Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Colombia was 1.65 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 Colombia 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
	Colombia	Guinea-Bissau
1960	6.74	5.92
1961	6.71	5.93
1962	6.66	5.94
1963	6.58	5.95
1964	6.48	5.96
1965	6.33	5.97
1966	6.16	5.98
1967	5.96	5.99
1968	5.74	6.01
1969	5.51	6.02
1970	5.28	6.04
1971	5.06	6.06
1972	4.86	6.08
1973	4.68	6.1
1974	4.53	6.12
1975	4.4	6.15
1976	4.29	6.19
1977	4.16	6.25
1978	4	6.32
1979	3.89	6.4
1980	3.8	6.49
1981	3.71	6.57
1982	3.62	6.64
1983	3.5	6.69
1984	3.35	6.73
1985	3.23	6.74
1986	3.15	6.73
1987	3.09	6.72
1988	3.04	6.69
1989	3.01	6.66
1990	3	6.5
1991	2.98	6.47
1992	2.98	6.44
1993	2.98	6.37
1994	2.94	6.3
1995	2.85	6.22
1996	2.77	6.14
1997	2.74	6.06
1998	2.72	5.97
1999	2.64	5.87
2000	2.57	5.79
2001	2.52	5.69
2002	2.49	5.63
2003	2.45	5.58
2004	2.38	5.5
2005	2.31	5.46
2006	2.24	5.41
2007	2.19	5.37
2008	2.15	5.27
2009	2.1	5.18
2010	2.01	5.11
2011	1.94	5.07
2012	1.9	5
2013	1.86	4.93
2014	1.82	4.79
2015	1.77	4.66
2016	1.72	4.52
2017	1.72	4.35
2018	1.72	4.24
2019	1.71	4.15
2020	1.69	4.08
2021	1.68	4
2022	1.66	3.91
2023	1.65	3.84
2024	1.63	3.76
2025	1.62	3.68
2026	1.6	3.62
2027	1.6	3.56
2028	1.59	3.5
2029	1.59	3.44
2030	1.58	3.37
2031	1.58	3.31
2032	1.57	3.25
2033	1.57	3.2
2034	1.57	3.15
2035	1.57	3.09
2036	1.57	3.04
2037	1.57	3
2038	1.57	2.95
2039	1.57	2.91
2040	1.57	2.87
2041	1.57	2.84
2042	1.57	2.8
2043	1.57	2.77
2044	1.57	2.74
2045	1.57	2.71
2046	1.57	2.67
2047	1.58	2.64
2048	1.58	2.62
2049	1.58	2.59
2050	1.58	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Guinea-Bissau
1960	46.8%	36.9%
1961	47%	37.1%
1962	47.1%	37.7%
1963	47.2%	38.4%
1964	47.3%	39.6%
1965	47.2%	41%
1966	47.1%	41.9%
1967	46.9%	42.1%
1968	46.7%	41.8%
1969	46.4%	41.9%
1970	46%	41.9%
1971	45.6%	41.9%
1972	45.1%	41.9%
1973	44.6%	41.6%
1974	44%	41.4%
1975	43.4%	41.8%
1976	42.8%	42.6%
1977	42.2%	43.7%
1978	41.5%	44.8%
1979	40.9%	45.1%
1980	40.3%	45%
1981	39.7%	45.3%
1982	39.1%	45.5%
1983	38.6%	45.7%
1984	38.1%	45.9%
1985	37.6%	45.9%
1986	37.2%	46%
1987	36.9%	45.9%
1988	36.5%	45.9%
1989	36.2%	45.8%
1990	35.9%	45.7%
1991	35.6%	45.5%
1992	35.3%	45.5%
1993	35%	45.4%
1994	34.7%	45.4%
1995	34.4%	45.3%
1996	34%	45.2%
1997	33.7%	45.1%
1998	33.3%	45%
1999	32.9%	44.8%
2000	32.5%	44.7%
2001	32.1%	44.5%
2002	31.7%	44.3%
2003	31.3%	44.2%
2004	30.9%	44%
2005	30.4%	43.9%
2006	29.9%	43.8%
2007	29.3%	43.6%
2008	28.7%	43.5%
2009	28.1%	43.3%
2010	27.5%	43.2%
2011	26.9%	43%
2012	26.3%	42.8%
2013	25.7%	42.7%
2014	25.1%	42.5%
2015	24.5%	42.2%
2016	23.9%	42%
2017	23.3%	41.7%
2018	22.7%	41.3%
2019	22.1%	40.9%
2020	21.7%	40.5%
2021	21.3%	40.1%
2022	21%	39.7%
2023	20.6%	39.2%
2024	20.3%	38.8%
2025	20%	38.3%
2026	19.7%	37.8%
2027	19.5%	37.4%
2028	19.3%	36.9%
2029	19.1%	36.4%
2030	18.8%	36%
2031	18.6%	35.5%
2032	18.4%	35.1%
2033	18.2%	34.8%
2034	18%	34.4%
2035	17.7%	34.1%
2036	17.4%	33.7%
2037	17.2%	33.4%
2038	16.9%	33%
2039	16.7%	32.7%
2040	16.4%	32.4%
2041	16.2%	32%
2042	16%	31.7%
2043	15.7%	31.4%
2044	15.5%	31%
2045	15.4%	30.7%
2046	15.2%	30.4%
2047	15%	30.1%
2048	14.8%	29.7%
2049	14.7%	29.4%
