Fertility & birth rates in Denmark and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Denmark vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Denmark was 1.5 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 Denmark 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
	Denmark	Guinea-Bissau
1960	2.57	5.92
1961	2.55	5.93
1962	2.55	5.94
1963	2.67	5.95
1964	2.6	5.96
1965	2.61	5.97
1966	2.62	5.98
1967	2.35	5.99
1968	2.12	6.01
1969	2	6.02
1970	1.95	6.04
1971	2.04	6.06
1972	2.03	6.08
1973	1.92	6.1
1974	1.9	6.12
1975	1.92	6.15
1976	1.75	6.19
1977	1.66	6.25
1978	1.67	6.32
1979	1.6	6.4
1980	1.55	6.49
1981	1.44	6.57
1982	1.43	6.64
1983	1.38	6.69
1984	1.4	6.73
1985	1.45	6.74
1986	1.48	6.73
1987	1.5	6.72
1988	1.56	6.69
1989	1.62	6.66
1990	1.67	6.5
1991	1.68	6.47
1992	1.76	6.44
1993	1.75	6.37
1994	1.81	6.3
1995	1.8	6.22
1996	1.75	6.14
1997	1.75	6.06
1998	1.72	5.97
1999	1.73	5.87
2000	1.77	5.79
2001	1.74	5.69
2002	1.72	5.63
2003	1.76	5.58
2004	1.78	5.5
2005	1.8	5.46
2006	1.85	5.41
2007	1.84	5.37
2008	1.89	5.27
2009	1.84	5.18
2010	1.87	5.11
2011	1.75	5.07
2012	1.73	5
2013	1.67	4.93
2014	1.69	4.79
2015	1.71	4.66
2016	1.79	4.52
2017	1.75	4.35
2018	1.73	4.24
2019	1.7	4.15
2020	1.68	4.08
2021	1.72	4
2022	1.55	3.91
2023	1.5	3.84
2024	1.51	3.76
2025	1.51	3.68
2026	1.51	3.62
2027	1.52	3.56
2028	1.52	3.5
2029	1.52	3.44
2030	1.53	3.37
2031	1.53	3.31
2032	1.53	3.25
2033	1.53	3.2
2034	1.53	3.15
2035	1.54	3.09
2036	1.54	3.04
2037	1.54	3
2038	1.54	2.95
2039	1.54	2.91
2040	1.55	2.87
2041	1.55	2.84
2042	1.55	2.8
2043	1.55	2.77
2044	1.56	2.74
2045	1.56	2.71
2046	1.56	2.67
2047	1.56	2.64
2048	1.56	2.62
2049	1.56	2.59
2050	1.56	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Denmark	Guinea-Bissau
1960	25.2%	36.9%
1961	24.7%	37.1%
1962	24.2%	37.7%
1963	24%	38.4%
1964	23.8%	39.6%
1965	23.8%	41%
1966	23.8%	41.9%
1967	23.8%	42.1%
1968	23.7%	41.8%
1969	23.5%	41.9%
1970	23.3%	41.9%
1971	23.1%	41.9%
1972	23%	41.9%
1973	22.9%	41.6%
1974	22.7%	41.4%
1975	22.6%	41.8%
1976	22.4%	42.6%
1977	22.1%	43.7%
1978	21.8%	44.8%
1979	21.3%	45.1%
1980	20.8%	45%
1981	20.3%	45.3%
1982	19.7%	45.5%
1983	19.2%	45.7%
1984	18.8%	45.9%
1985	18.4%	45.9%
1986	18.1%	46%
1987	17.7%	45.9%
1988	17.5%	45.9%
1989	17.2%	45.8%
1990	17.1%	45.7%
1991	17%	45.5%
1992	17%	45.5%
1993	17.1%	45.4%
1994	17.2%	45.4%
1995	17.4%	45.3%
1996	17.6%	45.2%
1997	17.9%	45.1%
1998	18.1%	45%
1999	18.3%	44.8%
2000	18.5%	44.7%
2001	18.7%	44.5%
2002	18.8%	44.3%
2003	18.8%	44.2%
2004	18.8%	44%
2005	18.8%	43.9%
2006	18.7%	43.8%
2007	18.5%	43.6%
2008	18.4%	43.5%
2009	18.2%	43.3%
2010	18%	43.2%
2011	17.8%	43%
2012	17.6%	42.8%
2013	17.3%	42.7%
2014	17.1%	42.5%
2015	16.9%	42.2%
2016	16.8%	42%
2017	16.7%	41.7%
2018	16.6%	41.3%
2019	16.4%	40.9%
2020	16.3%	40.5%
2021	16.2%	40.1%
2022	16%	39.7%
2023	15.9%	39.2%
2024	15.7%	38.8%
2025	15.6%	38.3%
2026	15.5%	37.8%
2027	15.4%	37.4%
2028	15.4%	36.9%
2029	15.4%	36.4%
2030	15.4%	36%
2031	15.4%	35.5%
2032	15.3%	35.1%
2033	15.2%	34.8%
2034	15.2%	34.4%
2035	15.1%	34.1%
2036	15%	33.7%
2037	15%	33.4%
2038	15%	33%
2039	15%	32.7%
2040	14.9%	32.4%
2041	14.9%	32%
2042	14.9%	31.7%
2043	14.8%	31.4%
2044	14.8%	31%
2045	14.7%	30.7%
2046	14.7%	30.4%
2047	14.6%	30.1%
2048	14.6%	29.7%
2049	14.5%	29.4%
