Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Mexico

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Mexico 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 1.91 in Mexico in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs Mexico 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	Mexico
1960	5.65	6.76
1961	5.66	6.78
1962	5.67	6.8
1963	5.69	6.82
1964	5.71	6.83
1965	5.73	6.82
1966	5.76	6.79
1967	5.78	6.75
1968	5.79	6.71
1969	5.8	6.63
1970	5.81	6.53
1971	5.81	6.42
1972	5.81	6.28
1973	5.8	6.12
1974	5.8	5.95
1975	5.79	5.74
1976	5.79	5.54
1977	5.8	5.36
1978	5.8	5.2
1979	5.82	4.96
1980	5.84	4.74
1981	5.86	4.57
1982	5.88	4.43
1983	5.9	4.3
1984	5.93	4.18
1985	5.95	4.09
1986	5.96	3.97
1987	5.97	3.8
1988	5.98	3.64
1989	5.99	3.53
1990	5.99	3.44
1991	5.99	3.36
1992	5.98	3.29
1993	5.98	3.21
1994	5.98	3.13
1995	5.97	3.04
1996	5.96	2.96
1997	5.94	2.89
1998	5.91	2.82
1999	5.88	2.76
2000	5.83	2.71
2001	5.79	2.67
2002	5.73	2.63
2003	5.68	2.58
2004	5.62	2.54
2005	5.56	2.5
2006	5.5	2.46
2007	5.43	2.42
2008	5.36	2.39
2009	5.29	2.36
2010	5.21	2.34
2011	5.13	2.32
2012	5.04	2.29
2013	4.95	2.27
2014	4.86	2.21
2015	4.77	2.14
2016	4.69	2.09
2017	4.6	2.04
2018	4.51	2.03
2019	4.43	2.02
2020	4.35	1.99
2021	4.27	1.97
2022	4.17	1.94
2023	4.08	1.91
2024	4.12	1.89
2025	4.04	1.87
2026	3.95	1.85
2027	3.87	1.83
2028	3.8	1.82
2029	3.72	1.81
2030	3.65	1.79
2031	3.59	1.78
2032	3.52	1.77
2033	3.46	1.77
2034	3.4	1.76
2035	3.34	1.76
2036	3.29	1.75
2037	3.23	1.75
2038	3.18	1.74
2039	3.12	1.74
2040	3.08	1.73
2041	3.03	1.73
2042	2.98	1.72
2043	2.94	1.72
2044	2.9	1.72
2045	2.86	1.71
2046	2.83	1.71
2047	2.79	1.71
2048	2.76	1.7
2049	2.72	1.7
2050	2.69	1.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Mexico
1960	38.5%	46.8%
1961	38.7%	47%
1962	39%	47.1%
1963	39.2%	47.2%
1964	39.3%	47.3%
1965	39.2%	47.4%
1966	39.1%	47.5%
1967	39.1%	47.6%
1968	39.1%	47.6%
1969	39.2%	47.7%
1970	39.5%	47.7%
1971	39.7%	47.8%
1972	39.9%	47.7%
1973	40%	47.7%
1974	40.2%	47.6%
1975	40.5%	47.5%
1976	40.8%	47.2%
1977	41%	47%
1978	41.2%	46.7%
1979	41.5%	46.3%
1980	41.7%	45.8%
1981	41.8%	45.2%
1982	42%	44.4%
1983	41.6%	43.7%
1984	40.8%	43%
1985	40.4%	42.3%
1986	40.4%	41.6%
1987	40.6%	41%
1988	40.9%	40.3%
1989	41.3%	39.7%
1990	41.6%	39%
1991	42%	38.4%
1992	42.3%	37.8%
1993	42.6%	37.3%
1994	42.8%	36.9%
1995	43%	36.5%
1996	43.1%	36%
1997	43.1%	35.6%
1998	43.1%	35.2%
1999	43%	34.8%
2000	42.7%	34.3%
2001	42.2%	33.9%
2002	41.5%	33.4%
2003	40.8%	33%
2004	40.1%	32.5%
2005	39.5%	32.1%
2006	39.2%	31.6%
2007	38.9%	31.1%
2008	38.7%	30.6%
2009	38.5%	30.2%
2010	38.3%	29.8%
2011	38.3%	29.4%
2012	38.3%	29%
2013	38.3%	28.7%
2014	38.3%	28.3%
2015	38.3%	28%
2016	38.3%	27.6%
2017	38.3%	27.2%
2018	38.2%	26.7%
2019	38%	26.3%
2020	37.9%	26%
2021	37.8%	25.7%
2022	37.7%	25.3%
2023	37.5%	24.9%
2024	37.3%	24.5%
2025	37.1%	24.1%
2026	36.9%	23.7%
2027	36.6%	23.2%
2028	36.3%	22.8%
2029	36.1%	22.4%
2030	35.8%	22.1%
2031	35.5%	21.7%
2032	35.2%	21.4%
2033	34.9%	21.2%
2034	34.7%	20.9%
2035	34.4%	20.6%
2036	34.2%	20.3%
2037	33.9%	20.1%
2038	33.7%	19.9%
2039	33.5%	19.6%
2040	33.2%	19.4%
2041	33%	19.2%
2042	32.7%	19%
2043	32.5%	18.8%
2044	32.3%	18.6%
2045	32%	18.4%
2046	31.8%	18.2%
2047	31.5%	18%
2048	31.3%	17.8%
2049	31%	17.7%
2050	30.8%	17.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 24.5% in Mexico in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 39% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Mexico compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Mexico by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and +1.05% in Mexico. 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	Mexico
1960	4,727	1,206,955
1961	4,858	1,265,833
1962	5,013	1,328,319
1963	5,192	1,387,678
1964	5,393	1,447,360
1965	5,618	1,508,344
1966	5,868	1,566,170
1967	6,135	1,620,534
1968	6,417	1,671,918
1969	2,593	1,711,297
1970	2,715	1,753,370
1971	4,822	1,790,990
1972	6,572	1,823,302
1973	6,508	1,845,593
1974	5,697	1,868,809
1975	4,580	1,880,241
1976	2,451	1,891,958
1977	5,550	1,902,964
1978	5,635	1,921,419
1979	5,786	1,908,018
1980	7,142	1,893,158
1981	7,573	1,904,384
1982	8,182	1,921,772
1983	8,886	1,939,193
1984	10,076	1,960,428
1985	11,179	1,983,622
1986	12,061	1,998,043
1987	12,727	1,971,231
1988	13,266	1,936,601
1989	13,724	1,927,752
1990	14,158	1,926,480
1991	14,581	1,942,832
1992	15,010	1,956,659
1993	15,459	1,963,708
1994	15,937	1,959,775
1995	16,345	1,941,458
1996	16,802	1,922,554
1997	17,305	1,898,383
1998	17,854	1,871,650
1999	18,465	1,859,475
2000	19,132	1,845,383
2001	20,376	1,836,418
2002	21,744	1,820,665
2003	23,168	1,788,016
2004	24,666	1,759,250
2005	26,116	1,732,663
2006	27,404	1,706,084
2007	28,672	1,684,915
2008	29,941	1,670,846
2009	31,184	1,661,180
2010	32,368	1,658,682
2011	33,502	1,659,161
2012	34,347	1,656,599
2013	35,158	1,642,609
2014	35,889	1,587,620
2015	36,543	1,508,439
2016	37,180	1,445,256
2017	37,740	1,384,178
2018	38,332	1,366,076
2019	38,894	1,357,485
2020	38,994	1,031,637
2021	39,160	936,682
2022	39,873	1,224,397
2023	40,140	1,238,366

