Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Ethiopia chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea was 4.08 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.99 in Ethiopia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Equatorial Guinea	Ethiopia
1960	5.65	6.51
1961	5.66	6.53
1962	5.67	6.56
1963	5.69	6.59
1964	5.71	6.61
1965	5.73	6.63
1966	5.76	6.66
1967	5.78	6.68
1968	5.79	6.7
1969	5.8	6.72
1970	5.81	6.78
1971	5.81	6.84
1972	5.81	6.9
1973	5.8	6.96
1974	5.8	7.02
1975	5.79	7.08
1976	5.79	7.13
1977	5.8	7.19
1978	5.8	7.23
1979	5.82	7.25
1980	5.84	7.29
1981	5.86	7.31
1982	5.88	7.34
1983	5.9	7.35
1984	5.93	7.36
1985	5.95	7.34
1986	5.96	7.32
1987	5.97	7.29
1988	5.98	7.26
1989	5.99	7.23
1990	5.99	7.2
1991	5.99	7.16
1992	5.98	7.13
1993	5.98	7.09
1994	5.98	7.05
1995	5.97	7
1996	5.96	6.93
1997	5.94	6.87
1998	5.91	6.79
1999	5.88	6.72
2000	5.83	6.65
2001	5.79	6.58
2002	5.73	6.5
2003	5.68	6.4
2004	5.62	6.3
2005	5.56	6.19
2006	5.5	6.05
2007	5.43	5.89
2008	5.36	5.7
2009	5.29	5.49
2010	5.21	5.28
2011	5.13	5.08
2012	5.04	4.89
2013	4.95	4.71
2014	4.86	4.61
2015	4.77	4.53
2016	4.69	4.47
2017	4.6	4.4
2018	4.51	4.37
2019	4.43	4.35
2020	4.35	4.27
2021	4.27	4.18
2022	4.17	4.08
2023	4.08	3.99
2024	4.12	3.91
2025	4.04	3.81
2026	3.95	3.72
2027	3.87	3.64
2028	3.8	3.57
2029	3.72	3.5
2030	3.65	3.43
2031	3.59	3.36
2032	3.52	3.3
2033	3.46	3.24
2034	3.4	3.19
2035	3.34	3.14
2036	3.29	3.08
2037	3.23	3.03
2038	3.18	2.99
2039	3.12	2.94
2040	3.08	2.9
2041	3.03	2.86
2042	2.98	2.83
2043	2.94	2.79
2044	2.9	2.75
2045	2.86	2.72
2046	2.83	2.68
2047	2.79	2.65
2048	2.76	2.62
2049	2.72	2.59
2050	2.69	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Ethiopia
1960	38.5%	42.2%
1961	38.7%	42.2%
1962	39%	42.1%
1963	39.2%	42.2%
1964	39.3%	42.3%
1965	39.2%	42.5%
1966	39.1%	42.9%
1967	39.1%	43.2%
1968	39.1%	43.5%
1969	39.2%	43.8%
1970	39.5%	44.2%
1971	39.7%	44.5%
1972	39.9%	44.9%
1973	40%	45.2%
1974	40.2%	45.4%
1975	40.5%	45.6%
1976	40.8%	45.7%
1977	41%	45.9%
1978	41.2%	46.1%
1979	41.5%	46.2%
1980	41.7%	46.3%
1981	41.8%	46.4%
1982	42%	46.5%
1983	41.6%	46.4%
1984	40.8%	46.2%
1985	40.4%	46.1%
1986	40.4%	46%
1987	40.6%	46%
1988	40.9%	46%
1989	41.3%	46.1%
1990	41.6%	46.2%
1991	42%	46.2%
1992	42.3%	46.2%
1993	42.6%	46.4%
1994	42.8%	46.5%
1995	43%	46.7%
1996	43.1%	46.9%
1997	43.1%	47.1%
1998	43.1%	47.4%
1999	43%	47.6%
2000	42.7%	47.7%
2001	42.2%	47.8%
2002	41.5%	47.8%
2003	40.8%	47.7%
2004	40.1%	47.6%
2005	39.5%	47.4%
2006	39.2%	47.2%
2007	38.9%	46.9%
2008	38.7%	46.6%
2009	38.5%	46.2%
2010	38.3%	45.7%
2011	38.3%	45.2%
2012	38.3%	44.6%
2013	38.3%	44%
2014	38.3%	43.4%
2015	38.3%	42.9%
2016	38.3%	42.3%
2017	38.3%	41.8%
2018	38.2%	41.3%
2019	38%	40.9%
2020	37.9%	40.5%
2021	37.8%	40.1%
2022	37.7%	39.7%
2023	37.5%	39.4%
2024	37.3%	39.1%
2025	37.1%	38.8%
2026	36.9%	38.5%
2027	36.6%	38.3%
2028	36.3%	38.1%
2029	36.1%	37.8%
2030	35.8%	37.6%
2031	35.5%	37.3%
2032	35.2%	37%
2033	34.9%	36.6%
2034	34.7%	36.2%
2035	34.4%	35.8%
2036	34.2%	35.4%
2037	33.9%	34.9%
2038	33.7%	34.5%
2039	33.5%	34%
2040	33.2%	33.6%
2041	33%	33.2%
2042	32.7%	32.8%
2043	32.5%	32.4%
2044	32.3%	32%
2045	32%	31.7%
2046	31.8%	31.3%
2047	31.5%	31%
2048	31.3%	30.7%
2049	31%	30.3%
2050	30.8%	30%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 39.1% in Ethiopia in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 46.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Ethiopia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and +2.64% in Ethiopia. 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
	Equatorial Guinea	Ethiopia
1960	4,727	511,694
1961	4,858	538,518
1962	5,013	563,650
1963	5,192	590,998
1964	5,393	618,667
1965	5,618	642,359
1966	5,868	616,281
1967	6,135	695,283
1968	6,417	715,602
1969	2,593	736,428
1970	2,715	760,821
1971	4,822	787,047
1972	6,572	779,808
1973	6,508	807,535
1974	5,697	777,306
1975	4,580	801,425
1976	2,451	899,577
1977	5,550	929,381
1978	5,635	943,388
1979	5,786	987,203
1980	7,142	1,007,516
1981	7,573	1,018,838
1982	8,182	1,080,853
1983	8,886	863,472
1984	10,076	920,670
1985	11,179	997,050
1986	12,061	1,050,277
1987	12,727	1,356,853
1988	13,266	1,393,356
1989	13,724	1,441,769
1990	14,158	1,479,663
1991	14,581	1,579,416
1992	15,010	1,673,839
1993	15,459	1,734,851
1994	15,937	1,788,133
1995	16,345	1,831,068
1996	16,802	1,896,364
1997	17,305	1,945,112
1998	17,854	1,984,989
1999	18,465	2,010,987
2000	19,132	2,083,622
2001	20,376	2,137,791
2002	21,744	2,189,683
2003	23,168	2,231,223
2004	24,666	2,296,999
2005	26,116	2,353,375
2006	27,404	2,393,585
2007	28,672	2,436,753
2008	29,941	2,465,283
2009	31,184	2,467,118
2010	32,368	2,498,048
2011	33,502	2,527,811
2012	34,347	2,533,398
2013	35,158	2,546,020
2014	35,889	2,623,647
2015	36,543	2,713,529
2016	37,180	2,809,889
2017	37,740	2,899,143
2018	38,332	3,015,231
2019	38,894	3,132,780
2020	38,994	3,199,718
2021	39,160	3,204,673
2022	39,873	3,300,114
2023	40,140	3,338,649

