Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Iraq

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Iraq 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 3.25 in Iraq in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs Iraq 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	Iraq
1960	5.65	5.3
1961	5.66	5.8
1962	5.67	6.99
1963	5.69	7.01
1964	5.71	7.01
1965	5.73	7.02
1966	5.76	7.02
1967	5.78	7.03
1968	5.79	7.06
1969	5.8	7.08
1970	5.81	7.07
1971	5.81	7.06
1972	5.81	7.02
1973	5.8	6.99
1974	5.8	6.95
1975	5.79	6.91
1976	5.79	6.86
1977	5.8	6.8
1978	5.8	6.73
1979	5.82	6.66
1980	5.84	6.59
1981	5.86	6.53
1982	5.88	6.46
1983	5.9	6.39
1984	5.93	6.32
1985	5.95	6.25
1986	5.96	6.18
1987	5.97	6.11
1988	5.98	6.05
1989	5.99	5.99
1990	5.99	5.93
1991	5.99	5.83
1992	5.98	5.72
1993	5.98	5.61
1994	5.98	5.49
1995	5.97	5.36
1996	5.96	5.25
1997	5.94	5.19
1998	5.91	5.11
1999	5.88	5.04
2000	5.83	4.92
2001	5.79	4.8
2002	5.73	4.67
2003	5.68	4.58
2004	5.62	4.53
2005	5.56	4.45
2006	5.5	4.46
2007	5.43	4.4
2008	5.36	4.37
2009	5.29	4.38
2010	5.21	4.46
2011	5.13	4.59
2012	5.04	4.54
2013	4.95	4.44
2014	4.86	4.31
2015	4.77	4.08
2016	4.69	3.84
2017	4.6	3.64
2018	4.51	3.55
2019	4.43	3.48
2020	4.35	3.42
2021	4.27	3.36
2022	4.17	3.29
2023	4.08	3.25
2024	4.12	3.22
2025	4.04	3.17
2026	3.95	3.13
2027	3.87	3.09
2028	3.8	3.05
2029	3.72	3.01
2030	3.65	2.97
2031	3.59	2.94
2032	3.52	2.89
2033	3.46	2.86
2034	3.4	2.83
2035	3.34	2.79
2036	3.29	2.77
2037	3.23	2.74
2038	3.18	2.71
2039	3.12	2.69
2040	3.08	2.66
2041	3.03	2.64
2042	2.98	2.61
2043	2.94	2.59
2044	2.9	2.57
2045	2.86	2.54
2046	2.83	2.52
2047	2.79	2.5
2048	2.76	2.48
2049	2.72	2.47
2050	2.69	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Iraq
1960	38.5%	39.8%
1961	38.7%	39.9%
1962	39%	40.4%
1963	39.2%	41%
1964	39.3%	41.5%
1965	39.2%	42.1%
1966	39.1%	42.5%
1967	39.1%	42.8%
1968	39.1%	43%
1969	39.2%	43.3%
1970	39.5%	43.6%
1971	39.7%	44.1%
1972	39.9%	44.7%
1973	40%	45.5%
1974	40.2%	46.2%
1975	40.5%	46.7%
1976	40.8%	47.2%
1977	41%	47.3%
1978	41.2%	47.1%
1979	41.5%	47%
1980	41.7%	46.8%
1981	41.8%	46.7%
1982	42%	46.6%
1983	41.6%	46.5%
1984	40.8%	46.3%
1985	40.4%	46.2%
1986	40.4%	46%
1987	40.6%	45.8%
1988	40.9%	45.6%
1989	41.3%	45.4%
1990	41.6%	45.2%
1991	42%	45%
1992	42.3%	44.9%
1993	42.6%	44.7%
1994	42.8%	44.6%
1995	43%	44.4%
1996	43.1%	44.3%
1997	43.1%	44.1%
1998	43.1%	44%
1999	43%	43.8%
2000	42.7%	43.7%
2001	42.2%	43.5%
2002	41.5%	43.3%
2003	40.8%	43.1%
2004	40.1%	42.9%
2005	39.5%	42.6%
2006	39.2%	42.3%
2007	38.9%	42.1%
2008	38.7%	41.8%
2009	38.5%	41.5%
2010	38.3%	41.2%
2011	38.3%	41.1%
2012	38.3%	41%
2013	38.3%	40.8%
2014	38.3%	40.6%
2015	38.3%	40.4%
2016	38.3%	40.1%
2017	38.3%	39.7%
2018	38.2%	39.3%
2019	38%	38.9%
2020	37.9%	38.5%
2021	37.8%	38.1%
2022	37.7%	37.6%
2023	37.5%	37.1%
2024	37.3%	36.6%
2025	37.1%	36%
2026	36.9%	35.4%
2027	36.6%	34.7%
2028	36.3%	34.1%
2029	36.1%	33.4%
2030	35.8%	32.9%
2031	35.5%	32.5%
2032	35.2%	32.1%
2033	34.9%	31.8%
2034	34.7%	31.6%
2035	34.4%	31.3%
2036	34.2%	31.1%
2037	33.9%	30.9%
2038	33.7%	30.6%
2039	33.5%	30.4%
2040	33.2%	30.1%
2041	33%	29.9%
2042	32.7%	29.7%
2043	32.5%	29.4%
2044	32.3%	29.1%
2045	32%	28.8%
2046	31.8%	28.6%
2047	31.5%	28.3%
2048	31.3%	28%
2049	31%	27.7%
2050	30.8%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 36.6% in Iraq in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 45.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Iraq compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Iraq by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and +2.37% in Iraq. 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	Iraq
1960	4,727	155,651
1961	4,858	184,792
1962	5,013	247,520
1963	5,192	254,046
1964	5,393	262,825
1965	5,618	274,551
1966	5,868	285,507
1967	6,135	298,192
1968	6,417	310,644
1969	2,593	324,792
1970	2,715	338,030
1971	4,822	351,464
1972	6,572	362,334
1973	6,508	373,191
1974	5,697	376,197
1975	4,580	385,916
1976	2,451	402,260
1977	5,550	410,229
1978	5,635	418,756
1979	5,786	428,458
1980	7,142	419,653
1981	7,573	416,998
1982	8,182	428,336
1983	8,886	439,800
1984	10,076	455,740
1985	11,179	467,445
1986	12,061	474,348
1987	12,727	488,742
1988	13,266	476,778
1989	13,724	496,852
1990	14,158	518,575
1991	14,581	550,146
1992	15,010	591,886
1993	15,459	606,700
1994	15,937	634,344
1995	16,345	642,977
1996	16,802	652,866
1997	17,305	667,582
1998	17,854	684,152
1999	18,465	702,170
2000	19,132	715,771
2001	20,376	729,704
2002	21,744	739,419
2003	23,168	746,159
2004	24,666	761,563
2005	26,116	776,603
2006	27,404	797,342
2007	28,672	784,119
2008	29,941	802,382
2009	31,184	855,096
2010	32,368	906,369
2011	33,502	971,082
2012	34,347	999,987
2013	35,158	1,026,036
2014	35,889	1,040,726
2015	36,543	1,007,561
2016	37,180	946,968
2017	37,740	924,507
2018	38,332	938,310
2019	38,894	942,972
2020	38,994	919,953
2021	39,160	941,924
2022	39,873	962,501
2023	40,140	973,420

