Fertility & birth rates in Belgium and Guinea-Bissau

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

Check Belgium 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
	Belgium	Guinea-Bissau
1960	2.54	5.92
1961	2.63	5.93
1962	2.59	5.94
1963	2.68	5.95
1964	2.71	5.96
1965	2.61	5.97
1966	2.52	5.98
1967	2.41	5.99
1968	2.31	6.01
1969	2.27	6.02
1970	2.25	6.04
1971	2.21	6.06
1972	2.09	6.08
1973	1.95	6.1
1974	1.83	6.12
1975	1.74	6.15
1976	1.73	6.19
1977	1.71	6.25
1978	1.69	6.32
1979	1.69	6.4
1980	1.68	6.49
1981	1.66	6.57
1982	1.61	6.64
1983	1.57	6.69
1984	1.54	6.73
1985	1.51	6.74
1986	1.54	6.73
1987	1.54	6.72
1988	1.57	6.69
1989	1.58	6.66
1990	1.62	6.5
1991	1.66	6.47
1992	1.65	6.44
1993	1.61	6.37
1994	1.56	6.3
1995	1.56	6.22
1996	1.59	6.14
1997	1.6	6.06
1998	1.6	5.97
1999	1.62	5.87
2000	1.67	5.79
2001	1.67	5.69
2002	1.65	5.63
2003	1.67	5.58
2004	1.72	5.5
2005	1.76	5.46
2006	1.8	5.41
2007	1.82	5.37
2008	1.85	5.27
2009	1.84	5.18
2010	1.86	5.11
2011	1.81	5.07
2012	1.8	5
2013	1.76	4.93
2014	1.74	4.79
2015	1.7	4.66
2016	1.68	4.52
2017	1.65	4.35
2018	1.62	4.24
2019	1.6	4.15
2020	1.55	4.08
2021	1.6	4
2022	1.53	3.91
2023	1.47	3.84
2024	1.47	3.76
2025	1.48	3.68
2026	1.49	3.62
2027	1.49	3.56
2028	1.5	3.5
2029	1.51	3.44
2030	1.51	3.37
2031	1.52	3.31
2032	1.52	3.25
2033	1.53	3.2
2034	1.53	3.15
2035	1.54	3.09
2036	1.54	3.04
2037	1.54	3
2038	1.55	2.95
2039	1.55	2.91
2040	1.56	2.87
2041	1.56	2.84
2042	1.56	2.8
2043	1.57	2.77
2044	1.57	2.74
2045	1.57	2.71
2046	1.57	2.67
2047	1.58	2.64
2048	1.58	2.62
2049	1.59	2.59
2050	1.59	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belgium	Guinea-Bissau
1960	23.7%	36.9%
1961	23.8%	37.1%
1962	23.8%	37.7%
1963	23.9%	38.4%
1964	23.9%	39.6%
1965	24%	41%
1966	24%	41.9%
1967	23.9%	42.1%
1968	23.9%	41.8%
1969	23.8%	41.9%
1970	23.6%	41.9%
1971	23.5%	41.9%
1972	23.3%	41.9%
1973	23%	41.6%
1974	22.6%	41.4%
1975	22.2%	41.8%
1976	21.8%	42.6%
1977	21.4%	43.7%
1978	21%	44.8%
1979	20.6%	45.1%
1980	20.3%	45%
1981	19.9%	45.3%
1982	19.6%	45.5%
1983	19.4%	45.7%
1984	19.1%	45.9%
1985	18.8%	45.9%
1986	18.6%	46%
1987	18.3%	45.9%
1988	18.2%	45.9%
1989	18.1%	45.8%
1990	18.1%	45.7%
1991	18.2%	45.5%
1992	18.2%	45.5%
1993	18.1%	45.4%
1994	18.1%	45.4%
1995	18%	45.3%
1996	17.9%	45.2%
1997	17.8%	45.1%
1998	17.7%	45%
1999	17.7%	44.8%
2000	17.6%	44.7%
2001	17.5%	44.5%
2002	17.5%	44.3%
2003	17.3%	44.2%
2004	17.2%	44%
2005	17.1%	43.9%
2006	17%	43.8%
2007	16.9%	43.6%
2008	16.9%	43.5%
2009	16.9%	43.3%
2010	16.9%	43.2%
2011	17%	43%
2012	17%	42.8%
2013	17%	42.7%
2014	17%	42.5%
2015	17%	42.2%
2016	17%	42%
2017	17%	41.7%
2018	16.9%	41.3%
2019	16.9%	40.9%
2020	16.8%	40.5%
2021	16.7%	40.1%
2022	16.5%	39.7%
2023	16.3%	39.2%
2024	16%	38.8%
2025	15.7%	38.3%
2026	15.4%	37.8%
2027	15.1%	37.4%
2028	14.9%	36.9%
2029	14.6%	36.4%
2030	14.4%	36%
2031	14.2%	35.5%
2032	14%	35.1%
2033	13.8%	34.8%
2034	13.6%	34.4%
2035	13.5%	34.1%
2036	13.4%	33.7%
2037	13.3%	33.4%
2038	13.3%	33%
2039	13.3%	32.7%
2040	13.4%	32.4%
2041	13.4%	32%
2042	13.5%	31.7%
2043	13.5%	31.4%
2044	13.6%	31%
2045	13.7%	30.7%
2046	13.8%	30.4%
2047	13.8%	30.1%
2048	13.9%	29.7%
2049	13.9%	29.4%
2050	13.9%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in Belgium and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 18.1% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belgium and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Belgium vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	Guinea-Bissau
1960	40,275	10,618
1961	52,349	10,756
1962	42,414	10,662
1963	41,804	9,190
1964	51,580	8,989
1965	39,748	7,789
1966	36,206	6,955
1967	31,618	6,742
1968	20,199	7,289
1969	21,221	7,857
1970	23,173	7,632
1971	21,281	8,183
1972	18,451	7,911
1973	11,690	8,430
1974	7,818	10,321
1975	0	11,998
1976	1,964	13,688
1977	8,847	15,484
1978	7,872	17,468
1979	11,818	19,736
1980	10,845	21,024
1981	11,831	21,611
1982	7,885	22,131
1983	2,956	22,542
1984	4,927	22,861
1985	2,958	23,116
1986	5,917	23,301
1987	11,844	23,549
1988	14,853	23,940
1989	13,912	24,286
1990	19,935	23,936
1991	22,010	24,527
1992	20,090	25,747
1993	14,118	26,943
1994	12,139	27,895
1995	11,150	29,142
1996	12,188	29,778
1997	12,218	29,792
1998	9,183	30,390
1999	9,203	30,916
2000	12,302	32,816
2001	11,315	33,461
2002	7,233	34,561
2003	7,263	35,649
2004	16,673	36,495
2005	15,718	37,347
2006	21,096	38,886
2007	23,376	40,288
2008	22,491	40,841
2009	23,752	41,950
2010	23,970	43,067
2011	25,388	44,405
2012	18,882	45,480
2013	16,739	46,472
2014	21,297	46,615
2015	11,274	46,846
2016	14,731	46,814
2017	10,238	46,318
2018	7,999	46,659
2019	8,042	47,196
2020	-12,692	46,718
2021	5,793	47,242
2022	-2,336	48,920
2023	0	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Belgium vs Guinea-Bissau