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Ethiopia

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 174 deaths per 100,000 live births in Equatorial Guinea, compared to 195 deaths in Ethiopia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Ethiopia
1985	658	1,329
1986	666	1,317
1987	672	1,289
1988	675	1,306
1989	688	1,296
1990	689	1,320
1991	688	1,239
1992	682	1,218
1993	668	1,168
1994	639	1,113
1995	587	1,060
1996	544	1,008
1997	507	957
1998	476	911
1999	442	901
2000	406	870
2001	388	856
2002	364	826
2003	343	797
2004	323	764
2005	312	754
2006	299	729
2007	289	704
2008	276	678
2009	267	649
2010	259	619
2011	254	588
2012	245	545
2013	236	494
2014	227	444
2015	222	401
2016	216	364
2017	212	327
2018	204	297
2019	198	269
2020	196	244
2021	202	250
2022	183	207
2023	174	195

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 4.65% in Ethiopia. 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
	Equatorial Guinea	Ethiopia
1966	-	27.8%
1967	-	24.9%
1968	-	24.8%
1969	-	24.8%
1970	-	24.7%
1971	-	24.7%
1972	-	24.7%
1973	-	24.6%
1974	-	28.3%
1975	-	28.2%
1976	-	24.5%
1977	-	24.5%
1978	-	24.4%
1979	-	24.2%
1980	-	24%
1981	-	23.8%
1982	20.1%	23.5%
1983	19.7%	32%
1984	19.3%	31.4%
1985	18.9%	30.3%
1986	18.6%	29.7%
1987	18.4%	21.5%
1988	18.2%	21%
1989	18%	20.6%
1990	17.9%	20.2%
1991	17.7%	19.7%
1992	17.6%	19.1%
1993	17.5%	18.5%
1994	17.3%	17.9%
1995	17.1%	17.2%
1996	16.9%	16.6%
1997	16.7%	15.9%
1998	16.4%	15.3%
1999	16%	14.7%
2000	15.6%	14%
2001	15.2%	13.4%
2002	14.7%	12.8%
2003	14.3%	12.1%
2004	13.8%	11.5%
2005	13.3%	10.9%
2006	12.9%	10.3%
2007	12.4%	9.74%
2008	11.9%	9.23%
2009	11.5%	8.76%
2010	11.1%	8.32%
2011	10.7%	7.91%
2012	10.3%	7.53%
2013	9.99%	7.16%
2014	9.66%	6.82%
2015	9.33%	6.49%
2016	8.99%	6.17%
2017	8.7%	5.89%
2018	8.42%	5.64%
2019	8.17%	5.41%
2020	7.88%	5.2%
2021	7.61%	5%
2022	7.34%	4.82%
2023	7.06%	4.65%