Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Indonesia

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Indonesia 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 2.13 in Indonesia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs Indonesia 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	Indonesia
1960	5.92	5.51
1961	5.93	5.52
1962	5.94	5.53
1963	5.95	5.55
1964	5.96	5.57
1965	5.97	5.59
1966	5.98	5.59
1967	5.99	5.58
1968	6.01	5.57
1969	6.02	5.55
1970	6.04	5.49
1971	6.06	5.4
1972	6.08	5.32
1973	6.1	5.25
1974	6.12	5.09
1975	6.15	5.03
1976	6.19	4.92
1977	6.25	4.81
1978	6.32	4.73
1979	6.4	4.63
1980	6.49	4.5
1981	6.57	4.36
1982	6.64	4.25
1983	6.69	4.11
1984	6.73	3.96
1985	6.74	3.73
1986	6.73	3.53
1987	6.72	3.42
1988	6.69	3.35
1989	6.66	3.25
1990	6.5	3.11
1991	6.47	3.06
1992	6.44	2.95
1993	6.37	2.9
1994	6.3	2.85
1995	6.22	2.81
1996	6.14	2.78
1997	6.06	2.74
1998	5.97	2.66
1999	5.87	2.57
2000	5.79	2.5
2001	5.69	2.47
2002	5.63	2.44
2003	5.58	2.41
2004	5.5	2.42
2005	5.46	2.45
2006	5.41	2.46
2007	5.37	2.48
2008	5.27	2.44
2009	5.18	2.44
2010	5.11	2.46
2011	5.07	2.52
2012	5	2.51
2013	4.93	2.44
2014	4.79	2.39
2015	4.66	2.35
2016	4.52	2.31
2017	4.35	2.25
2018	4.24	2.22
2019	4.15	2.21
2020	4.08	2.19
2021	4	2.17
2022	3.91	2.15
2023	3.84	2.13
2024	3.76	2.11
2025	3.68	2.1
2026	3.62	2.08
2027	3.56	2.06
2028	3.5	2.04
2029	3.44	2.03
2030	3.37	2.01
2031	3.31	2
2032	3.25	1.99
2033	3.2	1.98
2034	3.15	1.97
2035	3.09	1.95
2036	3.04	1.94
2037	3	1.94
2038	2.95	1.93
2039	2.91	1.92
2040	2.87	1.91
2041	2.84	1.9
2042	2.8	1.89
2043	2.77	1.89
2044	2.74	1.88
2045	2.71	1.87
2046	2.67	1.87
2047	2.64	1.86
2048	2.62	1.86
2049	2.59	1.85
2050	2.56	1.85

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Indonesia
1960	36.9%	39.8%
1961	37.1%	40%
1962	37.7%	40.3%
1963	38.4%	40.7%
1964	39.6%	41.1%
1965	41%	41.5%
1966	41.9%	41.9%
1967	42.1%	42.2%
1968	41.8%	42.5%
1969	41.9%	42.6%
1970	41.9%	42.6%
1971	41.9%	42.6%
1972	41.9%	42.5%
1973	41.6%	42.4%
1974	41.4%	42.3%
1975	41.8%	42%
1976	42.6%	41.8%
1977	43.7%	41.5%
1978	44.8%	41.2%
1979	45.1%	40.9%
1980	45%	40.6%
1981	45.3%	40.2%
1982	45.5%	39.8%
1983	45.7%	39.4%
1984	45.9%	39%
1985	45.9%	38.5%
1986	46%	38%
1987	45.9%	37.4%
1988	45.9%	36.9%
1989	45.8%	36.4%
1990	45.7%	35.9%
1991	45.5%	35.4%
1992	45.5%	34.8%
1993	45.4%	34.3%
1994	45.4%	33.7%
1995	45.3%	33.2%
1996	45.2%	32.7%
1997	45.1%	32.2%
1998	45%	31.7%
1999	44.8%	31.3%
2000	44.7%	30.8%
2001	44.5%	30.4%
2002	44.3%	30%
2003	44.2%	29.7%
2004	44%	29.3%
2005	43.9%	29.1%
2006	43.8%	28.8%
2007	43.6%	28.6%
2008	43.5%	28.4%
2009	43.3%	28.1%
2010	43.2%	27.9%
2011	43%	27.7%
2012	42.8%	27.5%
2013	42.7%	27.3%
2014	42.5%	27.2%
2015	42.2%	27%
2016	42%	26.8%
2017	41.7%	26.6%
2018	41.3%	26.3%
2019	40.9%	26.1%
2020	40.5%	25.8%
2021	40.1%	25.6%
2022	39.7%	25.3%
2023	39.2%	24.9%
2024	38.8%	24.6%
2025	38.3%	24.2%
2026	37.8%	23.9%
2027	37.4%	23.5%
2028	36.9%	23.1%
2029	36.4%	22.7%
2030	36%	22.4%
2031	35.5%	22.1%
2032	35.1%	21.9%
2033	34.8%	21.7%
2034	34.4%	21.5%
2035	34.1%	21.3%
2036	33.7%	21.1%
2037	33.4%	20.9%
2038	33%	20.8%
2039	32.7%	20.6%
2040	32.4%	20.5%
2041	32%	20.4%
2042	31.7%	20.2%
2043	31.4%	20.1%
2044	31%	20%
2045	30.7%	19.9%
2046	30.4%	19.7%
2047	30.1%	19.6%
2048	29.7%	19.5%
2049	29.4%	19.3%
2050	29.1%	19.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 24.6% in Indonesia in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and Indonesia compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Indonesia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +0.94% in Indonesia. 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	Indonesia
1960	10,618	2,350,971
1961	10,756	2,434,113
1962	10,662	2,525,163
1963	9,190	2,609,526
1964	8,989	2,700,138
1965	7,789	2,278,891
1966	6,955	2,715,011
1967	6,742	2,909,981
1968	7,289	2,961,608
1969	7,857	3,034,825
1970	7,632	3,080,421
1971	8,183	3,111,304
1972	7,911	3,149,726
1973	8,430	3,210,643
1974	10,321	3,196,136
1975	11,998	3,263,794
1976	13,688	3,291,479
1977	15,484	3,334,779
1978	17,468	3,412,980
1979	19,736	3,460,621
1980	21,024	3,484,846
1981	21,611	3,497,244
1982	22,131	3,545,504
1983	22,542	3,558,949
1984	22,861	3,549,570
1985	23,116	3,419,412
1986	23,301	3,309,905
1987	23,549	3,304,520
1988	23,940	3,331,242
1989	24,286	3,316,792
1990	23,936	3,250,906
1991	24,527	3,288,791
1992	25,747	3,241,576
1993	26,943	3,287,348
1994	27,895	3,292,127
1995	29,142	3,304,550
1996	29,778	3,331,535
1997	29,792	3,338,243
1998	30,390	3,258,820
1999	30,916	3,137,133
2000	32,816	3,080,621
2001	33,461	3,066,275
2002	34,561	3,063,044
2003	35,649	3,037,698
2004	36,495	2,894,440
2005	37,347	3,149,551
2006	38,886	3,163,026
2007	40,288	3,211,484
2008	40,841	3,138,143
2009	41,950	3,140,944
2010	43,067	3,161,082
2011	44,405	3,266,560
2012	45,480	3,259,811
2013	46,472	3,104,258
2014	46,615	3,000,907
2015	46,846	2,899,165
2016	46,814	2,814,578
2017	46,318	2,682,556
2018	46,659	2,587,219
2019	47,196	2,548,048
2020	46,718	2,152,076
2021	47,242	1,764,332
2022	48,920	2,429,171
2023	49,498	2,364,808

