Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Montenegro

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Montenegro 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 1.74 in Montenegro in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs Montenegro 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	Montenegro
1960	5.65	3.53
1961	5.66	3.49
1962	5.67	3.44
1963	5.69	3.38
1964	5.71	3.28
1965	5.73	3.19
1966	5.76	3.09
1967	5.78	2.91
1968	5.79	2.8
1969	5.8	2.79
1970	5.81	2.69
1971	5.81	2.67
1972	5.81	2.61
1973	5.8	2.51
1974	5.8	2.43
1975	5.79	2.38
1976	5.79	2.35
1977	5.8	2.31
1978	5.8	2.25
1979	5.82	2.2
1980	5.84	2.22
1981	5.86	2.19
1982	5.88	2.19
1983	5.9	2.17
1984	5.93	2.14
1985	5.95	2.13
1986	5.96	2.09
1987	5.97	2.07
1988	5.98	2.01
1989	5.99	1.94
1990	5.99	1.95
1991	5.99	2.02
1992	5.98	2.01
1993	5.98	1.96
1994	5.98	1.94
1995	5.97	1.96
1996	5.96	1.92
1997	5.94	1.89
1998	5.91	1.89
1999	5.88	1.88
2000	5.83	1.9
2001	5.79	1.86
2002	5.73	1.81
2003	5.68	1.8
2004	5.62	1.73
2005	5.56	1.69
2006	5.5	1.73
2007	5.43	1.8
2008	5.36	1.89
2009	5.29	1.98
2010	5.21	1.7
2011	5.13	1.65
2012	5.04	1.72
2013	4.95	1.73
2014	4.86	1.75
2015	4.77	1.7
2016	4.69	1.8
2017	4.6	1.8
2018	4.51	1.8
2019	4.43	1.8
2020	4.35	1.75
2021	4.27	1.75
2022	4.17	1.8
2023	4.08	1.74
2024	4.12	1.74
2025	4.04	1.73
2026	3.95	1.73
2027	3.87	1.73
2028	3.8	1.73
2029	3.72	1.72
2030	3.65	1.72
2031	3.59	1.72
2032	3.52	1.71
2033	3.46	1.71
2034	3.4	1.71
2035	3.34	1.7
2036	3.29	1.7
2037	3.23	1.7
2038	3.18	1.69
2039	3.12	1.69
2040	3.08	1.69
2041	3.03	1.69
2042	2.98	1.68
2043	2.94	1.68
2044	2.9	1.68
2045	2.86	1.68
2046	2.83	1.68
2047	2.79	1.67
2048	2.76	1.67
2049	2.72	1.67
2050	2.69	1.67

