Fertility & birth rates in Comoros and Equatorial Guinea

Fertility rate in Comoros vs Equatorial Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Comoros was 3.88 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.08 in Equatorial Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Comoros vs Equatorial Guinea population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Comoros	Equatorial Guinea
1960	6.79	5.65
1961	6.85	5.66
1962	6.9	5.67
1963	6.92	5.69
1964	6.94	5.71
1965	6.97	5.73
1966	7	5.76
1967	7.02	5.78
1968	7.05	5.79
1969	7.07	5.8
1970	7.1	5.81
1971	7.12	5.81
1972	7.14	5.81
1973	7.17	5.8
1974	7.16	5.8
1975	7.16	5.79
1976	7.16	5.79
1977	7.15	5.8
1978	7.16	5.8
1979	7.16	5.82
1980	7.15	5.84
1981	7.14	5.86
1982	7.13	5.88
1983	7.11	5.9
1984	7.07	5.93
1985	7.02	5.95
1986	6.95	5.96
1987	6.87	5.97
1988	6.76	5.98
1989	6.65	5.99
1990	6.51	5.99
1991	6.35	5.99
1992	6.19	5.98
1993	6.02	5.98
1994	5.86	5.98
1995	5.73	5.97
1996	5.63	5.96
1997	5.51	5.94
1998	5.39	5.91
1999	5.28	5.88
2000	5.23	5.83
2001	5.2	5.79
2002	5.16	5.73
2003	5.12	5.68
2004	5.07	5.62
2005	5.01	5.56
2006	4.93	5.5
2007	4.86	5.43
2008	4.81	5.36
2009	4.78	5.29
2010	4.76	5.21
2011	4.72	5.13
2012	4.65	5.04
2013	4.57	4.95
2014	4.49	4.86
2015	4.42	4.77
2016	4.35	4.69
2017	4.28	4.6
2018	4.21	4.51
2019	4.14	4.43
2020	4.07	4.35
2021	4	4.27
2022	3.94	4.17
2023	3.88	4.08
2024	3.82	4.12
2025	3.76	4.04
2026	3.71	3.95
2027	3.65	3.87
2028	3.6	3.8
2029	3.55	3.72
2030	3.5	3.65
2031	3.44	3.59
2032	3.4	3.52
2033	3.36	3.46
2034	3.31	3.4
2035	3.27	3.34
2036	3.23	3.29
2037	3.19	3.23
2038	3.15	3.18
2039	3.11	3.12
2040	3.07	3.08
2041	3.04	3.03
2042	3	2.98
2043	2.97	2.94
2044	2.93	2.9
2045	2.9	2.86
2046	2.87	2.83
2047	2.84	2.79
2048	2.81	2.76
2049	2.78	2.72
2050	2.76	2.69

