Fertility & birth rates in Gabon and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Gabon vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Gabon was 3.65 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 Gabon 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
	Gabon	Guinea-Bissau
1960	4.42	5.92
1961	4.5	5.93
1962	4.59	5.94
1963	4.65	5.95
1964	4.71	5.96
1965	4.79	5.97
1966	4.86	5.98
1967	4.92	5.99
1968	4.98	6.01
1969	5.05	6.02
1970	5.1	6.04
1971	5.16	6.06
1972	5.24	6.08
1973	5.29	6.1
1974	5.33	6.12
1975	5.39	6.15
1976	5.46	6.19
1977	5.52	6.25
1978	5.57	6.32
1979	5.61	6.4
1980	5.66	6.49
1981	5.73	6.57
1982	5.74	6.64
1983	5.76	6.69
1984	5.73	6.73
1985	5.71	6.74
1986	5.69	6.73
1987	5.67	6.72
1988	5.62	6.69
1989	5.55	6.66
1990	5.46	6.5
1991	5.37	6.47
1992	5.29	6.44
1993	5.19	6.37
1994	5.04	6.3
1995	4.88	6.22
1996	4.74	6.14
1997	4.66	6.06
1998	4.58	5.97
1999	4.5	5.87
2000	4.47	5.79
2001	4.42	5.69
2002	4.36	5.63
2003	4.3	5.58
2004	4.25	5.5
2005	4.21	5.46
2006	4.17	5.41
2007	4.14	5.37
2008	4.12	5.27
2009	4.14	5.18
2010	4.15	5.11
2011	4.15	5.07
2012	4.09	5
2013	4.02	4.93
2014	3.95	4.79
2015	3.92	4.66
2016	3.92	4.52
2017	3.91	4.35
2018	3.91	4.24
2019	3.88	4.15
2020	3.83	4.08
2021	3.78	4
2022	3.71	3.91
2023	3.65	3.84
2024	3.59	3.76
2025	3.54	3.68
2026	3.49	3.62
2027	3.43	3.56
2028	3.37	3.5
2029	3.33	3.44
2030	3.29	3.37
2031	3.24	3.31
2032	3.2	3.25
2033	3.16	3.2
2034	3.12	3.15
2035	3.08	3.09
2036	3.04	3.04
2037	3.01	3
2038	2.97	2.95
2039	2.94	2.91
2040	2.91	2.87
2041	2.88	2.84
2042	2.84	2.8
2043	2.81	2.77
2044	2.78	2.74
2045	2.75	2.71
2046	2.73	2.67
2047	2.7	2.64
2048	2.67	2.62
2049	2.64	2.59
2050	2.62	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Gabon	Guinea-Bissau
1960	31.4%	36.9%
1961	31.8%	37.1%
1962	32.2%	37.7%
1963	32.6%	38.4%
1964	33%	39.6%
1965	33.5%	41%
1966	33.9%	41.9%
1967	34.3%	42.1%
1968	34.7%	41.8%
1969	35.1%	41.9%
1970	35.4%	41.9%
1971	35.8%	41.9%
1972	36.3%	41.9%
1973	36.7%	41.6%
1974	37.1%	41.4%
1975	37.6%	41.8%
1976	38%	42.6%
1977	38.4%	43.7%
1978	38.8%	44.8%
1979	39.2%	45.1%
1980	39.6%	45%
1981	39.9%	45.3%
1982	40.3%	45.5%
1983	40.7%	45.7%
1984	41%	45.9%
1985	41.4%	45.9%
1986	41.6%	46%
1987	41.9%	45.9%
1988	42.1%	45.9%
1989	42.3%	45.8%
1990	42.4%	45.7%
1991	42.5%	45.5%
1992	42.5%	45.5%
1993	42.5%	45.4%
1994	42.4%	45.4%
1995	42.3%	45.3%
1996	42%	45.2%
1997	41.8%	45.1%
1998	41.5%	45%
1999	41.2%	44.8%
2000	40.8%	44.7%
2001	40.5%	44.5%
2002	40.1%	44.3%
2003	39.7%	44.2%
2004	39.4%	44%
2005	39%	43.9%
2006	38.6%	43.8%
2007	38.2%	43.6%
2008	37.9%	43.5%
2009	37.6%	43.3%
2010	37.3%	43.2%
2011	37.1%	43%
2012	37%	42.8%
2013	36.8%	42.7%
2014	36.7%	42.5%
2015	36.6%	42.2%
2016	36.6%	42%
2017	36.6%	41.7%
2018	36.7%	41.3%
2019	36.8%	40.9%
2020	36.8%	40.5%
2021	36.8%	40.1%
2022	36.8%	39.7%
2023	36.7%	39.2%
2024	36.5%	38.8%
2025	36.2%	38.3%
2026	35.9%	37.8%
2027	35.6%	37.4%
2028	35.3%	36.9%
2029	34.9%	36.4%
2030	34.6%	36%
2031	34.2%	35.5%
2032	33.8%	35.1%
2033	33.4%	34.8%
2034	33%	34.4%
2035	32.7%	34.1%
2036	32.3%	33.7%
2037	32%	33.4%
2038	31.8%	33%
2039	31.5%	32.7%
2040	31.3%	32.4%
2041	31.1%	32%
2042	31%	31.7%
2043	30.8%	31.4%
2044	30.6%	31%
2045	30.5%	30.7%
2046	30.3%	30.4%
2047	30.2%	30.1%
2048	30%	29.7%
2049	29.8%	29.4%
