Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Gambia

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Gambia 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 4.01 in the Gambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs the Gambia 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	Gambia
1960	5.65	6.25
1961	5.66	6.23
1962	5.67	6.21
1963	5.69	6.2
1964	5.71	6.2
1965	5.73	6.19
1966	5.76	6.18
1967	5.78	6.21
1968	5.79	6.22
1969	5.8	6.25
1970	5.81	6.26
1971	5.81	6.33
1972	5.81	6.37
1973	5.8	6.41
1974	5.8	6.42
1975	5.79	6.43
1976	5.79	6.43
1977	5.8	6.43
1978	5.8	6.42
1979	5.82	6.41
1980	5.84	6.41
1981	5.86	6.4
1982	5.88	6.4
1983	5.9	6.39
1984	5.93	6.39
1985	5.95	6.36
1986	5.96	6.34
1987	5.97	6.3
1988	5.98	6.26
1989	5.99	6.25
1990	5.99	6.25
1991	5.99	6.19
1992	5.98	6.11
1993	5.98	6.03
1994	5.98	6.04
1995	5.97	5.99
1996	5.96	5.93
1997	5.94	5.85
1998	5.91	5.82
1999	5.88	5.77
2000	5.83	5.72
2001	5.79	5.67
2002	5.73	5.66
2003	5.68	5.66
2004	5.62	5.68
2005	5.56	5.71
2006	5.5	5.74
2007	5.43	5.69
2008	5.36	5.63
2009	5.29	5.57
2010	5.21	5.56
2011	5.13	5.54
2012	5.04	5.52
2013	4.95	5.39
2014	4.86	5.2
2015	4.77	5
2016	4.69	4.81
2017	4.6	4.61
2018	4.51	4.42
2019	4.43	4.33
2020	4.35	4.25
2021	4.27	4.17
2022	4.17	4.08
2023	4.08	4.01
2024	4.12	3.91
2025	4.04	3.8
2026	3.95	3.7
2027	3.87	3.6
2028	3.8	3.51
2029	3.72	3.41
2030	3.65	3.33
2031	3.59	3.24
2032	3.52	3.17
2033	3.46	3.1
2034	3.4	3.03
2035	3.34	2.97
2036	3.29	2.91
2037	3.23	2.86
2038	3.18	2.81
2039	3.12	2.76
2040	3.08	2.71
2041	3.03	2.67
2042	2.98	2.63
2043	2.94	2.59
2044	2.9	2.56
2045	2.86	2.52
2046	2.83	2.49
2047	2.79	2.46
2048	2.76	2.43
2049	2.72	2.4
2050	2.69	2.38

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Gambia
1960	38.5%	41%
1961	38.7%	40.8%
1962	39%	40.7%
1963	39.2%	40.8%
1964	39.3%	41%
1965	39.2%	41.3%
1966	39.1%	41.5%
1967	39.1%	41.6%
1968	39.1%	41.8%
1969	39.2%	41.9%
1970	39.5%	42%
1971	39.7%	42.1%
1972	39.9%	42.2%
1973	40%	42.3%
1974	40.2%	42.4%
1975	40.5%	42.6%
1976	40.8%	42.8%
1977	41%	43%
1978	41.2%	43.3%
1979	41.5%	43.5%
1980	41.7%	43.7%
1981	41.8%	44%
1982	42%	44.3%
1983	41.6%	44.6%
1984	40.8%	44.9%
1985	40.4%	45%
1986	40.4%	45.2%
1987	40.6%	45.4%
1988	40.9%	45.5%
1989	41.3%	45.6%
1990	41.6%	45.7%
1991	42%	45.8%
1992	42.3%	45.9%
1993	42.6%	46%
1994	42.8%	46.3%
1995	43%	46.5%
1996	43.1%	46.7%
1997	43.1%	46.9%
1998	43.1%	46.9%
1999	43%	46.9%
2000	42.7%	46.8%
2001	42.2%	46.7%
2002	41.5%	46.6%
2003	40.8%	46.4%
2004	40.1%	46.1%
2005	39.5%	45.9%
2006	39.2%	45.6%
2007	38.9%	45.3%
2008	38.7%	45.1%
2009	38.5%	44.8%
2010	38.3%	44.5%
2011	38.3%	44.3%
2012	38.3%	44.1%
2013	38.3%	43.9%
2014	38.3%	43.7%
2015	38.3%	43.6%
2016	38.3%	43.3%
2017	38.3%	43.1%
2018	38.2%	42.8%
2019	38%	42.4%
2020	37.9%	42%
2021	37.8%	41.6%
2022	37.7%	41.2%
2023	37.5%	40.7%
2024	37.3%	40.2%
2025	37.1%	39.7%
2026	36.9%	39.2%
2027	36.6%	38.5%
2028	36.3%	37.9%
2029	36.1%	37.3%
2030	35.8%	36.7%
2031	35.5%	36.2%
2032	35.2%	35.7%
2033	34.9%	35.2%
2034	34.7%	34.8%
2035	34.4%	34.3%
2036	34.2%	33.9%
2037	33.9%	33.4%
2038	33.7%	33%
2039	33.5%	32.5%
2040	33.2%	32.1%
2041	33%	31.7%
2042	32.7%	31.3%
2043	32.5%	30.9%
2044	32.3%	30.5%
2045	32%	30.2%
2046	31.8%	29.8%
2047	31.5%	29.5%
2048	31.3%	29.1%
2049	31%	28.8%
2050	30.8%	28.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 40.2% in the Gambia in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and the Gambia compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Gambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and +2.59% in the Gambia. 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	Gambia
1960	4,727	8,420
1961	4,858	8,778
1962	5,013	9,150
1963	5,192	9,493
1964	5,393	9,825
1965	5,618	10,162
1966	5,868	10,422
1967	6,135	10,823
1968	6,417	11,215
1969	2,593	11,670
1970	2,715	12,128
1971	4,822	12,842
1972	6,572	13,432
1973	6,508	14,046
1974	5,697	14,628
1975	4,580	15,256
1976	2,451	16,032
1977	5,550	16,773
1978	5,635	17,424
1979	5,786	18,543
1980	7,142	19,566
1981	7,573	20,156
1982	8,182	21,894
1983	8,886	23,175
1984	10,076	24,586
1985	11,179	25,795
1986	12,061	27,195
1987	12,727	28,452
1988	13,266	29,938
1989	13,724	31,504
1990	14,158	33,163
1991	14,581	34,584
1992	15,010	35,951
1993	15,459	37,302
1994	15,937	38,880
1995	16,345	39,681
1996	16,802	40,253
1997	17,305	40,742
1998	17,854	41,842
1999	18,465	42,533
2000	19,132	43,249
2001	20,376	44,154
2002	21,744	45,156
2003	23,168	46,473
2004	24,666	48,276
2005	26,116	50,010
2006	27,404	52,335
2007	28,672	53,653
2008	29,941	55,032
2009	31,184	56,575
2010	32,368	58,554
2011	33,502	60,571
2012	34,347	62,745
2013	35,158	63,510
2014	35,889	63,185
2015	36,543	62,832
2016	37,180	62,358
2017	37,740	61,665
2018	38,332	60,854
2019	38,894	61,701
2020	38,994	62,209
2021	39,160	62,239
2022	39,873	63,634
2023	40,140	65,118

