Fertility & birth rates in Germany and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Germany vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Germany was 1.39 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 Germany 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
	Germany	Guinea-Bissau
1960	2.37	5.92
1961	2.45	5.93
1962	2.44	5.94
1963	2.51	5.95
1964	2.54	5.96
1965	2.5	5.97
1966	2.53	5.98
1967	2.48	5.99
1968	2.38	6.01
1969	2.21	6.02
1970	2.03	6.04
1971	1.92	6.06
1972	1.71	6.08
1973	1.54	6.1
1974	1.51	6.12
1975	1.45	6.15
1976	1.45	6.19
1977	1.4	6.25
1978	1.38	6.32
1979	1.38	6.4
1980	1.44	6.49
1981	1.43	6.57
1982	1.41	6.64
1983	1.33	6.69
1984	1.29	6.73
1985	1.37	6.74
1986	1.43	6.73
1987	1.43	6.72
1988	1.46	6.69
1989	1.42	6.66
1990	1.45	6.5
1991	1.33	6.47
1992	1.29	6.44
1993	1.28	6.37
1994	1.24	6.3
1995	1.25	6.22
1996	1.3	6.14
1997	1.35	6.06
1998	1.36	5.97
1999	1.36	5.87
2000	1.38	5.79
2001	1.35	5.69
2002	1.34	5.63
2003	1.34	5.58
2004	1.36	5.5
2005	1.34	5.46
2006	1.33	5.41
2007	1.37	5.37
2008	1.38	5.27
2009	1.36	5.18
2010	1.39	5.11
2011	1.39	5.07
2012	1.41	5
2013	1.42	4.93
2014	1.47	4.79
2015	1.5	4.66
2016	1.6	4.52
2017	1.57	4.35
2018	1.57	4.24
2019	1.54	4.15
2020	1.53	4.08
2021	1.58	4
2022	1.46	3.91
2023	1.39	3.84
2024	1.4	3.76
2025	1.4	3.68
2026	1.41	3.62
2027	1.41	3.56
2028	1.42	3.5
2029	1.42	3.44
2030	1.42	3.37
2031	1.43	3.31
2032	1.43	3.25
2033	1.44	3.2
2034	1.44	3.15
2035	1.44	3.09
2036	1.45	3.04
2037	1.45	3
2038	1.45	2.95
2039	1.46	2.91
2040	1.46	2.87
2041	1.46	2.84
2042	1.47	2.8
2043	1.47	2.77
2044	1.47	2.74
2045	1.47	2.71
2046	1.48	2.67
2047	1.48	2.64
2048	1.48	2.62
2049	1.48	2.59
2050	1.48	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Germany	Guinea-Bissau
1960	21.3%	36.9%
1961	21.7%	37.1%
1962	22%	37.7%
1963	22.3%	38.4%
1964	22.6%	39.6%
1965	22.8%	41%
1966	23%	41.9%
1967	23.1%	42.1%
1968	23.3%	41.8%
1969	23.3%	41.9%
1970	23.2%	41.9%
1971	23%	41.9%
1972	22.8%	41.9%
1973	22.4%	41.6%
1974	22%	41.4%
1975	21.5%	41.8%
1976	20.9%	42.6%
1977	20.3%	43.7%
1978	19.7%	44.8%
1979	19.1%	45.1%
1980	18.5%	45%
1981	17.9%	45.3%
1982	17.4%	45.5%
1983	16.9%	45.7%
1984	16.4%	45.9%
1985	16%	45.9%
1986	15.8%	46%
1987	15.6%	45.9%
1988	15.7%	45.9%
1989	15.9%	45.8%
1990	16.1%	45.7%
1991	16.3%	45.5%
1992	16.3%	45.5%
1993	16.3%	45.4%
1994	16.3%	45.4%
1995	16.3%	45.3%
1996	16.2%	45.2%
1997	16.1%	45.1%
1998	15.9%	45%
1999	15.8%	44.8%
2000	15.7%	44.7%
2001	15.5%	44.5%
2002	15.3%	44.3%
2003	15%	44.2%
2004	14.8%	44%
2005	14.5%	43.9%
2006	14.2%	43.8%
2007	14%	43.6%
2008	13.8%	43.5%
2009	13.8%	43.3%
2010	13.7%	43.2%
2011	13.6%	43%
2012	13.4%	42.8%
2013	13.2%	42.7%
2014	13.2%	42.5%
2015	13.2%	42.2%
2016	13.3%	42%
2017	13.5%	41.7%
2018	13.6%	41.3%
2019	13.7%	40.9%
2020	13.8%	40.5%
2021	13.9%	40.1%
2022	13.9%	39.7%
2023	13.9%	39.2%
2024	13.9%	38.8%
2025	13.9%	38.3%
2026	13.9%	37.8%
2027	13.8%	37.4%
2028	13.8%	36.9%
2029	13.7%	36.4%
2030	13.6%	36%
2031	13.5%	35.5%
2032	13.4%	35.1%
2033	13.2%	34.8%
2034	13.1%	34.4%
2035	12.9%	34.1%
2036	12.8%	33.7%
2037	12.7%	33.4%
2038	12.6%	33%
2039	12.6%	32.7%
2040	12.6%	32.4%
2041	12.5%	32%
2042	12.5%	31.7%
2043	12.6%	31.4%
2044	12.6%	31%
2045	12.7%	30.7%
2046	12.7%	30.4%
2047	12.8%	30.1%
2048	12.9%	29.7%
2049	13%	29.4%
