Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Morocco

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Morocco 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 2.23 in Morocco in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs Morocco 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	Morocco
1960	5.65	6.89
1961	5.66	6.97
1962	5.67	7.05
1963	5.69	7.01
1964	5.71	6.97
1965	5.73	6.93
1966	5.76	6.89
1967	5.78	6.85
1968	5.79	6.79
1969	5.8	6.73
1970	5.81	6.68
1971	5.81	6.62
1972	5.81	6.55
1973	5.8	6.48
1974	5.8	6.4
1975	5.79	6.3
1976	5.79	6.18
1977	5.8	6.04
1978	5.8	5.91
1979	5.82	5.85
1980	5.84	5.78
1981	5.86	5.71
1982	5.88	5.6
1983	5.9	5.41
1984	5.93	5.2
1985	5.95	4.99
1986	5.96	4.77
1987	5.97	4.58
1988	5.98	4.39
1989	5.99	4.22
1990	5.99	4.06
1991	5.99	3.95
1992	5.98	3.76
1993	5.98	3.55
1994	5.98	3.41
1995	5.97	3.3
1996	5.96	3.23
1997	5.94	3.15
1998	5.91	3.04
1999	5.88	2.88
2000	5.83	2.77
2001	5.79	2.69
2002	5.73	2.62
2003	5.68	2.61
2004	5.62	2.61
2005	5.56	2.61
2006	5.5	2.61
2007	5.43	2.62
2008	5.36	2.61
2009	5.29	2.62
2010	5.21	2.63
2011	5.13	2.6
2012	5.04	2.54
2013	4.95	2.48
2014	4.86	2.42
2015	4.77	2.41
2016	4.69	2.4
2017	4.6	2.38
2018	4.51	2.35
2019	4.43	2.34
2020	4.35	2.32
2021	4.27	2.29
2022	4.17	2.26
2023	4.08	2.23
2024	4.12	2.21
2025	4.04	2.18
2026	3.95	2.16
2027	3.87	2.14
2028	3.8	2.12
2029	3.72	2.1
2030	3.65	2.08
2031	3.59	2.06
2032	3.52	2.05
2033	3.46	2.03
2034	3.4	2.02
2035	3.34	2
2036	3.29	1.99
2037	3.23	1.98
2038	3.18	1.96
2039	3.12	1.95
2040	3.08	1.94
2041	3.03	1.93
2042	2.98	1.92
2043	2.94	1.91
2044	2.9	1.9
2045	2.86	1.89
2046	2.83	1.89
2047	2.79	1.88
2048	2.76	1.88
2049	2.72	1.87
2050	2.69	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Morocco
1960	38.5%	44.9%
1961	38.7%	45.4%
1962	39%	45.9%
1963	39.2%	46.3%
1964	39.3%	46.5%
1965	39.2%	46.6%
1966	39.1%	46.8%
1967	39.1%	46.8%
1968	39.1%	46.9%
1969	39.2%	46.8%
1970	39.5%	46.7%
1971	39.7%	46.6%
1972	39.9%	46.4%
1973	40%	46.3%
1974	40.2%	46.1%
1975	40.5%	45.8%
1976	40.8%	45.6%
1977	41%	45.3%
1978	41.2%	44.9%
1979	41.5%	44.6%
1980	41.7%	44.3%
1981	41.8%	44%
1982	42%	43.7%
1983	41.6%	43.4%
1984	40.8%	43.1%
1985	40.4%	42.7%
1986	40.4%	42.3%
1987	40.6%	41.8%
1988	40.9%	41.3%
1989	41.3%	40.8%
1990	41.6%	40.2%
1991	42%	39.6%
1992	42.3%	39%
1993	42.6%	38.4%
1994	42.8%	37.7%
1995	43%	37%
1996	43.1%	36.4%
1997	43.1%	35.8%
1998	43.1%	35.2%
1999	43%	34.6%
2000	42.7%	34%
2001	42.2%	33.5%
2002	41.5%	32.9%
2003	40.8%	32.4%
2004	40.1%	31.8%
2005	39.5%	31.2%
2006	39.2%	30.7%
2007	38.9%	30.2%
2008	38.7%	29.8%
2009	38.5%	29.5%
2010	38.3%	29.2%
2011	38.3%	29%
2012	38.3%	28.7%
2013	38.3%	28.5%
2014	38.3%	28.3%
2015	38.3%	28.1%
2016	38.3%	27.8%
2017	38.3%	27.6%
2018	38.2%	27.4%
2019	38%	27.2%
2020	37.9%	27%
2021	37.8%	26.7%
2022	37.7%	26.4%
2023	37.5%	26%
2024	37.3%	25.6%
2025	37.1%	25.2%
2026	36.9%	24.8%
2027	36.6%	24.3%
2028	36.3%	23.9%
2029	36.1%	23.6%
2030	35.8%	23.2%
2031	35.5%	22.9%
2032	35.2%	22.5%
2033	34.9%	22.2%
2034	34.7%	21.9%
2035	34.4%	21.6%
2036	34.2%	21.3%
2037	33.9%	21.1%
2038	33.7%	20.8%
2039	33.5%	20.6%
2040	33.2%	20.4%
2041	33%	20.2%
2042	32.7%	20.1%
2043	32.5%	19.9%
2044	32.3%	19.7%
2045	32%	19.6%
2046	31.8%	19.4%
2047	31.5%	19.3%
2048	31.3%	19.1%
2049	31%	19%
2050	30.8%	18.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 25.6% in Morocco in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Morocco compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Morocco by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and +1.25% in Morocco. 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	Morocco
1960	4,727	323,499
1961	4,858	348,650
1962	5,013	363,843
1963	5,192	369,250
1964	5,393	375,835
1965	5,618	383,989
1966	5,868	391,881
1967	6,135	400,594
1968	6,417	407,437
1969	2,593	414,931
1970	2,715	426,015
1971	4,822	435,104
1972	6,572	446,449
1973	6,508	455,699
1974	5,697	464,147
1975	4,580	474,631
1976	2,451	482,130
1977	5,550	489,173
1978	5,635	498,834
1979	5,786	515,554
1980	7,142	534,448
1981	7,573	552,936
1982	8,182	564,904
1983	8,886	566,301
1984	10,076	564,159
1985	11,179	560,810
1986	12,061	558,105
1987	12,727	553,005
1988	13,266	545,800
1989	13,724	538,996
1990	14,158	535,506
1991	14,581	539,850
1992	15,010	525,680
1993	15,459	507,707
1994	15,937	501,426
1995	16,345	496,573
1996	16,802	501,499
1997	17,305	500,807
1998	17,854	492,604
1999	18,465	473,071
2000	19,132	461,341
2001	20,376	452,621
2002	21,744	446,147
2003	23,168	452,650
2004	24,666	461,756
2005	26,116	474,285
2006	27,404	483,200
2007	28,672	493,526
2008	29,941	499,766
2009	31,184	509,386
2010	32,368	515,804
2011	33,502	513,305
2012	34,347	504,698
2013	35,158	492,284
2014	35,889	481,295
2015	36,543	477,654
2016	37,180	474,637
2017	37,740	471,011
2018	38,332	464,375
2019	38,894	457,307
2020	38,994	415,999
2021	39,160	407,829
2022	39,873	427,903
2023	40,140	417,213

