Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Guyana

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Guyana chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau was 3.84 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.41 in Guyana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs Guyana population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Guyana
1960	5.92	6.33
1961	5.93	6.34
1962	5.94	6.33
1963	5.95	6.31
1964	5.96	6.23
1965	5.97	6.14
1966	5.98	6.02
1967	5.99	5.89
1968	6.01	5.75
1969	6.02	5.58
1970	6.04	5.41
1971	6.06	5.26
1972	6.08	5.08
1973	6.1	4.87
1974	6.12	4.64
1975	6.15	4.45
1976	6.19	4.28
1977	6.25	4.12
1978	6.32	3.97
1979	6.4	3.86
1980	6.49	3.77
1981	6.57	3.72
1982	6.64	3.68
1983	6.69	3.64
1984	6.73	3.54
1985	6.74	3.47
1986	6.73	3.38
1987	6.72	3.31
1988	6.69	3.23
1989	6.66	3.19
1990	6.5	3.18
1991	6.47	3.18
1992	6.44	3.19
1993	6.37	3.2
1994	6.3	3.23
1995	6.22	3.24
1996	6.14	3.23
1997	6.06	3.22
1998	5.97	3.18
1999	5.87	3.13
2000	5.79	3.06
2001	5.69	2.96
2002	5.63	2.84
2003	5.58	2.75
2004	5.5	2.68
2005	5.46	2.65
2006	5.41	2.66
2007	5.37	2.68
2008	5.27	2.7
2009	5.18	2.69
2010	5.11	2.68
2011	5.07	2.69
2012	5	2.7
2013	4.93	2.71
2014	4.79	2.7
2015	4.66	2.67
2016	4.52	2.63
2017	4.35	2.59
2018	4.24	2.55
2019	4.15	2.52
2020	4.08	2.49
2021	4	2.46
2022	3.91	2.44
2023	3.84	2.41
2024	3.76	2.39
2025	3.68	2.37
2026	3.62	2.35
2027	3.56	2.32
2028	3.5	2.3
2029	3.44	2.28
2030	3.37	2.26
2031	3.31	2.23
2032	3.25	2.21
2033	3.2	2.2
2034	3.15	2.18
2035	3.09	2.16
2036	3.04	2.15
2037	3	2.13
2038	2.95	2.12
2039	2.91	2.11
2040	2.87	2.1
2041	2.84	2.09
2042	2.8	2.07
2043	2.77	2.06
2044	2.74	2.05
2045	2.71	2.03
2046	2.67	2.02
2047	2.64	2.01
2048	2.62	2
2049	2.59	1.98
2050	2.56	1.98

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Guyana
1960	36.9%	46.8%
1961	37.1%	47%
1962	37.7%	47.4%
1963	38.4%	47.6%
1964	39.6%	47.7%
1965	41%	47.8%
1966	41.9%	47.7%
1967	42.1%	47.5%
1968	41.8%	47.3%
1969	41.9%	46.9%
1970	41.9%	46.6%
1971	41.9%	46.3%
1972	41.9%	46%
1973	41.6%	45.7%
1974	41.4%	45.3%
1975	41.8%	44.9%
1976	42.6%	44.4%
1977	43.7%	43.9%
1978	44.8%	43.4%
1979	45.1%	42.9%
1980	45%	42.5%
1981	45.3%	41.9%
1982	45.5%	41.2%
1983	45.7%	40.5%
1984	45.9%	39.9%
1985	45.9%	39.2%
1986	46%	38.6%
1987	45.9%	38%
1988	45.9%	37.5%
1989	45.8%	37.2%
1990	45.7%	36.9%
1991	45.5%	36.7%
1992	45.5%	36.5%
1993	45.4%	36.4%
1994	45.4%	36.4%
1995	45.3%	36.4%
1996	45.2%	36.4%
1997	45.1%	36.5%
1998	45%	36.6%
1999	44.8%	36.6%
2000	44.7%	36.6%
2001	44.5%	36.5%
2002	44.3%	36.4%
2003	44.2%	36.1%
2004	44%	35.8%
2005	43.9%	35.3%
2006	43.8%	34.7%
2007	43.6%	34.1%
2008	43.5%	33.5%
2009	43.3%	32.9%
2010	43.2%	32.2%
2011	43%	31.6%
2012	42.8%	31.1%
2013	42.7%	30.8%
2014	42.5%	30.5%
2015	42.2%	30.3%
2016	42%	30.1%
2017	41.7%	30%
2018	41.3%	29.5%
2019	40.9%	29.3%
2020	40.5%	29.5%
2021	40.1%	29.4%
2022	39.7%	29.4%
2023	39.2%	29.3%
2024	38.8%	29.2%
2025	38.3%	28.9%
2026	37.8%	28.7%
2027	37.4%	28.4%
2028	36.9%	28.1%
2029	36.4%	27.8%
2030	36%	27.4%
2031	35.5%	27%
2032	35.1%	26.7%
2033	34.8%	26.3%
2034	34.4%	26%
2035	34.1%	25.6%
2036	33.7%	25.2%
2037	33.4%	24.9%
2038	33%	24.6%
2039	32.7%	24.3%
2040	32.4%	24.1%
2041	32%	23.9%
2042	31.7%	23.6%
2043	31.4%	23.4%
2044	31%	23.3%
2045	30.7%	23.1%
2046	30.4%	22.9%
2047	30.1%	22.7%
2048	29.7%	22.6%
2049	29.4%	22.4%
2050	29.1%	22.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 29.2% in Guyana in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 36.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and Guyana compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Guyana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +1.36% in Guyana. 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
	Guinea-Bissau	Guyana
1960	10,618	17,867
1961	10,756	18,092
1962	10,662	18,344
1963	9,190	18,606
1964	8,989	18,729
1965	7,789	18,791
1966	6,955	18,862
1967	6,742	18,933
1968	7,289	19,035
1969	7,857	19,133
1970	7,632	19,233
1971	8,183	19,273
1972	7,911	19,219
1973	8,430	18,991
1974	10,321	18,589
1975	11,998	18,317
1976	13,688	18,083
1977	15,484	17,805
1978	17,468	17,539
1979	19,736	17,402
1980	21,024	17,298
1981	21,611	17,471
1982	22,131	17,644
1983	22,542	17,753
1984	22,861	17,466
1985	23,116	17,292
1986	23,301	16,940
1987	23,549	16,600
1988	23,940	16,189
1989	24,286	15,947
1990	23,936	15,917
1991	24,527	15,896
1992	25,747	15,990
1993	26,943	16,099
1994	27,895	16,185
1995	29,142	15,991
1996	29,778	15,768
1997	29,792	15,568
1998	30,390	15,292
1999	30,916	14,763
2000	32,816	14,128
2001	33,461	13,307
2002	34,561	12,218
2003	35,649	11,344
2004	36,495	10,767
2005	37,347	10,455
2006	38,886	10,525
2007	40,288	10,741
2008	40,841	10,792
2009	41,950	10,758
2010	43,067	10,652
2011	44,405	10,713
2012	45,480	10,633
2013	46,472	10,887
2014	46,615	11,143
2015	46,846	11,199
2016	46,814	11,168
2017	46,318	11,108
2018	46,659	10,946
2019	47,196	11,665
2020	46,718	10,307
2021	47,242	8,125
2022	48,920	11,042
2023	49,498	10,716

