Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Rwanda

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Rwanda 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 3.7 in Rwanda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs Rwanda 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	Rwanda
1960	5.65	8.28
1961	5.66	8.28
1962	5.67	8.27
1963	5.69	8.27
1964	5.71	8.27
1965	5.73	8.25
1966	5.76	8.23
1967	5.78	8.21
1968	5.79	8.19
1969	5.8	8.18
1970	5.81	8.15
1971	5.81	8.09
1972	5.81	8.09
1973	5.8	8.09
1974	5.8	8.1
1975	5.79	8.1
1976	5.79	8.12
1977	5.8	8.14
1978	5.8	8.16
1979	5.82	8.13
1980	5.84	8.12
1981	5.86	8.1
1982	5.88	8.06
1983	5.9	8
1984	5.93	7.91
1985	5.95	7.79
1986	5.96	7.61
1987	5.97	7.43
1988	5.98	7.23
1989	5.99	7.03
1990	5.99	6.8
1991	5.99	6.62
1992	5.98	6.54
1993	5.98	6.48
1994	5.98	6.42
1995	5.97	6.35
1996	5.96	6.29
1997	5.94	6.24
1998	5.91	6.17
1999	5.88	6.06
2000	5.83	5.97
2001	5.79	5.89
2002	5.73	5.82
2003	5.68	5.74
2004	5.62	5.64
2005	5.56	5.5
2006	5.5	5.34
2007	5.43	5.14
2008	5.36	4.92
2009	5.29	4.71
2010	5.21	4.52
2011	5.13	4.33
2012	5.04	4.2
2013	4.95	4.14
2014	4.86	4.12
2015	4.77	4.11
2016	4.69	4.11
2017	4.6	4.08
2018	4.51	4.05
2019	4.43	3.99
2020	4.35	3.91
2021	4.27	3.84
2022	4.17	3.78
2023	4.08	3.7
2024	4.12	3.64
2025	4.04	3.59
2026	3.95	3.54
2027	3.87	3.49
2028	3.8	3.43
2029	3.72	3.38
2030	3.65	3.33
2031	3.59	3.28
2032	3.52	3.24
2033	3.46	3.19
2034	3.4	3.15
2035	3.34	3.11
2036	3.29	3.07
2037	3.23	3.03
2038	3.18	2.99
2039	3.12	2.95
2040	3.08	2.92
2041	3.03	2.89
2042	2.98	2.85
2043	2.94	2.81
2044	2.9	2.78
2045	2.86	2.75
2046	2.83	2.72
2047	2.79	2.69
2048	2.76	2.67
2049	2.72	2.64
2050	2.69	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Rwanda
1960	38.5%	49.2%
1961	38.7%	49.7%
1962	39%	50.2%
1963	39.2%	50.6%
1964	39.3%	50.8%
1965	39.2%	50.6%
1966	39.1%	50.2%
1967	39.1%	49.7%
1968	39.1%	49.2%
1969	39.2%	48.7%
1970	39.5%	48.2%
1971	39.7%	47.9%
1972	39.9%	47.5%
1973	40%	47.2%
1974	40.2%	46.9%
1975	40.5%	46.6%
1976	40.8%	46.4%
1977	41%	46.4%
1978	41.2%	46.4%
1979	41.5%	46.5%
1980	41.7%	46.8%
1981	41.8%	47.1%
1982	42%	47.4%
1983	41.6%	47.7%
1984	40.8%	48.1%
1985	40.4%	48.3%
1986	40.4%	48.6%
1987	40.6%	48.8%
1988	40.9%	48.9%
1989	41.3%	48.9%
1990	41.6%	49%
1991	42%	48.9%
1992	42.3%	48.7%
1993	42.6%	48.4%
1994	42.8%	50.1%
1995	43%	52.4%
1996	43.1%	51.4%
1997	43.1%	50.5%
1998	43.1%	49.2%
1999	43%	47.8%
2000	42.7%	46.4%
2001	42.2%	45.2%
2002	41.5%	44.3%
2003	40.8%	43.7%
2004	40.1%	43.3%
2005	39.5%	43.1%
2006	39.2%	42.9%
2007	38.9%	42.9%
2008	38.7%	42.8%
2009	38.5%	42.6%
2010	38.3%	42.4%
2011	38.3%	42.2%
2012	38.3%	41.9%
2013	38.3%	41.7%
2014	38.3%	41.4%
2015	38.3%	41.1%
2016	38.3%	40.9%
2017	38.3%	40.5%
2018	38.2%	40.1%
2019	38%	39.7%
2020	37.9%	39.2%
2021	37.8%	38.6%
2022	37.7%	38.2%
2023	37.5%	37.7%
2024	37.3%	37.4%
2025	37.1%	37%
2026	36.9%	36.7%
2027	36.6%	36.4%
2028	36.3%	36%
2029	36.1%	35.7%
2030	35.8%	35.4%
2031	35.5%	35%
2032	35.2%	34.7%
2033	34.9%	34.4%
2034	34.7%	34.1%
2035	34.4%	33.7%
2036	34.2%	33.4%
2037	33.9%	33.1%
2038	33.7%	32.9%
2039	33.5%	32.6%
2040	33.2%	32.3%
2041	33%	32%
2042	32.7%	31.7%
2043	32.5%	31.4%
2044	32.3%	31.1%
2045	32%	30.8%
2046	31.8%	30.5%
2047	31.5%	30.2%
2048	31.3%	29.9%
2049	31%	29.7%
2050	30.8%	29.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 37.4% in Rwanda in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 49% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Rwanda compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Rwanda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and +2.45% in Rwanda. 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	Rwanda
1960	4,727	100,627
1961	4,858	102,051
1962	5,013	102,548
1963	5,192	94,296
1964	5,393	102,562
1965	5,618	103,422
1966	5,868	105,128
1967	6,135	108,053
1968	6,417	111,422
1969	2,593	115,394
1970	2,715	119,273
1971	4,822	122,567
1972	6,572	126,403
1973	6,508	131,021
1974	5,697	135,743
1975	4,580	140,596
1976	2,451	147,665
1977	5,550	155,011
1978	5,635	163,779
1979	5,786	174,477
1980	7,142	184,988
1981	7,573	195,769
1982	8,182	205,147
1983	8,886	212,750
1984	10,076	219,337
1985	11,179	223,794
1986	12,061	225,526
1987	12,727	225,744
1988	13,266	223,759
1989	13,724	217,632
1990	14,158	207,895
1991	14,581	196,431
1992	15,010	188,025
1993	15,459	183,926
1994	15,937	-719,479
1995	16,345	121,137
1996	16,802	140,455
1997	17,305	174,687
1998	17,854	197,185
1999	18,465	210,518
2000	19,132	221,276
2001	20,376	230,845
2002	21,744	239,036
2003	23,168	251,243
2004	24,666	265,273
2005	26,116	275,121
2006	27,404	282,149
2007	28,672	285,791
2008	29,941	287,334
2009	31,184	287,034
2010	32,368	286,848
2011	33,502	282,922
2012	34,347	282,584
2013	35,158	286,331
2014	35,889	292,779
2015	36,543	299,114
2016	37,180	305,549
2017	37,740	310,323
2018	38,332	312,512
2019	38,894	313,525
2020	38,994	312,692
2021	39,160	309,895
2022	39,873	312,145
2023	40,140	312,762

