Fertility & birth rates in El Salvador and Guinea

Fertility rate in El Salvador vs Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in El Salvador was 1.78 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.22 in Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check El Salvador vs 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
	El Salvador	Guinea
1960	6.62	6.11
1961	6.64	6.13
1962	6.68	6.14
1963	6.69	6.15
1964	6.68	6.17
1965	6.64	6.18
1966	6.57	6.19
1967	6.49	6.2
1968	6.39	6.21
1969	6.28	6.23
1970	6.18	6.24
1971	6.13	6.26
1972	6.03	6.28
1973	5.93	6.31
1974	5.82	6.34
1975	5.71	6.37
1976	5.59	6.4
1977	5.47	6.43
1978	5.36	6.44
1979	5.23	6.45
1980	5.11	6.46
1981	4.99	6.46
1982	4.83	6.49
1983	4.65	6.49
1984	4.48	6.51
1985	4.32	6.53
1986	4.19	6.55
1987	4.18	6.57
1988	4.1	6.56
1989	4.03	6.55
1990	3.96	6.52
1991	3.89	6.48
1992	3.8	6.45
1993	3.69	6.41
1994	3.61	6.36
1995	3.57	6.29
1996	3.48	6.21
1997	3.38	6.12
1998	3.34	6.05
1999	3.22	5.99
2000	3.08	5.92
2001	2.93	5.83
2002	2.78	5.78
2003	2.64	5.74
2004	2.52	5.73
2005	2.44	5.73
2006	2.4	5.7
2007	2.35	5.66
2008	2.29	5.6
2009	2.26	5.53
2010	2.24	5.44
2011	2.22	5.34
2012	2.19	5.23
2013	2.15	5.15
2014	2.13	5.07
2015	2.07	5
2016	1.97	4.92
2017	1.9	4.79
2018	1.85	4.67
2019	1.84	4.58
2020	1.82	4.49
2021	1.8	4.4
2022	1.79	4.3
2023	1.78	4.22
2024	1.77	4.13
2025	1.75	4.04
2026	1.74	3.96
2027	1.73	3.89
2028	1.72	3.81
2029	1.72	3.73
2030	1.71	3.66
2031	1.7	3.59
2032	1.7	3.52
2033	1.69	3.45
2034	1.69	3.38
2035	1.68	3.32
2036	1.68	3.27
2037	1.68	3.21
2038	1.67	3.16
2039	1.67	3.12
2040	1.67	3.07
2041	1.67	3.02
2042	1.67	2.98
2043	1.67	2.94
2044	1.66	2.9
2045	1.66	2.86
2046	1.66	2.82
2047	1.66	2.79
2048	1.66	2.75
2049	1.66	2.73
2050	1.65	2.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	El Salvador	Guinea
1960	45.5%	39.6%
1961	45.7%	39.7%
1962	45.8%	39.9%
1963	46%	39.9%
1964	46.1%	40%
1965	46.2%	40.1%
1966	46.3%	40.2%
1967	46.5%	40.2%
1968	46.6%	40.3%
1969	46.8%	40.3%
1970	46.8%	40.4%
1971	46.7%	40.5%
1972	46.6%	40.7%
1973	46.4%	40.9%
1974	46.2%	41.1%
1975	45.9%	41.3%
1976	45.6%	41.5%
1977	45.3%	41.8%
1978	44.9%	42%
1979	44.5%	42.2%
1980	44.2%	42.4%
1981	43.9%	42.6%
1982	43.7%	42.7%
1983	43.4%	42.8%
1984	43.1%	42.9%
1985	42.7%	43%
1986	42.4%	43%
1987	42.1%	43.1%
1988	41.9%	43.1%
1989	41.8%	43.2%
1990	41.7%	43.3%
1991	41.7%	43.4%
1992	41.5%	43.5%
1993	41.1%	43.6%
1994	40.5%	43.7%
1995	39.8%	43.8%
1996	39.1%	43.9%
1997	38.5%	44.2%
1998	38%	44.5%
1999	37.5%	44.7%
2000	37.1%	44.9%
2001	36.7%	45.3%
2002	36.3%	45.5%
2003	35.9%	45.4%
2004	35.4%	45.3%
2005	34.9%	45.3%
2006	34.4%	45.3%
2007	33.9%	45.1%
2008	33.4%	44.9%
2009	32.7%	44.7%
2010	32%	44.5%
2011	31.3%	44.2%
2012	30.6%	44%
2013	29.9%	43.8%
2014	29.2%	43.5%
2015	28.6%	43.3%
2016	28%	43.1%
2017	27.5%	42.9%
2018	27%	42.6%
2019	26.7%	42.4%
2020	26.3%	42.1%
2021	26%	41.9%
2022	25.6%	41.6%
2023	25.2%	41.2%
2024	24.8%	40.9%
2025	24.4%	40.5%
2026	24%	40.2%
2027	23.5%	39.8%
2028	23.1%	39.5%
2029	22.7%	39.1%
2030	22.3%	38.7%
2031	21.9%	38.3%
2032	21.6%	37.9%
2033	21.4%	37.5%
2034	21.1%	37%
2035	20.8%	36.6%
2036	20.6%	36.2%
2037	20.3%	35.7%
2038	20.1%	35.3%
2039	19.8%	34.9%
2040	19.6%	34.5%
2041	19.3%	34.1%
2042	19%	33.7%
2043	18.8%	33.3%
2044	18.5%	32.9%
2045	18.3%	32.5%
2046	18%	32.2%
2047	17.8%	31.8%
2048	17.6%	31.5%
2049	17.3%	31.2%
2050	17.1%	30.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.8% of the population in El Salvador and 40.9% in Guinea in 2024, compared to 41.7% and 43.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of El Salvador and Guinea compared.

