Fertility & birth rates in Gambia and Trinidad and Tobago

Fertility rate in Gambia vs Trinidad and Tobago chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Gambia was 4.01 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.53 in Trinidad and Tobago in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Gambia vs Trinidad and Tobago population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Gambia	Trinidad
1960	6.25	5.41
1961	6.23	5.41
1962	6.21	5.36
1963	6.2	5.24
1964	6.2	5.08
1965	6.19	4.88
1966	6.18	4.62
1967	6.21	4.35
1968	6.22	4.11
1969	6.25	3.86
1970	6.26	3.71
1971	6.33	3.61
1972	6.37	3.55
1973	6.41	3.47
1974	6.42	3.32
1975	6.43	3.21
1976	6.43	3.14
1977	6.43	3.12
1978	6.42	3.13
1979	6.41	3.13
1980	6.41	3.15
1981	6.4	3.13
1982	6.4	3.11
1983	6.39	3.07
1984	6.39	3.02
1985	6.36	2.99
1986	6.34	2.9
1987	6.3	2.78
1988	6.26	2.65
1989	6.25	2.53
1990	6.25	2.39
1991	6.19	2.29
1992	6.11	2.21
1993	6.03	2.13
1994	6.04	2.06
1995	5.99	1.97
1996	5.93	1.89
1997	5.85	1.83
1998	5.82	1.78
1999	5.77	1.76
2000	5.72	1.73
2001	5.67	1.71
2002	5.66	1.67
2003	5.66	1.65
2004	5.68	1.63
2005	5.71	1.63
2006	5.74	1.62
2007	5.69	1.62
2008	5.63	1.62
2009	5.57	1.62
2010	5.56	1.61
2011	5.54	1.61
2012	5.52	1.61
2013	5.39	1.6
2014	5.2	1.6
2015	5	1.6
2016	4.81	1.6
2017	4.61	1.59
2018	4.42	1.59
2019	4.33	1.58
2020	4.25	1.57
2021	4.17	1.56
2022	4.08	1.54
2023	4.01	1.53
2024	3.91	1.54
2025	3.8	1.52
2026	3.7	1.52
2027	3.6	1.51
2028	3.51	1.51
2029	3.41	1.51
2030	3.33	1.51
2031	3.24	1.51
2032	3.17	1.51
2033	3.1	1.51
2034	3.03	1.51
2035	2.97	1.51
2036	2.91	1.51
2037	2.86	1.51
2038	2.81	1.51
2039	2.76	1.51
2040	2.71	1.51
2041	2.67	1.51
2042	2.63	1.51
2043	2.59	1.51
2044	2.56	1.51
2045	2.52	1.51
2046	2.49	1.51
2047	2.46	1.51
2048	2.43	1.52
2049	2.4	1.52
2050	2.38	1.52

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Gambia	Trinidad
1960	41%	43.1%
1961	40.8%	43.2%
1962	40.7%	43.2%
1963	40.8%	43.3%
1964	41%	43.2%
1965	41.3%	43.1%
1966	41.5%	42.9%
1967	41.6%	42.7%
1968	41.8%	42.3%
1969	41.9%	41.9%
1970	42%	41.2%
1971	42.1%	40.4%
1972	42.2%	39.7%
1973	42.3%	39.1%
1974	42.4%	38.4%
1975	42.6%	37.6%
1976	42.8%	36.8%
1977	43%	36%
1978	43.3%	35.3%
1979	43.5%	34.8%
1980	43.7%	34.4%
1981	44%	34.2%
1982	44.3%	34.2%
1983	44.6%	34.2%
1984	44.9%	34.3%
1985	45%	34.4%
1986	45.2%	34.4%
1987	45.4%	34.4%
1988	45.5%	34.2%
1989	45.6%	34%
1990	45.7%	33.7%
1991	45.8%	33.3%
1992	45.9%	32.8%
1993	46%	32.2%
1994	46.3%	31.6%
1995	46.5%	30.8%
1996	46.7%	29.9%
1997	46.9%	28.9%
1998	46.9%	27.9%
1999	46.9%	27%
2000	46.8%	26%
2001	46.7%	25%
2002	46.6%	24.2%
2003	46.4%	23.4%
2004	46.1%	22.7%
2005	45.9%	22.1%
2006	45.6%	21.6%
2007	45.3%	21.2%
2008	45.1%	20.8%
2009	44.8%	20.5%
2010	44.5%	20.3%
2011	44.3%	20.1%
2012	44.1%	20%
2013	43.9%	19.9%
2014	43.7%	19.7%
2015	43.6%	19.6%
2016	43.3%	19.5%
2017	43.1%	19.3%
2018	42.8%	19%
2019	42.4%	18.8%
2020	42%	18.7%
2021	41.6%	18.5%
2022	41.2%	18.3%
2023	40.7%	18%
2024	40.2%	17.8%
2025	39.7%	17.5%
2026	39.2%	17.2%
2027	38.5%	16.9%
2028	37.9%	16.6%
2029	37.3%	16.4%
2030	36.7%	16.1%
2031	36.2%	15.8%
2032	35.7%	15.5%
2033	35.2%	15.3%
2034	34.8%	15.1%
2035	34.3%	14.9%
2036	33.9%	14.7%
2037	33.4%	14.5%
2038	33%	14.4%
2039	32.5%	14.2%
2040	32.1%	14.1%
2041	31.7%	14.1%
2042	31.3%	14%
2043	30.9%	13.9%
2044	30.5%	13.9%
2045	30.2%	13.8%
2046	29.8%	13.8%
2047	29.5%	13.7%
2048	29.1%	13.7%
2049	28.8%	13.6%
2050	28.4%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.2% of the population in the Gambia and 17.8% in Trinidad and Tobago in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 33.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Gambia and Trinidad and Tobago compared.

