Fertility & birth rates in Chile and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Chile vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Chile was 1.17 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 Chile 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
	Chile	Guinea-Bissau
1960	4.7	5.92
1961	4.66	5.93
1962	4.6	5.94
1963	4.54	5.95
1964	4.46	5.96
1965	4.36	5.97
1966	4.26	5.98
1967	4.14	5.99
1968	4.03	6.01
1969	3.9	6.02
1970	3.78	6.04
1971	3.65	6.06
1972	3.53	6.08
1973	3.41	6.1
1974	3.29	6.12
1975	3.18	6.15
1976	3.08	6.19
1977	2.98	6.25
1978	2.89	6.32
1979	2.81	6.4
1980	2.74	6.49
1981	2.69	6.57
1982	2.65	6.64
1983	2.62	6.69
1984	2.6	6.73
1985	2.59	6.74
1986	2.59	6.73
1987	2.59	6.72
1988	2.59	6.69
1989	2.59	6.66
1990	2.58	6.5
1991	2.56	6.47
1992	2.48	6.44
1993	2.43	6.37
1994	2.38	6.3
1995	2.35	6.22
1996	2.28	6.14
1997	2.2	6.06
1998	2.15	5.97
1999	2.07	5.87
2000	2.05	5.79
2001	2.01	5.69
2002	1.93	5.63
2003	1.89	5.58
2004	1.84	5.5
2005	1.83	5.46
2006	1.8	5.41
2007	1.83	5.37
2008	1.85	5.27
2009	1.86	5.18
2010	1.84	5.11
2011	1.82	5.07
2012	1.8	5
2013	1.79	4.93
2014	1.77	4.79
2015	1.74	4.66
2016	1.69	4.52
2017	1.56	4.35
2018	1.54	4.24
2019	1.43	4.15
2020	1.31	4.08
2021	1.18	4
2022	1.25	3.91
2023	1.17	3.84
2024	1.14	3.76
2025	1.13	3.68
2026	1.12	3.62
2027	1.12	3.56
2028	1.12	3.5
2029	1.12	3.44
2030	1.13	3.37
2031	1.13	3.31
2032	1.14	3.25
2033	1.15	3.2
2034	1.15	3.15
2035	1.16	3.09
2036	1.17	3.04
2037	1.17	3
2038	1.18	2.95
2039	1.19	2.91
2040	1.19	2.87
2041	1.2	2.84
2042	1.2	2.8
2043	1.21	2.77
2044	1.21	2.74
2045	1.22	2.71
2046	1.22	2.67
2047	1.22	2.64
2048	1.23	2.62
2049	1.24	2.59
2050	1.24	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Chile	Guinea-Bissau
1960	39.7%	36.9%
1961	39.7%	37.1%
1962	39.7%	37.7%
1963	39.6%	38.4%
1964	39.4%	39.6%
1965	39.2%	41%
1966	39%	41.9%
1967	38.8%	42.1%
1968	38.5%	41.8%
1969	38.3%	41.9%
1970	38%	41.9%
1971	37.6%	41.9%
1972	37.2%	41.9%
1973	36.8%	41.6%
1974	36.3%	41.4%
1975	35.8%	41.8%
1976	35.3%	42.6%
1977	34.8%	43.7%
1978	34.3%	44.8%
1979	33.8%	45.1%
1980	33.3%	45%
1981	32.9%	45.3%
1982	32.4%	45.5%
1983	32%	45.7%
1984	31.5%	45.9%
1985	31.2%	45.9%
1986	30.8%	46%
1987	30.5%	45.9%
1988	30.2%	45.9%
1989	30%	45.8%
1990	29.8%	45.7%
1991	29.6%	45.5%
1992	29.3%	45.5%
1993	29.1%	45.4%
1994	28.9%	45.4%
1995	28.6%	45.3%
1996	28.3%	45.2%
1997	28%	45.1%
1998	27.7%	45%
1999	27.3%	44.8%
2000	26.8%	44.7%
2001	26.3%	44.5%
2002	25.8%	44.3%
2003	25.3%	44.2%
2004	24.7%	44%
2005	24.1%	43.9%
2006	23.5%	43.8%
2007	22.9%	43.6%
2008	22.4%	43.5%
2009	22%	43.3%
2010	21.5%	43.2%
2011	21.1%	43%
2012	20.8%	42.8%
2013	20.5%	42.7%
2014	20.2%	42.5%
2015	19.9%	42.2%
2016	19.7%	42%
2017	19.3%	41.7%
2018	19%	41.3%
2019	18.7%	40.9%
2020	18.4%	40.5%
2021	18.1%	40.1%
2022	17.8%	39.7%
2023	17.4%	39.2%
2024	17%	38.8%
2025	16.5%	38.3%
2026	16.1%	37.8%
2027	15.7%	37.4%
2028	15.3%	36.9%
2029	14.9%	36.4%
2030	14.4%	36%
2031	14%	35.5%
2032	13.7%	35.1%
2033	13.4%	34.8%
2034	13.1%	34.4%
2035	12.8%	34.1%
2036	12.7%	33.7%
2037	12.5%	33.4%
2038	12.4%	33%
2039	12.3%	32.7%
2040	12.2%	32.4%
2041	12.1%	32%
2042	12%	31.7%
2043	12%	31.4%
2044	11.9%	31%
2045	11.8%	30.7%
2046	11.7%	30.4%
2047	11.7%	30.1%
2048	11.6%	29.7%
2049	11.5%	29.4%
