Fertility & birth rates in Botswana and Guinea

Fertility rate in Botswana vs Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Botswana was 2.73 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.22 in Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Botswana vs 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
	Botswana	Guinea
1960	6.6	6.11
1961	6.56	6.13
1962	6.54	6.14
1963	6.58	6.15
1964	6.61	6.17
1965	6.6	6.18
1966	6.61	6.19
1967	6.6	6.2
1968	6.58	6.21
1969	6.56	6.23
1970	6.55	6.24
1971	6.54	6.26
1972	6.56	6.28
1973	6.59	6.31
1974	6.61	6.34
1975	6.61	6.37
1976	6.6	6.4
1977	6.54	6.43
1978	6.48	6.44
1979	6.4	6.45
1980	6.29	6.46
1981	6.16	6.46
1982	5.97	6.49
1983	5.79	6.49
1984	5.63	6.51
1985	5.48	6.53
1986	5.33	6.55
1987	5.1	6.57
1988	4.88	6.56
1989	4.67	6.55
1990	4.51	6.52
1991	4.37	6.48
1992	4.26	6.45
1993	4.15	6.41
1994	4.02	6.36
1995	3.79	6.29
1996	3.57	6.21
1997	3.43	6.12
1998	3.36	6.05
1999	3.31	5.99
2000	3.29	5.92
2001	3.25	5.83
2002	3.18	5.78
2003	3.11	5.74
2004	3.06	5.73
2005	3.08	5.73
2006	3.11	5.7
2007	3.13	5.66
2008	3.13	5.6
2009	3.13	5.53
2010	3.14	5.44
2011	3.1	5.34
2012	3.07	5.23
2013	3.05	5.15
2014	3.03	5.07
2015	3.01	5
2016	2.99	4.92
2017	2.97	4.79
2018	2.94	4.67
2019	2.91	4.58
2020	2.86	4.49
2021	2.83	4.4
2022	2.79	4.3
2023	2.73	4.22
2024	2.7	4.13
2025	2.66	4.04
2026	2.63	3.96
2027	2.59	3.89
2028	2.56	3.81
2029	2.52	3.73
2030	2.49	3.66
2031	2.46	3.59
2032	2.44	3.52
2033	2.41	3.45
2034	2.38	3.38
2035	2.35	3.32
2036	2.32	3.27
2037	2.3	3.21
2038	2.28	3.16
2039	2.26	3.12
2040	2.23	3.07
2041	2.21	3.02
2042	2.2	2.98
2043	2.18	2.94
2044	2.17	2.9
2045	2.15	2.86
2046	2.14	2.82
2047	2.12	2.79
2048	2.11	2.75
2049	2.09	2.73
2050	2.08	2.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Botswana	Guinea
1960	45.1%	39.6%
1961	45.6%	39.7%
1962	46.2%	39.9%
1963	46.8%	39.9%
1964	47.2%	40%
1965	47.5%	40.1%
1966	47.9%	40.2%
1967	48.2%	40.2%
1968	48.6%	40.3%
1969	48.9%	40.3%
1970	49.2%	40.4%
1971	49.3%	40.5%
1972	49.1%	40.7%
1973	48.6%	40.9%
1974	48.2%	41.1%
1975	47.7%	41.3%
1976	47.3%	41.5%
1977	47%	41.8%
1978	46.5%	42%
1979	46%	42.2%
1980	46.1%	42.4%
1981	46.2%	42.6%
1982	46.2%	42.7%
1983	46.2%	42.8%
1984	46.2%	42.9%
1985	46.2%	43%
1986	46.1%	43%
1987	46%	43.1%
1988	45.8%	43.1%
1989	45.5%	43.2%
1990	45.1%	43.3%
1991	44.7%	43.4%
1992	44.2%	43.5%
1993	43.7%	43.6%
1994	43%	43.7%
1995	42.2%	43.8%
1996	41.4%	43.9%
1997	40.6%	44.2%
1998	39.8%	44.5%
1999	39.1%	44.7%
2000	38.4%	44.9%
2001	37.7%	45.3%
2002	37.1%	45.5%
2003	36.5%	45.4%
2004	35.9%	45.3%
2005	35.5%	45.3%
2006	35.1%	45.3%
2007	34.8%	45.1%
2008	34.5%	44.9%
2009	34.2%	44.7%
2010	34.1%	44.5%
2011	34%	44.2%
2012	34.2%	44%
2013	34.4%	43.8%
2014	34.4%	43.5%
2015	34.4%	43.3%
2016	34.2%	43.1%
2017	33.9%	42.9%
2018	33.6%	42.6%
2019	33.3%	42.4%
2020	32.9%	42.1%
2021	32.6%	41.9%
2022	32.4%	41.6%
2023	32.3%	41.2%
2024	32.1%	40.9%
2025	32%	40.5%
2026	31.8%	40.2%
2027	31.6%	39.8%
2028	31.4%	39.5%
2029	31.2%	39.1%
2030	30.9%	38.7%
2031	30.6%	38.3%
2032	30.3%	37.9%
2033	30%	37.5%
2034	29.6%	37%
2035	29.2%	36.6%
2036	28.7%	36.2%
2037	28.1%	35.7%
2038	27.6%	35.3%
2039	27.2%	34.9%
2040	26.7%	34.5%
2041	26.3%	34.1%
2042	25.9%	33.7%
2043	25.5%	33.3%
2044	25.2%	32.9%
2045	24.8%	32.5%
2046	24.5%	32.2%
2047	24.2%	31.8%
2048	24%	31.5%
2049	23.7%	31.2%
2050	23.5%	30.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.1% of the population in Botswana and 40.9% in Guinea in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 43.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Botswana and Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Botswana vs Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.88% in Botswana and +2.6% in 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
	Botswana	Guinea
1960	15,861	61,848
1961	16,185	63,766
1962	16,507	65,672
1963	17,084	67,690
1964	17,634	69,848
1965	18,045	72,134
1966	18,250	74,748
1967	18,463	77,251
1968	18,725	79,892
1969	19,024	82,799
1970	19,438	85,418
1971	19,926	88,358
1972	21,004	91,147
1973	22,449	93,764
1974	24,160	96,315
1975	25,762	99,267
1976	27,497	102,449
1977	29,009	105,990
1978	30,596	109,415
1979	32,486	113,141
1980	33,934	117,186
1981	34,327	121,223
1982	34,859	126,831
1983	35,142	130,629
1984	35,530	136,640
1985	35,966	142,313
1986	36,203	148,137
1987	35,647	154,178
1988	34,564	159,566
1989	33,756	164,707
1990	33,015	169,926
1991	32,219	181,299
1992	31,995	189,682
1993	31,691	195,612
1994	30,664	201,439
1995	28,478	205,644
1996	26,847	214,896
1997	25,738	220,373
1998	25,397	219,385
1999	25,358	223,968
2000	25,850	227,081
2001	26,112	227,642
2002	26,163	229,022
2003	26,545	234,774
2004	27,481	242,075
2005	29,385	251,209
2006	31,340	258,518
2007	33,832	266,070
2008	35,433	274,327
2009	36,671	281,920
2010	38,101	288,512
2011	38,613	293,318
2012	39,202	298,094
2013	39,404	304,430
2014	40,046	309,539
2015	40,897	316,604
2016	41,993	324,608
2017	43,154	328,542
2018	44,171	332,585
2019	45,110	338,984
2020	45,610	342,289
2021	40,894	345,121
2022	47,400	352,517
2023	47,098	356,147

