Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Ivory Coast 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 4.28 in Ivory Coast in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs Ivory Coast 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	Ivory Coast
1960	5.65	7.69
1961	5.66	7.72
1962	5.67	7.75
1963	5.69	7.78
1964	5.71	7.81
1965	5.73	7.84
1966	5.76	7.87
1967	5.78	7.89
1968	5.79	7.91
1969	5.8	7.93
1970	5.81	7.94
1971	5.81	7.94
1972	5.81	7.94
1973	5.8	7.94
1974	5.8	7.93
1975	5.79	7.91
1976	5.79	7.88
1977	5.8	7.83
1978	5.8	7.67
1979	5.82	7.63
1980	5.84	7.59
1981	5.86	7.54
1982	5.88	7.49
1983	5.9	7.42
1984	5.93	7.35
1985	5.95	7.27
1986	5.96	7.19
1987	5.97	7.09
1988	5.98	6.97
1989	5.99	6.85
1990	5.99	6.72
1991	5.99	6.59
1992	5.98	6.43
1993	5.98	6.27
1994	5.98	6.13
1995	5.97	6.04
1996	5.96	5.95
1997	5.94	5.9
1998	5.91	5.85
1999	5.88	5.81
2000	5.83	5.77
2001	5.79	5.7
2002	5.73	5.64
2003	5.68	5.57
2004	5.62	5.53
2005	5.56	5.5
2006	5.5	5.45
2007	5.43	5.4
2008	5.36	5.36
2009	5.29	5.33
2010	5.21	5.29
2011	5.13	5.24
2012	5.04	5.19
2013	4.95	5.14
2014	4.86	5.07
2015	4.77	4.97
2016	4.69	4.87
2017	4.6	4.76
2018	4.51	4.6
2019	4.43	4.52
2020	4.35	4.46
2021	4.27	4.41
2022	4.17	4.35
2023	4.08	4.28
2024	4.12	4.23
2025	4.04	4.17
2026	3.95	4.1
2027	3.87	4.05
2028	3.8	3.99
2029	3.72	3.93
2030	3.65	3.88
2031	3.59	3.83
2032	3.52	3.78
2033	3.46	3.75
2034	3.4	3.69
2035	3.34	3.64
2036	3.29	3.6
2037	3.23	3.56
2038	3.18	3.51
2039	3.12	3.47
2040	3.08	3.43
2041	3.03	3.39
2042	2.98	3.35
2043	2.94	3.31
2044	2.9	3.27
2045	2.86	3.23
2046	2.83	3.2
2047	2.79	3.17
2048	2.76	3.13
2049	2.72	3.1
2050	2.69	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Ivory Coast
1960	38.5%	43.1%
1961	38.7%	43.2%
1962	39%	43.4%
1963	39.2%	43.6%
1964	39.3%	43.9%
1965	39.2%	44.1%
1966	39.1%	44.3%
1967	39.1%	44.6%
1968	39.1%	44.8%
1969	39.2%	44.9%
1970	39.5%	45.1%
1971	39.7%	45.1%
1972	39.9%	45.2%
1973	40%	45.2%
1974	40.2%	45.3%
1975	40.5%	45.4%
1976	40.8%	45.7%
1977	41%	46.1%
1978	41.2%	46.5%
1979	41.5%	46.8%
1980	41.7%	47.1%
1981	41.8%	47.3%
1982	42%	47.5%
1983	41.6%	47.7%
1984	40.8%	47.8%
1985	40.4%	47.9%
1986	40.4%	48%
1987	40.6%	48.1%
1988	40.9%	48%
1989	41.3%	47.9%
1990	41.6%	47.8%
1991	42%	47.6%
1992	42.3%	47.4%
1993	42.6%	47.1%
1994	42.8%	46.9%
1995	43%	46.7%
1996	43.1%	46.4%
1997	43.1%	46.2%
1998	43.1%	46.1%
1999	43%	46%
2000	42.7%	46%
2001	42.2%	46.1%
2002	41.5%	46.2%
2003	40.8%	46.2%
2004	40.1%	46.3%
2005	39.5%	46.3%
2006	39.2%	46.3%
2007	38.9%	46.4%
2008	38.7%	45.8%
2009	38.5%	44.9%
2010	38.3%	44%
2011	38.3%	43.3%
2012	38.3%	42.7%
2013	38.3%	42.2%
2014	38.3%	42%
2015	38.3%	42.2%
2016	38.3%	42.3%
2017	38.3%	42.4%
2018	38.2%	42.4%
2019	38%	42.3%
2020	37.9%	42.2%
2021	37.8%	42%
2022	37.7%	41.7%
2023	37.5%	41.3%
2024	37.3%	40.9%
2025	37.1%	40.5%
2026	36.9%	40%
2027	36.6%	39.7%
2028	36.3%	39.3%
2029	36.1%	38.8%
2030	35.8%	38.3%
2031	35.5%	37.8%
2032	35.2%	37.3%
2033	34.9%	37%
2034	34.7%	36.7%
2035	34.4%	36.4%
2036	34.2%	36.2%
2037	33.9%	35.9%
2038	33.7%	35.7%
2039	33.5%	35.6%
2040	33.2%	35.4%
2041	33%	35.3%
2042	32.7%	35.1%
2043	32.5%	35%
2044	32.3%	34.8%
2045	32%	34.7%
2046	31.8%	34.5%
2047	31.5%	34.4%
2048	31.3%	34.2%
