Fertility & birth rates in France and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in France vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in France was 1.66 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 France 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
	France	Guinea-Bissau
1960	2.85	5.92
1961	2.87	5.93
1962	2.89	5.94
1963	2.89	5.95
1964	2.87	5.96
1965	2.84	5.97
1966	2.8	5.98
1967	2.75	5.99
1968	2.69	6.01
1969	2.62	6.02
1970	2.55	6.04
1971	2.47	6.06
1972	2.38	6.08
1973	2.28	6.1
1974	2.18	6.12
1975	2.09	6.15
1976	2.01	6.19
1977	1.94	6.25
1978	1.89	6.32
1979	1.87	6.4
1980	1.85	6.49
1981	1.85	6.57
1982	1.86	6.64
1983	1.86	6.69
1984	1.86	6.73
1985	1.86	6.74
1986	1.85	6.73
1987	1.83	6.72
1988	1.81	6.69
1989	1.79	6.66
1990	1.77	6.5
1991	1.75	6.47
1992	1.74	6.44
1993	1.73	6.37
1994	1.73	6.3
1995	1.74	6.22
1996	1.75	6.14
1997	1.77	6.06
1998	1.78	5.97
1999	1.81	5.87
2000	1.89	5.79
2001	1.9	5.69
2002	1.88	5.63
2003	1.89	5.58
2004	1.92	5.5
2005	1.94	5.46
2006	2	5.41
2007	1.98	5.37
2008	2.01	5.27
2009	2	5.18
2010	2.03	5.11
2011	2.01	5.07
2012	2.01	5
2013	1.99	4.93
2014	2	4.79
2015	1.96	4.66
2016	1.92	4.52
2017	1.89	4.35
2018	1.87	4.24
2019	1.86	4.15
2020	1.83	4.08
2021	1.84	4
2022	1.79	3.91
2023	1.66	3.84
2024	1.66	3.76
2025	1.66	3.68
2026	1.66	3.62
2027	1.66	3.56
2028	1.66	3.5
2029	1.66	3.44
2030	1.66	3.37
2031	1.66	3.31
2032	1.66	3.25
2033	1.66	3.2
2034	1.66	3.15
2035	1.66	3.09
2036	1.66	3.04
2037	1.67	3
2038	1.66	2.95
2039	1.66	2.91
2040	1.66	2.87
2041	1.67	2.84
2042	1.67	2.8
2043	1.67	2.77
2044	1.67	2.74
2045	1.67	2.71
2046	1.67	2.67
2047	1.67	2.64
2048	1.67	2.62
2049	1.67	2.59
2050	1.67	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	France	Guinea-Bissau
1960	26.5%	36.9%
1961	26.5%	37.1%
1962	26.2%	37.7%
1963	26%	38.4%
1964	25.8%	39.6%
1965	25.6%	41%
1966	25.4%	41.9%
1967	25.3%	42.1%
1968	25.1%	41.8%
1969	25%	41.9%
1970	24.8%	41.9%
1971	24.7%	41.9%
1972	24.6%	41.9%
1973	24.4%	41.6%
1974	24.2%	41.4%
1975	23.9%	41.8%
1976	23.6%	42.6%
1977	23.3%	43.7%
1978	23%	44.8%
1979	22.7%	45.1%
1980	22.4%	45%
1981	22.1%	45.3%
1982	21.9%	45.5%
1983	21.7%	45.7%
1984	21.5%	45.9%
1985	21.3%	45.9%
1986	21%	46%
1987	20.7%	45.9%
1988	20.5%	45.9%
1989	20.3%	45.8%
1990	20.1%	45.7%
1991	20.1%	45.5%
1992	20%	45.5%
1993	19.9%	45.4%
1994	19.7%	45.4%
1995	19.5%	45.3%
1996	19.3%	45.2%
1997	19.1%	45.1%
1998	19%	45%
1999	19%	44.8%
2000	18.9%	44.7%
2001	18.9%	44.5%
2002	18.8%	44.3%
2003	18.7%	44.2%
2004	18.6%	44%
2005	18.5%	43.9%
2006	18.5%	43.8%
2007	18.4%	43.6%
2008	18.5%	43.5%
2009	18.5%	43.3%
2010	18.5%	43.2%
2011	18.5%	43%
2012	18.5%	42.8%
2013	18.4%	42.7%
2014	18.3%	42.5%
2015	18.2%	42.2%
2016	18.1%	42%
2017	17.9%	41.7%
2018	17.8%	41.3%
2019	17.6%	40.9%
2020	17.4%	40.5%
2021	17.2%	40.1%
2022	17%	39.7%
2023	16.8%	39.2%
2024	16.5%	38.8%
2025	16.2%	38.3%
2026	16%	37.8%
2027	15.7%	37.4%
2028	15.5%	36.9%
2029	15.3%	36.4%
2030	15.1%	36%
2031	15%	35.5%
2032	14.8%	35.1%
2033	14.8%	34.8%
2034	14.7%	34.4%
2035	14.7%	34.1%
2036	14.7%	33.7%
2037	14.7%	33.4%
2038	14.7%	33%
2039	14.8%	32.7%
2040	14.9%	32.4%
2041	15%	32%
2042	15.1%	31.7%
2043	15.2%	31.4%
2044	15.3%	31%
2045	15.4%	30.7%
2046	15.5%	30.4%
2047	15.5%	30.1%
2048	15.5%	29.7%
2049	15.6%	29.4%
