Fertility & birth rates in Finland and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Finland vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Finland was 1.26 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.84 in Guinea-Bissau in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Finland vs Guinea-Bissau population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Finland	Guinea-Bissau
1960	2.72	5.92
1961	2.72	5.93
1962	2.68	5.94
1963	2.68	5.95
1964	2.59	5.96
1965	2.48	5.97
1966	2.41	5.98
1967	2.32	5.99
1968	2.14	6.01
1969	1.93	6.02
1970	1.83	6.04
1971	1.68	6.06
1972	1.58	6.08
1973	1.49	6.1
1974	1.61	6.12
1975	1.68	6.15
1976	1.7	6.19
1977	1.68	6.25
1978	1.64	6.32
1979	1.64	6.4
1980	1.63	6.49
1981	1.64	6.57
1982	1.71	6.64
1983	1.74	6.69
1984	1.69	6.73
1985	1.64	6.74
1986	1.6	6.73
1987	1.59	6.72
1988	1.69	6.69
1989	1.71	6.66
1990	1.78	6.5
1991	1.79	6.47
1992	1.85	6.44
1993	1.81	6.37
1994	1.85	6.3
1995	1.81	6.22
1996	1.78	6.14
1997	1.75	6.06
1998	1.7	5.97
1999	1.73	5.87
2000	1.73	5.79
2001	1.73	5.69
2002	1.72	5.63
2003	1.76	5.58
2004	1.8	5.5
2005	1.8	5.46
2006	1.84	5.41
2007	1.83	5.37
2008	1.85	5.27
2009	1.86	5.18
2010	1.87	5.11
2011	1.83	5.07
2012	1.8	5
2013	1.75	4.93
2014	1.71	4.79
2015	1.65	4.66
2016	1.57	4.52
2017	1.49	4.35
2018	1.41	4.24
2019	1.35	4.15
2020	1.37	4.08
2021	1.46	4
2022	1.32	3.91
2023	1.26	3.84
2024	1.27	3.76
2025	1.28	3.68
2026	1.28	3.62
2027	1.29	3.56
2028	1.3	3.5
2029	1.3	3.44
2030	1.31	3.37
2031	1.31	3.31
2032	1.32	3.25
2033	1.32	3.2
2034	1.33	3.15
2035	1.34	3.09
2036	1.34	3.04
2037	1.35	3
2038	1.35	2.95
2039	1.35	2.91
2040	1.36	2.87
2041	1.36	2.84
2042	1.37	2.8
2043	1.37	2.77
2044	1.37	2.74
2045	1.37	2.71
2046	1.38	2.67
2047	1.38	2.64
2048	1.39	2.62
2049	1.39	2.59
2050	1.39	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Finland	Guinea-Bissau
1960	30.4%	36.9%
1961	29.8%	37.1%
1962	29.1%	37.7%
1963	28.4%	38.4%
1964	27.7%	39.6%
1965	27.1%	41%
1966	26.6%	41.9%
1967	26.2%	42.1%
1968	25.7%	41.8%
1969	25.2%	41.9%
1970	24.6%	41.9%
1971	24%	41.9%
1972	23.4%	41.9%
1973	22.9%	41.6%
1974	22.4%	41.4%
1975	22%	41.8%
1976	21.7%	42.6%
1977	21.3%	43.7%
1978	21%	44.8%
1979	20.6%	45.1%
1980	20.3%	45%
1981	20%	45.3%
1982	19.8%	45.5%
1983	19.6%	45.7%
1984	19.5%	45.9%
1985	19.4%	45.9%
1986	19.3%	46%
1987	19.3%	45.9%
1988	19.3%	45.9%
1989	19.4%	45.8%
1990	19.3%	45.7%
1991	19.2%	45.5%
1992	19.2%	45.5%
1993	19.1%	45.4%
1994	19.1%	45.4%
1995	19%	45.3%
1996	18.9%	45.2%
1997	18.8%	45.1%
1998	18.6%	45%
1999	18.3%	44.8%
2000	18.2%	44.7%
2001	18%	44.5%
2002	17.9%	44.3%
2003	17.7%	44.2%
2004	17.5%	44%
2005	17.4%	43.9%
2006	17.2%	43.8%
2007	17%	43.6%
2008	16.8%	43.5%
2009	16.7%	43.3%
2010	16.6%	43.2%
2011	16.5%	43%
2012	16.4%	42.8%
2013	16.4%	42.7%
2014	16.4%	42.5%
2015	16.4%	42.2%
2016	16.3%	42%
2017	16.2%	41.7%
2018	16.1%	41.3%
2019	15.9%	40.9%
2020	15.7%	40.5%
2021	15.5%	40.1%
2022	15.2%	39.7%
2023	14.9%	39.2%
2024	14.6%	38.8%
2025	14.3%	38.3%
2026	14%	37.8%
2027	13.7%	37.4%
2028	13.4%	36.9%
2029	13.2%	36.4%
2030	12.9%	36%
2031	12.7%	35.5%
2032	12.6%	35.1%
2033	12.5%	34.8%
2034	12.4%	34.4%
2035	12.4%	34.1%
2036	12.4%	33.7%
2037	12.4%	33.4%
2038	12.4%	33%
2039	12.5%	32.7%
2040	12.5%	32.4%
2041	12.6%	32%
2042	12.7%	31.7%
2043	12.7%	31.4%
2044	12.8%	31%
2045	12.9%	30.7%
2046	13%	30.4%
2047	13%	30.1%
2048	13.1%	29.7%
2049	13.1%	29.4%
