Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Philippines

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Philippines 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 1.92 in the Philippines in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs the Philippines 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	Philippines
1960	5.65	7
1961	5.66	6.99
1962	5.67	6.98
1963	5.69	6.95
1964	5.71	6.89
1965	5.73	6.8
1966	5.76	6.69
1967	5.78	6.57
1968	5.79	6.45
1969	5.8	6.33
1970	5.81	6.22
1971	5.81	6.08
1972	5.81	5.94
1973	5.8	5.79
1974	5.8	5.69
1975	5.79	5.6
1976	5.79	5.51
1977	5.8	5.44
1978	5.8	5.39
1979	5.82	5.26
1980	5.84	5.11
1981	5.86	4.97
1982	5.88	4.92
1983	5.9	4.87
1984	5.93	4.77
1985	5.95	4.66
1986	5.96	4.56
1987	5.97	4.51
1988	5.98	4.45
1989	5.99	4.37
1990	5.99	4.32
1991	5.99	4.27
1992	5.98	4.16
1993	5.98	4.1
1994	5.98	4.08
1995	5.97	4.07
1996	5.96	4
1997	5.94	3.94
1998	5.91	3.88
1999	5.88	3.83
2000	5.83	3.75
2001	5.79	3.72
2002	5.73	3.65
2003	5.68	3.59
2004	5.62	3.52
2005	5.56	3.45
2006	5.5	3.47
2007	5.43	3.4
2008	5.36	3.4
2009	5.29	3.38
2010	5.21	3.32
2011	5.13	3.24
2012	5.04	3.14
2013	4.95	3.04
2014	4.86	2.89
2015	4.77	2.83
2016	4.69	2.68
2017	4.6	2.53
2018	4.51	2.38
2019	4.43	2.22
2020	4.35	2.08
2021	4.27	1.95
2022	4.17	1.93
2023	4.08	1.92
2024	4.12	1.89
2025	4.04	1.88
2026	3.95	1.86
2027	3.87	1.85
2028	3.8	1.84
2029	3.72	1.83
2030	3.65	1.82
2031	3.59	1.81
2032	3.52	1.81
2033	3.46	1.8
2034	3.4	1.8
2035	3.34	1.79
2036	3.29	1.79
2037	3.23	1.78
2038	3.18	1.78
2039	3.12	1.77
2040	3.08	1.77
2041	3.03	1.76
2042	2.98	1.76
2043	2.94	1.76
2044	2.9	1.75
2045	2.86	1.75
2046	2.83	1.75
2047	2.79	1.75
2048	2.76	1.74
2049	2.72	1.74
2050	2.69	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Philippines
1960	38.5%	48.4%
1961	38.7%	48.8%
1962	39%	49.1%
1963	39.2%	49.2%
1964	39.3%	49.2%
1965	39.2%	49.2%
1966	39.1%	49.1%
1967	39.1%	49%
1968	39.1%	48.8%
1969	39.2%	48.6%
1970	39.5%	48.4%
1971	39.7%	48.2%
1972	39.9%	48%
1973	40%	47.7%
1974	40.2%	47.4%
1975	40.5%	46.9%
1976	40.8%	46.4%
1977	41%	45.8%
1978	41.2%	45.2%
1979	41.5%	44.8%
1980	41.7%	44.3%
1981	41.8%	43.9%
1982	42%	43.5%
1983	41.6%	43.1%
1984	40.8%	42.8%
1985	40.4%	42.5%
1986	40.4%	42.3%
1987	40.6%	42.2%
1988	40.9%	42%
1989	41.3%	41.9%
1990	41.6%	41.8%
1991	42%	41.8%
1992	42.3%	41.6%
1993	42.6%	41.4%
1994	42.8%	41.2%
1995	43%	41.1%
1996	43.1%	40.8%
1997	43.1%	40.5%
1998	43.1%	40.1%
1999	43%	39.6%
2000	42.7%	39.2%
2001	42.2%	38.8%
2002	41.5%	38.4%
2003	40.8%	38%
2004	40.1%	37.6%
2005	39.5%	37.2%
2006	39.2%	36.9%
2007	38.9%	36.6%
2008	38.7%	36.3%
2009	38.5%	36%
2010	38.3%	35.6%
2011	38.3%	35.2%
2012	38.3%	34.8%
2013	38.3%	34.4%
2014	38.3%	34.1%
2015	38.3%	33.5%
2016	38.3%	32.9%
2017	38.3%	32.3%
2018	38.2%	31.8%
2019	38%	31.3%
2020	37.9%	30.7%
2021	37.8%	30%
2022	37.7%	29.3%
2023	37.5%	28.6%
2024	37.3%	27.9%
2025	37.1%	27.1%
2026	36.9%	26.4%
2027	36.6%	25.7%
2028	36.3%	25%
2029	36.1%	24.4%
2030	35.8%	23.8%
2031	35.5%	23.3%
2032	35.2%	22.7%
2033	34.9%	22.2%
2034	34.7%	21.8%
2035	34.4%	21.5%
2036	34.2%	21.4%
2037	33.9%	21.4%
2038	33.7%	21.3%
2039	33.5%	21.2%
2040	33.2%	21.2%
2041	33%	21.1%
2042	32.7%	21%
2043	32.5%	20.9%
2044	32.3%	20.7%
2045	32%	20.6%
2046	31.8%	20.4%
2047	31.5%	20.3%
2048	31.3%	20.1%
2049	31%	19.9%
