Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Belarus vs Guinea-Bissau 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 3.84 in Guinea-Bissau in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belarus 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
	Belarus	Guinea-Bissau
1960	2.67	5.92
1961	2.59	5.93
1962	2.5	5.94
1963	2.4	5.95
1964	2.31	5.96
1965	2.27	5.97
1966	2.29	5.98
1967	2.26	5.99
1968	2.22	6.01
1969	2.26	6.02
1970	2.31	6.04
1971	2.31	6.06
1972	2.28	6.08
1973	2.25	6.1
1974	2.21	6.12
1975	2.17	6.15
1976	2.12	6.19
1977	2.08	6.25
1978	2.06	6.32
1979	2.05	6.4
1980	2.03	6.49
1981	2.02	6.57
1982	2.05	6.64
1983	2.11	6.69
1984	2.11	6.73
1985	2.09	6.74
1986	2.09	6.73
1987	2.03	6.72
1988	2.03	6.69
1989	2.03	6.66
1990	1.91	6.5
1991	1.81	6.47
1992	1.76	6.44
1993	1.62	6.37
1994	1.53	6.3
1995	1.41	6.22
1996	1.34	6.14
1997	1.25	6.06
1998	1.3	5.97
1999	1.31	5.87
2000	1.32	5.79
2001	1.29	5.69
2002	1.24	5.63
2003	1.23	5.58
2004	1.23	5.5
2005	1.25	5.46
2006	1.34	5.41
2007	1.43	5.37
2008	1.49	5.27
2009	1.51	5.18
2010	1.49	5.11
2011	1.52	5.07
2012	1.62	5
2013	1.67	4.93
2014	1.7	4.79
2015	1.72	4.66
2016	1.73	4.52
2017	1.54	4.35
2018	1.45	4.24
2019	1.38	4.15
2020	1.37	4.08
2021	1.37	4
2022	1.33	3.91
2023	1.21	3.84
2024	1.22	3.76
2025	1.23	3.68
2026	1.23	3.62
2027	1.24	3.56
2028	1.25	3.5
2029	1.25	3.44
2030	1.26	3.37
2031	1.27	3.31
2032	1.28	3.25
2033	1.28	3.2
2034	1.29	3.15
2035	1.3	3.09
2036	1.31	3.04
2037	1.31	3
2038	1.32	2.95
2039	1.32	2.91
2040	1.33	2.87
2041	1.34	2.84
2042	1.34	2.8
2043	1.35	2.77
2044	1.35	2.74
2045	1.36	2.71
2046	1.36	2.67
2047	1.37	2.64
2048	1.37	2.62
2049	1.38	2.59
2050	1.38	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	Guinea-Bissau
1960	30.8%	36.9%
1961	31.2%	37.1%
1962	31.2%	37.7%
1963	31.1%	38.4%
1964	30.8%	39.6%
1965	30.5%	41%
1966	30.2%	41.9%
1967	29.9%	42.1%
1968	29.6%	41.8%
1969	29.3%	41.9%
1970	28.7%	41.9%
1971	27.9%	41.9%
1972	27.2%	41.9%
1973	26.4%	41.6%
1974	25.7%	41.4%
1975	25%	41.8%
1976	24.4%	42.6%
1977	23.9%	43.7%
1978	23.5%	44.8%
1979	23.1%	45.1%
1980	22.9%	45%
1981	22.8%	45.3%
1982	22.7%	45.5%
1983	22.7%	45.7%
1984	22.8%	45.9%
1985	22.9%	45.9%
1986	23%	46%
1987	23%	45.9%
1988	23.1%	45.9%
1989	23.1%	45.8%
1990	23.1%	45.7%
1991	23%	45.5%
1992	22.8%	45.5%
1993	22.6%	45.4%
1994	22.2%	45.4%
1995	21.8%	45.3%
1996	21.3%	45.2%
1997	20.7%	45.1%
1998	20%	45%
1999	19.3%	44.8%
2000	18.6%	44.7%
2001	17.9%	44.5%
2002	17.3%	44.3%
2003	16.6%	44.2%
2004	16%	44%
2005	15.5%	43.9%
2006	15.2%	43.8%
2007	14.9%	43.6%
2008	14.8%	43.5%
2009	14.8%	43.3%
2010	14.8%	43.2%
2011	15%	43%
2012	15.3%	42.8%
2013	15.6%	42.7%
2014	15.9%	42.5%
2015	16.2%	42.2%
2016	16.5%	42%
2017	16.7%	41.7%
2018	16.9%	41.3%
2019	17%	40.9%
2020	17%	40.5%
2021	17.1%	40.1%
2022	17%	39.7%
2023	16.7%	39.2%
2024	16.3%	38.8%
2025	15.9%	38.3%
2026	15.5%	37.8%
2027	15%	37.4%
2028	14.4%	36.9%
2029	13.8%	36.4%
2030	13.2%	36%
2031	12.6%	35.5%
2032	12.1%	35.1%
2033	11.7%	34.8%
2034	11.5%	34.4%
2035	11.3%	34.1%
2036	11.1%	33.7%
2037	11%	33.4%
2038	11%	33%
2039	11.1%	32.7%
