Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Equatorial Guinea vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	5.65	6.78
1961	5.66	6.73
1962	5.67	6.67
1963	5.69	6.62
1964	5.71	6.57
1965	5.73	6.52
1966	5.76	6.51
1967	5.78	6.51
1968	5.79	6.46
1969	5.8	6.41
1970	5.81	6.35
1971	5.81	6.29
1972	5.81	6.23
1973	5.8	6.15
1974	5.8	6.06
1975	5.79	5.98
1976	5.79	5.89
1977	5.8	5.81
1978	5.8	5.77
1979	5.82	5.73
1980	5.84	5.69
1981	5.86	5.65
1982	5.88	5.6
1983	5.9	5.55
1984	5.93	5.49
1985	5.95	5.43
1986	5.96	5.38
1987	5.97	5.33
1988	5.98	5.27
1989	5.99	5.21
1990	5.99	5.17
1991	5.99	5.13
1992	5.98	5.09
1993	5.98	5.02
1994	5.98	4.94
1995	5.97	4.85
1996	5.96	4.75
1997	5.94	4.66
1998	5.91	4.6
1999	5.88	4.56
2000	5.83	4.54
2001	5.79	4.5
2002	5.73	4.38
2003	5.68	4.29
2004	5.62	4.21
2005	5.56	4.13
2006	5.5	4.1
2007	5.43	4.12
2008	5.36	4.16
2009	5.29	4.16
2010	5.21	4.13
2011	5.13	4.09
2012	5.04	4.06
2013	4.95	4.04
2014	4.86	4
2015	4.77	3.95
2016	4.69	3.92
2017	4.6	3.88
2018	4.51	3.83
2019	4.43	3.79
2020	4.35	3.74
2021	4.27	3.7
2022	4.17	3.65
2023	4.08	3.6
2024	4.12	3.57
2025	4.04	3.53
2026	3.95	3.5
2027	3.87	3.46
2028	3.8	3.42
2029	3.72	3.39
2030	3.65	3.35
2031	3.59	3.32
2032	3.52	3.28
2033	3.46	3.25
2034	3.4	3.21
2035	3.34	3.18
2036	3.29	3.15
2037	3.23	3.13
2038	3.18	3.1
2039	3.12	3.08
2040	3.08	3.05
2041	3.03	3.03
2042	2.98	3
2043	2.94	2.97
2044	2.9	2.94
2045	2.86	2.92
2046	2.83	2.9
2047	2.79	2.88
2048	2.76	2.85
2049	2.72	2.83
2050	2.69	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Vanuatu
1960	38.5%	44.6%
1961	38.7%	44.8%
1962	39%	45.1%
1963	39.2%	45.2%
1964	39.3%	45.4%
1965	39.2%	45.5%
1966	39.1%	45.7%
1967	39.1%	45.8%
1968	39.1%	45.8%
1969	39.2%	45.8%
1970	39.5%	45.7%
1971	39.7%	45.7%
1972	39.9%	45.6%
1973	40%	45.5%
1974	40.2%	45.5%
1975	40.5%	45.4%
1976	40.8%	45.2%
1977	41%	45.1%
1978	41.2%	45%
1979	41.5%	44.5%
1980	41.7%	44%
1981	41.8%	43.9%
1982	42%	44%
1983	41.6%	44%
1984	40.8%	44.1%
1985	40.4%	44.2%
1986	40.4%	44.2%
1987	40.6%	44.1%
1988	40.9%	44.1%
1989	41.3%	44%
1990	41.6%	43.9%
1991	42%	43.9%
1992	42.3%	44.1%
1993	42.6%	44.8%
1994	42.8%	45.2%
1995	43%	45%
1996	43.1%	44.8%
1997	43.1%	44.4%
1998	43.1%	44%
1999	43%	43.5%
2000	42.7%	42.9%
2001	42.2%	42.4%
2002	41.5%	41.8%
2003	40.8%	41.3%
2004	40.1%	40.7%
2005	39.5%	40.2%
2006	39.2%	39.6%
2007	38.9%	39.2%
2008	38.7%	38.8%
2009	38.5%	38.5%
2010	38.3%	38.2%
2011	38.3%	38.1%
2012	38.3%	38.2%
2013	38.3%	38.2%
2014	38.3%	38.4%
2015	38.3%	38.5%
2016	38.3%	38.7%
2017	38.3%	38.8%
2018	38.2%	38.9%
2019	38%	39%
2020	37.9%	39%
2021	37.8%	39%
2022	37.7%	38.8%
2023	37.5%	38.6%
2024	37.3%	38.3%
2025	37.1%	38%
2026	36.9%	37.6%
2027	36.6%	37.1%
2028	36.3%	36.7%
2029	36.1%	36.2%
2030	35.8%	35.8%
2031	35.5%	35.3%
2032	35.2%	34.9%
2033	34.9%	34.5%
2034	34.7%	34.1%
2035	34.4%	33.7%
2036	34.2%	33.4%
2037	33.9%	33.2%
2038	33.7%	32.9%
2039	33.5%	32.7%
2040	33.2%	32.5%
2041	33%	32.3%
2042	32.7%	32.2%
