Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and Equatorial Guinea

Fertility rate in Belarus vs Equatorial Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belarus was 1.21 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 Belarus 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
	Belarus	Equatorial Guinea
1960	2.67	5.65
1961	2.59	5.66
1962	2.5	5.67
1963	2.4	5.69
1964	2.31	5.71
1965	2.27	5.73
1966	2.29	5.76
1967	2.26	5.78
1968	2.22	5.79
1969	2.26	5.8
1970	2.31	5.81
1971	2.31	5.81
1972	2.28	5.81
1973	2.25	5.8
1974	2.21	5.8
1975	2.17	5.79
1976	2.12	5.79
1977	2.08	5.8
1978	2.06	5.8
1979	2.05	5.82
1980	2.03	5.84
1981	2.02	5.86
1982	2.05	5.88
1983	2.11	5.9
1984	2.11	5.93
1985	2.09	5.95
1986	2.09	5.96
1987	2.03	5.97
1988	2.03	5.98
1989	2.03	5.99
1990	1.91	5.99
1991	1.81	5.99
1992	1.76	5.98
1993	1.62	5.98
1994	1.53	5.98
1995	1.41	5.97
1996	1.34	5.96
1997	1.25	5.94
1998	1.3	5.91
1999	1.31	5.88
2000	1.32	5.83
2001	1.29	5.79
2002	1.24	5.73
2003	1.23	5.68
2004	1.23	5.62
2005	1.25	5.56
2006	1.34	5.5
2007	1.43	5.43
2008	1.49	5.36
2009	1.51	5.29
2010	1.49	5.21
2011	1.52	5.13
2012	1.62	5.04
2013	1.67	4.95
2014	1.7	4.86
2015	1.72	4.77
2016	1.73	4.69
2017	1.54	4.6
2018	1.45	4.51
2019	1.38	4.43
2020	1.37	4.35
2021	1.37	4.27
2022	1.33	4.17
2023	1.21	4.08
2024	1.22	4.12
2025	1.23	4.04
2026	1.23	3.95
2027	1.24	3.87
2028	1.25	3.8
2029	1.25	3.72
2030	1.26	3.65
2031	1.27	3.59
2032	1.28	3.52
2033	1.28	3.46
2034	1.29	3.4
2035	1.3	3.34
2036	1.31	3.29
2037	1.31	3.23
2038	1.32	3.18
2039	1.32	3.12
2040	1.33	3.08
2041	1.34	3.03
2042	1.34	2.98
2043	1.35	2.94
2044	1.35	2.9
2045	1.36	2.86
2046	1.36	2.83
2047	1.37	2.79
2048	1.37	2.76
2049	1.38	2.72
2050	1.38	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	Equatorial Guinea
1960	30.8%	38.5%
1961	31.2%	38.7%
1962	31.2%	39%
1963	31.1%	39.2%
1964	30.8%	39.3%
1965	30.5%	39.2%
1966	30.2%	39.1%
1967	29.9%	39.1%
1968	29.6%	39.1%
1969	29.3%	39.2%
1970	28.7%	39.5%
1971	27.9%	39.7%
1972	27.2%	39.9%
1973	26.4%	40%
1974	25.7%	40.2%
1975	25%	40.5%
1976	24.4%	40.8%
1977	23.9%	41%
1978	23.5%	41.2%
1979	23.1%	41.5%
1980	22.9%	41.7%
1981	22.8%	41.8%
1982	22.7%	42%
1983	22.7%	41.6%
1984	22.8%	40.8%
1985	22.9%	40.4%
1986	23%	40.4%
1987	23%	40.6%
1988	23.1%	40.9%
1989	23.1%	41.3%
1990	23.1%	41.6%
1991	23%	42%
1992	22.8%	42.3%
1993	22.6%	42.6%
1994	22.2%	42.8%
1995	21.8%	43%
1996	21.3%	43.1%
1997	20.7%	43.1%
1998	20%	43.1%
1999	19.3%	43%
2000	18.6%	42.7%
2001	17.9%	42.2%
2002	17.3%	41.5%
2003	16.6%	40.8%
2004	16%	40.1%
2005	15.5%	39.5%
2006	15.2%	39.2%
2007	14.9%	38.9%
2008	14.8%	38.7%
2009	14.8%	38.5%
2010	14.8%	38.3%
2011	15%	38.3%
2012	15.3%	38.3%
2013	15.6%	38.3%
2014	15.9%	38.3%
2015	16.2%	38.3%
2016	16.5%	38.3%
2017	16.7%	38.3%
2018	16.9%	38.2%
2019	17%	38%
2020	17%	37.9%
2021	17.1%	37.8%
2022	17%	37.7%
2023	16.7%	37.5%
2024	16.3%	37.3%
2025	15.9%	37.1%
2026	15.5%	36.9%
2027	15%	36.6%
2028	14.4%	36.3%
2029	13.8%	36.1%
2030	13.2%	35.8%
2031	12.6%	35.5%
2032	12.1%	35.2%
2033	11.7%	34.9%
2034	11.5%	34.7%
2035	11.3%	34.4%
2036	11.1%	34.2%
2037	11%	33.9%
2038	11%	33.7%
2039	11.1%	33.5%
2040	11.2%	33.2%
2041	11.3%	33%
2042	11.5%	32.7%
2043	11.6%	32.5%
2044	11.8%	32.3%
2045	12%	32%
2046	12.2%	31.8%
2047	12.3%	31.5%
2048	12.5%	31.3%
2049	12.6%	31%
2050	12.7%	30.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 37.3% in Equatorial Guinea in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 41.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and Equatorial Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs Equatorial Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	Equatorial Guinea
1960	136,399	4,727
1961	134,490	4,858
1962	124,945	5,013
1963	113,160	5,192
1964	101,618	5,393
1965	90,611	5,618
1966	84,191	5,868
1967	81,136	6,135
1968	76,782	6,417
1969	74,567	2,593
1970	75,520	2,715
1971	77,464	4,822
1972	74,036	6,572
1973	70,911	6,508
1974	71,158	5,697
1975	65,494	4,580
1976	66,677	2,451
1977	67,434	5,550
1978	67,342	5,635
1979	64,481	5,786
1980	62,101	7,142
1981	65,057	7,573
1982	65,499	8,182
1983	75,791	8,886
1984	64,415	10,076
1985	58,852	11,179
1986	74,318	12,061
1987	62,689	12,727
1988	60,840	13,266
1989	49,833	13,724
1990	32,606	14,158
1991	18,349	14,581
1992	11,238	15,010
1993	-11,263	15,459
1994	-19,431	15,937
1995	-32,621	16,345
1996	-37,591	16,802
1997	-46,540	17,305
1998	-44,316	17,854
1999	-49,131	18,465
2000	-40,916	19,132
2001	-48,650	20,376
2002	-58,207	21,744
2003	-53,882	23,168
2004	-50,597	24,666
2005	-50,252	26,116
2006	-41,301	27,404
2007	-28,683	28,672
2008	-25,726	29,941
2009	-25,662	31,184
2010	-29,400	32,368
2011	-26,493	33,502
2012	-11,336	34,347
2013	-6,610	35,158
2014	-2,834	35,889
2015	-946	36,543
2016	-1,894	37,180
2017	-17,026	37,740
2018	-26,429	38,332
2019	-32,969	38,894
2020	-64,703	38,994
2021	-67,118	39,160
2022	-47,839	39,873
2023	-56,924	40,140

