Fertility & birth rates in China and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in China vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in China was 1 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 China 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
	China	Guinea-Bissau
1960	4.45	5.92
1961	3.86	5.93
1962	6.09	5.94
1963	7.51	5.95
1964	6.67	5.96
1965	6.61	5.97
1966	6.31	5.98
1967	5.81	5.99
1968	6.51	6.01
1969	6.18	6.02
1970	6.09	6.04
1971	5.52	6.06
1972	5.11	6.08
1973	4.73	6.1
1974	4.17	6.12
1975	3.57	6.15
1976	3.24	6.19
1977	2.84	6.25
1978	2.72	6.32
1979	2.75	6.4
1980	2.74	6.49
1981	2.79	6.57
1982	2.97	6.64
1983	2.56	6.69
1984	2.61	6.73
1985	2.63	6.74
1986	2.72	6.73
1987	2.76	6.72
1988	2.54	6.69
1989	2.52	6.66
1990	2.51	6.5
1991	1.93	6.47
1992	1.78	6.44
1993	1.69	6.37
1994	1.63	6.3
1995	1.59	6.22
1996	1.55	6.14
1997	1.53	6.06
1998	1.52	5.97
1999	1.53	5.87
2000	1.63	5.79
2001	1.56	5.69
2002	1.57	5.63
2003	1.57	5.58
2004	1.61	5.5
2005	1.62	5.46
2006	1.64	5.41
2007	1.67	5.37
2008	1.7	5.27
2009	1.71	5.18
2010	1.69	5.11
2011	1.67	5.07
2012	1.8	5
2013	1.71	4.93
2014	1.77	4.79
2015	1.67	4.66
2016	1.77	4.52
2017	1.8	4.35
2018	1.54	4.24
2019	1.5	4.15
2020	1.24	4.08
2021	1.12	4
2022	1.03	3.91
2023	1	3.84
2024	1.01	3.76
2025	1.02	3.68
2026	1.03	3.62
2027	1.04	3.56
2028	1.05	3.5
2029	1.05	3.44
2030	1.06	3.37
2031	1.07	3.31
2032	1.08	3.25
2033	1.08	3.2
2034	1.09	3.15
2035	1.1	3.09
2036	1.1	3.04
2037	1.11	3
2038	1.12	2.95
2039	1.12	2.91
2040	1.13	2.87
2041	1.13	2.84
2042	1.14	2.8
2043	1.15	2.77
2044	1.15	2.74
2045	1.16	2.71
2046	1.16	2.67
2047	1.17	2.64
2048	1.17	2.62
2049	1.18	2.59
2050	1.18	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	China	Guinea-Bissau
1960	40.3%	36.9%
1961	40%	37.1%
1962	40%	37.7%
1963	40.6%	38.4%
1964	41.2%	39.6%
1965	41.5%	41%
1966	41.5%	41.9%
1967	41.3%	42.1%
1968	41%	41.8%
1969	41%	41.9%
1970	40.8%	41.9%
1971	40.7%	41.9%
1972	40.4%	41.9%
1973	40.1%	41.6%
1974	40.2%	41.4%
1975	40.2%	41.8%
1976	40.3%	42.6%
1977	39.8%	43.7%
1978	38.6%	44.8%
1979	37.2%	45.1%
1980	36.1%	45%
1981	35.1%	45.3%
1982	34.3%	45.5%
1983	33.3%	45.7%
1984	32.2%	45.9%
1985	31.2%	45.9%
1986	30.4%	46%
1987	29.8%	45.9%
1988	29.3%	45.9%
1989	28.9%	45.8%
1990	28.8%	45.7%
1991	28.6%	45.5%
1992	28.4%	45.5%
1993	28.2%	45.4%
1994	27.8%	45.4%
1995	27.4%	45.3%
1996	27%	45.2%
1997	26.3%	45.1%
1998	25.7%	45%
1999	25.2%	44.8%
2000	24.5%	44.7%
2001	23.8%	44.5%
2002	22.9%	44.3%
2003	22%	44.2%
2004	21.2%	44%
2005	20.3%	43.9%
2006	19.6%	43.8%
2007	19.2%	43.6%
2008	18.9%	43.5%
2009	18.6%	43.3%
2010	18.5%	43.2%
2011	18.3%	43%
2012	18.3%	42.8%
2013	18.3%	42.7%
2014	18.3%	42.5%
2015	18.3%	42.2%
2016	18.3%	42%
2017	18.4%	41.7%
2018	18.3%	41.3%
2019	18.2%	40.9%
2020	18%	40.5%
2021	17.6%	40.1%
2022	17.1%	39.7%
2023	16.6%	39.2%
2024	16%	38.8%
2025	15.4%	38.3%
2026	14.8%	37.8%
2027	14.1%	37.4%
2028	13.5%	36.9%
2029	12.8%	36.4%
2030	12.1%	36%
2031	11.5%	35.5%
2032	10.8%	35.1%
2033	10.3%	34.8%
2034	9.83%	34.4%
2035	9.53%	34.1%
2036	9.37%	33.7%
2037	9.31%	33.4%
2038	9.31%	33%
2039	9.34%	32.7%
2040	9.38%	32.4%
2041	9.43%	32%
2042	9.49%	31.7%
2043	9.56%	31.4%
2044	9.63%	31%
2045	9.71%	30.7%
2046	9.78%	30.4%
2047	9.85%	30.1%
2048	9.9%	29.7%
2049	9.93%	29.4%
