Fertility & birth rates in Chad and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Chad vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Chad was 6.12 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 Chad 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
	Chad	Guinea-Bissau
1960	6.25	5.92
1961	6.27	5.93
1962	6.29	5.94
1963	6.3	5.95
1964	6.32	5.96
1965	6.34	5.97
1966	6.36	5.98
1967	6.39	5.99
1968	6.43	6.01
1969	6.48	6.02
1970	6.53	6.04
1971	6.58	6.06
1972	6.85	6.08
1973	6.87	6.1
1974	6.86	6.12
1975	6.88	6.15
1976	6.89	6.19
1977	6.9	6.25
1978	6.89	6.32
1979	6.91	6.4
1980	6.91	6.49
1981	6.94	6.57
1982	6.96	6.64
1983	6.98	6.69
1984	7.02	6.73
1985	7.04	6.74
1986	7.07	6.73
1987	7.11	6.72
1988	7.15	6.69
1989	7.19	6.66
1990	7.22	6.5
1991	7.26	6.47
1992	7.3	6.44
1993	7.34	6.37
1994	7.31	6.3
1995	7.29	6.22
1996	7.29	6.14
1997	7.27	6.06
1998	7.27	5.97
1999	7.26	5.87
2000	7.25	5.79
2001	7.23	5.69
2002	7.2	5.63
2003	7.18	5.58
2004	7.16	5.5
2005	7.13	5.46
2006	7.12	5.41
2007	7.09	5.37
2008	7.06	5.27
2009	7.02	5.18
2010	6.99	5.11
2011	6.95	5.07
2012	6.91	5
2013	6.84	4.93
2014	6.78	4.79
2015	6.71	4.66
2016	6.62	4.52
2017	6.54	4.35
2018	6.46	4.24
2019	6.41	4.15
2020	6.35	4.08
2021	6.26	4
2022	6.22	3.91
2023	6.12	3.84
2024	6.03	3.76
2025	5.94	3.68
2026	5.83	3.62
2027	5.74	3.56
2028	5.63	3.5
2029	5.54	3.44
2030	5.44	3.37
2031	5.36	3.31
2032	5.25	3.25
2033	5.15	3.2
2034	5.06	3.15
2035	4.97	3.09
2036	4.88	3.04
2037	4.8	3
2038	4.72	2.95
2039	4.63	2.91
2040	4.55	2.87
2041	4.47	2.84
2042	4.39	2.8
2043	4.32	2.77
2044	4.24	2.74
2045	4.17	2.71
2046	4.1	2.67
2047	4.04	2.64
2048	3.97	2.62
2049	3.91	2.59
2050	3.85	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Chad	Guinea-Bissau
1960	41%	36.9%
1961	41.2%	37.1%
1962	41.5%	37.7%
1963	41.7%	38.4%
1964	41.9%	39.6%
1965	42%	41%
1966	42.1%	41.9%
1967	42.2%	42.1%
1968	42.4%	41.8%
1969	42.5%	41.9%
1970	42.7%	41.9%
1971	43%	41.9%
1972	43.2%	41.9%
1973	43.5%	41.6%
1974	43.9%	41.4%
1975	44.2%	41.8%
1976	44.6%	42.6%
1977	45%	43.7%
1978	45.4%	44.8%
1979	45.7%	45.1%
1980	46.6%	45%
1981	47.5%	45.3%
1982	46.6%	45.5%
1983	45.8%	45.7%
1984	46.5%	45.9%
1985	47.3%	45.9%
1986	47.2%	46%
1987	47%	45.9%
1988	46.8%	45.9%
1989	46.8%	45.8%
1990	47.1%	45.7%
1991	47.1%	45.5%
1992	46.9%	45.5%
1993	47.5%	45.4%
1994	48.2%	45.4%
1995	47.9%	45.3%
1996	47.8%	45.2%
1997	48.2%	45.1%
1998	48.5%	45%
1999	48.6%	44.8%
2000	48.8%	44.7%
2001	49%	44.5%
2002	49.1%	44.3%
2003	49%	44.2%
2004	48.7%	44%
2005	48.6%	43.9%
2006	48.6%	43.8%
2007	48.7%	43.6%
2008	48.7%	43.5%
2009	48.7%	43.3%
2010	48.8%	43.2%
2011	48.7%	43%
2012	48.7%	42.8%
2013	48.6%	42.7%
2014	48.5%	42.5%
2015	48.5%	42.2%
2016	48.5%	42%
2017	48.4%	41.7%
2018	48.2%	41.3%
2019	48.1%	40.9%
2020	48%	40.5%
2021	47.7%	40.1%
2022	47.4%	39.7%
2023	46.7%	39.2%
2024	46.1%	38.8%
2025	46%	38.3%
2026	46%	37.8%
2027	45.9%	37.4%
2028	45.8%	36.9%
2029	45.6%	36.4%
2030	45.4%	36%
2031	45.1%	35.5%
2032	44.9%	35.1%
2033	44.6%	34.8%
2034	44.3%	34.4%
2035	44%	34.1%
2036	43.7%	33.7%
2037	43.3%	33.4%
2038	42.9%	33%
2039	42.4%	32.7%
2040	41.9%	32.4%
2041	41.4%	32%
2042	40.9%	31.7%
2043	40.5%	31.4%
2044	40%	31%
2045	39.6%	30.7%
2046	39.2%	30.4%
2047	38.8%	30.1%
2048	38.4%	29.7%
2049	38.1%	29.4%
2050	37.7%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 46.1% of the population in Chad and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 47.1% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Chad and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Chad vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3.18% in Chad 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