2050	15.6%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.5% of the population in France and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 20.1% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of France and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in France vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in France 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
	France	Guinea-Bissau
1960	346,115	10,618
1961	354,504	10,756
1962	358,082	10,662
1963	361,694	9,190
1964	360,631	8,989
1965	354,132	7,789
1966	352,181	6,955
1967	339,843	6,742
1968	337,346	7,289
1969	329,831	7,857
1970	322,444	7,632
1971	309,747	8,183
1972	296,589	7,911
1973	282,979	8,430
1974	268,733	10,321
1975	248,413	11,998
1976	227,776	13,688
1977	217,946	15,484
1978	213,462	17,468
1979	208,923	19,736
1980	210,042	21,024
1981	222,414	21,611
1982	234,389	22,131
1983	235,655	22,542
1984	248,086	22,861
1985	249,328	23,116
1986	250,606	23,301
1987	251,971	23,549
1988	247,672	23,940
1989	243,361	24,286
1990	238,870	23,936
1991	234,216	24,527
1992	229,502	25,747
1993	224,592	26,943
1994	201,704	27,895
1995	220,303	29,142
1996	221,092	29,778
1997	215,885	29,792
1998	222,705	30,390
1999	229,907	30,916
2000	268,042	32,816
2001	263,867	33,461
2002	253,430	34,561
2003	230,325	35,649
2004	282,185	36,495
2005	271,677	37,347
2006	305,387	38,886
2007	288,076	40,288
2008	283,250	40,841
2009	278,238	41,950
2010	286,116	43,067
2011	280,966	44,405
2012	256,065	45,480
2013	244,192	46,472
2014	265,248	46,615
2015	206,300	46,846
2016	193,500	46,814
2017	160,604	46,318
2018	147,749	46,659
2019	141,503	47,196
2020	67,602	46,718
2021	74,627	47,242
2022	54,452	48,920
2023	47,802	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: France vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 7 deaths per 100,000 live births in France, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	France	Guinea-Bissau
1985	20	1,851
1986	20	1,825
1987	19	1,796
1988	19	1,759
1989	19	1,698
1990	18	1,709
1991	18	1,663
1992	17	1,633
1993	16	1,613
1994	15	1,644
1995	15	1,556
1996	13	1,539
1997	11	1,642
1998	10	1,465
1999	10	1,461
2000	9	1,295
2001	9	1,222
2002	9	1,141
2003	9	1,069
2004	9	980
2005	9	956
2006	9	831
2007	9	792
2008	10	802
2009	10	753
2010	9	698
2011	9	678
2012	9	704
2013	9	707
2014	9	662
2015	9	631
2016	9	617
2017	8	597
2018	9	585
2019	8	598
2020	9	603
2021	9	617
2022	9	539
2023	7	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.43% in France 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
	France	Guinea-Bissau
1960	2.85%	-
1961	2.7%	-
1962	2.57%	-
1963	2.45%	-
1964	2.34%	-
1965	2.24%	-
1966	2.14%	-
1967	2.06%	-
1968	1.99%	-
1969	1.91%	-
1970	1.82%	-
1971	1.74%	-
1972	1.66%	-
1973	1.6%	-
1974	1.54%	-
1975	1.49%	-
1976	1.44%	-
1977	1.39%	-
1978	1.34%	-
1979	1.28%	-
1980	1.24%	-
1981	1.19%	-
1982	1.15%	-
1983	1.11%	-
1984	1.07%	-
1985	1.04%	24.4%
1986	1.01%	24%
1987	0.98%	23.5%
1988	0.96%	23.1%
1989	0.93%	22.7%
1990	0.9%	22.2%
1991	0.86%	21.8%
1992	0.81%	21.3%
1993	0.75%	20.9%
1994	0.7%	20.4%
1995	0.65%	19.9%
1996	0.61%	19.4%
1997	0.58%	18.9%
1998	0.57%	18.4%
1999	0.55%	17.9%
2000	0.54%	17.4%
2001	0.52%	16.8%
2002	0.51%	16.3%
2003	0.49%	15.7%
2004	0.48%	15.1%
2005	0.46%	14.5%
2006	0.45%	13.9%
2007	0.44%	13.2%
2008	0.44%	12.6%
2009	0.43%	12%
2010	0.42%	11.4%
2011	0.42%	10.9%
2012	0.41%	10.4%
2013	0.41%	9.93%
2014	0.41%	9.53%
2015	0.42%	9.18%
2016	0.42%	8.84%
2017	0.42%	8.53%
2018	0.42%	8.21%
2019	0.42%	7.91%
2020	0.42%	7.66%
2021	0.43%	7.41%
2022	0.43%	7.16%
2023	0.43%	6.93%