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs Equatorial Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belarus, compared to 174 deaths in Equatorial Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	Equatorial Guinea
1985	30	658
1986	30	666
1987	30	672
1988	32	675
1989	33	688
1990	33	689
1991	32	688
1992	32	682
1993	31	668
1994	30	639
1995	29	587
1996	28	544
1997	27	507
1998	25	476
1999	23	442
2000	20	406
2001	18	388
2002	16	364
2003	14	343
2004	12	323
2005	9	312
2006	7	299
2007	6	289
2008	4	276
2009	4	267
2010	3	259
2011	2	254
2012	2	245
2013	2	236
2014	2	227
2015	1	222
2016	1	216
2017	1	212
2018	1	204
2019	1	198
2020	2	196
2021	2	202
2022	1	183
2023	1	174

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	Equatorial Guinea
1960	4.49%	-
1961	4.05%	-
1962	3.68%	-
1963	3.36%	-
1964	3.1%	-
1965	2.88%	-
1966	2.7%	-
1967	2.56%	-
1968	2.45%	-
1969	2.37%	-
1970	2.3%	-
1971	2.25%	-
1972	2.22%	-
1973	2.2%	-
1974	2.19%	-
1975	2.18%	-
1976	2.18%	-
1977	2.16%	-
1978	2.14%	-
1979	2.11%	-
1980	2.06%	-
1981	2%	-
1982	1.94%	20.1%
1983	1.88%	19.7%
1984	1.82%	19.3%
1985	1.76%	18.9%
1986	1.7%	18.6%
1987	1.64%	18.4%
1988	1.59%	18.2%
1989	1.55%	18%
1990	1.52%	17.9%
1991	1.52%	17.7%
1992	1.53%	17.6%
1993	1.55%	17.5%
1994	1.57%	17.3%
1995	1.57%	17.1%
1996	1.55%	16.9%
1997	1.51%	16.7%
1998	1.45%	16.4%
1999	1.37%	16%
2000	1.28%	15.6%
2001	1.18%	15.2%
2002	1.1%	14.7%
2003	1.02%	14.3%
2004	0.94%	13.8%
2005	0.87%	13.3%
2006	0.8%	12.9%
2007	0.73%	12.4%
2008	0.66%	11.9%
2009	0.61%	11.5%
2010	0.56%	11.1%
2011	0.52%	10.7%
2012	0.49%	10.3%
2013	0.46%	9.99%
2014	0.43%	9.66%
2015	0.41%	9.33%
2016	0.39%	8.99%
2017	0.36%	8.7%
2018	0.34%	8.42%
2019	0.31%	8.17%
2020	0.29%	7.88%
2021	0.27%	7.61%
2022	0.26%	7.34%
2023	0.24%	7.06%