Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Haiti

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Haiti 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 2.66 in Haiti in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs Haiti 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	Haiti
1960	5.92	6.18
1961	5.93	6.18
1962	5.94	6.18
1963	5.95	6.17
1964	5.96	6.16
1965	5.97	6.13
1966	5.98	6.09
1967	5.99	6.05
1968	6.01	6.01
1969	6.02	5.96
1970	6.04	5.91
1971	6.06	5.88
1972	6.08	5.85
1973	6.1	5.81
1974	6.12	5.78
1975	6.15	5.75
1976	6.19	5.71
1977	6.25	5.67
1978	6.32	5.64
1979	6.4	5.59
1980	6.49	5.56
1981	6.57	5.53
1982	6.64	5.53
1983	6.69	5.51
1984	6.73	5.51
1985	6.74	5.5
1986	6.73	5.48
1987	6.72	5.47
1988	6.69	5.47
1989	6.66	5.44
1990	6.5	5.41
1991	6.47	5.32
1992	6.44	5.21
1993	6.37	5.1
1994	6.3	4.99
1995	6.22	4.88
1996	6.14	4.78
1997	6.06	4.67
1998	5.97	4.56
1999	5.87	4.45
2000	5.79	4.39
2001	5.69	4.25
2002	5.63	4.13
2003	5.58	4.05
2004	5.5	3.94
2005	5.46	3.84
2006	5.41	3.76
2007	5.37	3.69
2008	5.27	3.62
2009	5.18	3.57
2010	5.11	3.5
2011	5.07	3.43
2012	5	3.32
2013	4.93	3.22
2014	4.79	3.16
2015	4.66	3.11
2016	4.52	3.05
2017	4.35	2.99
2018	4.24	2.92
2019	4.15	2.86
2020	4.08	2.8
2021	4	2.75
2022	3.91	2.7
2023	3.84	2.66
2024	3.76	2.63
2025	3.68	2.59
2026	3.62	2.55
2027	3.56	2.52
2028	3.5	2.49
2029	3.44	2.46
2030	3.37	2.43
2031	3.31	2.41
2032	3.25	2.38
2033	3.2	2.35
2034	3.15	2.33
2035	3.09	2.3
2036	3.04	2.28
2037	3	2.26
2038	2.95	2.25
2039	2.91	2.23
2040	2.87	2.21
2041	2.84	2.19
2042	2.8	2.18
2043	2.77	2.16
2044	2.74	2.14
2045	2.71	2.13
2046	2.67	2.11
2047	2.64	2.1
2048	2.62	2.09
2049	2.59	2.07
2050	2.56	2.06

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Haiti
1960	36.9%	40.6%
1961	37.1%	40.7%
1962	37.7%	40.8%
1963	38.4%	40.8%
1964	39.6%	40.9%
1965	41%	40.9%
1966	41.9%	40.9%
1967	42.1%	41%
1968	41.8%	41%
1969	41.9%	41%
1970	41.9%	40.9%
1971	41.9%	40.9%
1972	41.9%	40.9%
1973	41.6%	40.9%
1974	41.4%	40.9%
1975	41.8%	41%
1976	42.6%	41%
1977	43.7%	41.1%
1978	44.8%	41.1%
1979	45.1%	41.1%
1980	45%	41.2%
1981	45.3%	41.2%
1982	45.5%	41.3%
1983	45.7%	41.4%
1984	45.9%	41.4%
1985	45.9%	41.5%
1986	46%	41.6%
1987	45.9%	41.7%
1988	45.9%	41.8%
1989	45.8%	41.8%
1990	45.7%	41.9%
1991	45.5%	41.9%
1992	45.5%	41.9%
1993	45.4%	41.8%
1994	45.4%	41.7%
1995	45.3%	41.6%
1996	45.2%	41.4%
1997	45.1%	41.2%
1998	45%	41%
1999	44.8%	40.7%
2000	44.7%	40.4%
2001	44.5%	40.1%
2002	44.3%	39.7%
2003	44.2%	39.3%
2004	44%	38.9%
2005	43.9%	38.4%
2006	43.8%	37.9%
2007	43.6%	37.5%
2008	43.5%	37.1%
2009	43.3%	36.6%
2010	43.2%	36.2%
2011	43%	35.9%
2012	42.8%	35.5%
2013	42.7%	35.1%
2014	42.5%	34.7%
2015	42.2%	34.3%
2016	42%	33.9%
2017	41.7%	33.6%
2018	41.3%	33.3%
2019	40.9%	32.9%
2020	40.5%	32.6%
2021	40.1%	32.3%
2022	39.7%	31.9%
2023	39.2%	31.6%
2024	38.8%	31.2%
2025	38.3%	30.8%
2026	37.8%	30.4%
2027	37.4%	30%
2028	36.9%	29.6%
2029	36.4%	29.2%
2030	36%	28.8%
2031	35.5%	28.5%
2032	35.1%	28.1%
2033	34.8%	27.8%
2034	34.4%	27.4%
2035	34.1%	27.1%
2036	33.7%	26.8%
2037	33.4%	26.5%
2038	33%	26.3%
2039	32.7%	26%
2040	32.4%	25.7%
2041	32%	25.5%
2042	31.7%	25.2%
2043	31.4%	25%
2044	31%	24.8%
2045	30.7%	24.5%
2046	30.4%	24.3%
2047	30.1%	24.1%
2048	29.7%	23.8%
2049	29.4%	23.6%
2050	29.1%	23.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 31.2% in Haiti in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 41.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and Haiti compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Haiti by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +1.58% in Haiti. 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	Haiti
1960	10,618	85,368
1961	10,756	87,563
1962	10,662	89,683
1963	9,190	86,394
1964	8,989	93,987
1965	7,789	95,754
1966	6,955	96,973
1967	6,742	99,266
1968	7,289	101,300
1969	7,857	103,133
1970	7,632	105,208
1971	8,183	107,968
1972	7,911	110,709
1973	8,430	113,223
1974	10,321	115,941
1975	11,998	118,508
1976	13,688	120,992
1977	15,484	123,520
1978	17,468	125,885
1979	19,736	128,206
1980	21,024	130,773
1981	21,611	133,695
1982	22,131	137,214
1983	22,542	140,422
1984	22,861	144,211
1985	23,116	148,364
1986	23,301	152,288
1987	23,549	156,468
1988	23,940	160,750
1989	24,286	163,947
1990	23,936	167,420
1991	24,527	167,919
1992	25,747	168,980
1993	26,943	169,240
1994	27,895	169,260
1995	29,142	171,852
1996	29,778	173,351
1997	29,792	174,962
1998	30,390	175,687
1999	30,916	177,421
2000	32,816	180,677
2001	33,461	178,741
2002	34,561	178,126
2003	35,649	179,543
2004	36,495	174,071
2005	37,347	180,618
2006	38,886	182,866
2007	40,288	184,223
2008	40,841	185,364
2009	41,950	187,804
2010	43,067	95,965
2011	44,405	184,695
2012	45,480	183,702
2013	46,472	181,457
2014	46,615	182,009
2015	46,846	182,063
2016	46,814	180,902
2017	46,318	180,310
2018	46,659	178,632
2019	47,196	176,550
2020	46,718	169,264
2021	47,242	158,994
2022	48,920	164,214
2023	49,498	167,381

