Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Suriname

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	5.65	6.59
1961	5.66	6.58
1962	5.67	6.57
1963	5.69	6.51
1964	5.71	6.43
1965	5.73	6.32
1966	5.76	6.2
1967	5.78	6.04
1968	5.79	5.86
1969	5.8	5.7
1970	5.81	5.53
1971	5.81	5.36
1972	5.81	5.18
1973	5.8	5.01
1974	5.8	4.81
1975	5.79	4.63
1976	5.79	4.45
1977	5.8	4.26
1978	5.8	4.08
1979	5.82	3.93
1980	5.84	3.79
1981	5.86	3.75
1982	5.88	3.82
1983	5.9	3.87
1984	5.93	3.8
1985	5.95	3.71
1986	5.96	3.61
1987	5.97	3.53
1988	5.98	3.46
1989	5.99	3.39
1990	5.99	3.23
1991	5.99	3.09
1992	5.98	3.01
1993	5.98	2.94
1994	5.98	2.9
1995	5.97	2.9
1996	5.96	2.92
1997	5.94	2.95
1998	5.91	2.99
1999	5.88	3.02
2000	5.83	3.05
2001	5.79	3.06
2002	5.73	2.96
2003	5.68	2.84
2004	5.62	2.74
2005	5.56	2.71
2006	5.5	2.73
2007	5.43	2.74
2008	5.36	2.73
2009	5.29	2.71
2010	5.21	2.69
2011	5.13	2.67
2012	5.04	2.67
2013	4.95	2.65
2014	4.86	2.62
2015	4.77	2.57
2016	4.69	2.5
2017	4.6	2.43
2018	4.51	2.38
2019	4.43	2.35
2020	4.35	2.31
2021	4.27	2.3
2022	4.17	2.27
2023	4.08	2.25
2024	4.12	2.23
2025	4.04	2.21
2026	3.95	2.19
2027	3.87	2.16
2028	3.8	2.14
2029	3.72	2.13
2030	3.65	2.11
2031	3.59	2.09
2032	3.52	2.08
2033	3.46	2.06
2034	3.4	2.05
2035	3.34	2.04
2036	3.29	2.02
2037	3.23	2.01
2038	3.18	2
2039	3.12	1.99
2040	3.08	1.98
2041	3.03	1.97
2042	2.98	1.96
2043	2.94	1.95
2044	2.9	1.94
2045	2.86	1.93
2046	2.83	1.92
2047	2.79	1.91
2048	2.76	1.9
2049	2.72	1.9
2050	2.69	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Suriname
1960	38.5%	44.5%
1961	38.7%	44.6%
1962	39%	45.1%
1963	39.2%	46.1%
1964	39.3%	46.8%
1965	39.2%	47.4%
1966	39.1%	48%
1967	39.1%	48.5%
1968	39.1%	48.8%
1969	39.2%	48.9%
1970	39.5%	48.8%
1971	39.7%	48.5%
1972	39.9%	47.8%
1973	40%	46.8%
1974	40.2%	46%
1975	40.5%	45.1%
1976	40.8%	44.3%
1977	41%	43.4%
1978	41.2%	42.6%
1979	41.5%	41.8%
1980	41.7%	41%
1981	41.8%	40.1%
1982	42%	39.5%
1983	41.6%	39%
1984	40.8%	38.6%
1985	40.4%	38.3%
1986	40.4%	38%
1987	40.6%	37.8%
1988	40.9%	37.7%
1989	41.3%	37.5%
1990	41.6%	37.4%
1991	42%	37.3%
1992	42.3%	37.2%
1993	42.6%	37.1%
1994	42.8%	37%
1995	43%	36.7%
1996	43.1%	36.1%
1997	43.1%	35.3%
1998	43.1%	34.5%
1999	43%	33.7%
2000	42.7%	33%
2001	42.2%	32.3%
2002	41.5%	31.8%
2003	40.8%	31.3%
2004	40.1%	31%
2005	39.5%	30.9%
2006	39.2%	30.8%
2007	38.9%	30.7%
2008	38.7%	30.6%
2009	38.5%	30.5%
2010	38.3%	30.3%
2011	38.3%	30%
2012	38.3%	29.8%
2013	38.3%	29.4%
2014	38.3%	29.1%
2015	38.3%	28.7%
2016	38.3%	28.3%
2017	38.3%	27.9%
2018	38.2%	27.5%
2019	38%	27.2%
2020	37.9%	26.8%
2021	37.8%	26.5%
2022	37.7%	26.3%
2023	37.5%	25.9%
2024	37.3%	25.6%
2025	37.1%	25.3%
2026	36.9%	25%
2027	36.6%	24.8%
2028	36.3%	24.5%
2029	36.1%	24.2%
2030	35.8%	23.9%
2031	35.5%	23.6%
2032	35.2%	23.4%
2033	34.9%	23.2%
2034	34.7%	23%
2035	34.4%	22.8%
2036	34.2%	22.6%
2037	33.9%	22.4%
2038	33.7%	22.2%