Maternal mortality chart: Botswana vs Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in Botswana, compared to 494 deaths in Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Botswana	Guinea
1985	313	1,248
1986	304	1,234
1987	302	1,218
1988	319	1,202
1989	300	1,188
1990	296	1,162
1991	283	1,143
1992	263	1,124
1993	230	1,094
1994	182	1,081
1995	148	1,042
1996	130	1,010
1997	123	994
1998	126	971
1999	131	960
2000	136	951
2001	138	946
2002	140	916
2003	142	892
2004	151	869
2005	166	843
2006	204	825
2007	201	802
2008	199	772
2009	213	766
2010	228	750
2011	269	728
2012	288	703
2013	221	682
2014	212	664
2015	141	642
2016	72	606
2017	46	582
2018	99	560
2019	100	548
2020	98	528
2021	165	533
2022	120	500
2023	155	494

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.96% in Botswana and 9.5% in 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
	Botswana	Guinea
1960	16.8%	35%
1961	16.3%	34.7%
1962	15.8%	34.4%
1963	15.3%	34.2%
1964	14.9%	33.9%
1965	14.5%	33.6%
1966	14%	33.4%
1967	13.6%	33.1%
1968	13.2%	32.8%
1969	12.8%	32.5%
1970	12.4%	32.2%
1971	11.9%	31.9%
1972	11.4%	31.6%
1973	10.9%	31.3%
1974	10.4%	30.9%
1975	9.88%	30.6%
1976	9.32%	30.1%
1977	8.77%	29.7%
1978	8.23%	29.2%
1979	7.74%	28.7%
1980	7.29%	28.2%
1981	6.86%	27.7%
1982	6.47%	27.2%
1983	6.12%	26.7%
1984	5.8%	26.2%
1985	5.5%	25.8%
1986	5.22%	25.3%
1987	5%	24.8%
1988	4.88%	24.4%
1989	4.87%	23.9%
1990	5.01%	23.3%
1991	5.29%	22.7%
1992	5.7%	22.1%
1993	6.2%	21.4%
1994	6.72%	20.7%
1995	6.74%	20%
1996	7.1%	19.3%
1997	7.37%	18.6%
1998	7.57%	17.9%
1999	7.91%	17.2%
2000	8.11%	16.5%
2001	8.12%	15.9%
2002	8%	15.2%
2003	7.85%	14.6%
2004	7.63%	14.1%
2005	7.03%	13.7%
2006	6.43%	13.3%
2007	6.16%	12.9%
2008	6.03%	12.7%
2009	5.78%	12.4%
2010	5.58%	12.2%
2011	5.68%	12%
2012	5.34%	11.8%
2013	5.1%	11.7%
2014	5.11%	11.6%
2015	4.98%	11.4%
2016	4.9%	11.2%
2017	4.65%	11%
2018	4.59%	10.8%
2019	4.5%	10.6%
2020	4.39%	10.3%
2021	4.2%	10.1%
2022	4.07%	9.78%
2023	3.96%	9.5%