Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Romania

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Romania 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 1.71 in Romania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs Romania 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	Romania
1960	5.65	2.34
1961	5.66	2.17
1962	5.67	2.04
1963	5.69	2.01
1964	5.71	1.96
1965	5.73	1.91
1966	5.76	1.9
1967	5.78	3.66
1968	5.79	3.63
1969	5.8	3.19
1970	5.81	2.89
1971	5.81	2.67
1972	5.81	2.55
1973	5.8	2.44
1974	5.8	2.71
1975	5.79	2.59
1976	5.79	2.54
1977	5.8	2.57
1978	5.8	2.52
1979	5.82	2.49
1980	5.84	2.43
1981	5.86	2.36
1982	5.88	2.17
1983	5.9	2.06
1984	5.93	2.26
1985	5.95	2.31
1986	5.96	2.39
1987	5.97	2.38
1988	5.98	2.3
1989	5.99	2.22
1990	5.99	1.83
1991	5.99	1.59
1992	5.98	1.51
1993	5.98	1.43
1994	5.98	1.4
1995	5.97	1.33
1996	5.96	1.3
1997	5.94	1.32
1998	5.91	1.32
1999	5.88	1.3
2000	5.83	1.31
2001	5.79	1.27
2002	5.73	1.27
2003	5.68	1.3
2004	5.62	1.33
2005	5.56	1.4
2006	5.5	1.42
2007	5.43	1.45
2008	5.36	1.6
2009	5.29	1.66
2010	5.21	1.59
2011	5.13	1.47
2012	5.04	1.52
2013	4.95	1.46
2014	4.86	1.56
2015	4.77	1.62
2016	4.69	1.69
2017	4.6	1.78
2018	4.51	1.76
2019	4.43	1.77
2020	4.35	1.8
2021	4.27	1.81
2022	4.17	1.71
2023	4.08	1.71
2024	4.12	1.71
2025	4.04	1.71
2026	3.95	1.7
2027	3.87	1.7
2028	3.8	1.7
2029	3.72	1.7
2030	3.65	1.7
2031	3.59	1.7
2032	3.52	1.7
2033	3.46	1.69
2034	3.4	1.69
2035	3.34	1.69
2036	3.29	1.69
2037	3.23	1.69
2038	3.18	1.69
2039	3.12	1.69
2040	3.08	1.69
2041	3.03	1.68
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	1.68
2048	2.76	1.68
2049	2.72	1.68
2050	2.69	1.68

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Romania
1960	38.5%	28.1%
1961	38.7%	28%
1962	39%	27.7%
1963	39.2%	27.3%
1964	39.3%	26.7%
1965	39.2%	26%
1966	39.1%	25.2%
1967	39.1%	25%
1968	39.1%	25.1%
1969	39.2%	25.1%
1970	39.5%	25.1%
1971	39.7%	24.9%
1972	39.9%	24.9%
1973	40%	24.9%
1974	40.2%	25.1%
1975	40.5%	25.3%
1976	40.8%	25.7%
1977	41%	26%
1978	41.2%	26.3%
1979	41.5%	26.5%
1980	41.7%	26.8%
1981	41.8%	27.1%
1982	42%	26.8%
1983	41.6%	25.9%
1984	40.8%	25.1%
1985	40.4%	24.6%
1986	40.4%	24.3%
1987	40.6%	24%
1988	40.9%	23.9%
1989	41.3%	23.7%
1990	41.6%	23.3%
1991	42%	22.8%
1992	42.3%	22.2%
1993	42.6%	21.6%
1994	42.8%	21%
1995	43%	20.5%
1996	43.1%	20%
1997	43.1%	19.6%
1998	43.1%	19.3%
1999	43%	19.1%
2000	42.7%	18.6%
2001	42.2%	18.1%
2002	41.5%	17.5%
2003	40.8%	16.9%
2004	40.1%	16.4%
2005	39.5%	16%
2006	39.2%	15.8%
2007	38.9%	15.7%
2008	38.7%	15.7%
2009	38.5%	15.7%
2010	38.3%	15.7%
2011	38.3%	15.8%
2012	38.3%	15.7%
2013	38.3%	15.7%
2014	38.3%	15.7%
2015	38.3%	15.7%
2016	38.3%	15.7%
2017	38.3%	15.8%
2018	38.2%	15.9%
2019	38%	16%
2020	37.9%	16.1%
2021	37.8%	16.1%
2022	37.7%	16%
2023	37.5%	15.9%
2024	37.3%	15.7%
2025	37.1%	15.6%
2026	36.9%	15.4%
2027	36.6%	15.3%
2028	36.3%	15.2%
2029	36.1%	15.1%
2030	35.8%	15%
2031	35.5%	14.9%
2032	35.2%	14.7%
2033	34.9%	14.6%
2034	34.7%	14.4%
2035	34.4%	14.4%
2036	34.2%	14.3%
2037	33.9%	14.3%
2038	33.7%	14.3%
2039	33.5%	14.2%
2040	33.2%	14.2%
2041	33%	14.3%
2042	32.7%	14.3%
2043	32.5%	14.3%
2044	32.3%	14.3%
2045	32%	14.4%
2046	31.8%	14.4%
2047	31.5%	14.4%
2048	31.3%	14.4%
2049	31%	14.4%
2050	30.8%	14.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 15.7% in Romania in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 23.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Romania compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Romania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and -0.4% in Romania. 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	Romania
1960	4,727	191,431
1961	4,858	163,286
1962	5,013	130,736
1963	5,192	139,104
1964	5,393	134,326
1965	5,618	114,190
1966	5,868	115,293
1967	6,135	347,709
1968	6,417	338,577
1969	2,593	264,120
1970	2,715	234,905
1971	4,822	206,662
1972	6,572	198,316
1973	6,508	175,020
1974	5,697	235,530
1975	4,580	219,324
1976	2,451	213,361
1977	5,550	215,385
1978	5,635	204,148
1979	5,786	194,397
1980	7,142	168,776
1981	7,573	156,472
1982	8,182	119,121
1983	8,886	87,986
1984	10,076	117,731
1985	11,179	111,392
1986	12,061	134,737
1987	12,727	128,517
1988	13,266	126,817
1989	13,724	122,756
1990	14,158	69,605
1991	14,581	25,301
1992	15,010	-4,559
1993	15,459	-13,658
1994	15,937	-18,184
1995	16,345	-36,295
1996	16,802	-56,548
1997	17,305	-42,853
1998	17,854	-33,761
1999	18,465	-31,461
2000	19,132	-22,443
2001	20,376	-37,625
2002	21,744	-58,673
2003	23,168	-56,093
2004	24,666	-42,904
2005	26,116	-40,508
2006	27,404	-38,148
2007	28,672	-37,590
2008	29,941	-30,806
2009	31,184	-34,625
2010	32,368	-46,567
2011	33,502	-56,413
2012	34,347	-54,157
2013	35,158	-59,951
2014	35,889	-55,745
2015	36,543	-59,447
2016	37,180	-53,196
2017	37,740	-50,930
2018	38,332	-62,316
2019	38,894	-60,053
2020	38,994	-100,179
2021	39,160	-141,504
2022	39,873	-93,338
2023	40,140	-89,580

