Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	5.65	5.35
1961	5.66	5.24
1962	5.67	5.18
1963	5.69	5.12
1964	5.71	5.06
1965	5.73	4.93
1966	5.76	4.83
1967	5.78	4.79
1968	5.79	4.66
1969	5.8	4.5
1970	5.81	4.39
1971	5.81	4.27
1972	5.81	4.16
1973	5.8	4
1974	5.8	3.86
1975	5.79	3.82
1976	5.79	3.78
1977	5.8	3.74
1978	5.8	3.81
1979	5.82	3.82
1980	5.84	3.73
1981	5.86	3.65
1982	5.88	3.32
1983	5.9	3.11
1984	5.93	3.01
1985	5.95	2.9
1986	5.96	2.74
1987	5.97	2.64
1988	5.98	2.57
1989	5.99	2.58
1990	5.99	2.54
1991	5.99	2.51
1992	5.98	2.49
1993	5.98	2.44
1994	5.98	2.4
1995	5.97	2.35
1996	5.96	2.29
1997	5.94	2.22
1998	5.91	2.14
1999	5.88	2.14
2000	5.83	2.21
2001	5.79	2.28
2002	5.73	2.31
2003	5.68	2.3
2004	5.62	2.27
2005	5.56	2.26
2006	5.5	2.29
2007	5.43	2.3
2008	5.36	2.23
2009	5.29	2.18
2010	5.21	2.13
2011	5.13	2.14
2012	5.04	2.17
2013	4.95	2.18
2014	4.86	2.13
2015	4.77	2.09
2016	4.69	2.06
2017	4.6	2.04
2018	4.51	2.03
2019	4.43	2.02
2020	4.35	2.01
2021	4.27	2
2022	4.17	1.98
2023	4.08	1.97
2024	4.12	1.95
2025	4.04	1.94
2026	3.95	1.93
2027	3.87	1.91
2028	3.8	1.9
2029	3.72	1.89
2030	3.65	1.88
2031	3.59	1.87
2032	3.52	1.86
2033	3.46	1.85
2034	3.4	1.85
2035	3.34	1.84
2036	3.29	1.83
2037	3.23	1.83
2038	3.18	1.82
2039	3.12	1.81
2040	3.08	1.81
2041	3.03	1.8
2042	2.98	1.8
2043	2.94	1.8
2044	2.9	1.79
2045	2.86	1.79
2046	2.83	1.79
2047	2.79	1.78
2048	2.76	1.78
2049	2.72	1.77
2050	2.69	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Sri Lanka
1960	38.5%	41%
1961	38.7%	40.9%
1962	39%	40.8%
1963	39.2%	40.7%
1964	39.3%	40.6%
1965	39.2%	40.5%
1966	39.1%	40.4%
1967	39.1%	40.3%
1968	39.1%	40.1%
1969	39.2%	39.9%
1970	39.5%	39.7%
1971	39.7%	39.5%
1972	39.9%	39.2%
1973	40%	38.8%
1974	40.2%	38.4%
1975	40.5%	38%
1976	40.8%	37.6%
1977	41%	37.2%
1978	41.2%	36.9%
1979	41.5%	36.7%
1980	41.7%	36.4%
1981	41.8%	36.2%
1982	42%	36%
1983	41.6%	35.8%
1984	40.8%	35.5%
1985	40.4%	35.2%
1986	40.4%	34.6%
1987	40.6%	34%
1988	40.9%	33.5%
1989	41.3%	33%
1990	41.6%	32.5%
1991	42%	32.1%
1992	42.3%	31.4%
1993	42.6%	30.6%
1994	42.8%	29.9%
1995	43%	29.2%
1996	43.1%	28.6%
1997	43.1%	28.2%
1998	43.1%	27.8%
1999	43%	27.4%
2000	42.7%	27%
2001	42.2%	26.6%
2002	41.5%	26.3%
2003	40.8%	26.1%
2004	40.1%	26%
2005	39.5%	25.8%
2006	39.2%	25.7%
2007	38.9%	25.7%
2008	38.7%	25.6%
2009	38.5%	25.5%
2010	38.3%	25.4%
2011	38.3%	25.3%
2012	38.3%	25.2%
2013	38.3%	25%
2014	38.3%	24.9%
2015	38.3%	24.7%
2016	38.3%	24.5%
2017	38.3%	24.2%
2018	38.2%	24%
2019	38%	23.7%
2020	37.9%	23.3%
2021	37.8%	23%
2022	37.7%	22.7%
2023	37.5%	22.4%
2024	37.3%	22%
2025	37.1%	21.7%
2026	36.9%	21.4%
2027	36.6%	21.1%
2028	36.3%	20.8%
2029	36.1%	20.5%
2030	35.8%	20.2%
2031	35.5%	20%
2032	35.2%	19.8%
2033	34.9%	19.6%
2034	34.7%	19.4%
2035	34.4%	19.2%
2036	34.2%	19.1%
2037	33.9%	18.9%
2038	33.7%	18.8%
2039	33.5%	18.7%
2040	33.2%	18.6%
2041	33%	18.4%
2042	32.7%	18.3%
2043	32.5%	18.2%
2044	32.3%	18.1%
2045	32%	18%
2046	31.8%	17.9%
2047	31.5%	17.7%
