Fertility & birth rates in Benin and Equatorial Guinea

Fertility rate in Benin vs Equatorial Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Benin was 4.56 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 Benin 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
	Benin	Equatorial Guinea
1960	6.28	5.65
1961	6.4	5.66
1962	6.46	5.67
1963	6.51	5.69
1964	6.57	5.71
1965	6.61	5.73
1966	6.63	5.76
1967	6.64	5.78
1968	6.67	5.79
1969	6.71	5.8
1970	6.74	5.81
1971	6.77	5.81
1972	6.8	5.81
1973	6.81	5.8
1974	6.82	5.8
1975	6.83	5.79
1976	6.83	5.79
1977	6.83	5.8
1978	6.82	5.8
1979	6.91	5.82
1980	6.99	5.84
1981	7.06	5.86
1982	7.06	5.88
1983	7.05	5.9
1984	7.03	5.93
1985	7	5.95
1986	6.96	5.96
1987	6.92	5.97
1988	6.87	5.98
1989	6.82	5.99
1990	6.74	5.99
1991	6.67	5.99
1992	6.59	5.98
1993	6.51	5.98
1994	6.42	5.98
1995	6.33	5.97
1996	6.28	5.96
1997	6.23	5.94
1998	6.14	5.91
1999	6.03	5.88
2000	5.94	5.83
2001	5.85	5.79
2002	5.79	5.73
2003	5.76	5.68
2004	5.72	5.62
2005	5.69	5.56
2006	5.67	5.5
2007	5.63	5.43
2008	5.55	5.36
2009	5.49	5.29
2010	5.45	5.21
2011	5.44	5.13
2012	5.43	5.04
2013	5.41	4.95
2014	5.37	4.86
2015	5.32	4.77
2016	5.25	4.69
2017	5.16	4.6
2018	5.03	4.51
2019	4.9	4.43
2020	4.8	4.35
2021	4.71	4.27
2022	4.63	4.17
2023	4.56	4.08
2024	4.48	4.12
2025	4.42	4.04
2026	4.34	3.95
2027	4.27	3.87
2028	4.19	3.8
2029	4.12	3.72
2030	4.05	3.65
2031	3.98	3.59
2032	3.9	3.52
2033	3.85	3.46
2034	3.79	3.4
2035	3.74	3.34
2036	3.68	3.29
2037	3.62	3.23
2038	3.57	3.18
2039	3.52	3.12
2040	3.48	3.08
2041	3.43	3.03
2042	3.39	2.98
2043	3.35	2.94
2044	3.3	2.9
2045	3.26	2.86
2046	3.23	2.83
2047	3.18	2.79
2048	3.14	2.76
2049	3.1	2.72
2050	3.06	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Benin	Equatorial Guinea
1960	39.1%	38.5%
1961	39.5%	38.7%
1962	39.9%	39%
1963	40.3%	39.2%
1964	40.8%	39.3%
1965	41.2%	39.2%
1966	41.6%	39.1%
1967	42.1%	39.1%
1968	42.5%	39.1%
1969	42.8%	39.2%
1970	43.2%	39.5%
1971	43.5%	39.7%
1972	43.8%	39.9%
1973	44.1%	40%
1974	44.3%	40.2%
1975	44.5%	40.5%
1976	44.7%	40.8%
1977	44.8%	41%
1978	45%	41.2%
1979	45.1%	41.5%
1980	45.2%	41.7%
1981	45.3%	41.8%
1982	45.5%	42%
1983	45.6%	41.6%
1984	45.7%	40.8%
1985	45.8%	40.4%
1986	45.9%	40.4%
1987	46%	40.6%
1988	46.1%	40.9%
1989	46.1%	41.3%
1990	46.1%	41.6%
1991	46.2%	42%
1992	46.2%	42.3%
1993	45.7%	42.6%
1994	45.5%	42.8%
1995	45.9%	43%
1996	46%	43.1%
1997	45.9%	43.1%
1998	45.8%	43.1%
1999	45.6%	43%
2000	45.4%	42.7%
2001	45.3%	42.2%
2002	45.1%	41.5%
2003	44.9%	40.8%
2004	44.8%	40.1%
2005	44.6%	39.5%
2006	44.4%	39.2%
2007	44.4%	38.9%
2008	44.3%	38.7%
2009	44.1%	38.5%
2010	43.9%	38.3%
2011	43.8%	38.3%
2012	43.7%	38.3%
2013	43.6%	38.3%
2014	43.5%	38.3%
2015	43.4%	38.3%
2016	43.3%	38.3%
2017	43.2%	38.3%
2018	43.1%	38.2%
2019	42.9%	38%
2020	42.7%	37.9%
2021	42.4%	37.8%
2022	42.1%	37.7%
2023	41.8%	37.5%
2024	41.6%	37.3%
2025	41.3%	37.1%
2026	40.9%	36.9%
2027	40.6%	36.6%
2028	40.2%	36.3%
2029	39.8%	36.1%
2030	39.4%	35.8%
2031	39%	35.5%
2032	38.6%	35.2%
2033	38.2%	34.9%
2034	37.8%	34.7%
2035	37.5%	34.4%
2036	37.1%	34.2%
2037	36.8%	33.9%
2038	36.5%	33.7%
2039	36.2%	33.5%
2040	35.9%	33.2%
2041	35.6%	33%
2042	35.3%	32.7%
2043	35%	32.5%
2044	34.8%	32.3%
2045	34.5%	32%
2046	34.2%	31.8%
2047	33.9%	31.5%
2048	33.7%	31.3%
2049	33.4%	31%
2050	33.1%	30.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 41.6% of the population in Benin and 37.3% in Equatorial Guinea in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 41.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Benin and Equatorial Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Benin vs Equatorial Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.72% in Benin 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
	Benin	Equatorial Guinea
1960	44,564	4,727
1961	48,838	4,858
1962	51,664	5,013
1963	54,514	5,192
1964	57,352	5,393
1965	60,154	5,618
1966	62,169	5,868
1967	64,709	6,135
1968	67,327	6,417
1969	70,155	2,593
1970	73,156	2,715
1971	76,034	4,822
1972	79,415	6,572
1973	82,422	6,508
1974	85,623	5,697
1975	89,350	4,580
1976	93,141	2,451
1977	97,200	5,550
1978	100,762	5,635
1979	106,782	5,786
1980	112,969	7,142
1981	118,634	7,573
1982	122,748	8,182
1983	126,349	8,886
1984	131,590	10,076
1985	136,621	11,179
1986	142,039	12,061
1987	147,783	12,727
1988	153,580	13,266
1989	157,235	13,724
1990	163,055	14,158
1991	168,174	14,581
1992	173,794	15,010
1993	179,858	15,459
1994	196,637	15,937
1995	194,481	16,345
1996	197,643	16,802
1997	203,182	17,305
1998	208,342	17,854
1999	213,074	18,465
2000	218,013	19,132
2001	222,877	20,376
2002	229,472	21,744
2003	237,962	23,168
2004	245,630	24,666
2005	253,795	26,116
2006	265,040	27,404
2007	271,305	28,672
2008	274,242	29,941
2009	280,204	31,184
2010	287,703	32,368
2011	296,348	33,502
2012	306,180	34,347
2013	315,804	35,158
2014	323,753	35,889
2015	330,573	36,543
2016	336,559	37,180
2017	339,763	37,740
2018	340,270	38,332
2019	339,817	38,894
2020	341,929	38,994
2021	341,103	39,160
2022	349,518	39,873
2023	353,933	40,140

