3.12
2040	1.39	3.08
2041	1.39	3.03
2042	1.39	2.98
2043	1.39	2.94
2044	1.4	2.9
2045	1.4	2.86
2046	1.4	2.83
2047	1.4	2.79
2048	1.41	2.76
2049	1.41	2.72
2050	1.41	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahamas	Equatorial Guinea
1960	41.1%	38.5%
1961	41%	38.7%
1962	40.9%	39%
1963	40.8%	39.2%
1964	40.7%	39.3%
1965	40.7%	39.2%
1966	40.6%	39.1%
1967	40.6%	39.1%
1968	40.4%	39.1%
1969	40.3%	39.2%
1970	40.1%	39.5%
1971	40%	39.7%
1972	39.9%	39.9%
1973	39.7%	40%
1974	39.4%	40.2%
1975	39%	40.5%
1976	38.4%	40.8%
1977	37.8%	41%
1978	37%	41.2%
1979	36.1%	41.5%
1980	35.3%	41.7%
1981	34.4%	41.8%
1982	33.6%	42%
1983	32.8%	41.6%
1984	32%	40.8%
1985	31.2%	40.4%
1986	30.6%	40.4%
1987	30%	40.6%
1988	29.5%	40.9%
1989	29.2%	41.3%
1990	28.9%	41.6%
1991	28.7%	42%
1992	28.6%	42.3%
1993	28.6%	42.6%
1994	28.6%	42.8%
1995	28.5%	43%
1996	28.5%	43.1%
1997	28.4%	43.1%
1998	28.2%	43.1%
1999	28.1%	43%
2000	27.8%	42.7%
2001	27.5%	42.2%
2002	27.2%	41.5%
2003	26.8%	40.8%
2004	26.3%	40.1%
2005	25.9%	39.5%
2006	25.4%	39.2%
2007	24.9%	38.9%
2008	24.3%	38.7%
2009	23.8%	38.5%
2010	23.3%	38.3%
2011	22.8%	38.3%
2012	22.4%	38.3%
2013	22%	38.3%
2014	21.6%	38.3%
2015	21.3%	38.3%
2016	20.9%	38.3%
2017	20.6%	38.3%
2018	20.2%	38.2%
2019	19.8%	38%
2020	19.5%	37.9%
2021	19.1%	37.8%
2022	18.8%	37.7%
2023	18.3%	37.5%
2024	17.9%	37.3%
2025	17.5%	37.1%
2026	17.2%	36.9%
2027	16.9%	36.6%
2028	16.7%	36.3%
2029	16.4%	36.1%
2030	16.2%	35.8%
2031	16%	35.5%
2032	15.9%	35.2%
2033	15.8%	34.9%
2034	15.7%	34.7%
2035	15.6%	34.4%
2036	15.5%	34.2%
2037	15.4%	33.9%
2038	15.3%	33.7%
2039	15.3%	33.5%
2040	15.2%	33.2%
2041	15.1%	33%
2042	15%	32.7%
2043	14.9%	32.5%
2044	14.9%	32.3%
2045	14.8%	32%
2046	14.7%	31.8%
2047	14.7%	31.5%
2048	14.6%	31.3%
2049	14.5%	31%
2050	14.4%	30.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in the Bahamas and 37.3% in Equatorial Guinea in 2024, compared to 28.9% and 41.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Bahamas and Equatorial Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Bahamas vs Equatorial Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.29% in the Bahamas and +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea. 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
	Bahamas	Equatorial Guinea
1960	3,351	4,727
1961	3,577	4,858
1962	3,748	5,013
1963	3,901	5,192
1964	4,037	5,393
1965	4,193	5,618
1966	4,339	5,868
1967	4,502	6,135
1968	4,622	6,417
1969	4,688	2,593
1970	4,726	2,715
1971	4,690	4,822
1972	4,583	6,572
1973	4,467	6,508
1974	4,352	5,697
1975	4,249	4,580
1976	4,167	2,451
1977	4,069	5,550
1978	3,987	5,635
1979	3,899	5,786
1980	3,845	7,142