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Morocco

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 70 deaths in Morocco.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Morocco
1985	658	752
1986	666	697
1987	672	650
1988	675	602
1989	688	559
1990	689	522
1991	688	490
1992	682	458
1993	668	428
1994	639	401
1995	587	378
1996	544	354
1997	507	333
1998	476	313
1999	442	291
2000	406	271
2001	388	254
2002	364	238
2003	343	224
2004	323	213
2005	312	196
2006	299	182
2007	289	169
2008	276	158
2009	267	148
2010	259	140
2011	254	130
2012	245	121
2013	236	113
2014	227	106
2015	222	100
2016	216	94
2017	212	88
2018	204	83
2019	198	79
2020	196	81
2021	202	92
2022	183	71
2023	174	70

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 1.66% in Morocco. 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	Morocco
1960	-	24.4%
1961	-	23.9%
1962	-	23.4%
1963	-	22.9%
1964	-	22.3%
1965	-	21.8%
1966	-	21.2%
1967	-	20.6%
1968	-	20.1%
1969	-	19.6%
1970	-	19.1%
1971	-	18.7%
1972	-	18.3%
1973	-	17.8%
1974	-	17.4%
1975	-	16.8%
1976	-	16.2%
1977	-	15.6%
1978	-	14.9%
1979	-	14.2%
1980	-	13.5%
1981	-	12.8%
1982	20.1%	12.1%
1983	19.7%	11.5%
1984	19.3%	10.9%
1985	18.9%	10.3%
1986	18.6%	9.79%
1987	18.4%	9.3%
1988	18.2%	8.86%
1989	18%	8.45%
1990	17.9%	8.08%
1991	17.7%	7.73%
1992	17.6%	7.4%
1993	17.5%	7.09%
1994	17.3%	6.78%
1995	17.1%	6.49%
1996	16.9%	6.21%
1997	16.7%	5.94%
1998	16.4%	5.69%
1999	16%	5.45%
2000	15.6%	5.22%
2001	15.2%	5.01%
2002	14.7%	4.79%
2003	14.3%	4.57%
2004	13.8%	4.36%
2005	13.3%	4.13%
2006	12.9%	3.91%
2007	12.4%	3.7%
2008	11.9%	3.49%
2009	11.5%	3.29%
2010	11.1%	3.11%
2011	10.7%	2.93%
2012	10.3%	2.77%
2013	9.99%	2.62%
2014	9.66%	2.47%
2015	9.33%	2.34%
2016	8.99%	2.22%
2017	8.7%	2.11%
2018	8.42%	2.02%
2019	8.17%	1.94%
2020	7.88%	1.86%
2021	7.61%	1.79%
2022	7.34%	1.72%
2023	7.06%	1.66%