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Romania

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 12 deaths in Romania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Romania
1985	658	184
1986	666	180
1987	672	173
1988	675	159
1989	688	143
1990	689	118
1991	688	104
1992	682	95
1993	668	87
1994	639	80
1995	587	75
1996	544	72
1997	507	66
1998	476	58
1999	442	51
2000	406	45
2001	388	41
2002	364	38
2003	343	35
2004	323	32
2005	312	30
2006	299	27
2007	289	25
2008	276	25
2009	267	25
2010	259	23
2011	254	20
2012	245	19
2013	236	18
2014	227	18
2015	222	18
2016	216	17
2017	212	17
2018	204	15
2019	198	14
2020	196	16
2021	202	20
2022	183	13
2023	174	12

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 0.66% in Romania. 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	Romania
1960	-	8.82%
1961	-	7.98%
1962	-	6.98%
1963	-	6.03%
1964	-	5.45%
1965	-	5.44%
1966	-	5.83%
1967	-	6.27%
1968	-	6.44%
1969	-	6.23%
1970	-	5.69%
1971	-	5.06%
1972	-	4.64%
1973	-	4.49%
1974	-	4.43%
1975	-	4.27%
1976	-	4.05%
1977	-	3.86%
1978	-	3.76%
1979	-	3.68%
1980	-	3.57%
1981	-	3.44%
1982	20.1%	3.28%
1983	19.7%	3.14%
1984	19.3%	3.08%
1985	18.9%	3.16%
1986	18.6%	3.33%
1987	18.4%	3.45%
1988	18.2%	3.43%
1989	18%	3.31%
1990	17.9%	3.14%
1991	17.7%	2.97%
1992	17.6%	2.84%
1993	17.5%	2.79%
1994	17.3%	2.76%
1995	17.1%	2.73%
1996	16.9%	2.68%
1997	16.7%	2.58%
1998	16.4%	2.44%
1999	16%	2.29%
2000	15.6%	2.16%
2001	15.2%	2.06%
2002	14.7%	2.01%
2003	14.3%	1.99%
2004	13.8%	1.94%
2005	13.3%	1.82%
2006	12.9%	1.66%
2007	12.4%	1.51%
2008	11.9%	1.4%
2009	11.5%	1.31%
2010	11.1%	1.24%
2011	10.7%	1.18%
2012	10.3%	1.12%
2013	9.99%	1.05%
2014	9.66%	0.99%
2015	9.33%	0.92%
2016	8.99%	0.85%
2017	8.7%	0.79%
2018	8.42%	0.73%
2019	8.17%	0.68%
2020	7.88%	0.66%
2021	7.61%	0.65%
2022	7.34%	0.66%
2023	7.06%	0.66%