2050	11.5%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17% of the population in Chile and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Chile and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Chile vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Chile 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
	Chile	Guinea-Bissau
1960	198,461	10,618
1961	198,788	10,756
1962	200,905	10,662
1963	202,370	9,190
1964	202,741	8,989
1965	203,341	7,789
1966	204,661	6,955
1967	204,377	6,742
1968	203,577	7,289
1969	202,764	7,857
1970	200,402	7,632
1971	198,523	8,183
1972	198,162	7,911
1973	197,666	8,430
1974	196,322	10,321
1975	196,890	11,998
1976	196,986	13,688
1977	197,163	15,484
1978	196,483	17,468
1979	197,198	19,736
1980	198,281	21,024
1981	198,211	21,611
1982	199,522	22,131
1983	202,352	22,542
1984	205,407	22,861
1985	208,910	23,116
1986	213,571	23,301
1987	218,034	23,549
1988	221,602	23,940
1989	224,854	24,286
1990	226,941	23,936
1991	227,180	24,527
1992	219,224	25,747
1993	215,003	26,943
1994	209,834	27,895
1995	208,017	29,142
1996	199,897	29,778
1997	190,433	29,792
1998	185,815	30,390
1999	177,995	30,916
2000	175,362	32,816
2001	171,659	33,461
2002	162,322	34,561
2003	154,287	35,649
2004	150,138	36,495
2005	147,009	37,347
2006	142,277	38,886
2007	145,043	40,288
2008	147,105	40,841
2009	147,576	41,950
2010	145,527	43,067
2011	141,053	44,405
2012	134,617	45,480
2013	133,785	46,472
2014	131,373	46,615
2015	127,074	46,846
2016	120,545	46,814
2017	106,268	46,318
2018	103,950	46,659
2019	86,006	47,196
2020	52,378	46,718
2021	27,530	47,242
2022	41,041	48,920
2023	48,518	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Chile vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 10 deaths per 100,000 live births in Chile, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Chile	Guinea-Bissau
1985	73	1,851
1986	70	1,825
1987	67	1,796
1988	64	1,759
1989	62	1,698
1990	56	1,709
1991	54	1,663
1992	52	1,633
1993	49	1,613
1994	47	1,644
1995	44	1,556
1996	41	1,539
1997	39	1,642
1998	36	1,465
1999	35	1,461
2000	33	1,295
2001	32	1,222
2002	30	1,141
2003	29	1,069
2004	28	980
2005	27	956
2006	27	831
2007	26	792
2008	24	802
2009	24	753
2010	22	698
2011	20	678
2012	18	704
2013	17	707
2014	16	662
2015	14	631
2016	13	617
2017	12	597
2018	11	585
2019	11	598
2020	12	603
2021	14	617
2022	12	539
2023	10	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.72% in Chile 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
	Chile	Guinea-Bissau
1960	15.3%	-
1961	14.9%	-
1962	14.3%	-
1963	13.6%	-
1964	12.7%	-
1965	11.6%	-
1966	10.4%	-
1967	9.36%	-
1968	8.69%	-
1969	8.26%	-
1970	8.01%	-
1971	7.86%	-
1972	7.73%	-
1973	7.54%	-
1974	7.14%	-
1975	6.46%	-
1976	5.63%	-
1977	4.85%	-
1978	4.2%	-
1979	3.69%	-
1980	3.29%	-
1981	2.98%	-
1982	2.71%	-
1983	2.47%	-
1984	2.3%	-
1985	2.23%	24.4%
1986	2.22%	24%
1987	2.2%	23.5%
1988	2.14%	23.1%
1989	2.03%	22.7%
1990	1.91%	22.2%
1991	1.76%	21.8%
1992	1.63%	21.3%
1993	1.5%	20.9%
1994	1.39%	20.4%
1995	1.31%	19.9%
1996	1.26%	19.4%
1997	1.22%	18.9%
1998	1.19%	18.4%
1999	1.15%	17.9%
2000	1.09%	17.4%
2001	1.03%	16.8%
2002	0.98%	16.3%
2003	0.95%	15.7%
2004	0.93%	15.1%
2005	0.91%	14.5%
2006	0.9%	13.9%
2007	0.89%	13.2%
2008	0.89%	12.6%
2009	0.88%	12%
2010	0.87%	11.4%
2011	0.86%	10.9%
2012	0.84%	10.4%
2013	0.82%	9.93%
2014	0.81%	9.53%
2015	0.79%	9.18%
2016	0.77%	8.84%
2017	0.75%	8.53%
2018	0.72%	8.21%
2019	0.7%	7.91%
2020	0.68%	7.66%
2021	0.67%	7.41%
2022	0.68%	7.16%
2023	0.72%	6.93%