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Montenegro
1960	38.5%	36.1%
1961	38.7%	36.3%
1962	39%	36.4%
1963	39.2%	36.2%
1964	39.3%	35.9%
1965	39.2%	35.5%
1966	39.1%	35.1%
1967	39.1%	34.5%
1968	39.1%	33.9%
1969	39.2%	33.3%
1970	39.5%	32.6%
1971	39.7%	32%
1972	39.9%	31.4%
1973	40%	30.9%
1974	40.2%	30.4%
1975	40.5%	29.9%
1976	40.8%	29.5%
1977	41%	29%
1978	41.2%	28.5%
1979	41.5%	28.1%
1980	41.7%	27.8%
1981	41.8%	27.5%
1982	42%	27.1%
1983	41.6%	26.9%
1984	40.8%	26.6%
1985	40.4%	26.4%
1986	40.4%	26.2%
1987	40.6%	26%
1988	40.9%	25.9%
1989	41.3%	25.7%
1990	41.6%	25.6%
1991	42%	25.4%
1992	42.3%	25.1%
1993	42.6%	24.7%
1994	42.8%	24.4%
1995	43%	24%
1996	43.1%	23.6%
1997	43.1%	23.2%
1998	43.1%	22.8%
1999	43%	22.4%
2000	42.7%	21.9%
2001	42.2%	21.5%
2002	41.5%	21.2%
2003	40.8%	20.9%
2004	40.1%	20.6%
2005	39.5%	20.4%
2006	39.2%	20.1%
2007	38.9%	19.9%
2008	38.7%	19.6%
2009	38.5%	19.4%
2010	38.3%	19.2%
2011	38.3%	19%
2012	38.3%	18.8%
2013	38.3%	18.7%
2014	38.3%	18.6%
2015	38.3%	18.6%
2016	38.3%	18.6%
2017	38.3%	18.5%
2018	38.2%	18.4%
2019	38%	18.4%
2020	37.9%	18.4%
2021	37.8%	18.5%
2022	37.7%	18.5%
2023	37.5%	18.3%
2024	37.3%	18.1%
2025	37.1%	17.9%
2026	36.9%	17.7%
2027	36.6%	17.5%
2028	36.3%	17.2%
2029	36.1%	17%
2030	35.8%	16.8%
2031	35.5%	16.6%
2032	35.2%	16.3%
2033	34.9%	16.2%
2034	34.7%	16%
2035	34.4%	15.8%
2036	34.2%	15.7%
2037	33.9%	15.5%
2038	33.7%	15.4%
2039	33.5%	15.3%
2040	33.2%	15.2%
2041	33%	15.1%
2042	32.7%	15.1%
2043	32.5%	15%
2044	32.3%	15%
2045	32%	15%
2046	31.8%	14.9%
2047	31.5%	14.9%
2048	31.3%	14.9%
2049	31%	14.9%
2050	30.8%	14.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 18.1% in Montenegro in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Montenegro compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Montenegro by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and +0.07% in Montenegro. 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	Montenegro
1960	4,727	9,144
1961	4,858	9,278
1962	5,013	9,402
1963	5,192	9,449
1964	5,393	9,227
1965	5,618	9,010
1966	5,868	8,661
1967	6,135	7,961
1968	6,417	7,497
1969	2,593	7,449
1970	2,715	7,069
1971	4,822	7,168
1972	6,572	7,252
1973	6,508	7,096
1974	5,697	6,919
1975	4,580	6,878
1976	2,451	6,845
1977	5,550	6,650
1978	5,635	6,408
1979	5,786	6,139
1980	7,142	6,383
1981	7,573	6,275
1982	8,182	6,419
1983	8,886	6,482
1984	10,076	6,337
1985	11,179	6,283
1986	12,061	6,097
1987	12,727	5,958
1988	13,266	5,529
1989	13,724	5,129
1990	14,158	5,010
1991	14,581	5,191
1992	15,010	5,015
1993	15,459	4,638
1994	15,937	4,381
1995	16,345	4,527
1996	16,802	4,155
1997	17,305	3,597
1998	17,854	3,889
1999	18,465	3,454
2000	19,132	3,751
2001	20,376	3,462
2002	21,744	2,988
2003	23,168	2,632
2004	24,666	2,146
2005	26,116	1,536
2006	27,404	1,599
2007	28,672	1,848
2008	29,941	2,530
2009	31,184	2,783
2010	32,368	1,797
2011	33,502	1,365
2012	34,347	1,554
2013	35,158	1,557
2014	35,889	1,560
2015	36,543	1,062
2016	37,180	1,125
2017	37,740	939
2018	38,332	752
2019	38,894	627
2020	38,994	-188
2021	39,160	-2,062
2022	39,873	0
2023	40,140	686

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Montenegro

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 6 deaths in Montenegro.

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 0.26% in Montenegro. 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	Montenegro
1982	20.1%	-
1983	19.7%	-
1984	19.3%	2.72%
1985	18.9%	2.48%
1986	18.6%	2.25%
1987	18.4%	2.05%
1988	18.2%	1.89%
1989	18%	1.75%
1990	17.9%	1.65%
1991	17.7%	1.58%
1992	17.6%	1.54%
1993	17.5%	1.52%
1994	17.3%	1.51%
1995	17.1%	1.51%
1996	16.9%	1.51%
1997	16.7%	1.51%
1998	16.4%	1.49%
1999	16%	1.46%
2000	15.6%	1.42%
2001	15.2%	1.37%
2002	14.7%	1.3%
2003	14.3%	1.22%
2004	13.8%	1.14%
2005	13.3%	1.06%
2006	12.9%	0.97%
2007	12.4%	0.89%
2008	11.9%	0.8%
2009	11.5%	0.73%
2010	11.1%	0.66%
2011	10.7%	0.59%
2012	10.3%	0.54%
2013	9.99%	0.49%
2014	9.66%	0.45%
2015	9.33%	0.41%
2016	8.99%	0.38%
2017	8.7%	0.36%
2018	8.42%	0.33%
2019	8.17%	0.32%
2020	7.88%	0.3%
2021	7.61%	0.28%
2022	7.34%	0.27%
2023	7.06%	0.26%