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Guyana

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 505 deaths per 100,000 live births in Guinea-Bissau, compared to 75 deaths in Guyana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Guyana
1985	1,851	241
1986	1,825	238
1987	1,796	234
1988	1,759	230
1989	1,698	227
1990	1,709	224
1991	1,663	219
1992	1,633	208
1993	1,613	205
1994	1,644	204
1995	1,556	207
1996	1,539	202
1997	1,642	195
1998	1,465	184
1999	1,461	178
2000	1,295	171
2001	1,222	163
2002	1,141	164
2003	1,069	164
2004	980	162
2005	956	166
2006	831	167
2007	792	158
2008	802	153
2009	753	146
2010	698	141
2011	678	135
2012	704	133
2013	707	128
2014	662	121
2015	631	117
2016	617	114
2017	597	110
2018	585	105
2019	598	107
2020	603	109
2021	617	189
2022	539	83
2023	505	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 2.57% in Guyana. 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
	Guinea-Bissau	Guyana
1960	-	9.19%
1961	-	8.81%
1962	-	8.49%
1963	-	8.21%
1964	-	7.99%
1965	-	7.8%
1966	-	7.66%
1967	-	7.56%
1968	-	7.48%
1969	-	7.43%
1970	-	7.39%
1971	-	7.37%
1972	-	7.35%
1973	-	7.33%
1974	-	7.31%
1975	-	7.27%
1976	-	7.24%
1977	-	7.19%
1978	-	7.14%
1979	-	7.08%
1980	-	7.02%
1981	-	6.96%
1982	-	6.89%
1983	-	6.82%
1984	-	6.74%
1985	24.4%	6.66%
1986	24%	6.57%
1987	23.5%	6.47%
1988	23.1%	6.35%
1989	22.7%	6.22%
1990	22.2%	6.08%
1991	21.8%	5.92%
1992	21.3%	5.77%
1993	20.9%	5.6%
1994	20.4%	5.45%
1995	19.9%	5.3%
1996	19.4%	5.16%
1997	18.9%	5.02%
1998	18.4%	4.89%
1999	17.9%	4.77%
2000	17.4%	4.65%
2001	16.8%	4.53%
2002	16.3%	4.42%
2003	15.7%	4.32%
2004	15.1%	4.23%
2005	14.5%	4.14%
2006	13.9%	4.05%
2007	13.2%	3.97%
2008	12.6%	3.89%
2009	12%	3.81%
2010	11.4%	3.73%
2011	10.9%	3.65%
2012	10.4%	3.58%
2013	9.93%	3.49%
2014	9.53%	3.4%
2015	9.18%	3.31%
2016	8.84%	3.21%
2017	8.53%	3.11%
2018	8.21%	3.02%
2019	7.91%	2.93%
2020	7.66%	2.84%
2021	7.41%	2.75%
2022	7.16%	2.66%
2023	6.93%	2.57%