Fertility & birth rates in Greece and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Greece vs Guinea-Bissau chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Greece was 1.32 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 Greece 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
	Greece	Guinea-Bissau
1960	2.23	5.92
1961	2.13	5.93
1962	2.16	5.94
1963	2.14	5.95
1964	2.24	5.96
1965	2.25	5.97
1966	2.32	5.98
1967	2.45	5.99
1968	2.42	6.01
1969	2.36	6.02
1970	2.4	6.04
1971	2.32	6.06
1972	2.32	6.08
1973	2.27	6.1
1974	2.38	6.12
1975	2.33	6.15
1976	2.35	6.19
1977	2.27	6.25
1978	2.28	6.32
1979	2.26	6.4
1980	2.23	6.49
1981	2.09	6.57
1982	2.03	6.64
1983	1.94	6.69
1984	1.83	6.73
1985	1.67	6.74
1986	1.6	6.73
1987	1.5	6.72
1988	1.5	6.69
1989	1.4	6.66
1990	1.39	6.5
1991	1.37	6.47
1992	1.36	6.44
1993	1.32	6.37
1994	1.33	6.3
1995	1.28	6.22
1996	1.26	6.14
1997	1.27	6.06
1998	1.24	5.97
1999	1.23	5.87
2000	1.25	5.79
2001	1.25	5.69
2002	1.28	5.63
2003	1.29	5.58
2004	1.31	5.5
2005	1.34	5.46
2006	1.4	5.41
2007	1.41	5.37
2008	1.5	5.27
2009	1.5	5.18
2010	1.48	5.11
2011	1.4	5.07
2012	1.34	5
2013	1.29	4.93
2014	1.3	4.79
2015	1.33	4.66
2016	1.38	4.52
2017	1.35	4.35
2018	1.35	4.24
2019	1.34	4.15
2020	1.39	4.08
2021	1.43	4
2022	1.32	3.91
2023	1.32	3.84
2024	1.32	3.76
2025	1.33	3.68
2026	1.33	3.62
2027	1.33	3.56
2028	1.34	3.5
2029	1.34	3.44
2030	1.34	3.37
2031	1.35	3.31
2032	1.35	3.25
2033	1.35	3.2
2034	1.35	3.15
2035	1.36	3.09
2036	1.36	3.04
2037	1.36	3
2038	1.37	2.95
2039	1.37	2.91
2040	1.37	2.87
2041	1.38	2.84
2042	1.38	2.8
2043	1.39	2.77
2044	1.39	2.74
2045	1.39	2.71
2046	1.39	2.67
2047	1.39	2.64
2048	1.39	2.62
2049	1.4	2.59
2050	1.4	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Greece	Guinea-Bissau
1960	26.7%	36.9%
1961	26.4%	37.1%
1962	26.1%	37.7%
1963	26%	38.4%
1964	25.9%	39.6%
1965	25.3%	41%
1966	25.5%	41.9%
1967	25.3%	42.1%
1968	25.2%	41.8%
1969	25.2%	41.9%
1970	24.8%	41.9%
1971	25.1%	41.9%
1972	24.8%	41.9%
1973	24.5%	41.6%
1974	24.3%	41.4%
1975	24%	41.8%
1976	23.8%	42.6%
1977	23.6%	43.7%
1978	23.5%	44.8%
1979	23.2%	45.1%
1980	23.4%	45%
1981	23.6%	45.3%
1982	23.2%	45.5%
1983	22.8%	45.7%
1984	22.4%	45.9%
1985	21.9%	45.9%
1986	21.4%	46%
1987	20.9%	45.9%
1988	20.5%	45.9%
1989	19.9%	45.8%
1990	19.4%	45.7%
1991	18.9%	45.5%
1992	18.6%	45.5%
1993	18.2%	45.4%
1994	17.8%	45.4%
1995	17.3%	45.3%
1996	16.9%	45.2%
1997	16.5%	45.1%
1998	16.2%	45%
1999	16%	44.8%
2000	15.8%	44.7%
2001	15.7%	44.5%
2002	15.6%	44.3%
2003	15.4%	44.2%
2004	15.2%	44%
2005	15%	43.9%
2006	14.8%	43.8%
2007	14.7%	43.6%
2008	14.6%	43.5%
2009	14.6%	43.3%
2010	14.6%	43.2%
2011	14.6%	43%
2012	14.7%	42.8%
2013	14.7%	42.7%
2014	14.6%	42.5%
2015	14.5%	42.2%
2016	14.4%	42%
2017	14.4%	41.7%
2018	14.4%	41.3%
2019	14.3%	40.9%
2020	14.2%	40.5%
2021	14%	40.1%
2022	13.8%	39.7%
2023	13.6%	39.2%
2024	13.2%	38.8%
2025	12.9%	38.3%
2026	12.6%	37.8%
2027	12.3%	37.4%
2028	12.1%	36.9%
2029	11.9%	36.4%
2030	11.7%	36%
2031	11.5%	35.5%
2032	11.3%	35.1%
2033	11.2%	34.8%
2034	11.1%	34.4%
2035	11%	34.1%
2036	10.9%	33.7%
2037	10.9%	33.4%
2038	11%	33%
2039	11%	32.7%
2040	11.1%	32.4%
2041	11.2%	32%
2042	11.3%	31.7%
2043	11.4%	31.4%
2044	11.5%	31%
2045	11.7%	30.7%
2046	11.8%	30.4%
2047	11.9%	30.1%
2048	12%	29.7%
2049	12.1%	29.4%
