Fertility & birth rates in Bahrain and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Bahrain vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bahrain was 1.82 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 Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Guinea-Bissau
1960	7.26	5.92
1961	7.23	5.93
1962	7.19	5.94
1963	7.14	5.95
1964	7.09	5.96
1965	7.03	5.97
1966	6.94	5.98
1967	6.84	5.99
1968	6.71	6.01
1969	6.57	6.02
1970	6.43	6.04
1971	6.28	6.06
1972	6.14	6.08
1973	5.97	6.1
1974	5.79	6.12
1975	5.62	6.15
1976	5.45	6.19
1977	5.29	6.25
1978	5.12	6.32
1979	4.94	6.4
1980	4.76	6.49
1981	4.6	6.57
1982	4.51	6.64
1983	4.41	6.69
1984	4.3	6.73
1985	4.28	6.74
1986	4.25	6.73
1987	4.13	6.72
1988	4.04	6.69
1989	3.96	6.66
1990	3.82	6.5
1991	3.63	6.47
1992	3.55	6.44
1993	3.46	6.37
1994	3.29	6.3
1995	3.13	6.22
1996	2.99	6.14
1997	2.92	6.06
1998	2.89	5.97
1999	2.9	5.87
2000	2.8	5.79
2001	2.65	5.69
2002	2.7	5.63
2003	2.78	5.58
2004	2.77	5.5
2005	2.67	5.46
2006	2.46	5.41
2007	2.28	5.37
2008	2.15	5.27
2009	2.05	5.18
2010	1.99	5.11
2011	2.03	5.07
2012	2.11	5
2013	2.17	4.93
2014	2.15	4.79
2015	2.11	4.66
2016	2.04	4.52
2017	1.98	4.35
2018	1.91	4.24
2019	1.84	4.15
2020	1.86	4.08
2021	1.85	4
2022	1.84	3.91
2023	1.82	3.84
2024	1.8	3.76
2025	1.78	3.68
2026	1.77	3.62
2027	1.75	3.56
2028	1.74	3.5
2029	1.74	3.44
2030	1.73	3.37
2031	1.72	3.31
2032	1.72	3.25
2033	1.71	3.2
2034	1.71	3.15
2035	1.7	3.09
2036	1.7	3.04
2037	1.69	3
2038	1.69	2.95
2039	1.69	2.91
2040	1.68	2.87
2041	1.68	2.84
2042	1.68	2.8
2043	1.68	2.77
2044	1.68	2.74
2045	1.67	2.71
2046	1.67	2.67
2047	1.67	2.64
2048	1.67	2.62
2049	1.66	2.59
2050	1.66	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahrain	Guinea-Bissau
1960	42.7%	36.9%
1961	42.9%	37.1%
1962	43.2%	37.7%
1963	43.6%	38.4%
1964	44.1%	39.6%
1965	44.7%	41%
1966	45.3%	41.9%
1967	45.9%	42.1%
1968	46.1%	41.8%
1969	45.8%	41.9%
1970	45.3%	41.9%
1971	44.4%	41.9%
1972	43.4%	41.9%
1973	42.2%	41.6%
1974	41%	41.4%
1975	39.8%	41.8%
1976	38.7%	42.6%
1977	37.7%	43.7%
1978	36.8%	44.8%
1979	36%	45.1%
1980	35.3%	45%
1981	34.8%	45.3%
1982	34.4%	45.5%
1983	34%	45.7%
1984	33.7%	45.9%
1985	33.4%	45.9%
1986	33.3%	46%
1987	33.3%	45.9%
1988	33.3%	45.9%
1989	33.4%	45.8%
1990	33.6%	45.7%
1991	33.6%	45.5%
1992	33.5%	45.5%
1993	33.1%	45.4%
1994	32.6%	45.4%
1995	32.2%	45.3%
1996	31.7%	45.2%
1997	31.2%	45.1%
1998	30.7%	45%
1999	30.2%	44.8%
2000	29.8%	44.7%
2001	28.9%	44.5%
2002	27.6%	44.3%
2003	26.2%	44.2%
2004	24.9%	44%
2005	23.7%	43.9%
2006	22.8%	43.8%
2007	22%	43.6%
2008	21.3%	43.5%
2009	20.6%	43.3%
2010	20.4%	43.2%
2011	20.4%	43%
2012	19.9%	42.8%
2013	19.8%	42.7%
2014	20.3%	42.5%
2015	20.5%	42.2%
2016	20.1%	42%
2017	19.8%	41.7%
2018	19.8%	41.3%
2019	20.1%	40.9%
2020	19.9%	40.5%
2021	19.3%	40.1%
2022	19.1%	39.7%
2023	19%	39.2%
2024	18.7%	38.8%
2025	18.4%	38.3%
2026	18.2%	37.8%
2027	17.9%	37.4%
2028	17.7%	36.9%
2029	17.6%	36.4%
2030	17.4%	36%
2031	17.3%	35.5%
2032	17.2%	35.1%
2033	17.1%	34.8%
2034	17.1%	34.4%
2035	17.1%	34.1%
2036	17.2%	33.7%
2037	17.3%	33.4%
2038	17.3%	33%
2039	17.3%	32.7%
2040	17.3%	32.4%
2041	17.3%	32%
2042	17.3%	31.7%
2043	17.3%	31.4%
2044	17.3%	31%
2045	17.3%	30.7%
2046	17.3%	30.4%
2047	17.3%	30.1%
2048	17.2%	29.7%
2049	17.2%	29.4%