2049	31%	34%
2050	30.8%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and +2.65% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	4,727	99,681
1961	4,858	105,568
1962	5,013	111,930
1963	5,192	118,526
1964	5,393	124,996
1965	5,618	131,601
1966	5,868	138,438
1967	6,135	145,773
1968	6,417	153,464
1969	2,593	161,541
1970	2,715	170,070
1971	4,822	179,918
1972	6,572	190,842
1973	6,508	203,429
1974	5,697	216,389
1975	4,580	228,883
1976	2,451	241,939
1977	5,550	250,858
1978	5,635	257,222
1979	5,786	268,875
1980	7,142	280,630
1981	7,573	292,755
1982	8,182	305,204
1983	8,886	317,379
1984	10,076	331,910
1985	11,179	344,549
1986	12,061	357,205
1987	12,727	370,654
1988	13,266	378,575
1989	13,724	390,081
1990	14,158	402,629
1991	14,581	413,354
1992	15,010	423,294
1993	15,459	430,759
1994	15,937	438,274
1995	16,345	453,719
1996	16,802	469,740
1997	17,305	489,984
1998	17,854	509,167
1999	18,465	527,634
2000	19,132	545,129
2001	20,376	555,220
2002	21,744	563,692
2003	23,168	568,220
2004	24,666	579,424
2005	26,116	593,685
2006	27,404	605,001
2007	28,672	617,247
2008	29,941	630,610
2009	31,184	654,439
2010	32,368	676,554
2011	33,502	694,033
2012	34,347	708,847
2013	35,158	720,228
2014	35,889	728,978
2015	36,543	731,387
2016	37,180	735,630
2017	37,740	734,553
2018	38,332	722,445
2019	38,894	727,774
2020	38,994	727,455
2021	39,160	732,191
2022	39,873	750,270
2023	40,140	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Ivory Coast

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 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Ivory Coast
1985	658	766
1986	666	735
1987	672	697
1988	675	671
1989	688	645
1990	689	619
1991	688	584
1992	682	546
1993	668	503
1994	639	463
1995	587	421
1996	544	381
1997	507	364
1998	476	380
1999	442	381
2000	406	378
2001	388	405
2002	364	427
2003	343	451
2004	323	456
2005	312	492
2006	299	544
2007	289	567
2008	276	562
2009	267	588
2010	259	592
2011	254	569
2012	245	566
2013	236	544
2014	227	522
2015	222	505
2016	216	488
2017	212	465
2018	204	449
2019	198	429
2020	196	447
2021	202	459
2022	183	409
2023	174	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 6.71% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	-	32.1%
1961	-	31.3%
1962	-	30.5%
1963	-	29.7%
1964	-	28.9%
1965	-	28.2%
1966	-	27.4%
1967	-	26.7%
1968	-	26%
1969	-	25.2%
1970	-	24.5%
1971	-	23.7%
1972	-	22.9%
1973	-	22.1%
1974	-	21.2%
1975	-	20.3%
1976	-	19.5%
1977	-	18.7%
1978	-	18%
1979	-	17.4%
1980	-	16.9%
1981	-	16.4%
1982	20.1%	16.1%
1983	19.7%	15.8%
1984	19.3%	15.5%
1985	18.9%	15.4%
1986	18.6%	15.3%
1987	18.4%	15.2%
1988	18.2%	15.2%
1989	18%	15.3%
1990	17.9%	15.3%
1991	17.7%	15.4%
1992	17.6%	15.4%
1993	17.5%	15.4%
1994	17.3%	15.3%
1995	17.1%	15.2%
1996	16.9%	15.1%
1997	16.7%	14.9%
1998	16.4%	14.6%
1999	16%	14.4%
2000	15.6%	14.1%
2001	15.2%	13.7%
2002	14.7%	13.3%
2003	14.3%	13%
2004	13.8%	12.6%
2005	13.3%	12.2%
2006	12.9%	11.8%
2007	12.4%	11.4%
2008	11.9%	11%
2009	11.5%	10.6%
2010	11.1%	10.2%
2011	10.7%	9.91%
2012	10.3%	9.6%
2013	9.99%	9.27%
2014	9.66%	8.92%
2015	9.33%	8.61%
2016	8.99%	8.36%
2017	8.7%	8.11%
2018	8.42%	7.85%
2019	8.17%	7.59%
2020	7.88%	7.37%
2021	7.61%	7.14%
2022	7.34%	6.92%
2023	7.06%	6.71%