Natural population change in El Salvador vs Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.93% in El Salvador and +2.6% in 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
	El Salvador	Guinea
1960	81,544	61,848
1961	84,614	63,766
1962	88,237	65,672
1963	90,794	67,690
1964	93,328	69,848
1965	95,341	72,134
1966	97,156	74,748
1967	98,424	77,251
1968	98,851	79,892
1969	99,848	82,799
1970	100,499	85,418
1971	104,714	88,358
1972	107,604	91,147
1973	111,546	93,764
1974	113,846	96,315
1975	116,737	99,267
1976	120,511	102,449
1977	121,446	105,990
1978	124,468	109,415
1979	123,838	113,141
1980	111,771	117,186
1981	117,346	121,223
1982	120,938	126,831
1983	121,700	130,629
1984	125,036	136,640
1985	127,248	142,313
1986	130,177	148,137
1987	133,667	154,178
1988	136,230	159,566
1989	139,093	164,707
1990	140,311	169,926
1991	140,691	181,299
1992	139,221	189,682
1993	138,432	195,612
1994	137,974	201,439
1995	138,268	205,644
1996	136,929	214,896
1997	134,448	220,373
1998	134,065	219,385
1999	128,947	223,968
2000	122,315	227,081
2001	114,313	227,642
2002	106,137	229,022
2003	97,849	234,774
2004	90,905	242,075
2005	84,883	251,209
2006	80,887	258,518
2007	76,776	266,070
2008	75,107	274,327
2009	74,908	281,920
2010	75,695	288,512
2011	76,182	293,318
2012	75,495	298,094
2013	73,869	304,430
2014	72,581	309,539
2015	69,263	316,604
2016	63,751	324,608
2017	59,824	328,542
2018	57,509	332,585
2019	56,816	338,984
2020	48,244	342,289
2021	46,530	345,121
2022	53,138	352,517
2023	51,985	356,147

Maternal mortality chart: El Salvador vs Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 39 deaths per 100,000 live births in El Salvador, compared to 494 deaths in Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	El Salvador	Guinea
1985	193	1,248
1986	169	1,234
1987	178	1,218
1988	173	1,202
1989	155	1,188
1990	145	1,162
1991	129	1,143
1992	121	1,124
1993	114	1,094
1994	101	1,081
1995	89	1,042
1996	78	1,010
1997	67	994
1998	61	971
1999	53	960
2000	48	951
2001	45	946
2002	40	916
2003	38	892
2004	35	869
2005	34	843
2006	33	825
2007	33	802
2008	33	772
2009	35	766
2010	34	750
2011	35	728
2012	36	703
2013	39	682
2014	41	664
2015	43	642
2016	43	606
2017	44	582
2018	43	560
2019	40	548
2020	48	528
2021	58	533
2022	39	500
2023	39	494

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.04% in El Salvador and 9.5% in 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
	El Salvador	Guinea
1960	18.5%	35%
1961	18.1%	34.7%
1962	17.7%	34.4%
1963	17.3%	34.2%
1964	17%	33.9%
1965	16.6%	33.6%
1966	16.3%	33.4%
1967	16%	33.1%
1968	15.6%	32.8%
1969	15.3%	32.5%
1970	15%	32.2%
1971	14.6%	31.9%
1972	14.3%	31.6%
1973	13.9%	31.3%
1974	13.5%	30.9%
1975	13.1%	30.6%
1976	12.6%	30.1%
1977	12.1%	29.7%
1978	11.6%	29.2%
1979	11.1%	28.7%
1980	12.5%	28.2%
1981	10%	27.7%
1982	9.46%	27.2%
1983	8.94%	26.7%
1984	8.42%	26.2%
1985	7.93%	25.8%
1986	7.47%	25.3%
1987	7.04%	24.8%
1988	6.65%	24.4%
1989	6.28%	23.9%
1990	5.94%	23.3%
1991	5.61%	22.7%
1992	5.3%	22.1%
1993	5%	21.4%
1994	4.71%	20.7%
1995	4.42%	20%
1996	4.15%	19.3%
1997	3.89%	18.6%
1998	3.65%	17.9%
1999	3.43%	17.2%
2000	3.23%	16.5%
2001	3.04%	15.9%
2002	2.86%	15.2%
2003	2.7%	14.6%
2004	2.55%	14.1%
2005	2.4%	13.7%
2006	2.27%	13.3%
2007	2.15%	12.9%
2008	2.04%	12.7%
2009	1.94%	12.4%
2010	1.84%	12.2%
2011	1.75%	12%
2012	1.67%	11.8%
2013	1.59%	11.7%
2014	1.52%	11.6%
2015	1.45%	11.4%
2016	1.39%	11.2%
2017	1.33%	11%
2018	1.27%	10.8%
2019	1.22%	10.6%
2020	1.17%	10.3%
2021	1.12%	10.1%
2022	1.08%	9.78%
2023	1.04%	9.5%