Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Malawi

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Malawi 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 3.65 in Malawi in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs Malawi 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	Malawi
1960	5.65	7.04
1961	5.66	7.07
1962	5.67	7.1
1963	5.69	7.13
1964	5.71	7.11
1965	5.73	7.13
1966	5.76	7.17
1967	5.78	7.21
1968	5.79	7.26
1969	5.8	7.27
1970	5.81	7.3
1971	5.81	7.31
1972	5.81	7.33
1973	5.8	7.34
1974	5.8	7.34
1975	5.79	7.36
1976	5.79	7.39
1977	5.8	7.41
1978	5.8	7.43
1979	5.82	7.47
1980	5.84	7.52
1981	5.86	7.49
1982	5.88	7.45
1983	5.9	7.36
1984	5.93	7.27
1985	5.95	7.17
1986	5.96	7.07
1987	5.97	6.97
1988	5.98	6.88
1989	5.99	6.8
1990	5.99	6.74
1991	5.99	6.68
1992	5.98	6.63
1993	5.98	6.57
1994	5.98	6.49
1995	5.97	6.39
1996	5.96	6.29
1997	5.94	6.23
1998	5.91	6.21
1999	5.88	6.12
2000	5.83	6
2001	5.79	5.94
2002	5.73	5.9
2003	5.68	5.88
2004	5.62	5.86
2005	5.56	5.85
2006	5.5	5.8
2007	5.43	5.72
2008	5.36	5.61
2009	5.29	5.45
2010	5.21	5.26
2011	5.13	5.08
2012	5.04	4.9
2013	4.95	4.76
2014	4.86	4.57
2015	4.77	4.38
2016	4.69	4.22
2017	4.6	4.11
2018	4.51	4.02
2019	4.43	3.95
2020	4.35	3.88
2021	4.27	3.79
2022	4.17	3.72
2023	4.08	3.65
2024	4.12	3.59
2025	4.04	3.53
2026	3.95	3.45
2027	3.87	3.39
2028	3.8	3.33
2029	3.72	3.29
2030	3.65	3.23
2031	3.59	3.18
2032	3.52	3.13
2033	3.46	3.09
2034	3.4	3.05
2035	3.34	3.01
2036	3.29	2.97
2037	3.23	2.93
2038	3.18	2.89
2039	3.12	2.86
2040	3.08	2.82
2041	3.03	2.79
2042	2.98	2.76
2043	2.94	2.73
2044	2.9	2.7
2045	2.86	2.67
2046	2.83	2.64
2047	2.79	2.61
2048	2.76	2.59
2049	2.72	2.57
2050	2.69	2.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Malawi
1960	38.5%	43.1%
1961	38.7%	42.9%
1962	39%	42.8%
1963	39.2%	42.9%
1964	39.3%	43%
1965	39.2%	43.2%
1966	39.1%	43.4%
1967	39.1%	43.7%
1968	39.1%	43.9%
1969	39.2%	44.2%
1970	39.5%	44.4%
1971	39.7%	44.6%
1972	39.9%	44.8%
1973	40%	44.9%
1974	40.2%	45.1%
1975	40.5%	45.2%
1976	40.8%	45.2%
1977	41%	45.3%
1978	41.2%	45.3%
1979	41.5%	45.3%
1980	41.7%	45.4%
1981	41.8%	45.4%
1982	42%	45.4%
1983	41.6%	45.5%
1984	40.8%	45.5%
1985	40.4%	45.4%
1986	40.4%	45.4%
1987	40.6%	45.1%
1988	40.9%	45%
1989	41.3%	45.2%
1990	41.6%	45.4%
1991	42%	45.6%
1992	42.3%	45.8%
1993	42.6%	46%
1994	42.8%	46.1%
1995	43%	46.1%
1996	43.1%	46.2%
1997	43.1%	46.2%
1998	43.1%	46.2%
1999	43%	46.2%
2000	42.7%	46.2%
2001	42.2%	46.1%
2002	41.5%	46.1%
2003	40.8%	46.1%
2004	40.1%	46%
2005	39.5%	46%
2006	39.2%	46.1%
2007	38.9%	46.1%
2008	38.7%	46.1%
2009	38.5%	46.2%
2010	38.3%	46.2%
2011	38.3%	46.2%
2012	38.3%	46.1%
2013	38.3%	46%
2014	38.3%	45.7%
2015	38.3%	45.4%
2016	38.3%	45.1%
2017	38.3%	44.6%
2018	38.2%	44.2%
2019	38%	43.7%
2020	37.9%	43.1%
2021	37.8%	42.5%
2022	37.7%	41.9%
2023	37.5%	41.3%
2024	37.3%	40.7%
2025	37.1%	40.1%
2026	36.9%	39.6%
2027	36.6%	39.1%
2028	36.3%	38.6%
2029	36.1%	38.1%
2030	35.8%	37.7%
2031	35.5%	37.4%
2032	35.2%	37%
2033	34.9%	36.7%
2034	34.7%	36.4%
2035	34.4%	36%
2036	34.2%	35.7%
2037	33.9%	35.3%
2038	33.7%	35%
2039	33.5%	34.6%
2040	33.2%	34.2%
2041	33%	33.9%
2042	32.7%	33.5%
2043	32.5%	33.1%
2044	32.3%	32.7%
2045	32%	32.3%
2046	31.8%	31.9%
2047	31.5%	31.5%
2048	31.3%	31.2%
2049	31%	30.8%
2050	30.8%	30.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 40.7% in Malawi in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Malawi compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Malawi by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and +2.67% in Malawi. 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	Malawi
1960	4,727	85,718
1961	4,858	89,091
1962	5,013	92,463
1963	5,192	95,933
1964	5,393	97,658
1965	5,618	100,040
1966	5,868	103,512
1967	6,135	106,668
1968	6,417	110,329
1969	2,593	113,120
1970	2,715	116,822
1971	4,822	121,015
1972	6,572	125,728
1973	6,508	131,529
1974	5,697	137,819
1975	4,580	145,254
1976	2,451	153,422
1977	5,550	161,930
1978	5,635	172,503
1979	5,786	182,123
1980	7,142	192,746
1981	7,573	199,436
1982	8,182	205,386
1983	8,886	209,422
1984	10,076	212,146
1985	11,179	216,179
1986	12,061	218,519
1987	12,727	220,566
1988	13,266	226,911
1989	13,724	237,967
1990	14,158	250,159
1991	14,581	260,193
1992	15,010	269,066
1993	15,459	276,538
1994	15,937	275,439
1995	16,345	266,745
1996	16,802	270,048
1997	17,305	277,433
1998	17,854	285,407
1999	18,465	295,629
2000	19,132	300,439
2001	20,376	310,833
2002	21,744	322,863
2003	23,168	341,133
2004	24,666	361,133
2005	26,116	381,130
2006	27,404	397,123
2007	28,672	410,290
2008	29,941	421,781
2009	31,184	434,811
2010	32,368	444,468
2011	33,502	454,149
2012	34,347	460,684
2013	35,158	470,293
2014	35,889	472,418
2015	36,543	472,484
2016	37,180	474,779
2017	37,740	484,655
2018	38,332	494,348
2019	38,894	506,104
2020	38,994	514,659
2021	39,160	517,400
2022	39,873	533,450
2023	40,140	549,096