1981	3,851	7,573
1982	3,863	8,182
1983	3,888	8,886
1984	3,892	10,076
1985	3,918	11,179
1986	3,998	12,061
1987	4,090	12,727
1988	4,198	13,266
1989	4,323	13,724
1990	4,432	14,158
1991	4,498	14,581
1992	5,064	15,010
1993	4,877	15,459
1994	4,558	15,937
1995	4,434	16,345
1996	4,265	16,802
1997	4,107	17,305
1998	3,949	17,854
1999	3,688	18,465
2000	3,487	19,132
2001	3,377	20,376
2002	3,249	21,744
2003	3,181	23,168
2004	3,165	24,666
2005	3,220	26,116
2006	3,205	27,404
2007	3,243	28,672
2008	3,134	29,941
2009	3,163	31,184
2010	2,662	32,368
2011	2,558	33,502
2012	2,485	34,347
2013	2,432	35,158
2014	2,259	35,889
2015	1,840	36,543
2016	1,569	37,180
2017	1,289	37,740
2018	1,173	38,332
2019	740	38,894
2020	631	38,994
2021	-93	39,160
2022	947	39,873
2023	854	40,140

Maternal mortality chart: Bahamas vs Equatorial Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 76 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Bahamas, compared to 174 deaths in Equatorial Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahamas	Equatorial Guinea
1985	70	658
1986	68	666
1987	66	672
1988	66	675
1989	65	688
1990	65	689
1991	67	688
1992	67	682
1993	66	668
1994	64	639
1995	63	587
1996	62	544
1997	59	507
1998	57	476
1999	54	442
2000	51	406
2001	48	388
2002	46	364
2003	57	343
2004	69	323
2005	70	312
2006	74	299
2007	78	289
2008	80	276
2009	84	267
2010	79	259
2011	74	254
2012	71	245
2013	74	236
2014	78	227
2015	83	222
2016	77	216
2017	79	212
2018	82	204
2019	82	198
2020	84	196
2021	174	202
2022	80	183
2023	76	174

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.27% in the Bahamas and 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea. 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
	Bahamas	Equatorial Guinea
1968	2.94%	-
1969	2.99%	-
1970	3.03%	-
1971	3.07%	-
1972	3.1%	-
1973	3.13%	-
1974	3.14%	-
1975	3.13%	-
1976	3.1%	-
1977	3.07%	-
1978	3.03%	-
1979	2.99%	-
1980	2.95%	-
1981	2.91%	-
1982	2.88%	20.1%
1983	2.84%	19.7%
1984	2.81%	19.3%
1985	2.78%	18.9%
1986	2.73%	18.6%
1987	2.65%	18.4%
1988	2.55%	18.2%
1989	2.45%	18%
1990	2.34%	17.9%
1991	2.23%	17.7%
1992	2.12%	17.6%
1993	2.03%	17.5%
1994	1.93%	17.3%
1995	1.84%	17.1%
1996	1.76%	16.9%
1997	1.69%	16.7%
1998	1.65%	16.4%
1999	1.62%	16%
2000	1.62%	15.6%
2001	1.63%	15.2%
2002	1.65%	14.7%
2003	1.67%	14.3%
2004	1.69%	13.8%
2005	1.69%	13.3%
2006	1.68%	12.9%
2007	1.65%	12.4%
2008	1.62%	11.9%
2009	1.58%	11.5%
2010	1.54%	11.1%
2011	1.5%	10.7%
2012	1.47%	10.3%
2013	1.44%	9.99%
2014	1.42%	9.66%
2015	1.39%	9.33%
2016	1.38%	8.99%
2017	1.36%	8.7%
2018	1.35%	8.42%
2019	2.35%	8.17%
2020	1.33%	7.88%
2021	1.31%	7.61%
2022	1.29%	7.34%
2023	1.27%	7.06%