2050	29.6%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.5% of the population in Gabon and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 42.4% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Gabon and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Gabon vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Gabon 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
	Gabon	Guinea-Bissau
1960	5,732	10,618
1961	6,161	10,756
1962	6,609	10,662
1963	7,001	9,190
1964	7,402	8,989
1965	7,902	7,789
1966	8,410	6,955
1967	8,883	6,742
1968	9,417	7,289
1969	9,969	7,857
1970	10,635	7,632
1971	11,357	8,183
1972	12,095	7,911
1973	12,731	8,430
1974	13,381	10,321
1975	14,162	11,998
1976	14,998	13,688
1977	15,842	15,484
1978	16,714	17,468
1979	17,553	19,736
1980	18,503	21,024
1981	19,528	21,611
1982	20,292	22,131
1983	21,162	22,542
1984	21,851	22,861
1985	22,617	23,116
1986	23,362	23,301
1987	24,212	23,549
1988	24,888	23,940
1989	25,359	24,286
1990	25,858	23,936
1991	26,334	24,527
1992	26,810	25,747
1993	27,235	26,943
1994	27,271	27,895
1995	27,290	29,142
1996	27,450	29,778
1997	28,053	29,792
1998	28,697	30,390
1999	29,330	30,916
2000	30,210	32,816
2001	30,941	33,461
2002	31,777	34,561
2003	32,633	35,649
2004	33,615	36,495
2005	34,766	37,347
2006	35,984	38,886
2007	37,394	40,288
2008	39,002	40,841
2009	41,037	41,950
2010	43,061	43,067
2011	44,922	44,405
2012	45,941	45,480
2013	46,829	46,472
2014	47,704	46,615
2015	48,876	46,846
2016	50,321	46,814
2017	51,455	46,318
2018	52,476	46,659
2019	53,185	47,196
2020	52,745	46,718
2021	52,611	47,242
2022	52,944	48,920
2023	53,167	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Gabon vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 233 deaths per 100,000 live births in Gabon, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Gabon	Guinea-Bissau
1985	373	1,851
1986	369	1,825
1987	366	1,796
1988	367	1,759
1989	366	1,698
1990	368	1,709
1991	369	1,663
1992	371	1,633
1993	364	1,613
1994	357	1,644
1995	341	1,556
1996	321	1,539
1997	290	1,642
1998	258	1,465
1999	216	1,461
2000	178	1,295
2001	160	1,222
2002	151	1,141
2003	134	1,069
2004	142	980
2005	175	956
2006	186	831
2007	173	792
2008	158	802
2009	158	753
2010	144	698
2011	149	678
2012	173	704
2013	235	707
2014	273	662
2015	239	631
2016	215	617
2017	184	597
2018	176	585
2019	179	598
2020	194	603
2021	249	617
2022	216	539
2023	233	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.32% in Gabon 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
	Gabon	Guinea-Bissau
1960	21.9%	-
1961	21.2%	-
1962	20.5%	-
1963	19.8%	-
1964	19.2%	-
1965	18.6%	-
1966	17.9%	-
1967	17.4%	-
1968	16.8%	-
1969	16.2%	-
1970	15.7%	-
1971	15.2%	-
1972	14.7%	-
1973	14.2%	-
1974	13.7%	-
1975	13.3%	-
1976	12.8%	-
1977	12.4%	-
1978	12%	-
1979	11.6%	-
1980	11.2%	-
1981	10.8%	-
1982	10.5%	-
1983	10.1%	-
1984	9.81%	-
1985	9.52%	24.4%
1986	9.26%	24%
1987	9.03%	23.5%
1988	8.82%	23.1%
1989	8.64%	22.7%
1990	8.49%	22.2%
1991	8.35%	21.8%
1992	8.24%	21.3%
1993	8.14%	20.9%
1994	8.06%	20.4%
1995	7.98%	19.9%
1996	7.89%	19.4%
1997	7.79%	18.9%
1998	7.67%	18.4%
1999	7.53%	17.9%
2000	7.37%	17.4%
2001	7.19%	16.8%
2002	7.01%	16.3%
2003	6.81%	15.7%
2004	6.6%	15.1%
2005	6.39%	14.5%
2006	6.21%	13.9%
2007	5.99%	13.2%
2008	5.77%	12.6%
2009	5.57%	12%
2010	5.35%	11.4%
2011	5.14%	10.9%
2012	4.94%	10.4%
2013	4.73%	9.93%
2014	4.57%	9.53%
2015	4.42%	9.18%
2016	4.24%	8.84%
2017	4.1%	8.53%
2018	3.96%	8.21%
2019	3.8%	7.91%
2020	3.62%	7.66%
2021	3.52%	7.41%
2022	3.41%	7.16%
2023	3.32%	6.93%