Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Paraguay 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 2.42 in Paraguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs Paraguay 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	Paraguay
1960	5.65	6.5
1961	5.66	6.49
1962	5.67	6.47
1963	5.69	6.45
1964	5.71	6.42
1965	5.73	6.35
1966	5.76	6.23
1967	5.78	6.1
1968	5.79	5.97
1969	5.8	5.84
1970	5.81	5.72
1971	5.81	5.59
1972	5.81	5.46
1973	5.8	5.35
1974	5.8	5.27
1975	5.79	5.18
1976	5.79	5.12
1977	5.8	5.08
1978	5.8	5.04
1979	5.82	5.06
1980	5.84	5.1
1981	5.86	5.15
1982	5.88	5.13
1983	5.9	5.09
1984	5.93	5.04
1985	5.95	4.97
1986	5.96	4.93
1987	5.97	4.85
1988	5.98	4.77
1989	5.99	4.68
1990	5.99	4.57
1991	5.99	4.48
1992	5.98	4.4
1993	5.98	4.28
1994	5.98	4.2
1995	5.97	4.11
1996	5.96	4.01
1997	5.94	3.91
1998	5.91	3.8
1999	5.88	3.67
2000	5.83	3.51
2001	5.79	3.36
2002	5.73	3.23
2003	5.68	3.12
2004	5.62	3.05
2005	5.56	2.97
2006	5.5	2.89
2007	5.43	2.82
2008	5.36	2.79
2009	5.29	2.76
2010	5.21	2.7
2011	5.13	2.67
2012	5.04	2.66
2013	4.95	2.64
2014	4.86	2.65
2015	4.77	2.65
2016	4.69	2.62
2017	4.6	2.59
2018	4.51	2.56
2019	4.43	2.53
2020	4.35	2.5
2021	4.27	2.47
2022	4.17	2.44
2023	4.08	2.42
2024	4.12	2.42
2025	4.04	2.39
2026	3.95	2.37
2027	3.87	2.35
2028	3.8	2.33
2029	3.72	2.31
2030	3.65	2.29
2031	3.59	2.27
2032	3.52	2.26
2033	3.46	2.24
2034	3.4	2.22
2035	3.34	2.21
2036	3.29	2.19
2037	3.23	2.17
2038	3.18	2.16
2039	3.12	2.14
2040	3.08	2.13
2041	3.03	2.12
2042	2.98	2.11
2043	2.94	2.09
2044	2.9	2.08
2045	2.86	2.07
2046	2.83	2.06
2047	2.79	2.05
2048	2.76	2.04
2049	2.72	2.03
2050	2.69	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Paraguay
1960	38.5%	46.3%
1961	38.7%	46.2%
1962	39%	46.1%
1963	39.2%	46%
1964	39.3%	46%
1965	39.2%	46%
1966	39.1%	46%
1967	39.1%	45.9%
1968	39.1%	45.8%
1969	39.2%	45.7%
1970	39.5%	45.5%
1971	39.7%	45.2%
1972	39.9%	45%
1973	40%	44.6%
1974	40.2%	44.2%
1975	40.5%	43.7%
1976	40.8%	43.3%
1977	41%	42.8%
1978	41.2%	42.4%
1979	41.5%	42%
1980	41.7%	41.6%
1981	41.8%	41.4%
1982	42%	41.2%
1983	41.6%	41.2%
1984	40.8%	41.2%
1985	40.4%	41.2%
1986	40.4%	41.3%
1987	40.6%	41.3%
1988	40.9%	41.4%
1989	41.3%	41.5%
1990	41.6%	41.5%
1991	42%	41.5%
1992	42.3%	41.5%
1993	42.6%	41.4%
1994	42.8%	41.3%
1995	43%	41.1%
1996	43.1%	40.8%
1997	43.1%	40.4%
1998	43.1%	40%
1999	43%	39.5%
2000	42.7%	39%
2001	42.2%	38.4%
2002	41.5%	37.9%
2003	40.8%	37.3%
2004	40.1%	36.6%
2005	39.5%	35.8%
2006	39.2%	35.1%
2007	38.9%	34.4%
2008	38.7%	33.8%
2009	38.5%	33.2%
2010	38.3%	32.5%
2011	38.3%	32%
2012	38.3%	31.4%
2013	38.3%	30.9%
2014	38.3%	30.5%
2015	38.3%	30.2%
2016	38.3%	29.9%
2017	38.3%	29.7%
2018	38.2%	29.5%
2019	38%	29.3%
2020	37.9%	29.1%
2021	37.8%	29%
2022	37.7%	28.9%
2023	37.5%	28.8%
2024	37.3%	28.6%
2025	37.1%	28.4%
2026	36.9%	28.1%
2027	36.6%	27.9%
2028	36.3%	27.6%
2029	36.1%	27.3%
2030	35.8%	26.9%
2031	35.5%	26.5%
2032	35.2%	26.1%
2033	34.9%	25.8%
2034	34.7%	25.4%
2035	34.4%	25%
2036	34.2%	24.7%
2037	33.9%	24.4%
2038	33.7%	24.1%
2039	33.5%	23.8%
2040	33.2%	23.5%
2041	33%	23.2%
2042	32.7%	23%
2043	32.5%	22.7%
2044	32.3%	22.5%
2045	32%	22.3%
2046	31.8%	22.1%
2047	31.5%	22%
2048	31.3%	21.8%