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Comoros	Equatorial Guinea
1960	41.6%	38.5%
1961	42%	38.7%
1962	42.5%	39%
1963	43.1%	39.2%
1964	43.7%	39.3%
1965	44.1%	39.2%
1966	44.5%	39.1%
1967	44.9%	39.1%
1968	45.3%	39.1%
1969	45.6%	39.2%
1970	45.8%	39.5%
1971	45.9%	39.7%
1972	46%	39.9%
1973	46.2%	40%
1974	46.3%	40.2%
1975	46.4%	40.5%
1976	46.6%	40.8%
1977	46.7%	41%
1978	46.8%	41.2%
1979	46.9%	41.5%
1980	46.9%	41.7%
1981	46.9%	41.8%
1982	46.9%	42%
1983	46.9%	41.6%
1984	46.8%	40.8%
1985	46.9%	40.4%
1986	46.9%	40.4%
1987	46.9%	40.6%
1988	46.9%	40.9%
1989	47%	41.3%
1990	47%	41.6%
1991	46.9%	42%
1992	47.1%	42.3%
1993	47.5%	42.6%
1994	47.7%	42.8%
1995	47.9%	43%
1996	47.9%	43.1%
1997	47.9%	43.1%
1998	47.7%	43.1%
1999	47.4%	43%
2000	47%	42.7%
2001	46.7%	42.2%
2002	46.6%	41.5%
2003	46.3%	40.8%
2004	45.7%	40.1%
2005	45%	39.5%
2006	44.3%	39.2%
2007	43.6%	38.9%
2008	42.9%	38.7%
2009	42.2%	38.5%
2010	41.6%	38.3%
2011	41%	38.3%
2012	40.5%	38.3%
2013	40.2%	38.3%
2014	40%	38.3%
2015	39.8%	38.3%
2016	39.6%	38.3%
2017	39.3%	38.3%
2018	38.9%	38.2%
2019	38.6%	38%
2020	38.3%	37.9%
2021	38%	37.8%
2022	37.7%	37.7%
2023	37.4%	37.5%
2024	37.1%	37.3%
2025	36.9%	37.1%
2026	36.6%	36.9%
2027	36.3%	36.6%
2028	36%	36.3%
2029	35.7%	36.1%
2030	35.3%	35.8%
2031	35%	35.5%
2032	34.7%	35.2%
2033	34.4%	34.9%
2034	34%	34.7%
2035	33.7%	34.4%
2036	33.4%	34.2%
2037	33.1%	33.9%
2038	32.8%	33.7%
2039	32.5%	33.5%
2040	32.2%	33.2%
2041	32%	33%
2042	31.7%	32.7%
2043	31.5%	32.5%
2044	31.2%	32.3%
2045	31%	32%
2046	30.8%	31.8%
2047	30.6%	31.5%
2048	30.3%	31.3%
2049	30.1%	31%
2050	29.9%	30.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.1% of the population in Comoros and 37.3% in Equatorial Guinea in 2024, compared to 47% and 41.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Comoros and Equatorial Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Comoros vs Equatorial Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Comoros and +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea. 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
	Comoros	Equatorial Guinea
1960	4,886	4,727
1961	5,027	4,858
1962	5,157	5,013
1963	5,249	5,192
1964	5,359	5,393
1965	5,465	5,618
1966	5,601	5,868
1967	5,741	6,135
1968	5,960	6,417
1969	6,189	2,593
1970	6,456	2,715
1971	6,722	4,822
1972	7,019	6,572
1973	7,328	6,508
1974	7,654	5,697
1975	7,752	4,580
1976	8,371	2,451
1977	8,750	5,550
1978	9,189	5,635
1979	9,637	5,786
1980	10,095	7,142
1981	10,569	7,573
1982	11,002	8,182
1983	11,367	8,886
1984	11,830	10,076
1985	12,202	11,179
1986	12,566	12,061
1987	12,869	12,727
1988	13,144	13,266
1989	13,374	13,724
1990	13,610	14,158
1991	13,783	14,581
1992	13,867	15,010
1993	13,667	15,459
1994	13,465	15,937
1995	13,403	16,345
1996	13,390	16,802
1997	13,254	17,305
1998	13,099	17,854
1999	13,161	18,465
2000	13,270	19,132
2001	13,598	20,376
2002	13,760	21,744
2003	14,031	23,168
2004	14,349	24,666
2005	14,810	26,116
2006	15,124	27,404
2007	15,393	28,672
2008	15,804	29,941
2009	16,315	31,184
2010	16,849	32,368
2011	17,313	33,502
2012	17,565	34,347
2013	17,776	35,158
2014	17,876	35,889
2015	17,961	36,543
2016	17,913	37,180
2017	17,798	37,740
2018	17,883	38,332
2019	17,936	38,894
2020	17,906	38,994
2021	17,645	39,160
2022	18,154	39,873
2023	18,247	40,140

Maternal mortality chart: Comoros vs Equatorial Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 179 deaths per 100,000 live births in Comoros, compared to 174 deaths in Equatorial Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Comoros	Equatorial Guinea
1985	850	658
1986	825	666
1987	811	672
1988	791	675
1989	768	688
1990	737	689
1991	704	688
1992	675	682
1993	642	668
1994	602	639
1995	571	587
1996	545	544
1997	520	507
1998	515	476
1999	486	442
2000	476	406
2001	440	388
2002	428	364
2003	400	343
2004	385	323
2005	373	312
2006	360	299
2007	352	289
2008	334	276
2009	320	267
2010	305	259
2011	291	254
2012	274	245
2013	260	236
2014	247	227
2015	237	222
2016	225	216
2017	219	212
2018	209	204
2019	202	198
2020	198	196
2021	215	202
2022	186	183
2023	179	174

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.98% in Comoros and 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea. 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
	Comoros	Equatorial Guinea
1970	23.2%	-
1971	22.5%	-
1972	22%	-
1973	21.4%	-
1974	20.8%	-
1975	20.3%	-
1976	19.7%	-
1977	19.1%	-
1978	18.6%	-
1979	18%	-
1980	17.4%	-
1981	16.8%	-
1982	16.2%	20.1%
1983	15.7%	19.7%
1984	15.1%	19.3%
1985	14.6%	18.9%
1986	14%	18.6%
1987	13.5%	18.4%
1988	13%	18.2%
1989	12.6%	18%
1990	12.1%	17.9%
1991	11.6%	17.7%
1992	11.1%	17.6%
1993	10.7%	17.5%
1994	10.2%	17.3%
1995	9.78%	17.1%
1996	9.37%	16.9%
1997	9%	16.7%
1998	8.63%	16.4%
1999	8.28%	16%
2000	7.96%	15.6%
2001	7.65%	15.2%
2002	7.36%	14.7%
2003	7.07%	14.3%
2004	6.8%	13.8%
2005	6.55%	13.3%
2006	6.31%	12.9%
2007	6.08%	12.4%
2008	5.88%	11.9%
2009	5.69%	11.5%
2010	5.51%	11.1%
2011	5.36%	10.7%
2012	5.21%	10.3%
2013	5.08%	9.99%
2014	4.97%	9.66%
2015	4.87%	9.33%
2016	4.76%	8.99%
2017	4.66%	8.7%
2018	4.56%	8.42%
2019	4.46%	8.17%
2020	4.35%	7.88%
2021	4.24%	7.61%
2022	4.11%	7.34%
2023	3.98%	7.06%