Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Canada vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 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 Canada 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
	Canada	Guinea-Bissau
1960	3.81	5.92
1961	3.75	5.93
1962	3.68	5.94
1963	3.61	5.95
1964	3.46	5.96
1965	3.12	5.97
1966	2.75	5.98
1967	2.53	5.99
1968	2.39	6.01
1969	2.33	6.02
1970	2.26	6.04
1971	2.14	6.06
1972	1.98	6.08
1973	1.89	6.1
1974	1.84	6.12
1975	1.82	6.15
1976	1.8	6.19
1977	1.78	6.25
1978	1.77	6.32
1979	1.75	6.4
1980	1.74	6.49
1981	1.7	6.57
1982	1.69	6.64
1983	1.68	6.69
1984	1.65	6.73
1985	1.67	6.74
1986	1.68	6.73
1987	1.68	6.72
1988	1.68	6.69
1989	1.77	6.66
1990	1.83	6.5
1991	1.72	6.47
1992	1.71	6.44
1993	1.69	6.37
1994	1.69	6.3
1995	1.67	6.22
1996	1.63	6.14
1997	1.57	6.06
1998	1.56	5.97
1999	1.55	5.87
2000	1.51	5.79
2001	1.54	5.69
2002	1.52	5.63
2003	1.55	5.58
2004	1.56	5.5
2005	1.58	5.46
2006	1.63	5.41
2007	1.67	5.37
2008	1.7	5.27
2009	1.69	5.18
2010	1.65	5.11
2011	1.63	5.07
2012	1.63	5
2013	1.61	4.93
2014	1.61	4.79
2015	1.6	4.66
2016	1.59	4.52
2017	1.55	4.35
2018	1.51	4.24
2019	1.47	4.15
2020	1.41	4.08
2021	1.44	4
2022	1.33	3.91
2023	1.26	3.84
2024	1.25	3.76
2025	1.24	3.68
2026	1.24	3.62
2027	1.23	3.56
2028	1.24	3.5
2029	1.23	3.44
2030	1.24	3.37
2031	1.24	3.31
2032	1.24	3.25
2033	1.25	3.2
2034	1.25	3.15
2035	1.25	3.09
2036	1.26	3.04
2037	1.26	3
2038	1.26	2.95
2039	1.27	2.91
2040	1.27	2.87
2041	1.27	2.84
2042	1.28	2.8
2043	1.28	2.77
2044	1.28	2.74
2045	1.28	2.71
2046	1.29	2.67
2047	1.29	2.64
2048	1.29	2.62
2049	1.3	2.59
2050	1.3	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Guinea-Bissau
1960	33.8%	36.9%
1961	33.9%	37.1%
1962	33.9%	37.7%
1963	33.9%	38.4%
1964	33.7%	39.6%
1965	33.3%	41%
1966	32.9%	41.9%
1967	32.3%	42.1%
1968	31.6%	41.8%
1969	31%	41.9%
1970	30.2%	41.9%
1971	29.3%	41.9%
1972	28.6%	41.9%
1973	27.8%	41.6%
1974	27%	41.4%
1975	26.2%	41.8%
1976	25.5%	42.6%
1977	24.7%	43.7%
1978	24%	44.8%
1979	23.4%	45.1%
1980	22.8%	45%
1981	22.3%	45.3%
1982	22%	45.5%
1983	21.8%	45.7%
1984	21.6%	45.9%
1985	21.3%	45.9%
1986	21.1%	46%
1987	20.9%	45.9%
1988	20.8%	45.9%
1989	20.8%	45.8%
1990	20.7%	45.7%
1991	20.7%	45.5%
1992	20.7%	45.5%
1993	20.7%	45.4%
1994	20.6%	45.4%
1995	20.4%	45.3%
1996	20.2%	45.2%
1997	20%	45.1%
1998	19.8%	45%
1999	19.5%	44.8%
2000	19.2%	44.7%
2001	18.9%	44.5%
2002	18.6%	44.3%
2003	18.3%	44.2%
2004	18%	44%
2005	17.7%	43.9%
2006	17.4%	43.8%
2007	17.1%	43.6%
2008	16.9%	43.5%
2009	16.7%	43.3%
2010	16.6%	43.2%
2011	16.4%	43%
2012	16.3%	42.8%
2013	16.3%	42.7%
2014	16.2%	42.5%
2015	16.2%	42.2%
2016	16.2%	42%
2017	16.2%	41.7%
2018	16.1%	41.3%
2019	16%	40.9%
2020	15.9%	40.5%
2021	15.7%	40.1%
2022	15.5%	39.7%
2023	15.3%	39.2%
2024	15.1%	38.8%
2025	15%	38.3%
2026	14.9%	37.8%
2027	14.7%	37.4%
2028	14.6%	36.9%
2029	14.5%	36.4%
2030	14.4%	36%
2031	14.3%	35.5%
2032	14.2%	35.1%
2033	14.1%	34.8%
2034	14%	34.4%
2035	13.9%	34.1%
2036	13.9%	33.7%
2037	13.8%	33.4%
2038	13.8%	33%
2039	13.7%	32.7%
2040	13.7%	32.4%
2041	13.6%	32%
2042	13.6%	31.7%
2043	13.6%	31.4%
2044	13.5%	31%
2045	13.5%	30.7%
2046	13.5%	30.4%