Natural population change in Gambia vs Trinidad and Tobago by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.59% in the Gambia and +0.41% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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
	Gambia	Trinidad
1960	8,420	24,766
1961	8,778	25,518
1962	9,150	25,763
1963	9,493	25,507
1964	9,825	25,065
1965	10,162	24,349
1966	10,422	23,228
1967	10,823	21,992
1968	11,215	20,849
1969	11,670	19,652
1970	12,128	19,074
1971	12,842	19,400
1972	13,432	20,116
1973	14,046	20,617
1974	14,628	20,412
1975	15,256	20,468
1976	16,032	20,875
1977	16,773	21,660
1978	17,424	22,538
1979	18,543	23,475
1980	19,566	24,557
1981	20,156	25,015
1982	21,894	25,181
1983	23,175	25,118
1984	24,586	24,738
1985	25,795	24,487
1986	27,195	23,705
1987	28,452	22,398
1988	29,938	21,028
1989	31,504	19,636
1990	33,163	18,052
1991	34,584	16,903
1992	35,951	15,910
1993	37,302	14,878
1994	38,880	14,032
1995	39,681	12,971
1996	40,253	12,101
1997	40,742	11,405
1998	41,842	10,964
1999	42,533	10,821
2000	43,249	10,588
2001	44,154	10,438
2002	45,156	10,316
2003	46,473	10,169
2004	48,276	10,149
2005	50,010	9,822
2006	52,335	9,889
2007	53,653	9,939
2008	55,032	9,872
2009	56,575	9,769
2010	58,554	9,698
2011	60,571	9,601
2012	62,745	9,376
2013	63,510	9,020
2014	63,185	8,571
2015	62,832	7,963
2016	62,358	7,436
2017	61,665	6,779
2018	60,854	5,869
2019	61,701	5,647
2020	62,209	4,558
2021	62,239	2,091
2022	63,634	3,773
2023	65,118	3,200

Maternal mortality chart: Gambia vs Trinidad and Tobago

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 354 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Gambia, compared to 54 deaths in Trinidad and Tobago.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Gambia	Trinidad
1985	1,454	87
1986	1,401	89
1987	1,360	86
1988	1,302	87
1989	1,258	86
1990	1,207	84
1991	1,167	82
1992	1,115	85
1993	1,072	85
1994	1,039	84
1995	999	85
1996	956	84
1997	928	82
1998	867	79
1999	830	78
2000	810	76
2001	794	72
2002	772	69
2003	749	67
2004	719	63
2005	707	60
2006	682	58
2007	675	57
2008	653	55
2009	634	54
2010	632	54
2011	634	53
2012	628	51
2013	606	50
2014	561	50
2015	527	50
2016	490	51
2017	469	51
2018	450	53
2019	422	53
2020	400	35
2021	420	54
2022	365	30
2023	354	54

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.41% in the Gambia and 1.91% in Trinidad and Tobago. 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
	Gambia	Trinidad
1960	36.2%	6.74%
1961	35.5%	6.53%
1962	34.8%	6.33%
1963	34.1%	6.14%
1964	33.5%	5.96%
1965	32.8%	5.8%
1966	32.1%	5.66%
1967	31.5%	5.53%
1968	30.9%	5.4%
1969	30.2%	5.28%
1970	29.5%	5.17%
1971	28.9%	5.06%
1972	28.2%	4.95%
1973	27.5%	4.84%
1974	26.9%	4.72%
1975	26.2%	4.6%
1976	25.5%	4.48%
1977	24.9%	4.37%
1978	24.2%	4.25%
1979	23.6%	4.14%
1980	23%	4.03%
1981	22.3%	3.92%
1982	21.7%	3.83%
1983	21%	3.73%
1984	20.4%	3.64%
1985	19.7%	3.56%
1986	19.1%	3.49%
1987	18.4%	3.42%
1988	17.8%	3.36%
1989	17.2%	3.3%
1990	16.6%	3.25%
1991	16%	3.21%
1992	15.5%	3.16%
1993	14.9%	3.13%
1994	14.4%	3.09%
1995	13.9%	3.06%
1996	13.3%	3.02%
1997	12.8%	2.99%
1998	12.3%	2.96%
1999	11.8%	2.92%
2000	11.3%	2.88%
2001	10.9%	2.84%
2002	10.4%	2.81%
2003	9.95%	2.76%
2004	9.52%	2.72%
2005	9.11%	2.68%
2006	8.71%	2.64%
2007	8.33%	2.59%
2008	7.98%	2.55%
2009	7.64%	2.51%
2010	7.31%	2.47%
2011	7.01%	2.43%
2012	6.73%	2.38%
2013	6.45%	2.35%
2014	6.18%	2.3%
2015	5.93%	2.26%
2016	5.7%	2.22%
2017	5.47%	2.18%
2018	5.27%	2.14%
2019	5.07%	2.1%
2020	4.89%	2.06%
2021	4.72%	2.01%
2022	4.56%	1.96%
2023	4.41%	1.91%