Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Grenada

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Grenada 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 1.49 in Grenada in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs Grenada 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	Grenada
1960	5.65	6.74
1961	5.66	6.63
1962	5.67	6.44
1963	5.69	6.2
1964	5.71	5.91
1965	5.73	5.6
1966	5.76	5.3
1967	5.78	5.04
1968	5.79	4.84
1969	5.8	4.69
1970	5.81	4.46
1971	5.81	4.31
1972	5.81	4.18
1973	5.8	4.05
1974	5.8	3.92
1975	5.79	3.75
1976	5.79	3.6
1977	5.8	3.46
1978	5.8	3.35
1979	5.82	3.34
1980	5.84	3.3
1981	5.86	2.99
1982	5.88	3.15
1983	5.9	3.31
1984	5.93	3.22
1985	5.95	3.48
1986	5.96	3.58
1987	5.97	3.58
1988	5.98	3.19
1989	5.99	3.23
1990	5.99	3.06
1991	5.99	3.11
1992	5.98	2.97
1993	5.98	2.81
1994	5.98	2.79
1995	5.97	2.82
1996	5.96	2.85
1997	5.94	2.8
1998	5.91	2.49
1999	5.88	2.39
2000	5.83	2.44
2001	5.79	2.42
2002	5.73	2.38
2003	5.68	2.33
2004	5.62	2.29
2005	5.56	2.24
2006	5.5	2.19
2007	5.43	2.15
2008	5.36	2.12
2009	5.29	2.08
2010	5.21	2.04
2011	5.13	2.01
2012	5.04	1.97
2013	4.95	1.91
2014	4.86	1.8
2015	4.77	1.72
2016	4.69	1.62
2017	4.6	1.44
2018	4.51	1.53
2019	4.43	1.54
2020	4.35	1.53
2021	4.27	1.52
2022	4.17	1.5
2023	4.08	1.49
2024	4.12	1.47
2025	4.04	1.46
2026	3.95	1.45
2027	3.87	1.44
2028	3.8	1.44
2029	3.72	1.44
2030	3.65	1.44
2031	3.59	1.44
2032	3.52	1.44
2033	3.46	1.44
2034	3.4	1.44
2035	3.34	1.45
2036	3.29	1.45
2037	3.23	1.45
2038	3.18	1.45
2039	3.12	1.46
2040	3.08	1.46
2041	3.03	1.46
2042	2.98	1.46
2043	2.94	1.47
2044	2.9	1.47
2045	2.86	1.47
2046	2.83	1.47
2047	2.79	1.47
2048	2.76	1.47
2049	2.72	1.48
2050	2.69	1.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Grenada
1960	38.5%	47.3%
1961	38.7%	47.2%
1962	39%	47.2%
1963	39.2%	47.1%
1964	39.3%	46.9%
1965	39.2%	47%
1966	39.1%	47.5%
1967	39.1%	47.6%
1968	39.1%	47.5%
1969	39.2%	47.2%
1970	39.5%	46.8%
1971	39.7%	46.2%
1972	39.9%	45.5%
1973	40%	44.7%
1974	40.2%	43.9%
1975	40.5%	43.1%
1976	40.8%	42.3%
1977	41%	41.5%
1978	41.2%	40.8%
1979	41.5%	40%
1980	41.7%	39.4%
1981	41.8%	38.6%
1982	42%	37.5%
1983	41.6%	36.5%
1984	40.8%	35.6%
1985	40.4%	34.8%
1986	40.4%	34.1%
1987	40.6%	33.6%
1988	40.9%	33.2%
1989	41.3%	33%
1990	41.6%	32.8%
1991	42%	32.8%
1992	42.3%	32.9%
1993	42.6%	33.1%
1994	42.8%	33.3%
1995	43%	33.5%
1996	43.1%	33.6%
1997	43.1%	33.6%
1998	43.1%	33.5%
1999	43%	33.3%
2000	42.7%	32.9%
2001	42.2%	32.1%
2002	41.5%	31%
2003	40.8%	29.8%
2004	40.1%	28.7%
2005	39.5%	27.7%
2006	39.2%	26.7%
2007	38.9%	25.9%
2008	38.7%	25.2%
2009	38.5%	24.6%
2010	38.3%	24%
2011	38.3%	23.6%
2012	38.3%	23.3%
2013	38.3%	23%
2014	38.3%	22.7%
2015	38.3%	22.4%
2016	38.3%	22.1%
2017	38.3%	21.8%
2018	38.2%	21.5%
2019	38%	21.2%
2020	37.9%	20.9%
2021	37.8%	20.6%
2022	37.7%	20.2%
2023	37.5%	19.8%
2024	37.3%	19.4%
2025	37.1%	19%
2026	36.9%	18.6%
2027	36.6%	18.1%
2028	36.3%	17.7%
2029	36.1%	17.3%
2030	35.8%	17%
2031	35.5%	16.7%
2032	35.2%	16.5%
2033	34.9%	16.4%
2034	34.7%	16.2%
2035	34.4%	16%
2036	34.2%	15.8%
2037	33.9%	15.6%
2038	33.7%	15.4%
2039	33.5%	15.2%
2040	33.2%	15%
2041	33%	14.9%
2042	32.7%	14.8%
2043	32.5%	14.6%
2044	32.3%	14.5%
2045	32%	14.4%
2046	31.8%	14.3%
2047	31.5%	14.1%
2048	31.3%	14%
2049	31%	13.9%
2050	30.8%	13.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 19.4% in Grenada in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 32.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Grenada compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Grenada by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and +0.42% in Grenada. 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	Grenada
1960	4,727	3,678
1961	4,858	3,703
1962	5,013	3,674
1963	5,192	3,601
1964	5,393	3,508
1965	5,618	3,399
1966	5,868	3,278
1967	6,135	3,158
1968	6,417	3,040
1969	2,593	2,948
1970	2,715	2,793
1971	4,822	2,705
1972	6,572	2,578
1973	6,508	2,464
1974	5,697	2,360
1975	4,580	2,224
1976	2,451	2,092
1977	5,550	1,974
1978	5,635	1,882
1979	5,786	1,871
1980	7,142	1,840
1981	7,573	1,625
1982	8,182	1,798
1983	8,886	1,817
1984	10,076	1,975
1985	11,179	2,215
1986	12,061	2,324
1987	12,727	2,345
1988	13,266	2,044
1989	13,724	2,084
1990	14,158	1,931
1991	14,581	1,953
1992	15,010	1,811
1993	15,459	1,641
1994	15,937	1,596
1995	16,345	1,580
1996	16,802	1,559
1997	17,305	1,480
1998	17,854	1,204
1999	18,465	1,092
2000	19,132	1,105
2001	20,376	1,082
2002	21,744	1,077
2003	23,168	1,074
2004	24,666	1,034
2005	26,116	1,075
2006	27,404	1,068
2007	28,672	1,059
2008	29,941	1,046
2009	31,184	1,024
2010	32,368	989
2011	33,502	954
2012	34,347	925
2013	35,158	878
2014	35,889	772
2015	36,543	684
2016	37,180	579
2017	37,740	402
2018	38,332	470
2019	38,894	462
2020	38,994	433
2021	39,160	343
2022	39,873	371
2023	40,140	334

