Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Panama

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Panama 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 2.12 in Panama in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs Panama 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	Panama
1960	5.65	5.83
1961	5.66	5.87
1962	5.67	5.87
1963	5.69	5.87
1964	5.71	5.81
1965	5.73	5.73
1966	5.76	5.65
1967	5.78	5.53
1968	5.79	5.41
1969	5.8	5.29
1970	5.81	5.18
1971	5.81	5.05
1972	5.81	4.91
1973	5.8	4.74
1974	5.8	4.58
1975	5.79	4.41
1976	5.79	4.26
1977	5.8	4.12
1978	5.8	3.98
1979	5.82	3.88
1980	5.84	3.8
1981	5.86	3.72
1982	5.88	3.66
1983	5.9	3.6
1984	5.93	3.52
1985	5.95	3.43
1986	5.96	3.34
1987	5.97	3.25
1988	5.98	3.17
1989	5.99	3.12
1990	5.99	3.07
1991	5.99	3
1992	5.98	2.95
1993	5.98	2.91
1994	5.98	2.88
1995	5.97	2.85
1996	5.96	2.83
1997	5.94	2.81
1998	5.91	2.79
1999	5.88	2.77
2000	5.83	2.74
2001	5.79	2.72
2002	5.73	2.7
2003	5.68	2.68
2004	5.62	2.68
2005	5.56	2.64
2006	5.5	2.62
2007	5.43	2.61
2008	5.36	2.61
2009	5.29	2.59
2010	5.21	2.59
2011	5.13	2.6
2012	5.04	2.59
2013	4.95	2.57
2014	4.86	2.55
2015	4.77	2.53
2016	4.69	2.5
2017	4.6	2.46
2018	4.51	2.4
2019	4.43	2.29
2020	4.35	2.18
2021	4.27	2.15
2022	4.17	2.14
2023	4.08	2.12
2024	4.12	2.11
2025	4.04	2.09
2026	3.95	2.07
2027	3.87	2.06
2028	3.8	2.04
2029	3.72	2.02
2030	3.65	2.01
2031	3.59	2
2032	3.52	1.99
2033	3.46	1.97
2034	3.4	1.96
2035	3.34	1.95
2036	3.29	1.95
2037	3.23	1.94
2038	3.18	1.93
2039	3.12	1.92
2040	3.08	1.91
2041	3.03	1.91
2042	2.98	1.9
2043	2.94	1.89
2044	2.9	1.89
2045	2.86	1.88
2046	2.83	1.88
2047	2.79	1.87
2048	2.76	1.87
2049	2.72	1.86
2050	2.69	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Panama
1960	38.5%	44.2%
1961	38.7%	44.3%
1962	39%	44.5%
1963	39.2%	44.6%
1964	39.3%	44.7%
1965	39.2%	44.8%
1966	39.1%	44.8%
1967	39.1%	44.8%
1968	39.1%	44.7%
1969	39.2%	44.6%
1970	39.5%	44.5%
1971	39.7%	44.3%
1972	39.9%	44.1%
1973	40%	43.9%
1974	40.2%	43.6%
1975	40.5%	43.3%
1976	40.8%	42.9%
1977	41%	42.4%
1978	41.2%	41.9%
1979	41.5%	41.4%
1980	41.7%	40.8%
1981	41.8%	40.3%
1982	42%	39.8%
1983	41.6%	39.3%
1984	40.8%	38.8%
1985	40.4%	38.3%
1986	40.4%	37.8%
1987	40.6%	37.4%
1988	40.9%	36.9%
1989	41.3%	36.5%
1990	41.6%	36.1%
1991	42%	35.7%
1992	42.3%	35.3%
1993	42.6%	34.9%
1994	42.8%	34.6%
1995	43%	34.2%
1996	43.1%	33.9%
1997	43.1%	33.5%
1998	43.1%	33.1%
1999	43%	32.8%
2000	42.7%	32.4%
2001	42.2%	32%
2002	41.5%	31.6%
2003	40.8%	31.3%
2004	40.1%	31%
2005	39.5%	30.6%
2006	39.2%	30.3%
2007	38.9%	30%
2008	38.7%	29.7%
2009	38.5%	29.5%
2010	38.3%	29.2%
2011	38.3%	28.9%
2012	38.3%	28.7%
2013	38.3%	28.4%
2014	38.3%	28.2%
2015	38.3%	27.9%
2016	38.3%	27.6%
2017	38.3%	27.4%
2018	38.2%	27.1%
2019	38%	26.7%
2020	37.9%	26.4%
2021	37.8%	26%
2022	37.7%	25.7%
2023	37.5%	25.3%
2024	37.3%	24.9%
2025	37.1%	24.5%
2026	36.9%	24.1%
2027	36.6%	23.8%
2028	36.3%	23.4%
2029	36.1%	23%
2030	35.8%	22.6%
2031	35.5%	22.2%
2032	35.2%	21.9%
2033	34.9%	21.6%
2034	34.7%	21.3%
2035	34.4%	21%
2036	34.2%	20.9%
2037	33.9%	20.7%
2038	33.7%	20.5%
2039	33.5%	20.3%
2040	33.2%	20.1%
2041	33%	20%
2042	32.7%	19.8%
2043	32.5%	19.6%
2044	32.3%	19.4%
2045	32%	19.3%
2046	31.8%	19.1%
2047	31.5%	18.9%
2048	31.3%	18.8%
2049	31%	18.6%
2050	30.8%	18.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 24.9% in Panama in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 36.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Panama compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Panama by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and +1.31% in Panama. 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	Panama
1960	4,727	35,431
1961	4,858	37,100
1962	5,013	38,537
1963	5,192	39,872
1964	5,393	40,806
1965	5,618	41,604
1966	5,868	42,457
1967	6,135	43,054
1968	6,417	43,641
1969	2,593	44,278
1970	2,715	45,075
1971	4,822	45,867
1972	6,572	46,311
1973	6,508	46,540
1974	5,697	46,932
1975	4,580	47,149
1976	2,451	47,307
1977	5,550	47,438
1978	5,635	47,694
1979	5,786	48,362
1980	7,142	49,077
1981	7,573	50,018
1982	8,182	50,858
1983	8,886	51,880
1984	10,076	52,436
1985	11,179	52,573
1986	12,061	52,681
1987	12,727	52,690
1988	13,266	52,767
1989	13,724	52,295
1990	14,158	53,451
1991	14,581	53,079
1992	15,010	53,186
1993	15,459	53,591
1994	15,937	53,845
1995	16,345	54,069
1996	16,802	54,512
1997	17,305	55,060
1998	17,854	55,482
1999	18,465	55,911
2000	19,132	56,236
2001	20,376	56,654
2002	21,744	57,011
2003	23,168	57,458
2004	24,666	58,281
2005	26,116	58,014
2006	27,404	58,067
2007	28,672	58,454
2008	29,941	58,961
2009	31,184	59,168
2010	32,368	59,418
2011	33,502	60,411
2012	34,347	60,471
2013	35,158	60,295
2014	35,889	60,227
2015	36,543	59,896
2016	37,180	59,454
2017	37,740	58,607
2018	38,332	57,508
2019	38,894	54,420
2020	38,994	46,599
2021	39,160	46,747
2022	39,873	50,556
2023	40,140	50,197

