Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Japan

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Japan 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 1.2 in Japan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs Japan 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	Japan
1960	5.65	2
1961	5.66	1.96
1962	5.67	1.98
1963	5.69	2
1964	5.71	2.05
1965	5.73	2.14
1966	5.76	1.58
1967	5.78	2.23
1968	5.79	2.13
1969	5.8	2.13
1970	5.81	2.13
1971	5.81	2.16
1972	5.81	2.14
1973	5.8	2.14
1974	5.8	2.05
1975	5.79	1.91
1976	5.79	1.85
1977	5.8	1.8
1978	5.8	1.79
1979	5.82	1.77
1980	5.84	1.75
1981	5.86	1.74
1982	5.88	1.77
1983	5.9	1.8
1984	5.93	1.81
1985	5.95	1.76
1986	5.96	1.72
1987	5.97	1.69
1988	5.98	1.66
1989	5.99	1.57
1990	5.99	1.54
1991	5.99	1.53
1992	5.98	1.5
1993	5.98	1.46
1994	5.98	1.5
1995	5.97	1.42
1996	5.96	1.43
1997	5.94	1.39
1998	5.91	1.38
1999	5.88	1.34
2000	5.83	1.36
2001	5.79	1.33
2002	5.73	1.32
2003	5.68	1.29
2004	5.62	1.29
2005	5.56	1.26
2006	5.5	1.32
2007	5.43	1.34
2008	5.36	1.37
2009	5.29	1.37
2010	5.21	1.39
2011	5.13	1.39
2012	5.04	1.41
2013	4.95	1.43
2014	4.86	1.42
2015	4.77	1.45
2016	4.69	1.44
2017	4.6	1.43
2018	4.51	1.42
2019	4.43	1.36
2020	4.35	1.33
2021	4.27	1.3
2022	4.17	1.26
2023	4.08	1.2
2024	4.12	1.21
2025	4.04	1.22
2026	3.95	1.22
2027	3.87	1.23
2028	3.8	1.24
2029	3.72	1.25
2030	3.65	1.25
2031	3.59	1.26
2032	3.52	1.26
2033	3.46	1.27
2034	3.4	1.28
2035	3.34	1.28
2036	3.29	1.29
2037	3.23	1.29
2038	3.18	1.3
2039	3.12	1.3
2040	3.08	1.3
2041	3.03	1.31
2042	2.98	1.31
2043	2.94	1.31
2044	2.9	1.32
2045	2.86	1.32
2046	2.83	1.33
2047	2.79	1.33
2048	2.76	1.33
2049	2.72	1.34
2050	2.69	1.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Japan
1960	38.5%	29.8%
1961	38.7%	29.1%
1962	39%	28%
1963	39.2%	26.8%
1964	39.3%	25.8%
1965	39.2%	25.1%
1966	39.1%	24.4%
1967	39.1%	23.8%
1968	39.1%	23.5%
1969	39.2%	23.4%
1970	39.5%	23.3%
1971	39.7%	23.3%
1972	39.9%	23.4%
1973	40%	23.6%
1974	40.2%	23.8%
1975	40.5%	23.8%
1976	40.8%	23.9%
1977	41%	23.9%
1978	41.2%	23.8%
1979	41.5%	23.7%
1980	41.7%	23.4%
1981	41.8%	23.3%
1982	42%	23.1%
1983	41.6%	22.6%
1984	40.8%	22.2%
1985	40.4%	21.7%
1986	40.4%	21%
1987	40.6%	20.3%
1988	40.9%	19.5%
1989	41.3%	18.8%
1990	41.6%	18%
1991	42%	17.4%
1992	42.3%	16.9%
1993	42.6%	16.4%
1994	42.8%	16%
1995	43%	15.6%
1996	43.1%	15.3%
1997	43.1%	15.1%
1998	43.1%	14.8%
1999	43%	14.6%
2000	42.7%	14.4%
2001	42.2%	14.2%
2002	41.5%	14.1%
2003	40.8%	13.9%
2004	40.1%	13.8%
2005	39.5%	13.8%
2006	39.2%	13.7%
2007	38.9%	13.6%
2008	38.7%	13.5%
2009	38.5%	13.5%
2010	38.3%	13.4%
2011	38.3%	13.3%
2012	38.3%	13.2%
2013	38.3%	13.1%
2014	38.3%	13%
2015	38.3%	12.8%
2016	38.3%	12.7%
2017	38.3%	12.6%
2018	38.2%	12.5%
2019	38%	12.4%
2020	37.9%	12.2%
2021	37.8%	12%
2022	37.7%	11.9%
2023	37.5%	11.6%
2024	37.3%	11.4%
2025	37.1%	11.2%
2026	36.9%	11%
2027	36.6%	10.9%
2028	36.3%	10.7%
2029	36.1%	10.5%
2030	35.8%	10.4%
2031	35.5%	10.3%
2032	35.2%	10.2%
2033	34.9%	10.1%
2034	34.7%	10.1%
2035	34.4%	10.1%
2036	34.2%	10.1%
2037	33.9%	10.1%
2038	33.7%	10.2%
2039	33.5%	10.3%
2040	33.2%	10.4%
2041	33%	10.5%
2042	32.7%	10.6%
2043	32.5%	10.7%
2044	32.3%	10.8%
2045	32%	10.9%
2046	31.8%	11%
2047	31.5%	11.1%
2048	31.3%	11.2%
2049	31%	11.2%
2050	30.8%	11.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 11.4% in Japan in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 18% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Japan compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Japan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and -0.41% in Japan. 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	Japan
1960	4,727	894,874
1961	4,858	893,522
1962	5,013	901,864
1963	5,192	987,770
1964	5,393	1,046,553
1965	5,618	1,126,448
1966	5,868	682,072
1967	6,135	1,258,475
1968	6,417	1,191,930
1969	2,593	1,195,962
1970	2,715	1,230,496
1971	4,822	1,331,782
1972	6,572	1,372,006
1973	6,508	1,391,449
1974	5,697	1,332,960
1975	4,580	1,204,989
1976	2,451	1,127,750
1977	5,550	1,070,397
1978	5,635	1,011,234
1979	5,786	950,298
1980	7,142	864,372
1981	7,573	811,861
1982	8,182	805,664
1983	8,886	775,495
1984	10,076	756,523
1985	11,179	676,687
1986	12,061	631,706
1987	12,727	598,138
1988	13,266	527,085
1989	13,724	467,662
1990	14,158	407,478
1991	14,581	396,685
1992	15,010	360,833
1993	15,459	312,073
1994	15,937	363,017
1995	16,345	276,039
1996	16,802	314,392
1997	17,305	277,325
1998	17,854	265,440
1999	18,465	202,610
2000	19,132	228,317
2001	20,376	203,438
2002	21,744	178,423
2003	23,168	114,946
2004	24,666	76,656
2005	26,116	-25,554
2006	27,404	12,785
2007	28,672	-25,600
2008	29,941	-51,225
2009	31,184	-76,828
2010	32,368	-128,070
2011	33,502	-204,533
2012	34,347	-229,733
2013	35,158	-242,146
2014	35,889	-267,279
2015	36,543	-292,424
2016	37,180	-343,106
2017	37,740	-406,310
2018	38,332	-456,520
2019	38,894	-531,858
2020	38,994	-542,923
2021	39,160	-640,976
2022	39,873	-825,825
2023	40,140	-871,617