Maternal mortality chart: Benin vs Equatorial Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 518 deaths per 100,000 live births in Benin, compared to 174 deaths in Equatorial Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Benin	Equatorial Guinea
1985	910	658
1986	858	666
1987	817	672
1988	765	675
1989	732	688
1990	692	689
1991	666	688
1992	625	682
1993	591	668
1994	605	639
1995	586	587
1996	576	544
1997	556	507
1998	547	476
1999	536	442
2000	529	406
2001	532	388
2002	534	364
2003	532	343
2004	531	323
2005	514	312
2006	509	299
2007	501	289
2008	563	276
2009	598	267
2010	607	259
2011	613	254
2012	618	245
2013	607	236
2014	605	227
2015	606	222
2016	604	216
2017	592	212
2018	585	204
2019	572	198
2020	578	196
2021	584	202
2022	547	183
2023	518	174

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.79% in Benin 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
	Benin	Equatorial Guinea
1960	31.2%	-
1961	30.7%	-
1962	30.2%	-
1963	29.6%	-
1964	29.1%	-
1965	28.5%	-
1966	28%	-
1967	27.5%	-
1968	27%	-
1969	26.6%	-
1970	26.1%	-
1971	25.7%	-
1972	25.2%	-
1973	24.7%	-
1974	24.2%	-
1975	23.7%	-
1976	23.1%	-
1977	22.6%	-
1978	22.1%	-
1979	21.6%	-
1980	21.2%	-
1981	20.8%	-
1982	20.4%	20.1%
1983	20%	19.7%
1984	19.6%	19.3%
1985	19.2%	18.9%
1986	18.8%	18.6%
1987	18.4%	18.4%
1988	18%	18.2%
1989	17.6%	18%
1990	17.2%	17.9%
1991	16.8%	17.7%
1992	16.4%	17.6%
1993	16%	17.5%
1994	15.6%	17.3%
1995	15.2%	17.1%
1996	14.9%	16.9%
1997	14.6%	16.7%
1998	14.3%	16.4%
1999	13.9%	16%
2000	13.6%	15.6%
2001	13.3%	15.2%
2002	13%	14.7%
2003	12.7%	14.3%
2004	12.4%	13.8%
2005	12.1%	13.3%
2006	11.8%	12.9%
2007	11.5%	12.4%
2008	11.3%	11.9%
2009	11.1%	11.5%
2010	10.8%	11.1%
2011	10.6%	10.7%
2012	10.4%	10.3%
2013	10.2%	9.99%
2014	9.93%	9.66%
2015	9.71%	9.33%
2016	9.5%	8.99%
2017	9.27%	8.7%
2018	9.05%	8.42%
2019	8.8%	8.17%
2020	8.55%	7.88%
2021	8.31%	7.61%
2022	8.04%	7.34%
2023	7.79%	7.06%