2047	13.5%	30.1%
2048	13.5%	29.7%
2049	13.5%	29.4%
2050	13.5%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada 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
	Canada	Guinea-Bissau
1960	338,487	10,618
1961	334,360	10,756
1962	325,745	10,662
1963	318,595	9,190
1964	307,268	8,989
1965	269,589	7,789
1966	236,566	6,955
1967	220,450	6,742
1968	211,589	7,289
1969	216,588	7,857
1970	215,372	7,632
1971	208,640	8,183
1972	188,857	7,911
1973	184,432	8,430
1974	182,464	10,321
1975	196,718	11,998
1976	196,979	13,688
1977	199,297	15,484
1978	194,102	17,468
1979	203,293	19,736
1980	203,480	21,024
1981	206,005	21,611
1982	200,935	22,131
1983	202,931	22,542
1984	204,856	22,861
1985	204,153	23,116
1986	190,532	23,301
1987	190,416	23,549
1988	192,901	23,940
1989	207,304	24,286
1990	213,222	23,936
1991	207,477	24,527
1992	204,273	25,747
1993	186,451	26,943
1994	179,804	27,895
1995	167,023	29,142
1996	153,973	29,778
1997	134,577	29,792
1998	126,651	30,390
1999	118,565	30,916
2000	110,469	32,816
2001	114,777	33,461
2002	106,621	34,561
2003	110,749	35,649
2004	111,786	36,495
2005	116,074	37,347
2006	130,285	38,886
2007	134,845	40,288
2008	142,963	40,841
2009	144,609	41,950
2010	139,425	43,067
2011	133,923	44,405
2012	135,382	45,480
2013	129,799	46,472
2014	127,563	46,615
2015	117,825	46,846
2016	115,555	46,814
2017	98,672	46,318
2018	88,974	46,659
2019	86,523	47,196
2020	53,241	46,718
2021	57,360	47,242
2022	15,574	48,920
2023	28,058	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Guinea-Bissau
1985	7	1,851
1986	7	1,825
1987	7	1,796
1988	7	1,759
1989	8	1,698
1990	7	1,709
1991	8	1,663
1992	8	1,633
1993	8	1,613
1994	8	1,644
1995	8	1,556
1996	9	1,539
1997	8	1,642
1998	9	1,465
1999	9	1,461
2000	9	1,295
2001	10	1,222
2002	10	1,141
2003	10	1,069
2004	10	980
2005	11	956
2006	11	831
2007	11	792
2008	12	802
2009	12	753
2010	11	698
2011	11	678
2012	11	704
2013	11	707
2014	12	662
2015	11	631
2016	12	617
2017	12	597
2018	13	585
2019	12	598
2020	17	603
2021	14	617
2022	15	539
2023	12	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada 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
	Canada	Guinea-Bissau
1960	3.26%	-
1961	3.15%	-
1962	3.05%	-
1963	2.94%	-
1964	2.82%	-
1965	2.71%	-
1966	2.6%	-
1967	2.5%	-
1968	2.4%	-
1969	2.3%	-
1970	2.19%	-
1971	2.09%	-
1972	1.99%	-
1973	1.89%	-
1974	1.79%	-
1975	1.7%	-
1976	1.6%	-
1977	1.51%	-
1978	1.42%	-
1979	1.33%	-
1980	1.25%	-
1981	1.18%	-
1982	1.12%	-
1983	1.06%	-
1984	1.01%	-
1985	0.98%	24.4%
1986	0.94%	24%
1987	0.91%	23.5%
1988	0.88%	23.1%
1989	0.85%	22.7%
1990	0.82%	22.2%
1991	0.8%	21.8%
1992	0.77%	21.3%
1993	0.74%	20.9%
1994	0.72%	20.4%
1995	0.69%	19.9%
1996	0.67%	19.4%
1997	0.65%	18.9%
1998	0.64%	18.4%
1999	0.63%	17.9%
2000	0.62%	17.4%
2001	0.62%	16.8%
2002	0.62%	16.3%
2003	0.62%	15.7%
2004	0.61%	15.1%
2005	0.61%	14.5%
2006	0.6%	13.9%
2007	0.6%	13.2%
2008	0.59%	12.6%
2009	0.58%	12%
2010	0.57%	11.4%
2011	0.56%	10.9%
2012	0.56%	10.4%
2013	0.55%	9.93%
2014	0.54%	9.53%
2015	0.54%	9.18%
2016	0.53%	8.84%
2017	0.52%	8.53%
2018	0.52%	8.21%
2019	0.51%	7.91%
2020	0.51%	7.66%
2021	0.51%	7.41%
2022	0.51%	7.16%
2023	0.51%	6.93%