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Gambia

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 354 deaths in the Gambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Gambia
1985	658	1,454
1986	666	1,401
1987	672	1,360
1988	675	1,302
1989	688	1,258
1990	689	1,207
1991	688	1,167
1992	682	1,115
1993	668	1,072
1994	639	1,039
1995	587	999
1996	544	956
1997	507	928
1998	476	867
1999	442	830
2000	406	810
2001	388	794
2002	364	772
2003	343	749
2004	323	719
2005	312	707
2006	299	682
2007	289	675
2008	276	653
2009	267	634
2010	259	632
2011	254	634
2012	245	628
2013	236	606
2014	227	561
2015	222	527
2016	216	490
2017	212	469
2018	204	450
2019	198	422
2020	196	400
2021	202	420
2022	183	365
2023	174	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 4.41% in the Gambia. 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	Gambia
1960	-	36.2%
1961	-	35.5%
1962	-	34.8%
1963	-	34.1%
1964	-	33.5%
1965	-	32.8%
1966	-	32.1%
1967	-	31.5%
1968	-	30.9%
1969	-	30.2%
1970	-	29.5%
1971	-	28.9%
1972	-	28.2%
1973	-	27.5%
1974	-	26.9%
1975	-	26.2%
1976	-	25.5%
1977	-	24.9%
1978	-	24.2%
1979	-	23.6%
1980	-	23%
1981	-	22.3%
1982	20.1%	21.7%
1983	19.7%	21%
1984	19.3%	20.4%
1985	18.9%	19.7%
1986	18.6%	19.1%
1987	18.4%	18.4%
1988	18.2%	17.8%
1989	18%	17.2%
1990	17.9%	16.6%
1991	17.7%	16%
1992	17.6%	15.5%
1993	17.5%	14.9%
1994	17.3%	14.4%
1995	17.1%	13.9%
1996	16.9%	13.3%
1997	16.7%	12.8%
1998	16.4%	12.3%
1999	16%	11.8%
2000	15.6%	11.3%
2001	15.2%	10.9%
2002	14.7%	10.4%
2003	14.3%	9.95%
2004	13.8%	9.52%
2005	13.3%	9.11%
2006	12.9%	8.71%
2007	12.4%	8.33%
2008	11.9%	7.98%
2009	11.5%	7.64%
2010	11.1%	7.31%
2011	10.7%	7.01%
2012	10.3%	6.73%
2013	9.99%	6.45%
2014	9.66%	6.18%
2015	9.33%	5.93%
2016	8.99%	5.7%
2017	8.7%	5.47%
2018	8.42%	5.27%
2019	8.17%	5.07%
2020	7.88%	4.89%
2021	7.61%	4.72%
2022	7.34%	4.56%
2023	7.06%	4.41%