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Haiti

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 328 deaths in Haiti.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Haiti
1985	1,851	991
1986	1,825	975
1987	1,796	952
1988	1,759	929
1989	1,698	900
1990	1,709	874
1991	1,663	831
1992	1,633	793
1993	1,613	747
1994	1,644	710
1995	1,556	638
1996	1,539	588
1997	1,642	551
1998	1,465	511
1999	1,461	464
2000	1,295	440
2001	1,222	428
2002	1,141	410
2003	1,069	385
2004	980	427
2005	956	355
2006	831	368
2007	792	383
2008	802	394
2009	753	397
2010	698	398
2011	678	409
2012	704	385
2013	707	380
2014	662	373
2015	631	364
2016	617	356
2017	597	351
2018	585	358
2019	598	351
2020	603	346
2021	617	385
2022	539	331
2023	505	328

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 5.51% in Haiti. 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	Haiti
1960	-	29.2%
1961	-	28.8%
1962	-	28.3%
1963	-	27.9%
1964	-	27.4%
1965	-	27%
1966	-	26.5%
1967	-	26%
1968	-	25.5%
1969	-	25%
1970	-	24.5%
1971	-	23.9%
1972	-	23.4%
1973	-	22.8%
1974	-	22.3%
1975	-	21.7%
1976	-	21.2%
1977	-	20.6%
1978	-	20.1%
1979	-	19.6%
1980	-	19.1%
1981	-	18.6%
1982	-	18.1%
1983	-	17.6%
1984	-	17.1%
1985	24.4%	16.6%
1986	24%	16.2%
1987	23.5%	15.8%
1988	23.1%	15.3%
1989	22.7%	14.9%
1990	22.2%	14.5%
1991	21.8%	14.1%
1992	21.3%	13.7%
1993	20.9%	13.2%
1994	20.4%	12.8%
1995	19.9%	12.4%
1996	19.4%	12%
1997	18.9%	11.5%
1998	18.4%	11.1%
1999	17.9%	10.7%
2000	17.4%	10.4%
2001	16.8%	10%
2002	16.3%	9.68%
2003	15.7%	9.4%
2004	15.1%	9.14%
2005	14.5%	8.91%
2006	13.9%	8.69%
2007	13.2%	8.49%
2008	12.6%	8.29%
2009	12%	8.11%
2010	11.4%	13.7%
2011	10.9%	7.74%
2012	10.4%	7.56%
2013	9.93%	7.38%
2014	9.53%	7.19%
2015	9.18%	6.99%
2016	8.84%	6.79%
2017	8.53%	6.61%
2018	8.21%	6.42%
2019	7.91%	6.23%
2020	7.66%	6.04%
2021	7.41%	5.85%
2022	7.16%	5.69%
2023	6.93%	5.51%