2048	31.3%	17.6%
2049	31%	17.5%
2050	30.8%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	4,727	247,631
1961	4,858	251,087
1962	5,013	256,719
1963	5,192	262,880
1964	5,393	269,584
1965	5,618	272,422
1966	5,868	275,549
1967	6,135	284,738
1968	6,417	286,642
1969	2,593	286,218
1970	2,715	286,719
1971	4,822	281,200
1972	6,572	282,494
1973	6,508	278,577
1974	5,697	275,521
1975	4,580	282,496
1976	2,451	291,816
1977	5,550	300,038
1978	5,635	317,055
1979	5,786	329,791
1980	7,142	328,155
1981	7,573	328,096
1982	8,182	300,030
1983	8,886	277,768
1984	10,076	263,175
1985	11,179	247,836
1986	12,061	233,782
1987	12,727	226,414
1988	13,266	219,184
1989	13,724	212,401
1990	14,158	224,454
1991	14,581	218,117
1992	15,010	222,230
1993	15,459	226,257
1994	15,937	228,904
1995	16,345	221,957
1996	16,802	215,290
1997	17,305	208,193
1998	17,854	201,059
1999	18,465	206,876
2000	19,132	227,060
2001	20,376	244,377
2002	21,744	252,840
2003	23,168	252,008
2004	24,666	212,527
2005	26,116	248,683
2006	27,404	248,706
2007	28,672	248,287
2008	29,941	232,225
2009	31,184	200,175
2010	32,368	224,325
2011	33,502	224,461
2012	34,347	229,138
2013	35,158	221,021
2014	35,889	211,541
2015	36,543	201,815
2016	37,180	194,232
2017	37,740	187,993
2018	38,332	183,610
2019	38,894	172,243
2020	38,994	170,968
2021	39,160	121,858
2022	39,873	95,378
2023	40,140	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Sri Lanka
1985	658	68
1986	666	66
1987	672	64
1988	675	62
1989	688	61
1990	689	59
1991	688	57
1992	682	54
1993	668	51
1994	639	49
1995	587	48
1996	544	47
1997	507	45
1998	476	43
1999	442	41
2000	406	39
2001	388	37
2002	364	36
2003	343	35
2004	323	37
2005	312	32
2006	299	32
2007	289	31
2008	276	30
2009	267	28
2010	259	26
2011	254	25
2012	245	24
2013	236	23
2014	227	23
2015	222	22
2016	216	22
2017	212	21
2018	204	21
2019	198	20
2020	196	23
2021	202	34
2022	183	22
2023	174	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	-	9.41%
1961	-	8.95%
1962	-	8.66%
1963	-	8.48%
1964	-	8.3%
1965	-	8.07%
1966	-	7.81%
1967	-	7.55%
1968	-	7.32%
1969	-	7.14%
1970	-	7.02%
1971	-	6.94%
1972	-	6.86%
1973	-	6.77%
1974	-	6.62%
1975	-	6.41%
1976	-	6.12%
1977	-	5.77%
1978	-	5.38%
1979	-	4.99%
1980	-	4.63%
1981	-	4.29%
1982	20.1%	3.98%
1983	19.7%	3.67%
1984	19.3%	3.35%
1985	18.9%	3.02%
1986	18.6%	2.74%
1987	18.4%	2.54%
1988	18.2%	2.41%
1989	18%	2.74%
1990	17.9%	2.33%
1991	17.7%	2.32%
1992	17.6%	2.29%
1993	17.5%	2.22%
1994	17.3%	2.14%
1995	17.1%	2.05%
1996	16.9%	1.95%
1997	16.7%	1.86%
1998	16.4%	1.76%
1999	16%	1.69%
2000	15.6%	1.63%
2001	15.2%	1.58%
2002	14.7%	1.55%
2003	14.3%	1.52%
2004	13.8%	2.88%
2005	13.3%	1.4%
2006	12.9%	1.33%
2007	12.4%	1.26%
2008	11.9%	1.2%
2009	11.5%	2.08%
2010	11.1%	1.12%
2011	10.7%	1.08%
2012	10.3%	1.03%
2013	9.99%	0.98%
2014	9.66%	0.92%
2015	9.33%	0.87%
2016	8.99%	0.83%
2017	8.7%	0.79%
2018	8.42%	0.76%
2019	8.17%	0.72%
2020	7.88%	0.69%
2021	7.61%	0.66%
2022	7.34%	0.64%
2023	7.06%	0.61%