2050	30.8%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Philippines 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 the Philippines. 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	Philippines
1960	4,727	1,036,017
1961	4,858	1,064,377
1962	5,013	1,091,953
1963	5,192	1,116,591
1964	5,393	1,131,586
1965	5,618	1,146,094
1966	5,868	1,156,498
1967	6,135	1,166,704
1968	6,417	1,172,146
1969	2,593	1,186,306
1970	2,715	1,198,944
1971	4,822	1,210,256
1972	6,572	1,206,414
1973	6,508	1,206,285
1974	5,697	1,218,884
1975	4,580	1,239,069
1976	2,451	1,258,286
1977	5,550	1,314,002
1978	5,635	1,364,661
1979	5,786	1,394,056
1980	7,142	1,413,735
1981	7,573	1,436,599
1982	8,182	1,485,790
1983	8,886	1,542,194
1984	10,076	1,579,872
1985	11,179	1,614,042
1986	12,061	1,631,491
1987	12,727	1,671,330
1988	13,266	1,707,402
1989	13,724	1,728,354
1990	14,158	1,749,622
1991	14,581	1,782,165
1992	15,010	1,769,259
1993	15,459	1,788,414
1994	15,937	1,813,827
1995	16,345	1,846,900
1996	16,802	1,849,587
1997	17,305	1,861,098
1998	17,854	1,870,371
1999	18,465	1,894,147
2000	19,132	1,902,330
2001	20,376	1,931,169
2002	21,744	1,919,556
2003	23,168	1,922,904
2004	24,666	1,924,265
2005	26,116	1,918,484
2006	27,404	1,960,246
2007	28,672	1,964,673
2008	29,941	2,007,584
2009	31,184	2,025,580
2010	32,368	2,030,979
2011	33,502	2,018,419
2012	34,347	1,979,568
2013	35,158	1,944,758
2014	35,889	1,851,828
2015	36,543	1,827,180
2016	37,180	1,718,232
2017	37,740	1,622,444
2018	38,332	1,495,843
2019	38,894	1,352,703
2020	38,994	1,253,741
2021	39,160	917,928
2022	39,873	1,115,825
2023	40,140	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Philippines

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 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Philippines
1985	658	204
1986	666	199
1987	672	191
1988	675	184
1989	688	177
1990	689	173
1991	688	172
1992	682	160
1993	668	155
1994	639	151
1995	587	147
1996	544	141
1997	507	138
1998	476	135
1999	442	130
2000	406	127
2001	388	132
2002	364	126
2003	343	127
2004	323	122
2005	312	118
2006	299	129
2007	289	123
2008	276	123
2009	267	122
2010	259	117
2011	254	115
2012	245	110
2013	236	110
2014	227	106
2015	222	104
2016	216	98
2017	212	86
2018	204	92
2019	198	92
2020	196	88
2021	202	153
2022	183	92
2023	174	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 2.69% in the Philippines. 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	Philippines
1960	-	10.1%
1961	-	9.8%
1962	-	9.54%
1963	-	9.33%
1964	-	9.13%
1965	-	8.95%
1966	-	8.78%
1967	-	8.62%
1968	-	8.48%
1969	-	8.37%
1970	-	8.28%
1971	-	8.21%
1972	-	8.18%
1973	-	8.17%
1974	-	8.17%
1975	-	8.17%
1976	-	8.15%
1977	-	8.11%
1978	-	8.06%
1979	-	7.99%
1980	-	7.9%
1981	-	7.8%
1982	20.1%	7.69%
1983	19.7%	7.56%
1984	19.3%	7.4%
1985	18.9%	7.21%
1986	18.6%	6.96%
1987	18.4%	6.66%
1988	18.2%	6.32%
1989	18%	5.96%
1990	17.9%	5.6%
1991	17.7%	5.27%
1992	17.6%	4.98%
1993	17.5%	4.73%
1994	17.3%	4.51%
1995	17.1%	4.31%
1996	16.9%	4.14%
1997	16.7%	4%
1998	16.4%	3.88%
1999	16%	3.78%
2000	15.6%	3.69%
2001	15.2%	3.61%
2002	14.7%	3.52%
2003	14.3%	3.44%
2004	13.8%	3.36%
2005	13.3%	3.28%
2006	12.9%	3.21%
2007	12.4%	3.14%
2008	11.9%	3.07%
2009	11.5%	3.01%
2010	11.1%	2.96%
2011	10.7%	2.91%
2012	10.3%	2.87%
2013	9.99%	2.83%
2014	9.66%	2.8%
2015	9.33%	2.78%
2016	8.99%	2.78%
2017	8.7%	2.78%
2018	8.42%	2.79%
2019	8.17%	2.8%
2020	7.88%	2.79%
2021	7.61%	2.77%
2022	7.34%	2.73%
2023	7.06%	2.69%