Fertility & birth rates in Gabon and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Gabon vs Ivory Coast 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 4.28 in Ivory Coast in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Gabon vs Ivory Coast 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	Ivory Coast
1960	4.42	7.69
1961	4.5	7.72
1962	4.59	7.75
1963	4.65	7.78
1964	4.71	7.81
1965	4.79	7.84
1966	4.86	7.87
1967	4.92	7.89
1968	4.98	7.91
1969	5.05	7.93
1970	5.1	7.94
1971	5.16	7.94
1972	5.24	7.94
1973	5.29	7.94
1974	5.33	7.93
1975	5.39	7.91
1976	5.46	7.88
1977	5.52	7.83
1978	5.57	7.67
1979	5.61	7.63
1980	5.66	7.59
1981	5.73	7.54
1982	5.74	7.49
1983	5.76	7.42
1984	5.73	7.35
1985	5.71	7.27
1986	5.69	7.19
1987	5.67	7.09
1988	5.62	6.97
1989	5.55	6.85
1990	5.46	6.72
1991	5.37	6.59
1992	5.29	6.43
1993	5.19	6.27
1994	5.04	6.13
1995	4.88	6.04
1996	4.74	5.95
1997	4.66	5.9
1998	4.58	5.85
1999	4.5	5.81
2000	4.47	5.77
2001	4.42	5.7
2002	4.36	5.64
2003	4.3	5.57
2004	4.25	5.53
2005	4.21	5.5
2006	4.17	5.45
2007	4.14	5.4
2008	4.12	5.36
2009	4.14	5.33
2010	4.15	5.29
2011	4.15	5.24
2012	4.09	5.19
2013	4.02	5.14
2014	3.95	5.07
2015	3.92	4.97
2016	3.92	4.87
2017	3.91	4.76
2018	3.91	4.6
2019	3.88	4.52
2020	3.83	4.46
2021	3.78	4.41
2022	3.71	4.35
2023	3.65	4.28
2024	3.59	4.23
2025	3.54	4.17
2026	3.49	4.1
2027	3.43	4.05
2028	3.37	3.99
2029	3.33	3.93
2030	3.29	3.88
2031	3.24	3.83
2032	3.2	3.78
2033	3.16	3.75
2034	3.12	3.69
2035	3.08	3.64
2036	3.04	3.6
2037	3.01	3.56
2038	2.97	3.51
2039	2.94	3.47
2040	2.91	3.43
2041	2.88	3.39
2042	2.84	3.35
2043	2.81	3.31
2044	2.78	3.27
2045	2.75	3.23
2046	2.73	3.2
2047	2.7	3.17
2048	2.67	3.13
2049	2.64	3.1
2050	2.62	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Gabon	Ivory Coast
1960	31.4%	43.1%
1961	31.8%	43.2%
1962	32.2%	43.4%
1963	32.6%	43.6%
1964	33%	43.9%
1965	33.5%	44.1%
1966	33.9%	44.3%
1967	34.3%	44.6%
1968	34.7%	44.8%
1969	35.1%	44.9%
1970	35.4%	45.1%
1971	35.8%	45.1%
1972	36.3%	45.2%
1973	36.7%	45.2%
1974	37.1%	45.3%
1975	37.6%	45.4%
1976	38%	45.7%
1977	38.4%	46.1%
1978	38.8%	46.5%
1979	39.2%	46.8%
1980	39.6%	47.1%
1981	39.9%	47.3%
1982	40.3%	47.5%
1983	40.7%	47.7%
1984	41%	47.8%
1985	41.4%	47.9%
1986	41.6%	48%
1987	41.9%	48.1%
1988	42.1%	48%
1989	42.3%	47.9%
1990	42.4%	47.8%
1991	42.5%	47.6%
1992	42.5%	47.4%
1993	42.5%	47.1%
1994	42.4%	46.9%
1995	42.3%	46.7%
1996	42%	46.4%
1997	41.8%	46.2%
1998	41.5%	46.1%
1999	41.2%	46%
2000	40.8%	46%
2001	40.5%	46.1%
2002	40.1%	46.2%
2003	39.7%	46.2%
2004	39.4%	46.3%
2005	39%	46.3%
2006	38.6%	46.3%
2007	38.2%	46.4%
2008	37.9%	45.8%
2009	37.6%	44.9%
2010	37.3%	44%
2011	37.1%	43.3%
2012	37%	42.7%
2013	36.8%	42.2%
2014	36.7%	42%
2015	36.6%	42.2%
2016	36.6%	42.3%
2017	36.6%	42.4%
2018	36.7%	42.4%
2019	36.8%	42.3%
2020	36.8%	42.2%
2021	36.8%	42%
2022	36.8%	41.7%
2023	36.7%	41.3%
2024	36.5%	40.9%
2025	36.2%	40.5%
2026	35.9%	40%
2027	35.6%	39.7%
2028	35.3%	39.3%
2029	34.9%	38.8%
2030	34.6%	38.3%
2031	34.2%	37.8%
2032	33.8%	37.3%
2033	33.4%	37%
2034	33%	36.7%
2035	32.7%	36.4%
2036	32.3%	36.2%
2037	32%	35.9%
2038	31.8%	35.7%
2039	31.5%	35.6%
2040	31.3%	35.4%
2041	31.1%	35.3%
2042	31%	35.1%
2043	30.8%	35%
2044	30.6%	34.8%
2045	30.5%	34.7%
2046	30.3%	34.5%
2047	30.2%	34.4%
2048	30%	34.2%
2049	29.8%	34%
