Fertility & birth rates in Equatorial Guinea and Zambia

Fertility rate in Equatorial Guinea vs Zambia 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 4.1 in Zambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Equatorial Guinea	Zambia
1960	5.65	6.95
1961	5.66	6.98
1962	5.67	7.01
1963	5.69	7.06
1964	5.71	7.09
1965	5.73	7.12
1966	5.76	7.14
1967	5.78	7.15
1968	5.79	7.18
1969	5.8	7.18
1970	5.81	7.22
1971	5.81	7.26
1972	5.81	7.3
1973	5.8	7.34
1974	5.8	7.36
1975	5.79	7.42
1976	5.79	7.39
1977	5.8	7.35
1978	5.8	7.29
1979	5.82	7.22
1980	5.84	7.14
1981	5.86	7.07
1982	5.88	7.04
1983	5.9	7.01
1984	5.93	6.97
1985	5.95	6.93
1986	5.96	6.87
1987	5.97	6.8
1988	5.98	6.7
1989	5.99	6.64
1990	5.99	6.57
1991	5.99	6.46
1992	5.98	6.35
1993	5.98	6.3
1994	5.98	6.26
1995	5.97	6.23
1996	5.96	6.18
1997	5.94	6.12
1998	5.91	6.07
1999	5.88	6
2000	5.83	5.92
2001	5.79	5.85
2002	5.73	5.77
2003	5.68	5.71
2004	5.62	5.7
2005	5.56	5.7
2006	5.5	5.68
2007	5.43	5.61
2008	5.36	5.53
2009	5.29	5.45
2010	5.21	5.36
2011	5.13	5.26
2012	5.04	5.14
2013	4.95	5.01
2014	4.86	4.89
2015	4.77	4.78
2016	4.69	4.67
2017	4.6	4.57
2018	4.51	4.49
2019	4.43	4.42
2020	4.35	4.32
2021	4.27	4.25
2022	4.17	4.18
2023	4.08	4.1
2024	4.12	4.04
2025	4.04	3.97
2026	3.95	3.91
2027	3.87	3.85
2028	3.8	3.77
2029	3.72	3.72
2030	3.65	3.67
2031	3.59	3.61
2032	3.52	3.56
2033	3.46	3.5
2034	3.4	3.45
2035	3.34	3.4
2036	3.29	3.35
2037	3.23	3.3
2038	3.18	3.25
2039	3.12	3.19
2040	3.08	3.15
2041	3.03	3.11
2042	2.98	3.07
2043	2.94	3.03
2044	2.9	3
2045	2.86	2.96
2046	2.83	2.93
2047	2.79	2.9
2048	2.76	2.87
2049	2.72	2.84
2050	2.69	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Equatorial Guinea	Zambia
1960	38.5%	46%
1961	38.7%	46.2%
1962	39%	46.3%
1963	39.2%	46.5%
1964	39.3%	46.7%
1965	39.2%	46.9%
1966	39.1%	46.9%
1967	39.1%	47%
1968	39.1%	47.1%
1969	39.2%	47.2%
1970	39.5%	47.4%
1971	39.7%	47.7%
1972	39.9%	48%
1973	40%	48.3%
1974	40.2%	48.6%
1975	40.5%	48.8%
1976	40.8%	49.1%
1977	41%	49.2%
1978	41.2%	49.4%
1979	41.5%	49.5%
1980	41.7%	49.5%
1981	41.8%	49.4%
1982	42%	49.3%
1983	41.6%	49.1%
1984	40.8%	49%
1985	40.4%	48.9%
1986	40.4%	48.8%
1987	40.6%	48.7%
1988	40.9%	48.6%
1989	41.3%	48.5%
1990	41.6%	48.4%
1991	42%	48.3%
1992	42.3%	48.2%
1993	42.6%	48.2%
1994	42.8%	48.2%
1995	43%	48.2%
1996	43.1%	48.2%
1997	43.1%	48.2%
1998	43.1%	48.2%
1999	43%	48.1%
2000	42.7%	48%
2001	42.2%	47.8%
2002	41.5%	47.6%
2003	40.8%	47.4%
2004	40.1%	47.3%
2005	39.5%	47.1%
2006	39.2%	47%
2007	38.9%	46.8%
2008	38.7%	46.6%
2009	38.5%	46.4%
2010	38.3%	46.3%
2011	38.3%	46.1%
2012	38.3%	45.9%
2013	38.3%	45.7%
2014	38.3%	45.5%
2015	38.3%	45.2%
2016	38.3%	44.9%
2017	38.3%	44.5%
2018	38.2%	44.1%
2019	38%	43.8%
2020	37.9%	43.3%
2021	37.8%	42.9%
2022	37.7%	42.4%
2023	37.5%	42%
2024	37.3%	41.5%
2025	37.1%	41%
2026	36.9%	40.5%
2027	36.6%	40%
2028	36.3%	39.6%
2029	36.1%	39.2%
2030	35.8%	38.8%
2031	35.5%	38.5%
2032	35.2%	38.1%
2033	34.9%	37.8%
2034	34.7%	37.5%
2035	34.4%	37.1%
2036	34.2%	36.8%
2037	33.9%	36.5%
2038	33.7%	36.1%
2039	33.5%	35.8%
2040	33.2%	35.4%
2041	33%	35.1%
2042	32.7%	34.7%
2043	32.5%	34.4%
2044	32.3%	34%
2045	32%	33.7%
2046	31.8%	33.3%
2047	31.5%	33%
2048	31.3%	32.6%
2049	31%	32.3%