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Mexico

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 42 deaths in Mexico.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Mexico
1985	658	107
1986	666	100
1987	672	93
1988	675	88
1989	688	85
1990	689	81
1991	688	77
1992	682	73
1993	668	71
1994	639	69
1995	587	66
1996	544	64
1997	507	62
1998	476	60
1999	442	58
2000	406	56
2001	388	55
2002	364	55
2003	343	54
2004	323	53
2005	312	52
2006	299	51
2007	289	50
2008	276	51
2009	267	51
2010	259	50
2011	254	47
2012	245	46
2013	236	45
2014	227	44
2015	222	43
2016	216	43
2017	212	44
2018	204	44
2019	198	43
2020	196	61
2021	202	104
2022	183	45
2023	174	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 1.25% in Mexico. 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	Mexico
1960	-	15.5%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.3%
1963	-	13.7%
1964	-	13.2%
1965	-	12.7%
1966	-	12.3%
1967	-	11.9%
1968	-	11.5%
1969	-	11.1%
1970	-	10.7%
1971	-	10.3%
1972	-	9.93%
1973	-	9.56%
1974	-	9.21%
1975	-	8.86%
1976	-	8.52%
1977	-	8.18%
1978	-	7.85%
1979	-	7.51%
1980	-	7.18%
1981	-	6.86%
1982	20.1%	6.55%
1983	19.7%	6.26%
1984	19.3%	5.98%
1985	18.9%	5.71%
1986	18.6%	5.46%
1987	18.4%	5.21%
1988	18.2%	4.98%
1989	18%	4.75%
1990	17.9%	4.53%
1991	17.7%	4.32%
1992	17.6%	4.12%
1993	17.5%	3.92%
1994	17.3%	3.74%
1995	17.1%	3.57%
1996	16.9%	3.4%
1997	16.7%	3.24%
1998	16.4%	3.09%
1999	16%	2.94%
2000	15.6%	2.81%
2001	15.2%	2.68%
2002	14.7%	2.57%
2003	14.3%	2.46%
2004	13.8%	2.36%
2005	13.3%	2.27%
2006	12.9%	2.19%
2007	12.4%	2.11%
2008	11.9%	2.04%
2009	11.5%	1.98%
2010	11.1%	1.91%
2011	10.7%	1.85%
2012	10.3%	1.79%
2013	9.99%	1.73%
2014	9.66%	1.68%
2015	9.33%	1.62%
2016	8.99%	1.57%
2017	8.7%	1.52%
2018	8.42%	1.47%
2019	8.17%	1.42%
2020	7.88%	1.38%
2021	7.61%	1.33%
2022	7.34%	1.29%
2023	7.06%	1.25%