2050	12.2%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.2% of the population in Greece and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 19.4% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Greece and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Greece vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.39% in Greece 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
	Greece	Guinea-Bissau
1960	96,648	10,618
1961	86,500	10,756
1962	85,327	10,662
1963	81,404	9,190
1964	83,402	8,989
1965	83,793	7,789
1966	86,998	6,955
1967	91,183	6,742
1968	87,408	7,289
1969	82,464	7,857
1970	71,222	7,632
1971	67,116	8,183
1972	64,887	7,911
1973	59,824	8,430
1974	68,111	10,321
1975	61,516	11,998
1976	65,236	13,688
1977	59,574	15,484
1978	64,124	17,468
1979	65,882	19,736
1980	60,748	21,024
1981	54,484	21,611
1982	50,906	22,131
1983	42,341	22,542
1984	37,604	22,861
1985	22,849	23,116
1986	20,931	23,301
1987	10,001	23,549
1988	15,055	23,940
1989	9,080	24,286
1990	8,157	23,936
1991	6,192	24,527
1992	6,239	25,747
1993	4,185	26,943
1994	6,307	27,895
1995	1,056	29,142
1996	0	29,778
1997	2,133	29,792
1998	-2,144	30,390
1999	-2,153	30,916
2000	-1,081	32,816
2001	0	33,461
2002	0	34,561
2003	-1,093	35,649
2004	0	36,495
2005	2,197	37,347
2006	6,612	38,886
2007	2,210	40,288
2008	11,077	40,841
2009	8,886	41,950
2010	5,560	43,067
2011	-4,441	44,405
2012	-16,568	45,480
2013	-17,545	46,472
2014	-20,696	46,615
2015	-29,216	46,846
2016	-25,862	46,814
2017	-36,566	46,318
2018	-33,272	46,659
2019	-41,814	47,196
2020	-46,004	46,718
2021	-58,131	47,242
2022	-63,665	48,920
2023	-56,191	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Greece vs Guinea-Bissau

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 5 deaths per 100,000 live births in Greece, compared to 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Greece	Guinea-Bissau
1985	9	1,851
1986	8	1,825
1987	9	1,796
1988	7	1,759
1989	7	1,698
1990	7	1,709
1991	6	1,663
1992	6	1,633
1993	5	1,613
1994	5	1,644
1995	5	1,556
1996	4	1,539
1997	4	1,642
1998	4	1,465
1999	4	1,461
2000	4	1,295
2001	3	1,222
2002	3	1,141
2003	3	1,069
2004	3	980
2005	3	956
2006	3	831
2007	3	792
2008	3	802
2009	3	753
2010	4	698
2011	4	678
2012	4	704
2013	4	707
2014	4	662
2015	5	631
2016	5	617
2017	5	597
2018	5	585
2019	5	598
2020	7	603
2021	9	617
2022	10	539
2023	5	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Greece 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
	Greece	Guinea-Bissau
1960	4.62%	-
1961	4.51%	-
1962	4.39%	-
1963	4.25%	-
1964	4.1%	-
1965	3.97%	-
1966	3.86%	-
1967	3.73%	-
1968	3.54%	-
1969	3.33%	-
1970	3.13%	-
1971	2.96%	-
1972	2.84%	-
1973	2.76%	-
1974	2.7%	-
1975	2.62%	-
1976	2.51%	-
1977	2.38%	-
1978	2.24%	-
1979	2.09%	-
1980	1.96%	-
1981	1.83%	-
1982	1.71%	-
1983	1.62%	-
1984	1.54%	-
1985	1.46%	24.4%
1986	1.37%	24%
1987	1.27%	23.5%
1988	1.19%	23.1%
1989	1.11%	22.7%
1990	1.05%	22.2%
1991	0.99%	21.8%
1992	0.95%	21.3%
1993	0.91%	20.9%
1994	0.88%	20.4%
1995	0.85%	19.9%
1996	0.81%	19.4%
1997	0.77%	18.9%
1998	0.73%	18.4%
1999	0.69%	17.9%
2000	0.64%	17.4%
2001	0.6%	16.8%
2002	0.56%	16.3%
2003	0.52%	15.7%
2004	0.49%	15.1%
2005	0.46%	14.5%
2006	0.43%	13.9%
2007	0.41%	13.2%
2008	0.4%	12.6%
2009	0.4%	12%
2010	0.39%	11.4%
2011	0.4%	10.9%
2012	0.4%	10.4%
2013	0.41%	9.93%
2014	0.42%	9.53%
2015	0.43%	9.18%
2016	0.43%	8.84%
2017	0.43%	8.53%
2018	0.42%	8.21%
2019	0.41%	7.91%
2020	0.4%	7.66%
2021	0.39%	7.41%
2022	0.38%	7.16%
2023	0.37%	6.93%