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Grenada

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 48 deaths in Grenada.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Grenada
1985	658	71
1986	666	68
1987	672	68
1988	675	61
1989	688	64
1990	689	61
1991	688	59
1992	682	56
1993	668	53
1994	639	55
1995	587	54
1996	544	51
1997	507	50
1998	476	50
1999	442	48
2000	406	46
2001	388	45
2002	364	42
2003	343	42
2004	323	48
2005	312	40
2006	299	39
2007	289	40
2008	276	41
2009	267	41
2010	259	43
2011	254	44
2012	245	44
2013	236	44
2014	227	45
2015	222	46
2016	216	44
2017	212	45
2018	204	46
2019	198	48
2020	196	51
2021	202	52
2022	183	50
2023	174	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 1.83% in Grenada. 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	Grenada
1960	-	9.5%
1961	-	8.83%
1962	-	8.15%
1963	-	7.5%
1964	-	6.91%
1965	-	6.39%
1966	-	5.95%
1967	-	5.59%
1968	-	5.3%
1969	-	5.06%
1970	-	4.87%
1971	-	4.71%
1972	-	4.58%
1973	-	4.47%
1974	-	4.36%
1975	-	4.25%
1976	-	4.15%
1977	-	4.03%
1978	-	3.9%
1979	-	3.77%
1980	-	3.62%
1981	-	3.46%
1982	20.1%	3.3%
1983	19.7%	3.15%
1984	19.3%	2.99%
1985	18.9%	2.85%
1986	18.6%	2.71%
1987	18.4%	2.58%
1988	18.2%	2.46%
1989	18%	2.35%
1990	17.9%	2.24%
1991	17.7%	2.13%
1992	17.6%	2.04%
1993	17.5%	1.95%
1994	17.3%	1.87%
1995	17.1%	1.79%
1996	16.9%	1.73%
1997	16.7%	1.67%
1998	16.4%	1.62%
1999	16%	1.58%
2000	15.6%	1.55%
2001	15.2%	1.52%
2002	14.7%	1.5%
2003	14.3%	1.49%
2004	13.8%	1.49%
2005	13.3%	1.48%
2006	12.9%	1.49%
2007	12.4%	1.5%
2008	11.9%	1.51%
2009	11.5%	1.54%
2010	11.1%	1.57%
2011	10.7%	1.6%
2012	10.3%	1.64%
2013	9.99%	1.68%
2014	9.66%	1.72%
2015	9.33%	1.75%
2016	8.99%	1.79%
2017	8.7%	1.81%
2018	8.42%	1.83%
2019	8.17%	1.85%
2020	7.88%	1.87%
2021	7.61%	1.87%
2022	7.34%	1.85%
2023	7.06%	1.83%