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Iraq

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 66 deaths in Iraq.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Iraq
1985	658	152
1986	666	147
1987	672	145
1988	675	174
1989	688	190
1990	689	195
1991	688	157
1992	682	126
1993	668	132
1994	639	142
1995	587	152
1996	544	158
1997	507	165
1998	476	163
1999	442	156
2000	406	146
2001	388	137
2002	364	128
2003	343	125
2004	323	122
2005	312	118
2006	299	120
2007	289	117
2008	276	109
2009	267	107
2010	259	107
2011	254	105
2012	245	100
2013	236	96
2014	227	90
2015	222	86
2016	216	87
2017	212	81
2018	204	76
2019	198	74
2020	196	63
2021	202	77
2022	183	59
2023	174	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 2.26% in Iraq. 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	Iraq
1960	-	19%
1961	-	17.9%
1962	-	16.9%
1963	-	16%
1964	-	15.1%
1965	-	14.4%
1966	-	13.6%
1967	-	13%
1968	-	12.4%
1969	-	11.8%
1970	-	11.2%
1971	-	10.7%
1972	-	10.3%
1973	-	9.79%
1974	-	9.35%
1975	-	8.93%
1976	-	8.54%
1977	-	8.17%
1978	-	7.83%
1979	-	7.52%
1980	-	7.23%
1981	-	6.96%
1982	20.1%	6.71%
1983	19.7%	6.49%
1984	19.3%	6.28%
1985	18.9%	6.09%
1986	18.6%	5.91%
1987	18.4%	5.75%
1988	18.2%	6.92%
1989	18%	8.12%
1990	17.9%	7.97%
1991	17.7%	6.49%
1992	17.6%	5.17%
1993	17.5%	5.07%
1994	17.3%	4.98%
1995	17.1%	4.89%
1996	16.9%	4.8%
1997	16.7%	4.71%
1998	16.4%	4.61%
1999	16%	4.52%
2000	15.6%	4.43%
2001	15.2%	4.33%
2002	14.7%	4.24%
2003	14.3%	4.16%
2004	13.8%	4.07%
2005	13.3%	3.97%
2006	12.9%	3.88%
2007	12.4%	3.78%
2008	11.9%	3.67%
2009	11.5%	3.56%
2010	11.1%	3.46%
2011	10.7%	3.35%
2012	10.3%	3.24%
2013	9.99%	3.14%
2014	9.66%	3.04%
2015	9.33%	2.94%
2016	8.99%	2.84%
2017	8.7%	2.75%
2018	8.42%	2.66%
2019	8.17%	2.57%
2020	7.88%	2.49%
2021	7.61%	2.41%
2022	7.34%	2.33%
2023	7.06%	2.26%