Fertility & birth rates in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bosnia and Herzegovina was 1.49 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
	Bosnia	Guinea-Bissau
1960	3.96	5.92
1961	3.89	5.93
1962	3.81	5.94
1963	3.7	5.95
1964	3.6	5.96
1965	3.53	5.97
1966	3.39	5.98
1967	3.22	5.99
1968	3.08	6.01
1969	2.95	6.02
1970	2.79	6.04
1971	2.75	6.06
1972	2.67	6.08
1973	2.54	6.1
1974	2.45	6.12
1975	2.39	6.15
1976	2.31	6.19
1977	2.2	6.25
1978	2.08	6.32
1979	1.99	6.4
1980	1.98	6.49
1981	2.02	6.57
1982	2.05	6.64
1983	2.05	6.69
1984	2.02	6.73
1985	1.96	6.74
1986	1.91	6.73
1987	1.88	6.72
1988	1.85	6.69
1989	1.79	6.66
1990	1.79	6.5
1991	1.78	6.47
1992	1.76	6.44
1993	1.73	6.37
1994	1.7	6.3
1995	1.67	6.22
1996	1.65	6.14
1997	1.69	6.06
1998	1.56	5.97
1999	1.37	5.87
2000	1.28	5.79
2001	1.23	5.69
2002	1.23	5.63
2003	1.22	5.58
2004	1.22	5.5
2005	1.2	5.46
2006	1.18	5.41
2007	1.19	5.37
2008	1.21	5.27
2009	1.27	5.18
2010	1.26	5.11
2011	1.21	5.07
2012	1.25	5
2013	1.28	4.93
2014	1.26	4.79
2015	1.32	4.66
2016	1.36	4.52
2017	1.42	4.35
2018	1.5	4.24
2019	1.51	4.15
2020	1.52	4.08
2021	1.49	4
2022	1.48	3.91
2023	1.49	3.84
2024	1.49	3.76
2025	1.5	3.68
2026	1.5	3.62
2027	1.51	3.56
2028	1.51	3.5
2029	1.51	3.44
2030	1.52	3.37
2031	1.52	3.31
2032	1.52	3.25
2033	1.53	3.2
2034	1.53	3.15
2035	1.53	3.09
2036	1.54	3.04
2037	1.54	3
2038	1.54	2.95
2039	1.54	2.91
2040	1.55	2.87
2041	1.55	2.84
2042	1.55	2.8
2043	1.56	2.77
2044	1.56	2.74
2045	1.56	2.71
2046	1.56	2.67
2047	1.57	2.64
2048	1.57	2.62
2049	1.57	2.59
2050	1.57	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bosnia	Guinea-Bissau
1960	38.2%	36.9%
1961	38.5%	37.1%
1962	38.6%	37.7%
1963	38.6%	38.4%
1964	38.4%	39.6%
1965	38.1%	41%
1966	37.8%	41.9%
1967	37.3%	42.1%
1968	36.7%	41.8%
1969	36%	41.9%
1970	35.2%	41.9%
1971	34.4%	41.9%
1972	33.7%	41.9%
1973	33%	41.6%
1974	32.2%	41.4%
1975	31.5%	41.8%
1976	30.7%	42.6%
1977	30%	43.7%
1978	29.3%	44.8%
1979	28.7%	45.1%
1980	28.1%	45%
1981	27.5%	45.3%
1982	26.9%	45.5%
1983	26.5%	45.7%
1984	26.2%	45.9%
1985	25.9%	45.9%
1986	25.7%	46%
1987	25.4%	45.9%
1988	25.1%	45.9%
1989	24.9%	45.8%
1990	24.6%	45.7%
1991	24.3%	45.5%
1992	24.7%	45.5%
1993	25.5%	45.4%
1994	25.5%	45.4%
1995	24.8%	45.3%
1996	23.5%	45.2%
1997	22.4%	45.1%
1998	21.5%	45%
1999	20.7%	44.8%
2000	19.9%	44.7%
2001	19.1%	44.5%
2002	18.4%	44.3%
2003	17.8%	44.2%
2004	17.3%	44%
2005	16.9%	43.9%
2006	16.4%	43.8%
2007	16.1%	43.6%
2008	15.8%	43.5%
2009	15.7%	43.3%
2010	15.6%	43.2%
2011	15.4%	43%
2012	15.1%	42.8%
2013	14.8%	42.7%
2014	14.5%	42.5%
2015	14.3%	42.2%
2016	14.1%	42%
2017	14%	41.7%
2018	13.8%	41.3%
2019	13.7%	40.9%
2020	13.6%	40.5%
2021	13.5%	40.1%
2022	13.4%	39.7%
2023	13.2%	39.2%
2024	13%	38.8%
2025	12.8%	38.3%
2026	12.7%	37.8%
2027	12.6%	37.4%
2028	12.5%	36.9%
2029	12.4%	36.4%
2030	12.4%	36%
2031	12.3%	35.5%
2032	12.2%	35.1%
2033	12.1%	34.8%
2034	12%	34.4%
2035	12%	34.1%
2036	11.9%	33.7%
2037	11.9%	33.4%
2038	11.9%	33%
2039	11.9%	32.7%
2040	11.9%	32.4%
2041	11.9%	32%
2042	11.9%	31.7%
2043	11.9%	31.4%
2044	11.9%	31%
2045	11.9%	30.7%
2046	11.8%	30.4%
2047	11.8%	30.1%