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 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belgium	Guinea-Bissau
1985	9	1,851
1986	9	1,825
1987	9	1,796
1988	9	1,759
1989	9	1,698
1990	9	1,709
1991	9	1,663
1992	9	1,633
1993	9	1,613
1994	9	1,644
1995	9	1,556
1996	9	1,539
1997	8	1,642
1998	8	1,465
1999	8	1,461
2000	8	1,295
2001	8	1,222
2002	7	1,141
2003	7	1,069
2004	7	980
2005	7	956
2006	6	831
2007	7	792
2008	6	802
2009	6	753
2010	6	698
2011	6	678
2012	5	704
2013	6	707
2014	5	662
2015	5	631
2016	5	617
2017	5	597
2018	5	585
2019	4	598
2020	4	603
2021	7	617
2022	11	539
2023	4	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.36% in Belgium 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
	Belgium	Guinea-Bissau
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%	-
1983	1.27%	-
1984	1.22%	-
1985	1.18%	24.4%
1986	1.14%	24%
1987	1.1%	23.5%
1988	1.07%	23.1%
1989	1.03%	22.7%
1990	1%	22.2%
1991	0.96%	21.8%
1992	0.92%	21.3%
1993	0.87%	20.9%
1994	0.82%	20.4%
1995	0.77%	19.9%
1996	0.72%	19.4%
1997	0.67%	18.9%
1998	0.64%	18.4%
1999	0.61%	17.9%
2000	0.59%	17.4%
2001	0.57%	16.8%
2002	0.55%	16.3%
2003	0.53%	15.7%
2004	0.52%	15.1%
2005	0.5%	14.5%
2006	0.49%	13.9%
2007	0.48%	13.2%
2008	0.47%	12.6%
2009	0.46%	12%
2010	0.45%	11.4%
2011	0.44%	10.9%
2012	0.43%	10.4%
2013	0.42%	9.93%
2014	0.42%	9.53%
2015	0.41%	9.18%
2016	0.41%	8.84%
2017	0.4%	8.53%
2018	0.4%	8.21%
2019	0.39%	7.91%
2020	0.39%	7.66%
2021	0.38%	7.41%
2022	0.37%	7.16%
2023	0.36%	6.93%