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Japan

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 3 deaths in Japan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Japan
1985	658	19
1986	666	18
1987	672	17
1988	675	16
1989	688	15
1990	689	14
1991	688	13
1992	682	13
1993	668	12
1994	639	11
1995	587	11
1996	544	11
1997	507	10
1998	476	10
1999	442	9
2000	406	9
2001	388	8
2002	364	8
2003	343	8
2004	323	7
2005	312	7
2006	299	7
2007	289	6
2008	276	6
2009	267	6
2010	259	6
2011	254	6
2012	245	6
2013	236	5
2014	227	5
2015	222	5
2016	216	5
2017	212	5
2018	204	5
2019	198	5
2020	196	4
2021	202	4
2022	183	5
2023	174	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 0.24% in Japan. 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	Japan
1960	-	3.97%
1961	-	3.62%
1962	-	3.29%
1963	-	2.98%
1964	-	2.7%
1965	-	2.46%
1966	-	2.26%
1967	-	2.1%
1968	-	1.96%
1969	-	1.85%
1970	-	1.75%
1971	-	1.65%
1972	-	1.57%
1973	-	1.49%
1974	-	1.41%
1975	-	1.33%
1976	-	1.25%
1977	-	1.18%
1978	-	1.11%
1979	-	1.05%
1980	-	0.99%
1981	-	0.93%
1982	20.1%	0.88%
1983	19.7%	0.83%
1984	19.3%	0.79%
1985	18.9%	0.75%
1986	18.6%	0.71%
1987	18.4%	0.68%
1988	18.2%	0.66%
1989	18%	0.64%
1990	17.9%	0.63%
1991	17.7%	0.62%
1992	17.6%	0.61%
1993	17.5%	0.6%
1994	17.3%	0.59%
1995	17.1%	0.57%
1996	16.9%	0.55%
1997	16.7%	0.52%
1998	16.4%	0.5%
1999	16%	0.47%
2000	15.6%	0.45%
2001	15.2%	0.43%
2002	14.7%	0.41%
2003	14.3%	0.4%
2004	13.8%	0.39%
2005	13.3%	0.37%
2006	12.9%	0.36%
2007	12.4%	0.35%
2008	11.9%	0.34%
2009	11.5%	0.34%
2010	11.1%	0.33%
2011	10.7%	0.33%
2012	10.3%	0.31%
2013	9.99%	0.3%
2014	9.66%	0.29%
2015	9.33%	0.28%
2016	8.99%	0.27%
2017	8.7%	0.26%
2018	8.42%	0.25%
2019	8.17%	0.25%
2020	7.88%	0.24%
2021	7.61%	0.24%
2022	7.34%	0.24%
2023	7.06%	0.24%