Fertility & birth rates in Croatia and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Croatia vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Croatia was 1.46 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 Croatia 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
	Croatia	Guinea-Bissau
1960	2.24	5.92
1961	2.22	5.93
1962	2.19	5.94
1963	2.15	5.95
1964	2.14	5.96
1965	2.22	5.97
1966	2.23	5.98
1967	2.1	5.99
1968	2.03	6.01
1969	1.95	6.02
1970	1.88	6.04
1971	1.97	6.06
1972	2.01	6.08
1973	2.01	6.1
1974	1.98	6.12
1975	1.95	6.15
1976	1.94	6.19
1977	1.95	6.25
1978	1.96	6.32
1979	1.95	6.4
1980	1.93	6.49
1981	1.93	6.57
1982	1.9	6.64
1983	1.88	6.69
1984	1.87	6.73
1985	1.82	6.74
1986	1.76	6.73
1987	1.64	6.72
1988	1.79	6.69
1989	1.63	6.66
1990	1.63	6.5
1991	1.53	6.47
1992	1.48	6.44
1993	1.52	6.37
1994	1.47	6.3
1995	1.58	6.22
1996	1.67	6.14
1997	1.69	6.06
1998	1.45	5.97
1999	1.38	5.87
2000	1.39	5.79
2001	1.46	5.69
2002	1.42	5.63
2003	1.41	5.58
2004	1.43	5.5
2005	1.5	5.46
2006	1.47	5.41
2007	1.48	5.37
2008	1.47	5.27
2009	1.5	5.18
2010	1.46	5.11
2011	1.41	5.07
2012	1.52	5
2013	1.46	4.93
2014	1.46	4.79
2015	1.41	4.66
2016	1.43	4.52
2017	1.42	4.35
2018	1.47	4.24
2019	1.47	4.15
2020	1.48	4.08
2021	1.62	4
2022	1.53	3.91
2023	1.46	3.84
2024	1.46	3.76
2025	1.47	3.68
2026	1.46	3.62
2027	1.47	3.56
2028	1.47	3.5
2029	1.47	3.44
2030	1.47	3.37
2031	1.48	3.31
2032	1.48	3.25
2033	1.48	3.2
2034	1.48	3.15
2035	1.49	3.09
2036	1.49	3.04
2037	1.49	3
2038	1.49	2.95
2039	1.49	2.91
2040	1.49	2.87
2041	1.5	2.84
2042	1.5	2.8
2043	1.5	2.77
2044	1.5	2.74
2045	1.5	2.71
2046	1.51	2.67
2047	1.51	2.64
2048	1.51	2.62
2049	1.51	2.59
2050	1.51	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Croatia	Guinea-Bissau
1960	27%	36.9%
1961	26.9%	37.1%
1962	26.8%	37.7%
1963	26.5%	38.4%
1964	26.1%	39.6%
1965	25.7%	41%
1966	25.2%	41.9%
1967	24.8%	42.1%
1968	24.3%	41.8%
1969	23.7%	41.9%
1970	23.2%	41.9%
1971	22.8%	41.9%
1972	22.4%	41.9%
1973	22.2%	41.6%
1974	22%	41.4%
1975	21.8%	41.8%
1976	21.6%	42.6%
1977	21.4%	43.7%
1978	21.3%	44.8%
1979	21.2%	45.1%
1980	21.1%	45%
1981	21%	45.3%
1982	21%	45.5%
1983	20.9%	45.7%
1984	20.9%	45.9%
1985	20.8%	45.9%
1986	20.7%	46%
1987	20.5%	45.9%
1988	20.3%	45.9%
1989	20.1%	45.8%
1990	19.8%	45.7%
1991	19.5%	45.5%
1992	19.2%	45.5%
1993	18.8%	45.4%
1994	18.4%	45.4%
1995	18%	45.3%
1996	17.7%	45.2%
1997	17.5%	45.1%
1998	17.3%	45%
1999	17.1%	44.8%
2000	16.9%	44.7%
2001	16.7%	44.5%
2002	16.5%	44.3%
2003	16.3%	44.2%
2004	16%	44%
2005	15.8%	43.9%
2006	15.7%	43.8%
2007	15.5%	43.6%
2008	15.4%	43.5%
2009	15.4%	43.3%
2010	15.3%	43.2%
2011	15.1%	43%
2012	15%	42.8%
2013	14.8%	42.7%
2014	14.7%	42.5%
2015	14.6%	42.2%
2016	14.6%	42%
2017	14.6%	41.7%
2018	14.6%	41.3%
2019	14.5%	40.9%
2020	14.5%	40.5%
2021	14.4%	40.1%
2022	14.3%	39.7%
2023	14.1%	39.2%
2024	13.9%	38.8%
2025	13.7%	38.3%
2026	13.5%	37.8%
2027	13.3%	37.4%
2028	13.2%	36.9%
2029	13.1%	36.4%
2030	13%	36%
2031	12.9%	35.5%
2032	12.8%	35.1%
2033	12.8%	34.8%
2034	12.7%	34.4%
2035	12.7%	34.1%
2036	12.6%	33.7%
2037	12.6%	33.4%
2038	12.6%	33%
2039	12.6%	32.7%
2040	12.6%	32.4%
2041	12.6%	32%
2042	12.6%	31.7%
2043	12.7%	31.4%
2044	12.7%	31%
2045	12.7%	30.7%
2046	12.7%	30.4%