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Panama

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 37 deaths in Panama.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Panama
1985	658	95
1986	666	94
1987	672	93
1988	675	93
1989	688	96
1990	689	89
1991	688	87
1992	682	85
1993	668	81
1994	639	78
1995	587	77
1996	544	73
1997	507	70
1998	476	68
1999	442	65
2000	406	64
2001	388	62
2002	364	59
2003	343	58
2004	323	57
2005	312	57
2006	299	56
2007	289	55
2008	276	55
2009	267	55
2010	259	56
2011	254	55
2012	245	53
2013	236	52
2014	227	49
2015	222	48
2016	216	47
2017	212	47
2018	204	43
2019	198	41
2020	196	74
2021	202	59
2022	183	40
2023	174	37

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 1.33% in Panama. 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	Panama
1960	-	9.31%
1961	-	9.04%
1962	-	8.78%
1963	-	8.52%
1964	-	8.28%
1965	-	8.05%
1966	-	7.83%
1967	-	7.62%
1968	-	7.38%
1969	-	7.1%
1970	-	6.78%
1971	-	6.43%
1972	-	6.07%
1973	-	5.72%
1974	-	5.41%
1975	-	5.15%
1976	-	4.93%
1977	-	4.76%
1978	-	4.61%
1979	-	4.47%
1980	-	4.34%
1981	-	4.19%
1982	20.1%	4.05%
1983	19.7%	3.9%
1984	19.3%	3.75%
1985	18.9%	3.61%
1986	18.6%	3.47%
1987	18.4%	3.35%
1988	18.2%	3.24%
1989	18%	3.14%
1990	17.9%	3.05%
1991	17.7%	2.97%
1992	17.6%	2.91%
1993	17.5%	2.87%
1994	17.3%	2.83%
1995	17.1%	2.8%
1996	16.9%	2.77%
1997	16.7%	2.73%
1998	16.4%	2.68%
1999	16%	2.63%
2000	15.6%	2.56%
2001	15.2%	2.49%
2002	14.7%	2.41%
2003	14.3%	2.33%
2004	13.8%	2.25%
2005	13.3%	2.17%
2006	12.9%	2.1%
2007	12.4%	2.03%
2008	11.9%	1.97%
2009	11.5%	1.91%
2010	11.1%	1.86%
2011	10.7%	1.81%
2012	10.3%	1.77%
2013	9.99%	1.75%
2014	9.66%	1.73%
2015	9.33%	1.72%
2016	8.99%	1.7%
2017	8.7%	1.68%
2018	8.42%	1.65%
2019	8.17%	1.59%
2020	7.88%	1.52%
2021	7.61%	1.45%
2022	7.34%	1.39%
2023	7.06%	1.33%