Fertility & birth rates in Belgium and Equatorial Guinea

Fertility rate in Belgium vs Equatorial Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belgium was 1.47 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 Belgium 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
	Belgium	Equatorial Guinea
1960	2.54	5.65
1961	2.63	5.66
1962	2.59	5.67
1963	2.68	5.69
1964	2.71	5.71
1965	2.61	5.73
1966	2.52	5.76
1967	2.41	5.78
1968	2.31	5.79
1969	2.27	5.8
1970	2.25	5.81
1971	2.21	5.81
1972	2.09	5.81
1973	1.95	5.8
1974	1.83	5.8
1975	1.74	5.79
1976	1.73	5.79
1977	1.71	5.8
1978	1.69	5.8
1979	1.69	5.82
1980	1.68	5.84
1981	1.66	5.86
1982	1.61	5.88
1983	1.57	5.9
1984	1.54	5.93
1985	1.51	5.95
1986	1.54	5.96
1987	1.54	5.97
1988	1.57	5.98
1989	1.58	5.99
1990	1.62	5.99
1991	1.66	5.99
1992	1.65	5.98
1993	1.61	5.98
1994	1.56	5.98
1995	1.56	5.97
1996	1.59	5.96
1997	1.6	5.94
1998	1.6	5.91
1999	1.62	5.88
2000	1.67	5.83
2001	1.67	5.79
2002	1.65	5.73
2003	1.67	5.68
2004	1.72	5.62
2005	1.76	5.56
2006	1.8	5.5
2007	1.82	5.43
2008	1.85	5.36
2009	1.84	5.29
2010	1.86	5.21
2011	1.81	5.13
2012	1.8	5.04
2013	1.76	4.95
2014	1.74	4.86
2015	1.7	4.77
2016	1.68	4.69
2017	1.65	4.6
2018	1.62	4.51
2019	1.6	4.43
2020	1.55	4.35
2021	1.6	4.27
2022	1.53	4.17
2023	1.47	4.08
2024	1.47	4.12
2025	1.48	4.04
2026	1.49	3.95
2027	1.49	3.87
2028	1.5	3.8
2029	1.51	3.72
2030	1.51	3.65
2031	1.52	3.59
2032	1.52	3.52
2033	1.53	3.46
2034	1.53	3.4
2035	1.54	3.34
2036	1.54	3.29
2037	1.54	3.23
2038	1.55	3.18
2039	1.55	3.12
2040	1.56	3.08
2041	1.56	3.03
2042	1.56	2.98
2043	1.57	2.94
2044	1.57	2.9
2045	1.57	2.86
2046	1.57	2.83
2047	1.58	2.79
2048	1.58	2.76
2049	1.59	2.72
2050	1.59	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belgium	Equatorial Guinea
1960	23.7%	38.5%
1961	23.8%	38.7%
1962	23.8%	39%
1963	23.9%	39.2%
1964	23.9%	39.3%
1965	24%	39.2%
1966	24%	39.1%
1967	23.9%	39.1%
1968	23.9%	39.1%
1969	23.8%	39.2%
1970	23.6%	39.5%
1971	23.5%	39.7%
1972	23.3%	39.9%
1973	23%	40%
1974	22.6%	40.2%
1975	22.2%	40.5%
1976	21.8%	40.8%
1977	21.4%	41%
1978	21%	41.2%
1979	20.6%	41.5%
1980	20.3%	41.7%
1981	19.9%	41.8%
1982	19.6%	42%
1983	19.4%	41.6%
1984	19.1%	40.8%
1985	18.8%	40.4%
1986	18.6%	40.4%
1987	18.3%	40.6%
1988	18.2%	40.9%
1989	18.1%	41.3%
1990	18.1%	41.6%
1991	18.2%	42%
1992	18.2%	42.3%
1993	18.1%	42.6%
1994	18.1%	42.8%
1995	18%	43%
1996	17.9%	43.1%
1997	17.8%	43.1%
1998	17.7%	43.1%
1999	17.7%	43%
2000	17.6%	42.7%
2001	17.5%	42.2%
2002	17.5%	41.5%
2003	17.3%	40.8%
2004	17.2%	40.1%
2005	17.1%	39.5%
2006	17%	39.2%
2007	16.9%	38.9%
2008	16.9%	38.7%
2009	16.9%	38.5%
2010	16.9%	38.3%
2011	17%	38.3%
2012	17%	38.3%
2013	17%	38.3%
2014	17%	38.3%
2015	17%	38.3%
2016	17%	38.3%
2017	17%	38.3%
2018	16.9%	38.2%
2019	16.9%	38%
2020	16.8%	37.9%
2021	16.7%	37.8%
2022	16.5%	37.7%
2023	16.3%	37.5%
2024	16%	37.3%
2025	15.7%	37.1%
2026	15.4%	36.9%
2027	15.1%	36.6%
2028	14.9%	36.3%
2029	14.6%	36.1%
2030	14.4%	35.8%
2031	14.2%	35.5%
2032	14%	35.2%
2033	13.8%	34.9%
2034	13.6%	34.7%
2035	13.5%	34.4%
2036	13.4%	34.2%
2037	13.3%	33.9%
2038	13.3%	33.7%
2039	13.3%	33.5%
2040	13.4%	33.2%
2041	13.4%	33%
2042	13.5%	32.7%
2043	13.5%	32.5%
2044	13.6%	32.3%
2045	13.7%	32%
2046	13.8%	31.8%
2047	13.8%	31.5%
2048	13.9%	31.3%
2049	13.9%	31%
2050	13.9%	30.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in Belgium and 37.3% in Equatorial Guinea in 2024, compared to 18.1% and 41.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belgium and Equatorial Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Belgium vs Equatorial Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	Equatorial Guinea
1960	40,275	4,727
1961	52,349	4,858
1962	42,414	5,013
1963	41,804	5,192
1964	51,580	5,393
1965	39,748	5,618
1966	36,206	5,868
1967	31,618	6,135
1968	20,199	6,417
1969	21,221	2,593
1970	23,173	2,715
1971	21,281	4,822
1972	18,451	6,572
1973	11,690	6,508
1974	7,818	5,697
1975	0	4,580
1976	1,964	2,451
1977	8,847	5,550
1978	7,872	5,635
1979	11,818	5,786
1980	10,845	7,142
1981	11,831	7,573
1982	7,885	8,182
1983	2,956	8,886
1984	4,927	10,076
1985	2,958	11,179
1986	5,917	12,061
1987	11,844	12,727
1988	14,853	13,266
1989	13,912	13,724
1990	19,935	14,158
1991	22,010	14,581
1992	20,090	15,010
1993	14,118	15,459
1994	12,139	15,937
1995	11,150	16,345
1996	12,188	16,802
1997	12,218	17,305
1998	9,183	17,854
1999	9,203	18,465
2000	12,302	19,132
2001	11,315	20,376
2002	7,233	21,744
2003	7,263	23,168
2004	16,673	24,666
2005	15,718	26,116
2006	21,096	27,404
2007	23,376	28,672
2008	22,491	29,941
2009	23,752	31,184
2010	23,970	32,368
2011	25,388	33,502
2012	18,882	34,347
2013	16,739	35,158
2014	21,297	35,889
2015	11,274	36,543
2016	14,731	37,180
2017	10,238	37,740
2018	7,999	38,332
2019	8,042	38,894
2020	-12,692	38,994
2021	5,793	39,160
2022	-2,336	39,873
2023	0	40,140

