Fertility & birth rates in Burundi and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Burundi vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Burundi was 4.88 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 Burundi 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
	Burundi	Guinea-Bissau
1960	7	5.92
1961	7.02	5.93
1962	7.04	5.94
1963	7.07	5.95
1964	7.09	5.96
1965	7.11	5.97
1966	7.14	5.98
1967	7.16	5.99
1968	7.18	6.01
1969	7.22	6.02
1970	7.21	6.04
1971	7.21	6.06
1972	7.21	6.08
1973	7.22	6.1
1974	7.22	6.12
1975	7.24	6.15
1976	7.25	6.19
1977	7.25	6.25
1978	7.26	6.32
1979	7.31	6.4
1980	7.35	6.49
1981	7.33	6.57
1982	7.31	6.64
1983	7.3	6.69
1984	7.3	6.73
1985	7.29	6.74
1986	7.32	6.73
1987	7.38	6.72
1988	7.38	6.69
1989	7.39	6.66
1990	7.37	6.5
1991	7.34	6.47
1992	7.3	6.44
1993	7.27	6.37
1994	7.23	6.3
1995	7.18	6.22
1996	7.12	6.14
1997	7.04	6.06
1998	6.96	5.97
1999	6.9	5.87
2000	6.87	5.79
2001	6.85	5.69
2002	6.82	5.63
2003	6.79	5.58
2004	6.75	5.5
2005	6.71	5.46
2006	6.66	5.41
2007	6.59	5.37
2008	6.52	5.27
2009	6.41	5.18
2010	6.26	5.11
2011	6.11	5.07
2012	5.99	5
2013	5.89	4.93
2014	5.79	4.79
2015	5.7	4.66
2016	5.59	4.52
2017	5.48	4.35
2018	5.38	4.24
2019	5.27	4.15
2020	5.18	4.08
2021	5.08	4
2022	4.98	3.91
2023	4.88	3.84
2024	4.79	3.76
2025	4.68	3.68
2026	4.57	3.62
2027	4.46	3.56
2028	4.37	3.5
2029	4.28	3.44
2030	4.2	3.37
2031	4.11	3.31
2032	4.03	3.25
2033	3.95	3.2
2034	3.85	3.15
2035	3.78	3.09
2036	3.69	3.04
2037	3.62	3
2038	3.55	2.95
2039	3.49	2.91
2040	3.43	2.87
2041	3.37	2.84
2042	3.32	2.8
2043	3.27	2.77
2044	3.22	2.74
2045	3.17	2.71
2046	3.13	2.67
2047	3.08	2.64
2048	3.04	2.62
2049	3	2.59
2050	2.96	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Burundi	Guinea-Bissau
1960	45.1%	36.9%
1961	45.2%	37.1%
1962	45.3%	37.7%
1963	45.5%	38.4%
1964	45.5%	39.6%
1965	45.4%	41%
1966	45.2%	41.9%
1967	45%	42.1%
1968	44.9%	41.8%
1969	44.9%	41.9%
1970	44.9%	41.9%
1971	44.9%	41.9%
1972	45.5%	41.9%
1973	46%	41.6%
1974	45.8%	41.4%
1975	45.7%	41.8%
1976	45.8%	42.6%
1977	45.8%	43.7%
1978	45.7%	44.8%
1979	45.8%	45.1%
1980	45.4%	45%
1981	45.2%	45.3%
1982	45.6%	45.5%
1983	45.9%	45.7%
1984	46.3%	45.9%
1985	46.8%	45.9%
1986	47.3%	46%
1987	47.6%	45.9%
1988	48%	45.9%
1989	48.4%	45.8%
1990	48.7%	45.7%
1991	48.9%	45.5%
1992	48.9%	45.5%
1993	51%	45.4%
1994	51.1%	45.4%
1995	49.1%	45.3%
1996	49.6%	45.2%
1997	49.9%	45.1%
1998	49.4%	45%
1999	48.7%	44.8%
2000	48.3%	44.7%
2001	47.7%	44.5%
2002	47.2%	44.3%
2003	46.7%	44.2%
2004	46.2%	44%
2005	45.8%	43.9%
2006	45.6%	43.8%
2007	45.4%	43.6%
2008	45.2%	43.5%
2009	45%	43.3%
2010	45.1%	43.2%
2011	45.4%	43%
2012	45.7%	42.8%
2013	46.1%	42.7%
2014	46.4%	42.5%
2015	47%	42.2%
2016	47.7%	42%
2017	47.9%	41.7%
2018	47.8%	41.3%
2019	47.3%	40.9%
2020	47%	40.5%
2021	46.5%	40.1%
2022	46%	39.7%
2023	45.4%	39.2%
2024	44.7%	38.8%
2025	44%	38.3%
2026	43.2%	37.8%
2027	42.5%	37.4%
2028	41.7%	36.9%
2029	41%	36.4%
2030	40.3%	36%
2031	39.7%	35.5%
2032	39.2%	35.1%
2033	38.8%	34.8%
2034	38.5%	34.4%
2035	38.1%	34.1%
2036	37.8%	33.7%
2037	37.5%	33.4%
2038	37.2%	33%
2039	36.9%	32.7%
2040	36.6%	32.4%
2041	36.4%	32%
2042	36.1%	31.7%
2043	35.9%	31.4%
2044	35.6%	31%
2045	35.4%	30.7%
2046	35.1%	30.4%
2047	34.8%	30.1%
2048	34.4%	29.7%
2049	34.1%	29.4%