2050	29.6%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.5% of the population in Gabon and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 42.4% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Gabon and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Gabon vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Gabon and +2.65% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	5,732	99,681
1961	6,161	105,568
1962	6,609	111,930
1963	7,001	118,526
1964	7,402	124,996
1965	7,902	131,601
1966	8,410	138,438
1967	8,883	145,773
1968	9,417	153,464
1969	9,969	161,541
1970	10,635	170,070
1971	11,357	179,918
1972	12,095	190,842
1973	12,731	203,429
1974	13,381	216,389
1975	14,162	228,883
1976	14,998	241,939
1977	15,842	250,858
1978	16,714	257,222
1979	17,553	268,875
1980	18,503	280,630
1981	19,528	292,755
1982	20,292	305,204
1983	21,162	317,379
1984	21,851	331,910
1985	22,617	344,549
1986	23,362	357,205
1987	24,212	370,654
1988	24,888	378,575
1989	25,359	390,081
1990	25,858	402,629
1991	26,334	413,354
1992	26,810	423,294
1993	27,235	430,759
1994	27,271	438,274
1995	27,290	453,719
1996	27,450	469,740
1997	28,053	489,984
1998	28,697	509,167
1999	29,330	527,634
2000	30,210	545,129
2001	30,941	555,220
2002	31,777	563,692
2003	32,633	568,220
2004	33,615	579,424
2005	34,766	593,685
2006	35,984	605,001
2007	37,394	617,247
2008	39,002	630,610
2009	41,037	654,439
2010	43,061	676,554
2011	44,922	694,033
2012	45,941	708,847
2013	46,829	720,228
2014	47,704	728,978
2015	48,876	731,387
2016	50,321	735,630
2017	51,455	734,553
2018	52,476	722,445
2019	53,185	727,774
2020	52,745	727,455
2021	52,611	732,191
2022	52,944	750,270
2023	53,167	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Gabon vs Ivory Coast

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 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Gabon	Ivory Coast
1985	373	766
1986	369	735
1987	366	697
1988	367	671
1989	366	645
1990	368	619
1991	369	584
1992	371	546
1993	364	503
1994	357	463
1995	341	421
1996	321	381
1997	290	364
1998	258	380
1999	216	381
2000	178	378
2001	160	405
2002	151	427
2003	134	451
2004	142	456
2005	175	492
2006	186	544
2007	173	567
2008	158	562
2009	158	588
2010	144	592
2011	149	569
2012	173	566
2013	235	544
2014	273	522
2015	239	505
2016	215	488
2017	184	465
2018	176	449
2019	179	429
2020	194	447
2021	249	459
2022	216	409
2023	233	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.32% in Gabon and 6.71% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	21.9%	32.1%
1961	21.2%	31.3%
1962	20.5%	30.5%
1963	19.8%	29.7%
1964	19.2%	28.9%
1965	18.6%	28.2%
1966	17.9%	27.4%
1967	17.4%	26.7%
1968	16.8%	26%
1969	16.2%	25.2%
1970	15.7%	24.5%
1971	15.2%	23.7%
1972	14.7%	22.9%
1973	14.2%	22.1%
1974	13.7%	21.2%
1975	13.3%	20.3%
1976	12.8%	19.5%
1977	12.4%	18.7%
1978	12%	18%
1979	11.6%	17.4%
1980	11.2%	16.9%
1981	10.8%	16.4%
1982	10.5%	16.1%
1983	10.1%	15.8%
1984	9.81%	15.5%
1985	9.52%	15.4%
1986	9.26%	15.3%
1987	9.03%	15.2%
1988	8.82%	15.2%
1989	8.64%	15.3%
1990	8.49%	15.3%
1991	8.35%	15.4%
1992	8.24%	15.4%
1993	8.14%	15.4%
1994	8.06%	15.3%
1995	7.98%	15.2%
1996	7.89%	15.1%
1997	7.79%	14.9%
1998	7.67%	14.6%
1999	7.53%	14.4%
2000	7.37%	14.1%
2001	7.19%	13.7%
2002	7.01%	13.3%
2003	6.81%	13%
2004	6.6%	12.6%
2005	6.39%	12.2%
2006	6.21%	11.8%
2007	5.99%	11.4%
2008	5.77%	11%
2009	5.57%	10.6%
2010	5.35%	10.2%
2011	5.14%	9.91%
2012	4.94%	9.6%
2013	4.73%	9.27%
2014	4.57%	8.92%
2015	4.42%	8.61%
2016	4.24%	8.36%
2017	4.1%	8.11%
2018	3.96%	7.85%
2019	3.8%	7.59%
2020	3.62%	7.37%
2021	3.52%	7.14%
2022	3.41%	6.92%
2023	3.32%	6.71%