Maternal mortality chart: Belgium vs Equatorial Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belgium, compared to 174 deaths in Equatorial Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belgium	Equatorial Guinea
1985	9	658
1986	9	666
1987	9	672
1988	9	675
1989	9	688
1990	9	689
1991	9	688
1992	9	682
1993	9	668
1994	9	639
1995	9	587
1996	9	544
1997	8	507
1998	8	476
1999	8	442
2000	8	406
2001	8	388
2002	7	364
2003	7	343
2004	7	323
2005	7	312
2006	6	299
2007	7	289
2008	6	276
2009	6	267
2010	6	259
2011	6	254
2012	5	245
2013	6	236
2014	5	227
2015	5	222
2016	5	216
2017	5	212
2018	5	204
2019	4	198
2020	4	196
2021	7	202
2022	11	183
2023	4	174

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.36% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	Equatorial Guinea
1960	3.39%	-
1961	3.25%	-
1962	3.12%	-
1963	3%	-
1964	2.89%	-
1965	2.79%	-
1966	2.7%	-
1967	2.62%	-
1968	2.55%	-
1969	2.48%	-
1970	2.39%	-
1971	2.3%	-
1972	2.19%	-
1973	2.08%	-
1974	1.97%	-
1975	1.86%	-
1976	1.76%	-
1977	1.67%	-
1978	1.59%	-
1979	1.52%	-
1980	1.45%	-
1981	1.39%	-
1982	1.33%	20.1%
1983	1.27%	19.7%
1984	1.22%	19.3%
1985	1.18%	18.9%
1986	1.14%	18.6%
1987	1.1%	18.4%
1988	1.07%	18.2%
1989	1.03%	18%
1990	1%	17.9%
1991	0.96%	17.7%
1992	0.92%	17.6%
1993	0.87%	17.5%
1994	0.82%	17.3%
1995	0.77%	17.1%
1996	0.72%	16.9%
1997	0.67%	16.7%
1998	0.64%	16.4%
1999	0.61%	16%
2000	0.59%	15.6%
2001	0.57%	15.2%
2002	0.55%	14.7%
2003	0.53%	14.3%
2004	0.52%	13.8%
2005	0.5%	13.3%
2006	0.49%	12.9%
2007	0.48%	12.4%
2008	0.47%	11.9%
2009	0.46%	11.5%
2010	0.45%	11.1%
2011	0.44%	10.7%
2012	0.43%	10.3%
2013	0.42%	9.99%
2014	0.42%	9.66%
2015	0.41%	9.33%
2016	0.41%	8.99%
2017	0.4%	8.7%
2018	0.4%	8.42%
2019	0.39%	8.17%
2020	0.39%	7.88%
2021	0.38%	7.61%
2022	0.37%	7.34%
2023	0.36%	7.06%