2050	9.94%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in China and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 28.8% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of China and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in China vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.31% in China 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
	China	Guinea-Bissau
1960	-3,048,510	10,618
1961	2,496,047	10,756
1962	17,969,132	10,662
1963	22,742,225	9,190
1964	19,302,532	8,989
1965	20,296,950	7,789
1966	19,282,187	6,955
1967	19,263,662	6,742
1968	21,206,083	7,289
1969	20,760,332	7,857
1970	21,137,076	7,632
1971	19,622,980	8,183
1972	19,102,585	7,911
1973	18,423,727	8,430
1974	15,738,118	10,321
1975	14,378,237	11,998
1976	11,782,472	13,688
1977	11,378,068	15,484
1978	11,473,980	17,468
1979	11,250,148	19,736
1980	11,647,260	21,024
1981	14,461,027	21,611
1982	15,815,318	22,131
1983	13,599,789	22,542
1984	13,561,671	22,861
1985	14,987,830	23,116
1986	16,609,920	23,301
1987	18,005,821	23,549
1988	17,328,640	23,940
1989	16,824,495	24,286
1990	16,335,313	23,936
1991	14,937,124	24,527
1992	13,548,601	25,747
1993	13,493,138	26,943
1994	13,360,470	27,895
1995	12,711,220	29,142
1996	12,686,872	29,778
1997	12,374,554	29,792
1998	11,351,286	30,390
1999	10,247,372	30,916
2000	9,570,849	32,816
2001	8,839,358	33,461
2002	8,258,580	34,561
2003	7,743,284	35,649
2004	7,607,960	36,495
2005	7,678,911	37,347
2006	6,922,185	38,886
2007	6,813,465	40,288
2008	6,729,247	40,841
2009	6,483,236	41,950
2010	6,407,607	43,067
2011	8,245,065	44,405
2012	10,075,174	45,480
2013	8,043,116	46,472
2014	9,205,180	46,615
2015	6,788,911	46,846
2016	9,062,269	46,814
2017	7,790,880	46,318
2018	5,302,433	46,659
2019	4,673,713	47,196
2020	2,046,095	46,718
2021	480,203	47,242
2022	-847,305	48,920
2023	-2,087,851	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: China vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 16 deaths per 100,000 live births in China, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	China	Guinea-Bissau
1985	125	1,851
1986	120	1,825
1987	114	1,796
1988	108	1,759
1989	104	1,698
1990	102	1,709
1991	92	1,663
1992	86	1,633
1993	80	1,613
1994	76	1,644
1995	71	1,556
1996	67	1,539
1997	63	1,642
1998	60	1,465
1999	58	1,461
2000	56	1,295
2001	52	1,222
2002	50	1,141
2003	47	1,069
2004	45	980
2005	42	956
2006	40	831
2007	38	792
2008	38	802
2009	35	753
2010	34	698
2011	33	678
2012	32	704
2013	30	707
2014	28	662
2015	26	631
2016	25	617
2017	24	597
2018	22	585
2019	21	598
2020	20	603
2021	21	617
2022	18	539
2023	16	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.62% in China 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
	China	Guinea-Bissau
1969	11.9%	-
1970	11.3%	-
1971	10.7%	-
1972	10.2%	-
1973	9.61%	-
1974	9.05%	-
1975	8.5%	-
1976	7.97%	-
1977	7.47%	-
1978	7.01%	-
1979	6.62%	-
1980	6.28%	-
1981	6%	-
1982	5.78%	-
1983	5.61%	-
1984	5.5%	-
1985	5.43%	24.4%
1986	5.4%	24%
1987	5.4%	23.5%
1988	5.4%	23.1%
1989	5.39%	22.7%
1990	5.37%	22.2%
1991	5.31%	21.8%
1992	5.22%	21.3%
1993	5.08%	20.9%
1994	4.93%	20.4%
1995	4.75%	19.9%
1996	4.56%	19.4%
1997	4.36%	18.9%
1998	4.14%	18.4%
1999	3.91%	17.9%
2000	3.67%	17.4%
2001	3.42%	16.8%
2002	3.15%	16.3%
2003	2.89%	15.7%
2004	2.64%	15.1%
2005	2.4%	14.5%
2006	2.19%	13.9%
2007	2.01%	13.2%
2008	1.85%	12.6%
2009	1.71%	12%
2010	1.58%	11.4%
2011	1.46%	10.9%
2012	1.35%	10.4%
2013	1.25%	9.93%
2014	1.15%	9.53%
2015	1.07%	9.18%
2016	0.99%	8.84%
2017	0.92%	8.53%
2018	0.86%	8.21%
2019	0.8%	7.91%
2020	0.75%	7.66%
2021	0.7%	7.41%
2022	0.66%	7.16%
2023	0.62%	6.93%