2050	33.7%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 44.7% of the population in Burundi and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 48.7% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Burundi and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Burundi vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Burundi 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
	Burundi	Guinea-Bissau
1960	70,032	10,618
1961	71,216	10,756
1962	74,710	10,662
1963	75,962	9,190
1964	77,528	8,989
1965	78,208	7,789
1966	83,651	6,955
1967	86,373	6,742
1968	88,765	7,289
1969	90,852	7,857
1970	92,476	7,632
1971	95,153	8,183
1972	30,532	7,911
1973	74,805	8,430
1974	95,486	10,321
1975	101,172	11,998
1976	104,396	13,688
1977	108,488	15,484
1978	114,884	17,468
1979	123,377	19,736
1980	127,746	21,024
1981	146,231	21,611
1982	147,090	22,131
1983	152,801	22,542
1984	154,366	22,861
1985	156,896	23,116
1986	156,170	23,301
1987	157,481	23,549
1988	145,234	23,940
1989	157,547	24,286
1990	156,617	23,936
1991	156,148	24,527
1992	156,420	25,747
1993	128,898	26,943
1994	112,968	27,895
1995	160,284	29,142
1996	158,920	29,778
1997	150,404	29,792
1998	154,010	30,390
1999	166,699	30,916
2000	173,867	32,816
2001	184,541	33,461
2002	201,892	34,561
2003	216,295	35,649
2004	234,891	36,495
2005	253,401	37,347
2006	269,874	38,886
2007	285,323	40,288
2008	300,750	40,841
2009	319,583	41,950
2010	341,808	43,067
2011	348,934	44,405
2012	354,068	45,480
2013	362,224	46,472
2014	367,797	46,615
2015	370,856	46,846
2016	358,393	46,814
2017	353,879	46,318
2018	351,704	46,659
2019	357,672	47,196
2020	361,654	46,718
2021	359,844	47,242
2022	363,786	48,920
2023	368,917	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Burundi vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 392 deaths per 100,000 live births in Burundi, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Burundi	Guinea-Bissau
1985	1,428	1,851
1986	1,441	1,825
1987	1,446	1,796
1988	1,519	1,759
1989	1,511	1,698
1990	1,515	1,709
1991	1,513	1,663
1992	1,464	1,633
1993	1,801	1,613
1994	1,215	1,644
1995	1,293	1,556
1996	1,236	1,539
1997	1,100	1,642
1998	969	1,465
1999	899	1,461
2000	860	1,295
2001	799	1,222
2002	743	1,141
2003	705	1,069
2004	687	980
2005	685	956
2006	670	831
2007	655	792
2008	635	802
2009	612	753
2010	614	698
2011	597	678
2012	575	704
2013	555	707
2014	533	662
2015	525	631
2016	501	617
2017	482	597
2018	464	585
2019	449	598
2020	441	603
2021	447	617
2022	412	539
2023	392	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.92% in Burundi 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
	Burundi	Guinea-Bissau
1964	24.2%	-
1965	24.4%	-
1966	24.5%	-
1967	24.7%	-
1968	24.9%	-
1969	25%	-
1970	25.1%	-
1971	25.1%	-
1972	31.9%	-
1973	25.2%	-
1974	25.2%	-
1975	25.1%	-
1976	25%	-
1977	24.6%	-
1978	24.1%	-
1979	23.3%	-
1980	22.4%	-
1981	21.4%	-
1982	20.3%	-
1983	19.3%	-
1984	18.4%	-
1985	17.7%	24.4%
1986	17.2%	24%
1987	16.9%	23.5%
1988	16.8%	23.1%
1989	16.9%	22.7%
1990	17%	22.2%
1991	17.1%	21.8%
1992	17.2%	21.3%
1993	19.5%	20.9%
1994	17.2%	20.4%
1995	17.1%	19.9%
1996	17%	19.4%
1997	16.7%	18.9%
1998	16.3%	18.4%
1999	15.9%	17.9%
2000	15.4%	17.4%
2001	14.9%	16.8%
2002	14.3%	16.3%
2003	13.7%	15.7%
2004	13.1%	15.1%
2005	12.4%	14.5%
2006	11.7%	13.9%
2007	11%	13.2%
2008	10.3%	12.6%
2009	9.66%	12%
2010	9.08%	11.4%
2011	8.53%	10.9%
2012	8.02%	10.4%
2013	7.55%	9.93%
2014	7.13%	9.53%
2015	6.76%	9.18%
2016	6.44%	8.84%
2017	6.15%	8.53%
2018	5.9%	8.21%
2019	5.67%	7.91%
2020	5.46%	7.66%
2021	5.26%	7.41%
2022	5.08%	7.16%
2023	4.92%	6.93%