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Malawi

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 225 deaths in Malawi.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Malawi
1985	658	1,115
1986	666	1,118
1987	672	1,123
1988	675	1,154
1989	688	1,136
1990	689	1,112
1991	688	1,080
1992	682	1,042
1993	668	1,000
1994	639	912
1995	587	782
1996	544	713
1997	507	672
1998	476	658
1999	442	576
2000	406	506
2001	388	447
2002	364	404
2003	343	346
2004	323	304
2005	312	283
2006	299	286
2007	289	333
2008	276	430
2009	267	512
2010	259	517
2011	254	486
2012	245	447
2013	236	410
2014	227	367
2015	222	354
2016	216	312
2017	212	284
2018	204	267
2019	198	260
2020	196	256
2021	202	286
2022	183	239
2023	174	225

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 3.83% in Malawi. 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	Malawi
1961	-	35.9%
1962	-	35.8%
1963	-	35.7%
1964	-	35.5%
1965	-	35.4%
1966	-	35.3%
1967	-	35.1%
1968	-	35%
1969	-	34.7%
1970	-	34.4%
1971	-	33.9%
1972	-	33.2%
1973	-	32.4%
1974	-	31.5%
1975	-	30.6%
1976	-	29.7%
1977	-	28.7%
1978	-	27.6%
1979	-	26.5%
1980	-	25.6%
1981	-	24.9%
1982	20.1%	24.5%
1983	19.7%	24.5%
1984	19.3%	24.8%
1985	18.9%	25.1%
1986	18.6%	25.4%
1987	18.4%	25.5%
1988	18.2%	25.3%
1989	18%	24.9%
1990	17.9%	24.3%
1991	17.7%	23.6%
1992	17.6%	22.8%
1993	17.5%	22%
1994	17.3%	21.3%
1995	17.1%	20.7%
1996	16.9%	20.2%
1997	16.7%	19.7%
1998	16.4%	19.2%
1999	16%	18.4%
2000	15.6%	17.3%
2001	15.2%	16%
2002	14.7%	14.6%
2003	14.3%	13.2%
2004	13.8%	11.9%
2005	13.3%	11%
2006	12.9%	10.3%
2007	12.4%	9.83%
2008	11.9%	9.31%
2009	11.5%	8.81%
2010	11.1%	8.3%
2011	10.7%	7.67%
2012	10.3%	6.98%
2013	9.99%	6.4%
2014	9.66%	6.02%
2015	9.33%	5.67%
2016	8.99%	5.35%
2017	8.7%	5.06%
2018	8.42%	4.75%
2019	8.17%	4.55%
2020	7.88%	4.31%
2021	7.61%	4.15%
2022	7.34%	3.99%
2023	7.06%	3.83%