2049	31%	21.6%
2050	30.8%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and +1.56% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	4,727	60,009
1961	4,858	61,536
1962	5,013	63,079
1963	5,192	64,741
1964	5,393	65,681
1965	5,618	66,063
1966	5,868	66,002
1967	6,135	65,695
1968	6,417	65,575
1969	2,593	65,616
1970	2,715	65,905
1971	4,822	66,142
1972	6,572	66,625
1973	6,508	67,803
1974	5,697	69,059
1975	4,580	70,285
1976	2,451	71,973
1977	5,550	74,359
1978	5,635	76,691
1979	5,786	80,345
1980	7,142	84,568
1981	7,573	89,456
1982	8,182	92,917
1983	8,886	96,406
1984	10,076	99,937
1985	11,179	102,859
1986	12,061	105,776
1987	12,727	107,962
1988	13,266	110,348
1989	13,724	111,727
1990	14,158	112,864
1991	14,581	114,472
1992	15,010	115,442
1993	15,459	115,211
1994	15,937	115,662
1995	16,345	115,777
1996	16,802	115,623
1997	17,305	115,095
1998	17,854	114,122
1999	18,465	112,726
2000	19,132	109,979
2001	20,376	107,225
2002	21,744	104,658
2003	23,168	102,427
2004	24,666	101,896
2005	26,116	101,035
2006	27,404	99,808
2007	28,672	99,141
2008	29,941	99,821
2009	31,184	100,296
2010	32,368	99,456
2011	33,502	100,442
2012	34,347	102,508
2013	35,158	103,383
2014	35,889	105,585
2015	36,543	106,817
2016	37,180	106,804
2017	37,740	105,634
2018	38,332	104,908
2019	38,894	103,179
2020	38,994	98,667
2021	39,160	78,667
2022	39,873	94,627
2023	40,140	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Paraguay

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 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Paraguay
1985	658	237
1986	666	230
1987	672	225
1988	675	220
1989	688	209
1990	689	198
1991	688	192
1992	682	195
1993	668	197
1994	639	201
1995	587	202
1996	544	203
1997	507	205
1998	476	207
1999	442	207
2000	406	207
2001	388	207
2002	364	206
2003	343	203
2004	323	199
2005	312	194
2006	299	186
2007	289	177
2008	276	166
2009	267	152
2010	259	136
2011	254	120
2012	245	100
2013	236	84
2014	227	70
2015	222	64
2016	216	60
2017	212	58
2018	204	58
2019	198	58
2020	196	69
2021	202	140
2022	183	78
2023	174	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 1.7% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	-	8.18%
1961	-	8.11%
1962	-	8.06%
1963	-	8.02%
1964	-	7.99%
1965	-	7.96%
1966	-	7.94%
1967	-	7.91%
1968	-	7.88%
1969	-	7.84%
1970	-	7.79%
1971	-	7.73%
1972	-	7.66%
1973	-	7.57%
1974	-	7.46%
1975	-	7.34%
1976	-	7.21%
1977	-	7.06%
1978	-	6.91%
1979	-	6.74%
1980	-	6.55%
1981	-	6.35%
1982	20.1%	6.14%
1983	19.7%	5.92%
1984	19.3%	5.71%
1985	18.9%	5.5%
1986	18.6%	5.3%
1987	18.4%	5.1%
1988	18.2%	4.92%
1989	18%	4.73%
1990	17.9%	4.55%
1991	17.7%	4.38%
1992	17.6%	4.23%
1993	17.5%	4.08%
1994	17.3%	3.95%
1995	17.1%	3.83%
1996	16.9%	3.72%
1997	16.7%	3.62%
1998	16.4%	3.53%
1999	16%	3.45%
2000	15.6%	3.36%
2001	15.2%	3.29%
2002	14.7%	3.22%
2003	14.3%	3.14%
2004	13.8%	3.07%
2005	13.3%	2.99%
2006	12.9%	2.91%
2007	12.4%	2.83%
2008	11.9%	2.75%
2009	11.5%	2.67%
2010	11.1%	2.59%
2011	10.7%	2.51%
2012	10.3%	2.44%
2013	9.99%	2.37%
2014	9.66%	2.3%
2015	9.33%	2.22%
2016	8.99%	2.15%
2017	8.7%	2.08%
2018	8.42%	2.01%
2019	8.17%	1.94%
2020	7.88%	1.88%
2021	7.61%	1.82%
2022	7.34%	1.76%
2023	7.06%	1.7%