2047	12.8%	30.1%
2048	12.8%	29.7%
2049	12.8%	29.4%
2050	12.7%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Croatia and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 19.8% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Croatia and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Croatia vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.45% in Croatia 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
	Croatia	Guinea-Bissau
1960	34,778	10,618
1961	36,255	10,756
1962	30,216	10,662
1963	31,270	9,190
1964	25,942	8,989
1965	31,251	7,789
1966	33,192	6,955
1967	26,032	6,742
1968	21,828	7,289
1969	16,688	7,857
1970	16,767	7,632
1971	19,941	8,183
1972	17,802	7,911
1973	21,904	8,430
1974	22,453	10,321
1975	21,658	11,998
1976	22,226	13,688
1977	22,798	15,484
1978	20,157	17,468
1979	21,136	19,736
1980	17,939	21,024
1981	15,680	21,611
1982	15,756	22,131
1983	10,714	22,542
1984	10,764	22,861
1985	10,343	23,116
1986	8,499	23,301
1987	6,161	23,549
1988	5,707	23,940
1989	3,337	24,286
1990	3,344	23,936
1991	-2,813	24,527
1992	-4,576	25,747
1993	-2,301	26,943
1994	-930	27,895
1995	0	29,142
1996	3,190	29,778
1997	3,175	29,792
1998	-4,985	30,390
1999	-6,769	30,916
2000	-6,255	32,816
2001	-8,599	33,461
2002	-10,325	34,561
2003	-12,480	35,649
2004	-9,040	36,495
2005	-9,022	37,347
2006	-8,669	38,886
2007	-10,335	40,288
2008	-8,188	40,841
2009	-7,319	41,950
2010	-8,591	43,067
2011	-9,846	44,405
2012	-9,799	45,480
2013	-10,162	46,472
2014	-11,345	46,615
2015	-16,607	46,846
2016	-13,553	46,814
2017	-16,570	46,318
2018	-15,557	46,659
2019	-15,008	47,196
2020	-20,354	46,718
2021	-26,377	47,242
2022	-23,134	48,920
2023	-19,298	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Croatia vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Croatia, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Croatia	Guinea-Bissau
1985	10	1,851
1986	10	1,825
1987	10	1,796
1988	10	1,759
1989	9	1,698
1990	10	1,709
1991	10	1,663
1992	10	1,633
1993	9	1,613
1994	9	1,644
1995	9	1,556
1996	9	1,539
1997	9	1,642
1998	8	1,465
1999	8	1,461
2000	8	1,295
2001	7	1,222
2002	7	1,141
2003	8	1,069
2004	7	980
2005	7	956
2006	6	831
2007	6	792
2008	6	802
2009	6	753
2010	6	698
2011	5	678
2012	5	704
2013	5	707
2014	4	662
2015	4	631
2016	4	617
2017	4	597
2018	3	585
2019	4	598
2020	5	603
2021	12	617
2022	6	539
2023	3	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.46% in Croatia 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
	Croatia	Guinea-Bissau
1981	2.19%	-
1982	2.09%	-
1983	2%	-
1984	1.91%	-
1985	1.8%	24.4%
1986	1.69%	24%
1987	1.59%	23.5%
1988	1.48%	23.1%
1989	1.38%	22.7%
1990	1.29%	22.2%
1991	1.39%	21.8%
1992	1.15%	21.3%
1993	1.09%	20.9%
1994	1.04%	20.4%
1995	1%	19.9%
1996	0.96%	19.4%
1997	0.93%	18.9%
1998	0.9%	18.4%
1999	0.86%	17.9%
2000	0.83%	17.4%
2001	0.8%	16.8%
2002	0.77%	16.3%
2003	0.82%	15.7%
2004	0.71%	15.1%
2005	0.67%	14.5%
2006	0.64%	13.9%
2007	0.61%	13.2%
2008	0.59%	12.6%
2009	0.57%	12%
2010	0.55%	11.4%
2011	0.53%	10.9%
2012	0.52%	10.4%
2013	0.51%	9.93%
2014	0.5%	9.53%
2015	0.49%	9.18%
2016	0.49%	8.84%
2017	0.48%	8.53%
2018	0.48%	8.21%
2019	0.47%	7.91%
2020	0.47%	7.66%
2021	0.46%	7.41%
2022	0.46%	7.16%
2023	0.46%	6.93%