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Rwanda

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 229 deaths in Rwanda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Rwanda
1985	658	1,116
1986	666	1,126
1987	672	1,145
1988	675	1,188
1989	688	1,238
1990	689	1,309
1991	688	1,386
1992	682	1,530
1993	668	1,619
1994	639	5,721
1995	587	1,505
1996	544	1,295
1997	507	1,318
1998	476	1,268
1999	442	1,073
2000	406	885
2001	388	769
2002	364	677
2003	343	551
2004	323	460
2005	312	465
2006	299	494
2007	289	494
2008	276	454
2009	267	418
2010	259	393
2011	254	358
2012	245	331
2013	236	317
2014	227	301
2015	222	292
2016	216	278
2017	212	275
2018	204	269
2019	198	261
2020	196	252
2021	202	254
2022	183	234
2023	174	229

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 4% in Rwanda. 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	Rwanda
1960	-	22.4%
1961	-	21.9%
1962	-	21.5%
1963	-	21.3%
1964	-	21.1%
1965	-	21.1%
1966	-	21.2%
1967	-	21.4%
1968	-	21.7%
1969	-	22%
1970	-	22.3%
1971	-	22.6%
1972	-	23%
1973	-	23.4%
1974	-	24%
1975	-	24.6%
1976	-	25.1%
1977	-	25.1%
1978	-	24.6%
1979	-	23.4%
1980	-	21.8%
1981	-	20.1%
1982	20.1%	18.6%
1983	19.7%	17.4%
1984	19.3%	16.6%
1985	18.9%	16.1%
1986	18.6%	15.6%
1987	18.4%	15.2%
1988	18.2%	14.8%
1989	18%	14.8%
1990	17.9%	15.1%
1991	17.7%	16%
1992	17.6%	17.5%
1993	17.5%	19.3%
1994	17.3%	38.9%
1995	17.1%	21.8%
1996	16.9%	22.2%
1997	16.7%	22.2%
1998	16.4%	21.5%
1999	16%	20.2%
2000	15.6%	18.5%
2001	15.2%	16.7%
2002	14.7%	14.9%
2003	14.3%	13.3%
2004	13.8%	11.8%
2005	13.3%	10.5%
2006	12.9%	9.37%
2007	12.4%	8.45%
2008	11.9%	7.62%
2009	11.5%	6.92%
2010	11.1%	6.33%
2011	10.7%	5.81%
2012	10.3%	5.45%
2013	9.99%	5.17%
2014	9.66%	4.96%
2015	9.33%	4.78%
2016	8.99%	4.63%
2017	8.7%	4.52%
2018	8.42%	4.43%
2019	8.17%	4.34%
2020	7.88%	4.25%
2021	7.61%	4.16%
2022	7.34%	4.08%
2023	7.06%	4%