2039	33.5%	22%
2040	33.2%	21.8%
2041	33%	21.6%
2042	32.7%	21.4%
2043	32.5%	21.3%
2044	32.3%	21.1%
2045	32%	20.9%
2046	31.8%	20.7%
2047	31.5%	20.5%
2048	31.3%	20.3%
2049	31%	20.1%
2050	30.8%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	4,727	8,170
1961	4,858	8,361
1962	5,013	8,529
1963	5,192	8,838
1964	5,393	9,174
1965	5,618	9,270
1966	5,868	9,243
1967	6,135	9,104
1968	6,417	8,980
1969	2,593	8,880
1970	2,715	8,823
1971	4,822	8,814
1972	6,572	8,893
1973	6,508	8,877
1974	5,697	8,751
1975	4,580	8,587
1976	2,451	8,327
1977	5,550	7,998
1978	5,635	7,650
1979	5,786	7,312
1980	7,142	7,002
1981	7,573	7,541
1982	8,182	8,197
1983	8,886	8,797
1984	10,076	9,031
1985	11,179	9,177
1986	12,061	9,222
1987	12,727	9,319
1988	13,266	9,347
1989	13,724	9,441
1990	14,158	9,047
1991	14,581	8,637
1992	15,010	8,355
1993	15,459	8,127
1994	15,937	7,929
1995	16,345	7,968
1996	16,802	8,031
1997	17,305	8,106
1998	17,854	8,173
1999	18,465	8,236
2000	19,132	8,323
2001	20,376	8,349
2002	21,744	7,916
2003	23,168	7,396
2004	24,666	6,948
2005	26,116	7,037
2006	27,404	7,278
2007	28,672	7,468
2008	29,941	7,552
2009	31,184	7,559
2010	32,368	7,489
2011	33,502	7,401
2012	34,347	7,405
2013	35,158	7,350
2014	35,889	7,284
2015	36,543	7,150
2016	37,180	6,979
2017	37,740	6,772
2018	38,332	6,613
2019	38,894	6,564
2020	38,994	6,640
2021	39,160	5,291
2022	39,873	6,719
2023	40,140	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Suriname

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 Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Suriname
1985	658	386
1986	666	377
1987	672	372
1988	675	364
1989	688	360
1990	689	350
1991	688	347
1992	682	346
1993	668	343
1994	639	334
1995	587	331
1996	544	323
1997	507	312
1998	476	302
1999	442	291
2000	406	282
2001	388	270
2002	364	253
2003	343	238
2004	323	219
2005	312	202
2006	299	187
2007	289	173
2008	276	161
2009	267	147
2010	259	134
2011	254	126
2012	245	122
2013	236	121
2014	227	120
2015	222	115
2016	216	109
2017	212	105
2018	204	101
2019	198	97
2020	196	94
2021	202	144
2022	183	88
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 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1982	20.1%	-
1983	19.7%	5.67%
1984	19.3%	5.49%
1985	18.9%	5.31%
1986	18.6%	5.13%
1987	18.4%	4.97%
1988	18.2%	4.81%
1989	18%	4.65%
1990	17.9%	4.49%
1991	17.7%	4.34%
1992	17.6%	4.19%
1993	17.5%	4.03%
1994	17.3%	3.88%
1995	17.1%	3.74%
1996	16.9%	3.6%
1997	16.7%	3.47%
1998	16.4%	3.34%
1999	16%	3.22%
2000	15.6%	3.11%
2001	15.2%	3%
2002	14.7%	2.9%
2003	14.3%	2.81%
2004	13.8%	2.72%
2005	13.3%	2.64%
2006	12.9%	2.57%
2007	12.4%	2.5%
2008	11.9%	2.44%
2009	11.5%	2.38%
2010	11.1%	2.32%
2011	10.7%	2.26%
2012	10.3%	2.21%
2013	9.99%	2.16%
2014	9.66%	2.11%
2015	9.33%	2.05%
2016	8.99%	2%
2017	8.7%	1.95%
2018	8.42%	1.9%
2019	8.17%	1.84%
2020	7.88%	1.78%
2021	7.61%	1.73%
2022	7.34%	1.68%
2023	7.06%	1.62%