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Indonesia

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 140 deaths in Indonesia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Indonesia
1985	1,851	474
1986	1,825	455
1987	1,796	437
1988	1,759	431
1989	1,698	402
1990	1,709	392
1991	1,663	378
1992	1,633	359
1993	1,613	327
1994	1,644	333
1995	1,556	334
1996	1,539	331
1997	1,642	323
1998	1,465	317
1999	1,461	321
2000	1,295	311
2001	1,222	300
2002	1,141	283
2003	1,069	279
2004	980	283
2005	956	268
2006	831	264
2007	792	257
2008	802	251
2009	753	246
2010	698	242
2011	678	230
2012	704	220
2013	707	208
2014	662	198
2015	631	190
2016	617	182
2017	597	173
2018	585	168
2019	598	161
2020	603	184
2021	617	226
2022	539	148
2023	505	140

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 2.06% in Indonesia. 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	Indonesia
1960	-	22.4%
1961	-	21.8%
1962	-	21.2%
1963	-	20.6%
1964	-	20%
1965	-	22.9%
1966	-	18.9%
1967	-	18.3%
1968	-	17.7%
1969	-	17.2%
1970	-	16.6%
1971	-	16.1%
1972	-	15.5%
1973	-	15%
1974	-	14.6%
1975	-	14.1%
1976	-	13.7%
1977	-	13.2%
1978	-	12.8%
1979	-	12.5%
1980	-	12.1%
1981	-	11.7%
1982	-	11.3%
1983	-	11%
1984	-	10.6%
1985	24.4%	10.2%
1986	24%	9.88%
1987	23.5%	9.51%
1988	23.1%	9.14%
1989	22.7%	8.76%
1990	22.2%	8.39%
1991	21.8%	8.01%
1992	21.3%	7.64%
1993	20.9%	7.28%
1994	20.4%	6.94%
1995	19.9%	6.61%
1996	19.4%	6.29%
1997	18.9%	5.99%
1998	18.4%	5.71%
1999	17.9%	5.44%
2000	17.4%	5.19%
2001	16.8%	4.96%
2002	16.3%	4.73%
2003	15.7%	4.52%
2004	15.1%	4.91%
2005	14.5%	4.14%
2006	13.9%	3.96%
2007	13.2%	3.8%
2008	12.6%	3.64%
2009	12%	3.5%
2010	11.4%	3.36%
2011	10.9%	3.22%
2012	10.4%	3.1%
2013	9.93%	2.97%
2014	9.53%	2.86%
2015	9.18%	2.74%
2016	8.84%	2.64%
2017	8.53%	2.54%
2018	8.21%	2.45%
2019	7.91%	2.36%
2020	7.66%	2.28%
2021	7.41%	2.2%
2022	7.16%	2.13%
2023	6.93%	2.06%