2048	11.8%	29.7%
2049	11.7%	29.4%
2050	11.7%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Bosnia and Herzegovina and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 24.6% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.51% in Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
	Bosnia	Guinea-Bissau
1960	76,840	10,618
1961	77,601	10,756
1962	77,582	10,662
1963	75,380	9,190
1964	74,151	8,989
1965	72,896	7,789
1966	70,085	6,955
1967	65,618	6,742
1968	61,422	7,289
1969	58,454	7,857
1970	54,455	7,632
1971	54,352	8,183
1972	54,072	7,911
1973	52,989	8,430
1974	53,600	10,321
1975	53,629	11,998
1976	52,107	13,688
1977	48,643	15,484
1978	44,800	17,468
1979	42,157	19,736
1980	42,911	21,024
1981	45,423	21,611
1982	47,023	22,131
1983	47,135	22,542
1984	46,413	22,861
1985	44,983	23,116
1986	42,884	23,301
1987	41,172	23,549
1988	39,058	23,940
1989	36,802	24,286
1990	34,993	23,936
1991	33,692	24,527
1992	-17,883	25,747
1993	-27,199	26,943
1994	4,895	27,895
1995	5,926	29,142
1996	13,327	29,778
1997	19,311	29,792
1998	18,492	30,390
1999	13,568	30,916
2000	11,722	32,816
2001	10,424	33,461
2002	10,972	34,561
2003	10,781	35,649
2004	9,549	36,495
2005	6,546	37,347
2006	2,714	38,886
2007	1,557	40,288
2008	161	40,841
2009	652	41,950
2010	-1,895	43,067
2011	-5,354	44,405
2012	-6,761	45,480
2013	-8,367	46,472
2014	-11,009	46,615
2015	-11,942	46,846
2016	-13,009	46,814
2017	-12,810	46,318
2018	-10,761	46,659
2019	-15,192	47,196
2020	-22,502	46,718
2021	-33,670	47,242
2022	-20,197	48,920
2023	-18,292	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Bosnia and Herzegovina vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bosnia and Herzegovina, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bosnia	Guinea-Bissau
1985	35	1,851
1986	33	1,825
1987	31	1,796
1988	29	1,759
1989	26	1,698
1990	25	1,709
1991	23	1,663
1992	30	1,633
1993	26	1,613
1994	22	1,644
1995	19	1,556
1996	17	1,539
1997	16	1,642
1998	14	1,465
1999	13	1,461
2000	11	1,295
2001	11	1,222
2002	10	1,141
2003	10	1,069
2004	10	980
2005	9	956
2006	9	831
2007	9	792
2008	8	802
2009	8	753
2010	8	698
2011	7	678
2012	7	704
2013	7	707
2014	7	662
2015	7	631
2016	7	617
2017	7	597
2018	7	585
2019	6	598
2020	7	603
2021	13	617
2022	12	539
2023	6	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.6% in Bosnia and Herzegovina 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
	Bosnia	Guinea-Bissau
1984	2.94%	-
1985	2.7%	24.4%
1986	2.49%	24%
1987	2.3%	23.5%
1988	2.12%	23.1%
1989	1.96%	22.7%
1990	1.82%	22.2%
1991	1.69%	21.8%
1992	5.78%	21.3%
1993	5.87%	20.9%
1994	1.4%	20.4%
1995	1.94%	19.9%
1996	1.24%	19.4%
1997	1.17%	18.9%
1998	1.09%	18.4%
1999	1.02%	17.9%
2000	0.95%	17.4%
2001	0.89%	16.8%
2002	0.84%	16.3%
2003	0.8%	15.7%
2004	0.76%	15.1%
2005	0.74%	14.5%
2006	0.72%	13.9%
2007	0.71%	13.2%
2008	0.7%	12.6%
2009	0.69%	12%
2010	0.68%	11.4%
2011	0.68%	10.9%
2012	0.67%	10.4%
2013	0.67%	9.93%
2014	0.67%	9.53%
2015	0.67%	9.18%
2016	0.68%	8.84%
2017	0.68%	8.53%
2018	0.68%	8.21%
2019	0.67%	7.91%
2020	0.66%	7.66%
2021	0.64%	7.41%
2022	0.62%	7.16%
2023	0.6%	6.93%