2050	14.6%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia 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
	Colombia	Guinea-Bissau
1960	529,316	10,618
1961	545,627	10,756
1962	559,985	10,662
1963	572,355	9,190
1964	581,435	8,989
1965	587,677	7,789
1966	590,855	6,955
1967	591,649	6,742
1968	589,407	7,289
1969	586,559	7,857
1970	583,396	7,632
1971	582,011	8,183
1972	581,361	7,911
1973	583,608	8,430
1974	589,035	10,321
1975	598,580	11,998
1976	612,265	13,688
1977	622,814	15,484
1978	626,378	17,468
1979	635,747	19,736
1980	649,872	21,024
1981	662,195	21,611
1982	675,339	22,131
1983	674,767	22,542
1984	666,315	22,861
1985	625,379	23,116
1986	659,701	23,301
1987	659,429	23,549
1988	663,796	23,940
1989	674,102	24,286
1990	682,409	23,936
1991	690,266	24,527
1992	697,763	25,747
1993	709,287	26,943
1994	708,660	27,895
1995	694,968	29,142
1996	682,547	29,778
1997	686,073	29,792
1998	687,704	30,390
1999	668,576	30,916
2000	652,176	32,816
2001	642,933	33,461
2002	640,840	34,561
2003	642,144	35,649
2004	628,424	36,495
2005	610,618	37,347
2006	594,388	38,886
2007	583,115	40,288
2008	576,654	40,841
2009	559,017	41,950
2010	533,657	43,067
2011	511,524	44,405
2012	503,285	45,480
2013	489,069	46,472
2014	470,916	46,615
2015	446,778	46,846
2016	425,087	46,814
2017	426,538	46,318
2018	433,622	46,659
2019	441,087	47,196
2020	378,965	46,718
2021	311,122	47,242
2022	406,143	48,920
2023	422,598	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Colombia, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Guinea-Bissau
1985	143	1,851
1986	123	1,825
1987	120	1,796
1988	113	1,759
1989	106	1,698
1990	102	1,709
1991	99	1,663
1992	97	1,633
1993	94	1,613
1994	93	1,644
1995	91	1,556
1996	89	1,539
1997	90	1,642
1998	92	1,465
1999	96	1,461
2000	95	1,295
2001	94	1,222
2002	91	1,141
2003	87	1,069
2004	84	980
2005	82	956
2006	81	831
2007	80	792
2008	78	802
2009	77	753
2010	76	698
2011	75	678
2012	73	704
2013	72	707
2014	71	662
2015	70	631
2016	69	617
2017	68	597
2018	67	585
2019	66	598
2020	94	603
2021	147	617
2022	74	539
2023	59	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia 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
	Colombia	Guinea-Bissau
1960	13.4%	-
1961	13%	-
1962	12.6%	-
1963	12.2%	-
1964	11.8%	-
1965	11.5%	-
1966	11.1%	-
1967	10.8%	-
1968	10.4%	-
1969	10.1%	-
1970	9.72%	-
1971	9.36%	-
1972	8.99%	-
1973	8.6%	-
1974	8.2%	-
1975	7.8%	-
1976	7.39%	-
1977	6.98%	-
1978	6.58%	-
1979	6.2%	-
1980	5.84%	-
1981	5.5%	-
1982	5.17%	-
1983	4.88%	-
1984	4.62%	-
1985	4.89%	24.4%
1986	4.17%	24%
1987	3.99%	23.5%
1988	3.84%	23.1%
1989	3.7%	22.7%
1990	3.57%	22.2%
1991	3.45%	21.8%
1992	3.33%	21.3%
1993	3.21%	20.9%
1994	3.1%	20.4%
1995	2.99%	19.9%
1996	2.88%	19.4%
1997	2.78%	18.9%
1998	2.68%	18.4%
1999	2.59%	17.9%
2000	2.51%	17.4%
2001	2.43%	16.8%
2002	2.35%	16.3%
2003	2.28%	15.7%
2004	2.22%	15.1%
2005	2.15%	14.5%
2006	2.09%	13.9%
2007	2.02%	13.2%
2008	1.96%	12.6%
2009	1.89%	12%
2010	1.83%	11.4%
2011	1.77%	10.9%
2012	1.72%	10.4%
2013	1.66%	9.93%
2014	1.61%	9.53%
2015	1.56%	9.18%
2016	1.51%	8.84%
2017	1.46%	8.53%
2018	1.41%	8.21%
2019	1.37%	7.91%
2020	1.32%	7.66%
2021	1.28%	7.41%
2022	1.24%	7.16%
2023	1.2%	6.93%