	Chad	Guinea-Bissau
1960	62,003	10,618
1961	63,639	10,756
1962	65,312	10,662
1963	67,414	9,190
1964	69,483	8,989
1965	70,913	7,789
1966	73,123	6,955
1967	76,142	6,742
1968	79,465	7,289
1969	83,413	7,857
1970	87,660	7,632
1971	89,404	8,183
1972	101,142	7,911
1973	104,418	8,430
1974	106,898	10,321
1975	109,315	11,998
1976	111,324	13,688
1977	113,498	15,484
1978	115,084	17,468
1979	117,780	19,736
1980	122,468	21,024
1981	111,907	21,611
1982	119,121	22,131
1983	144,684	22,542
1984	151,511	22,861
1985	145,845	23,116
1986	152,360	23,301
1987	156,797	23,549
1988	178,489	23,940
1989	188,485	24,286
1990	191,959	23,936
1991	200,102	24,527
1992	219,348	25,747
1993	229,984	26,943
1994	223,996	27,895
1995	234,010	29,142
1996	254,589	29,778
1997	261,030	29,792
1998	270,055	30,390
1999	278,264	30,916
2000	287,173	32,816
2001	297,254	33,461
2002	302,995	34,561
2003	314,740	35,649
2004	334,136	36,495
2005	352,302	37,347
2006	362,027	38,886
2007	376,732	40,288
2008	387,439	40,841
2009	401,937	41,950
2010	416,177	43,067
2011	428,989	44,405
2012	444,246	45,480
2013	454,517	46,472
2014	467,957	46,615
2015	478,010	46,846
2016	483,442	46,814
2017	494,304	46,318
2018	509,642	46,659
2019	530,540	47,196
2020	541,234	46,718
2021	554,851	47,242
2022	588,060	48,920
2023	605,924	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Chad vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 748 deaths per 100,000 live births in Chad, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Chad	Guinea-Bissau
1985	1,119	1,851
1986	1,068	1,825
1987	1,123	1,796
1988	1,093	1,759
1989	1,083	1,698
1990	1,113	1,709
1991	1,093	1,663
1992	1,119	1,633
1993	1,166	1,613
1994	1,151	1,644
1995	1,119	1,556
1996	1,150	1,539
1997	1,146	1,642
1998	1,177	1,465
1999	1,184	1,461
2000	1,208	1,295
2001	1,204	1,222
2002	1,199	1,141
2003	1,170	1,069
2004	1,167	980
2005	1,189	956
2006	1,220	831
2007	1,240	792
2008	1,264	802
2009	1,285	753
2010	1,284	698
2011	1,264	678
2012	1,245	704
2013	1,216	707
2014	1,198	662
2015	1,176	631
2016	1,133	617
2017	1,085	597
2018	1,020	585
2019	958	598
2020	877	603
2021	869	617
2022	775	539
2023	748	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 10.1% in Chad 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
	Chad	Guinea-Bissau
1960	26.7%	-
1961	26.6%	-
1962	26.5%	-
1963	26.4%	-
1964	26.3%	-
1965	26.1%	-
1966	26%	-
1967	25.9%	-
1968	25.7%	-
1969	25.6%	-
1970	25.4%	-
1971	25.3%	-
1972	25.2%	-
1973	25%	-
1974	24.8%	-
1975	24.7%	-
1976	24.6%	-
1977	24.4%	-
1978	24.2%	-
1979	24.1%	-
1980	23.8%	-
1981	23.6%	-
1982	23.4%	-
1983	23.2%	-
1984	22.9%	-
1985	22.6%	24.4%
1986	22.3%	24%
1987	22%	23.5%
1988	21.8%	23.1%
1989	21.5%	22.7%
1990	21.2%	22.2%
1991	20.9%	21.8%
1992	20.6%	21.3%
1993	20.3%	20.9%
1994	20.1%	20.4%
1995	19.8%	19.9%
1996	19.6%	19.4%
1997	19.3%	18.9%
1998	19%	18.4%
1999	18.7%	17.9%
2000	18.4%	17.4%
2001	18%	16.8%
2002	17.7%	16.3%
2003	17.3%	15.7%
2004	17%	15.1%
2005	16.7%	14.5%
2006	16.3%	13.9%
2007	15.9%	13.2%
2008	15.5%	12.6%
2009	15.2%	12%
2010	14.8%	11.4%
2011	14.4%	10.9%
2012	14%	10.4%
2013	13.7%	9.93%
2014	13.3%	9.53%
2015	12.9%	9.18%
2016	12.6%	8.84%
2017	12.2%	8.53%
2018	11.8%	8.21%
2019	11.5%	7.91%
2020	11.1%	7.66%
2021	10.8%	7.41%
2022	10.4%	7.16%
2023	10.1%	6.93%