2050	13.1%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Germany and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 16.1% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Germany and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Germany vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.25% in Germany 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
	Germany	Guinea-Bissau
1960	385,919	10,618
1961	462,279	10,756
1962	436,752	10,662
1963	455,757	9,190
1964	482,038	8,989
1965	410,204	7,789
1966	405,982	6,955
1967	353,977	6,742
1968	239,612	7,289
1969	155,820	7,857
1970	70,352	7,632
1971	46,988	8,183
1972	-62,950	7,911
1973	-149,980	8,430
1974	-150,038	10,321
1975	-212,418	11,998
1976	-164,508	13,688
1977	-125,055	15,484
1978	-140,566	17,468
1979	-125,002	19,736
1980	-86,117	21,024
1981	-94,090	21,611
1982	-78,333	22,131
1983	-109,380	22,542
1984	-109,002	22,861
1985	-116,527	23,116
1986	-77,721	23,301
1987	-31,136	23,549
1988	-7,815	23,940
1989	-23,625	24,286
1990	-15,887	23,936
1991	-80,014	24,527
1992	-80,625	25,747
1993	-105,503	26,943
1994	-114,013	27,895
1995	-114,349	29,142
1996	-90,107	29,778
1997	-49,221	29,792
1998	-65,637	30,390
1999	-73,890	30,916
2000	-73,990	32,816
2001	-98,820	33,461
2002	-123,733	34,561
2003	-140,309	35,649
2004	-107,271	36,495
2005	-148,445	37,347
2006	-148,278	38,886
2007	-148,080	40,288
2008	-164,220	40,841
2009	-188,375	41,950
2010	-179,909	43,067
2011	-184,632	44,405
2012	-193,022	45,480
2013	-209,679	46,472
2014	-153,866	46,615
2015	-187,879	46,846
2016	-123,523	46,814
2017	-148,783	46,318
2018	-165,812	46,659
2019	-157,877	47,196
2020	-216,218	46,718
2021	-224,629	47,242
2022	-326,812	48,920
2023	-335,608	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Germany vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Germany, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Germany	Guinea-Bissau
1985	14	1,851
1986	14	1,825
1987	13	1,796
1988	13	1,759
1989	12	1,698
1990	12	1,709
1991	11	1,663
1992	10	1,633
1993	9	1,613
1994	9	1,644
1995	8	1,556
1996	8	1,539
1997	8	1,642
1998	7	1,465
1999	7	1,461
2000	7	1,295
2001	6	1,222
2002	6	1,141
2003	6	1,069
2004	6	980
2005	6	956
2006	6	831
2007	5	792
2008	6	802
2009	6	753
2010	5	698
2011	5	678
2012	5	704
2013	5	707
2014	5	662
2015	5	631
2016	4	617
2017	4	597
2018	4	585
2019	4	598
2020	4	603
2021	4	617
2022	4	539
2023	4	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Germany 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
	Germany	Guinea-Bissau
1968	2.71%	-
1969	2.64%	-
1970	2.57%	-
1971	2.49%	-
1972	2.4%	-
1973	2.31%	-
1974	2.2%	-
1975	2.08%	-
1976	1.95%	-
1977	1.83%	-
1978	1.71%	-
1979	1.6%	-
1980	1.5%	-
1981	1.41%	-
1982	1.32%	-
1983	1.25%	-
1984	1.18%	-
1985	1.11%	24.4%
1986	1.06%	24%
1987	1.01%	23.5%
1988	0.95%	23.1%
1989	0.9%	22.7%
1990	0.85%	22.2%
1991	0.8%	21.8%
1992	0.76%	21.3%
1993	0.72%	20.9%
1994	0.68%	20.4%
1995	0.65%	19.9%
1996	0.62%	19.4%
1997	0.59%	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	0.5%	15.7%
2004	0.48%	15.1%
2005	0.47%	14.5%
2006	0.46%	13.9%
2007	0.45%	13.2%
2008	0.44%	12.6%
2009	0.43%	12%
2010	0.42%	11.4%
2011	0.41%	10.9%
2012	0.4%	10.4%
2013	0.4%	9.93%
2014	0.4%	9.53%
2015	0.39%	9.18%
2016	0.39%	8.84%
2017	0.38%	8.53%
2018	0.38%	8.21%
2019	0.37%	7.91%
2020	0.37%	7.66%
2021	0.37%	7.41%
2022	0.37%	7.16%
2023	0.37%	6.93%