2050	14.5%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.7% of the population in Denmark and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 17.1% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Denmark and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Denmark vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.09% in Denmark 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
	Denmark	Guinea-Bissau
1960	32,515	10,618
1961	33,205	10,756
1962	32,070	10,662
1963	36,539	9,190
1964	36,832	8,989
1965	37,596	7,789
1966	38,858	6,955
1967	33,363	6,742
1968	27,243	7,289
1969	23,481	7,857
1970	22,673	7,632
1971	26,801	8,183
1972	24,958	7,911
1973	21,092	8,430
1974	19,676	10,321
1975	20,746	11,998
1976	11,667	13,688
1977	11,703	15,484
1978	9,187	17,468
1979	4,605	19,736
1980	1,537	21,024
1981	-3,073	21,611
1982	-2,559	22,131
1983	-6,649	22,542
1984	-5,623	22,861
1985	-4,603	23,116
1986	-2,561	23,301
1987	-1,538	23,549
1988	0	23,940
1989	2,053	24,286
1990	2,056	23,936
1991	4,639	24,527
1992	6,722	25,747
1993	4,670	26,943
1994	8,850	27,895
1995	6,280	29,142
1996	6,842	29,778
1997	7,927	29,792
1998	7,956	30,390
1999	6,919	30,916
2000	9,078	32,816
2001	6,967	33,461
2002	5,376	34,561
2003	7,007	35,649
2004	9,188	36,495
2005	9,755	37,347
2006	9,787	38,886
2007	8,192	40,288
2008	10,438	40,841
2009	8,285	41,950
2010	8,876	43,067
2011	6,685	44,405
2012	5,592	45,480
2013	3,931	46,472
2014	5,644	46,615
2015	5,683	46,846
2016	9,165	46,814
2017	8,071	46,318
2018	6,373	46,659
2019	6,977	47,196
2020	5,831	46,718
2021	5,857	47,242
2022	-1,180	48,920
2023	-595	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Denmark vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Denmark, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Denmark	Guinea-Bissau
1985	12	1,851
1986	12	1,825
1987	12	1,796
1988	13	1,759
1989	13	1,698
1990	12	1,709
1991	12	1,663
1992	12	1,633
1993	12	1,613
1994	12	1,644
1995	12	1,556
1996	11	1,539
1997	10	1,642
1998	9	1,465
1999	9	1,461
2000	9	1,295
2001	9	1,222
2002	9	1,141
2003	8	1,069
2004	8	980
2005	8	956
2006	7	831
2007	7	792
2008	7	802
2009	7	753
2010	7	698
2011	6	678
2012	6	704
2013	5	707
2014	5	662
2015	5	631
2016	5	617
2017	5	597
2018	5	585
2019	4	598
2020	4	603
2021	8	617
2022	6	539
2023	4	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.34% in Denmark 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
	Denmark	Guinea-Bissau
1960	2.5%	-
1961	2.45%	-
1962	2.38%	-
1963	2.3%	-
1964	2.21%	-
1965	2.11%	-
1966	2.01%	-
1967	1.9%	-
1968	1.81%	-
1969	1.73%	-
1970	1.66%	-
1971	1.58%	-
1972	1.49%	-
1973	1.39%	-
1974	1.31%	-
1975	1.23%	-
1976	1.17%	-
1977	1.11%	-
1978	1.06%	-
1979	1.03%	-
1980	1%	-
1981	0.98%	-
1982	0.96%	-
1983	0.96%	-
1984	0.96%	-
1985	0.97%	24.4%
1986	0.97%	24%
1987	0.97%	23.5%
1988	0.96%	23.1%
1989	0.93%	22.7%
1990	0.89%	22.2%
1991	0.84%	21.8%
1992	0.79%	21.3%
1993	0.74%	20.9%
1994	0.69%	20.4%
1995	0.65%	19.9%
1996	0.63%	19.4%
1997	0.6%	18.9%
1998	0.59%	18.4%
1999	0.57%	17.9%
2000	0.56%	17.4%
2001	0.55%	16.8%
2002	0.54%	16.3%
2003	0.52%	15.7%
2004	0.5%	15.1%
2005	0.48%	14.5%
2006	0.46%	13.9%
2007	0.45%	13.2%
2008	0.43%	12.6%
2009	0.42%	12%
2010	0.41%	11.4%
2011	0.41%	10.9%
2012	0.41%	10.4%
2013	0.41%	9.93%
2014	0.41%	9.53%
2015	0.41%	9.18%
2016	0.4%	8.84%
2017	0.4%	8.53%
2018	0.39%	8.21%
2019	0.38%	7.91%
2020	0.37%	7.66%
2021	0.36%	7.41%
2022	0.35%	7.16%
2023	0.34%	6.93%