2050	30.8%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.3% of the population in Equatorial Guinea and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 41.6% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Equatorial Guinea and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Equatorial Guinea vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.35% in Equatorial Guinea and +2.87% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	4,727	102,335
1961	4,858	106,318
1962	5,013	110,173
1963	5,192	114,555
1964	5,393	117,197
1965	5,618	122,814
1966	5,868	127,164
1967	6,135	131,938
1968	6,417	137,315
1969	2,593	142,660
1970	2,715	149,380
1971	4,822	155,249
1972	6,572	161,648
1973	6,508	168,258
1974	5,697	174,484
1975	4,580	182,258
1976	2,451	186,762
1977	5,550	191,557
1978	5,635	194,933
1979	5,786	197,578
1980	7,142	198,817
1981	7,573	202,822
1982	8,182	207,621
1983	8,886	212,712
1984	10,076	216,695
1985	11,179	221,351
1986	12,061	224,768
1987	12,727	227,813
1988	13,266	230,118
1989	13,724	233,429
1990	14,158	235,835
1991	14,581	237,957
1992	15,010	239,953
1993	15,459	245,917
1994	15,937	252,023
1995	16,345	257,897
1996	16,802	262,468
1997	17,305	268,198
1998	17,854	275,568
1999	18,465	283,297
2000	19,132	293,186
2001	20,376	302,682
2002	21,744	316,041
2003	23,168	331,189
2004	24,666	349,352
2005	26,116	368,756
2006	27,404	387,891
2007	28,672	403,729
2008	29,941	419,560
2009	31,184	434,458
2010	32,368	448,337
2011	33,502	459,743
2012	34,347	469,406
2013	35,158	476,846
2014	35,889	483,663
2015	36,543	491,021
2016	37,180	497,521
2017	37,740	504,630
2018	38,332	515,644
2019	38,894	528,089
2020	38,994	536,484
2021	39,160	535,629
2022	39,873	563,456
2023	40,140	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Equatorial Guinea vs Zambia

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 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Equatorial Guinea	Zambia
1985	658	596
1986	666	619
1987	672	630
1988	675	635
1989	688	635
1990	689	625
1991	688	611
1992	682	581
1993	668	532
1994	639	507
1995	587	466
1996	544	433
1997	507	403
1998	476	392
1999	442	378
2000	406	340
2001	388	306
2002	364	274
2003	343	250
2004	323	260
2005	312	264
2006	299	262
2007	289	324
2008	276	394
2009	267	406
2010	259	332
2011	254	291
2012	245	256
2013	236	213
2014	227	174
2015	222	154
2016	216	158
2017	212	141
2018	204	117
2019	198	103
2020	196	99
2021	202	140
2022	183	89
2023	174	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 7.06% in Equatorial Guinea and 4.47% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	-	20.5%
1961	-	20.1%
1962	-	19.8%
1963	-	19.5%
1964	-	19.2%
1965	-	19%
1966	-	18.9%
1967	-	18.7%
1968	-	18.5%
1969	-	18.3%
1970	-	17.9%
1971	-	17.4%
1972	-	16.9%
1973	-	16.3%
1974	-	15.9%
1975	-	15.5%
1976	-	15.4%
1977	-	15.3%
1978	-	15.3%
1979	-	15.4%
1980	-	15.5%
1981	-	15.6%
1982	20.1%	15.7%
1983	19.7%	15.9%
1984	19.3%	16.2%
1985	18.9%	16.6%
1986	18.6%	17%
1987	18.4%	17.3%
1988	18.2%	17.7%
1989	18%	17.9%
1990	17.9%	18.1%
1991	17.7%	18.1%
1992	17.6%	18.1%
1993	17.5%	17.9%
1994	17.3%	17.7%
1995	17.1%	17.3%
1996	16.9%	17%
1997	16.7%	16.7%
1998	16.4%	16.3%
1999	16%	15.9%
2000	15.6%	15.3%
2001	15.2%	14.4%
2002	14.7%	13.4%
2003	14.3%	12.4%
2004	13.8%	11.4%
2005	13.3%	10.5%
2006	12.9%	9.71%
2007	12.4%	9.14%
2008	11.9%	8.62%
2009	11.5%	8%
2010	11.1%	7.57%
2011	10.7%	7.31%
2012	10.3%	7.04%
2013	9.99%	6.72%
2014	9.66%	6.38%
2015	9.33%	6.15%
2016	8.99%	5.9%
2017	8.7%	5.61%
2018	8.42%	5.52%
2019	8.17%	5.41%
2020	7.88%	5.24%
2021	7.61%	4.92%
2022	7.34%	4.67%
2023	7.06%	4.47%