2050	13.1%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.6% of the population in Finland and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 19.3% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Finland and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Finland vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.12% in Finland and +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau. 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
	Finland	Guinea-Bissau
1960	42,082	10,618
1961	41,487	10,756
1962	38,627	10,662
1963	40,258	9,190
1964	38,208	8,989
1965	33,771	7,789
1966	34,356	6,955
1967	33,622	6,742
1968	28,684	7,289
1969	21,732	7,857
1970	20,268	7,632
1971	15,220	8,183
1972	14,847	7,911
1973	13,532	8,430
1974	17,824	10,321
1975	21,673	11,998
1976	21,738	13,688
1977	21,799	15,484
1978	20,436	17,468
1979	19,535	19,736
1980	18,640	21,024
1981	18,720	21,611
1982	22,686	22,131
1983	21,851	22,542
1984	20,015	22,861
1985	14,707	23,116
1986	13,279	23,301
1987	11,837	23,549
1988	14,344	23,940
1989	14,396	24,286
1990	15,458	23,936
1991	16,044	24,527
1992	16,639	25,747
1993	13,679	26,943
1994	17,300	27,895
1995	13,791	29,142
1996	11,274	29,778
1997	9,766	29,792
1998	7,730	30,390
1999	7,748	30,916
2000	7,765	32,816
2001	7,263	33,461
2002	6,241	34,561
2003	7,819	35,649
2004	9,933	36,495
2005	9,968	37,347
2006	11,059	38,886
2007	9,519	40,288
2008	10,627	40,841
2009	10,678	41,950
2010	10,191	43,067
2011	9,160	44,405
2012	7,579	45,480
2013	6,527	46,472
2014	4,915	46,615
2015	2,740	46,846
2016	-1,099	46,814
2017	-3,856	46,318
2018	-7,170	46,659
2019	-8,282	47,196
2020	-8,847	46,718
2021	-7,757	47,242
2022	-18,335	48,920
2023	-17,869	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Finland vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Finland, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Finland	Guinea-Bissau
1985	7	1,851
1986	8	1,825
1987	7	1,796
1988	8	1,759
1989	8	1,698
1990	8	1,709
1991	8	1,663
1992	8	1,633
1993	7	1,613
1994	7	1,644
1995	7	1,556
1996	7	1,539
1997	7	1,642
1998	7	1,465
1999	7	1,461
2000	7	1,295
2001	7	1,222
2002	7	1,141
2003	7	1,069
2004	7	980
2005	8	956
2006	7	831
2007	7	792
2008	7	802
2009	8	753
2010	8	698
2011	7	678
2012	8	704
2013	8	707
2014	7	662
2015	7	631
2016	7	617
2017	8	597
2018	8	585
2019	8	598
2020	9	603
2021	8	617
2022	8	539
2023	8	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Finland and 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau. 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
	Finland	Guinea-Bissau
1960	2.68%	-
1961	2.53%	-
1962	2.38%	-
1963	2.25%	-
1964	2.13%	-
1965	2.02%	-
1966	1.92%	-
1967	1.84%	-
1968	1.76%	-
1969	1.68%	-
1970	1.61%	-
1971	1.54%	-
1972	1.46%	-
1973	1.39%	-
1974	1.31%	-
1975	1.23%	-
1976	1.14%	-
1977	1.06%	-
1978	0.99%	-
1979	0.92%	-
1980	0.87%	-
1981	0.82%	-
1982	0.79%	-
1983	0.76%	-
1984	0.75%	-
1985	0.73%	24.4%
1986	0.73%	24%
1987	0.72%	23.5%
1988	0.71%	23.1%
1989	0.69%	22.7%
1990	0.67%	22.2%
1991	0.64%	21.8%
1992	0.61%	21.3%
1993	0.58%	20.9%
1994	0.55%	20.4%
1995	0.52%	19.9%
1996	0.49%	19.4%
1997	0.47%	18.9%
1998	0.46%	18.4%
1999	0.44%	17.9%
2000	0.43%	17.4%
2001	0.42%	16.8%
2002	0.41%	16.3%
2003	0.4%	15.7%
2004	0.39%	15.1%
2005	0.37%	14.5%
2006	0.36%	13.9%
2007	0.35%	13.2%
2008	0.33%	12.6%
2009	0.32%	12%
2010	0.3%	11.4%
2011	0.29%	10.9%
2012	0.28%	10.4%
2013	0.26%	9.93%
2014	0.26%	9.53%
2015	0.25%	9.18%
2016	0.24%	8.84%
2017	0.24%	8.53%
2018	0.24%	8.21%
2019	0.23%	7.91%
2020	0.23%	7.66%
2021	0.23%	7.41%
2022	0.23%	7.16%
2023	0.23%	6.93%