2040	11.2%	32.4%
2041	11.3%	32%
2042	11.5%	31.7%
2043	11.6%	31.4%
2044	11.8%	31%
2045	12%	30.7%
2046	12.2%	30.4%
2047	12.3%	30.1%
2048	12.5%	29.7%
2049	12.6%	29.4%
2050	12.7%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	Guinea-Bissau
1960	136,399	10,618
1961	134,490	10,756
1962	124,945	10,662
1963	113,160	9,190
1964	101,618	8,989
1965	90,611	7,789
1966	84,191	6,955
1967	81,136	6,742
1968	76,782	7,289
1969	74,567	7,857
1970	75,520	7,632
1971	77,464	8,183
1972	74,036	7,911
1973	70,911	8,430
1974	71,158	10,321
1975	65,494	11,998
1976	66,677	13,688
1977	67,434	15,484
1978	67,342	17,468
1979	64,481	19,736
1980	62,101	21,024
1981	65,057	21,611
1982	65,499	22,131
1983	75,791	22,542
1984	64,415	22,861
1985	58,852	23,116
1986	74,318	23,301
1987	62,689	23,549
1988	60,840	23,940
1989	49,833	24,286
1990	32,606	23,936
1991	18,349	24,527
1992	11,238	25,747
1993	-11,263	26,943
1994	-19,431	27,895
1995	-32,621	29,142
1996	-37,591	29,778
1997	-46,540	29,792
1998	-44,316	30,390
1999	-49,131	30,916
2000	-40,916	32,816
2001	-48,650	33,461
2002	-58,207	34,561
2003	-53,882	35,649
2004	-50,597	36,495
2005	-50,252	37,347
2006	-41,301	38,886
2007	-28,683	40,288
2008	-25,726	40,841
2009	-25,662	41,950
2010	-29,400	43,067
2011	-26,493	44,405
2012	-11,336	45,480
2013	-6,610	46,472
2014	-2,834	46,615
2015	-946	46,846
2016	-1,894	46,814
2017	-17,026	46,318
2018	-26,429	46,659
2019	-32,969	47,196
2020	-64,703	46,718
2021	-67,118	47,242
2022	-47,839	48,920
2023	-56,924	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs Guinea-Bissau

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 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	Guinea-Bissau
1985	30	1,851
1986	30	1,825
1987	30	1,796
1988	32	1,759
1989	33	1,698
1990	33	1,709
1991	32	1,663
1992	32	1,633
1993	31	1,613
1994	30	1,644
1995	29	1,556
1996	28	1,539
1997	27	1,642
1998	25	1,465
1999	23	1,461
2000	20	1,295
2001	18	1,222
2002	16	1,141
2003	14	1,069
2004	12	980
2005	9	956
2006	7	831
2007	6	792
2008	4	802
2009	4	753
2010	3	698
2011	2	678
2012	2	704
2013	2	707
2014	2	662
2015	1	631
2016	1	617
2017	1	597
2018	1	585
2019	1	598
2020	2	603
2021	2	617
2022	1	539
2023	1	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus 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
	Belarus	Guinea-Bissau
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%	-
1983	1.88%	-
1984	1.82%	-
1985	1.76%	24.4%
1986	1.7%	24%
1987	1.64%	23.5%
1988	1.59%	23.1%
1989	1.55%	22.7%
1990	1.52%	22.2%
1991	1.52%	21.8%
1992	1.53%	21.3%
1993	1.55%	20.9%
1994	1.57%	20.4%
1995	1.57%	19.9%
1996	1.55%	19.4%
1997	1.51%	18.9%
1998	1.45%	18.4%
1999	1.37%	17.9%
2000	1.28%	17.4%
2001	1.18%	16.8%
2002	1.1%	16.3%
2003	1.02%	15.7%
2004	0.94%	15.1%
2005	0.87%	14.5%
2006	0.8%	13.9%
2007	0.73%	13.2%
2008	0.66%	12.6%
2009	0.61%	12%
2010	0.56%	11.4%
2011	0.52%	10.9%
2012	0.49%	10.4%
2013	0.46%	9.93%
2014	0.43%	9.53%
2015	0.41%	9.18%
2016	0.39%	8.84%
2017	0.36%	8.53%
2018	0.34%	8.21%
2019	0.31%	7.91%
2020	0.29%	7.66%
2021	0.27%	7.41%
2022	0.26%	7.16%
2023	0.24%	6.93%