2050	17.1%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Bahrain and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 33.6% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bahrain and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Bahrain vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.16% in Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Guinea-Bissau
1960	5,513	10,618
1961	5,882	10,756
1962	6,232	10,662
1963	6,557	9,190
1964	6,873	8,989
1965	7,148	7,789
1966	7,342	6,955
1967	7,492	6,742
1968	7,584	7,289
1969	7,277	7,857
1970	6,973	7,632
1971	6,650	8,183
1972	6,763	7,911
1973	7,012	8,430
1974	7,265	10,321
1975	7,535	11,998
1976	7,818	13,688
1977	8,093	15,484
1978	8,358	17,468
1979	8,587	19,736
1980	8,802	21,024
1981	9,020	21,611
1982	9,396	22,131
1983	9,821	22,542
1984	10,269	22,861
1985	10,924	23,116
1986	11,455	23,301
1987	11,709	23,549
1988	11,995	23,940
1989	12,293	24,286
1990	12,337	23,936
1991	11,491	24,527
1992	11,577	25,747
1993	11,521	26,943
1994	11,133	27,895
1995	10,824	29,142
1996	10,607	29,778
1997	10,739	29,792
1998	10,970	30,390
1999	11,397	30,916
2000	11,339	32,816
2001	10,948	33,461
2002	11,875	34,561
2003	13,243	35,649
2004	14,454	36,495
2005	15,196	37,347
2006	15,248	38,886
2007	15,393	40,288
2008	15,541	40,841
2009	15,795	41,950
2010	16,474	43,067
2011	15,990	44,405
2012	16,219	45,480
2013	17,044	46,472
2014	17,826	46,615
2015	18,193	46,846
2016	17,996	46,814
2017	18,140	46,318
2018	17,445	46,659
2019	16,639	47,196
2020	15,056	46,718
2021	15,401	47,242
2022	17,058	48,920
2023	16,356	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Bahrain vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bahrain, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	Guinea-Bissau
1985	37	1,851
1986	37	1,825
1987	36	1,796
1988	36	1,759
1989	35	1,698
1990	35	1,709
1991	34	1,663
1992	34	1,633
1993	33	1,613
1994	33	1,644
1995	31	1,556
1996	30	1,539
1997	28	1,642
1998	27	1,465
1999	26	1,461
2000	25	1,295
2001	24	1,222
2002	23	1,141
2003	22	1,069
2004	21	980
2005	20	956
2006	20	831
2007	19	792
2008	19	802
2009	18	753
2010	18	698
2011	18	678
2012	17	704
2013	17	707
2014	16	662
2015	16	631
2016	17	617
2017	17	597
2018	16	585
2019	17	598
2020	7	603
2021	10	617
2022	5	539
2023	17	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.86% in Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Guinea-Bissau
1960	19.8%	-
1961	18.2%	-
1962	16.6%	-
1963	15.2%	-
1964	13.9%	-
1965	12.7%	-
1966	11.5%	-
1967	10.5%	-
1968	9.5%	-
1969	8.6%	-
1970	7.79%	-
1971	7.05%	-
1972	6.38%	-
1973	5.8%	-
1974	5.29%	-
1975	4.84%	-
1976	4.45%	-
1977	4.11%	-
1978	3.81%	-
1979	3.54%	-
1980	3.3%	-
1981	3.09%	-
1982	2.91%	-
1983	2.76%	-
1984	2.63%	-
1985	2.52%	24.4%
1986	2.44%	24%
1987	2.38%	23.5%
1988	2.34%	23.1%
1989	2.32%	22.7%
1990	2.31%	22.2%
1991	2.27%	21.8%
1992	2.21%	21.3%
1993	2.1%	20.9%
1994	1.97%	20.4%
1995	1.82%	19.9%
1996	1.66%	19.4%
1997	1.52%	18.9%
1998	1.41%	18.4%
1999	1.32%	17.9%
2000	1.25%	17.4%
2001	1.2%	16.8%
2002	1.16%	16.3%
2003	1.13%	15.7%
2004	1.1%	15.1%
2005	1.06%	14.5%
2006	1.03%	13.9%
2007	0.98%	13.2%
2008	0.94%	12.6%
2009	0.9%	12%
2010	0.86%	11.4%
2011	0.83%	10.9%
2012	0.81%	10.4%
2013	0.79%	9.93%
2014	0.78%	9.53%
2015	0.77%	9.18%
2016	0.76%	8.84%
2017	0.77%	8.53%
2018	0.77%	8.21%
2019	0.78%	7.91%
2020	0.8%	7.66%
2021	0.82%	7.41%
2022	0.84%	7.16%
2023	0.86%	6.93%