2043	32.5%	32%
2044	32.3%	31.8%
2045	32%	31.6%
2046	31.8%	31.5%
2047	31.5%	31.3%
2048	31.3%	31.1%
2049	31%	30.9%
2050	30.8%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	4,727	1,796
1961	4,858	1,872
1962	5,013	1,947
1963	5,192	2,025
1964	5,393	2,098
1965	5,618	2,180
1966	5,868	2,278
1967	6,135	2,384
1968	6,417	2,470
1969	2,593	2,529
1970	2,715	2,597
1971	4,822	2,685
1972	6,572	2,775
1973	6,508	2,876
1974	5,697	2,968
1975	4,580	3,074
1976	2,451	3,174
1977	5,550	3,285
1978	5,635	3,428
1979	5,786	3,590
1980	7,142	3,383
1981	7,573	3,592
1982	8,182	3,778
1983	8,886	3,944
1984	10,076	4,088
1985	11,179	4,219
1986	12,061	4,360
1987	12,727	4,427
1988	13,266	4,577
1989	13,724	4,656
1990	14,158	4,762
1991	14,581	4,859
1992	15,010	4,941
1993	15,459	4,973
1994	15,937	4,973
1995	16,345	4,945
1996	16,802	4,897
1997	17,305	4,854
1998	17,854	4,866
1999	18,465	4,871
2000	19,132	5,026
2001	20,376	5,144
2002	21,744	5,181
2003	23,168	5,258
2004	24,666	5,353
2005	26,116	5,454
2006	27,404	5,606
2007	28,672	5,842
2008	29,941	6,138
2009	31,184	6,362
2010	32,368	6,548
2011	33,502	6,715
2012	34,347	6,877
2013	35,158	7,036
2014	35,889	7,143
2015	36,543	7,220
2016	37,180	7,315
2017	37,740	7,371
2018	38,332	7,379
2019	38,894	7,364
2020	38,994	7,233
2021	39,160	7,199
2022	39,873	7,358
2023	40,140	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Vanuatu
1985	658	211
1986	666	194
1987	672	200
1988	675	172
1989	688	162
1990	689	151
1991	688	140
1992	682	140
1993	668	133
1994	639	131
1995	587	131
1996	544	129
1997	507	131
1998	476	134
1999	442	146
2000	406	133
2001	388	132
2002	364	128
2003	343	131
2004	323	131
2005	312	127
2006	299	123
2007	289	120
2008	276	117
2009	267	114
2010	259	114
2011	254	112
2012	245	109
2013	236	110
2014	227	110
2015	222	109
2016	216	107
2017	212	107
2018	204	108
2019	198	105
2020	196	107
2021	202	124
2022	183	105
2023	174	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	-	15.2%
1961	-	14.7%
1962	-	14.3%
1963	-	13.8%
1964	-	13.4%
1965	-	12.9%
1966	-	12.4%
1967	-	12%
1968	-	11.5%
1969	-	11%
1970	-	10.6%
1971	-	10.2%
1972	-	9.73%
1973	-	9.34%
1974	-	8.95%
1975	-	8.58%
1976	-	8.21%
1977	-	7.84%
1978	-	7.45%
1979	-	7.07%
1980	-	6.67%
1981	-	6.27%
1982	20.1%	5.87%
1983	19.7%	5.48%
1984	19.3%	5.12%
1985	18.9%	4.78%
1986	18.6%	4.47%
1987	18.4%	4.2%
1988	18.2%	3.96%
1989	18%	3.76%
1990	17.9%	3.58%
1991	17.7%	3.43%
1992	17.6%	3.29%
1993	17.5%	3.18%
1994	17.3%	3.08%
1995	17.1%	3%
1996	16.9%	2.92%
1997	16.7%	2.86%
1998	16.4%	2.79%
1999	16%	2.74%
2000	15.6%	2.68%
2001	15.2%	2.63%
2002	14.7%	2.58%
2003	14.3%	2.54%
2004	13.8%	2.5%
2005	13.3%	2.45%
2006	12.9%	2.4%
2007	12.4%	2.34%
2008	11.9%	2.27%
2009	11.5%	2.2%
2010	11.1%	2.12%
2011	10.7%	2.05%
2012	10.3%	1.99%
2013	9.99%	1.94%
2014	9.66%	1.9%
2015	9.33%	1.87%
2016	8.99%	1.84%
2017	8.7%	1.82%
2018	8.42%	1.8%
2019	8.17%	1.78%
2020	7.88%	1.77%
2021	7.61%	1.74%
2022	7.34%	1.71%
2023	7.06%	1.68%