Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Iraq

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Iraq 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 3.25 in Iraq in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs Iraq 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	Iraq
1960	5.92	5.3
1961	5.93	5.8
1962	5.94	6.99
1963	5.95	7.01
1964	5.96	7.01
1965	5.97	7.02
1966	5.98	7.02
1967	5.99	7.03
1968	6.01	7.06
1969	6.02	7.08
1970	6.04	7.07
1971	6.06	7.06
1972	6.08	7.02
1973	6.1	6.99
1974	6.12	6.95
1975	6.15	6.91
1976	6.19	6.86
1977	6.25	6.8
1978	6.32	6.73
1979	6.4	6.66
1980	6.49	6.59
1981	6.57	6.53
1982	6.64	6.46
1983	6.69	6.39
1984	6.73	6.32
1985	6.74	6.25
1986	6.73	6.18
1987	6.72	6.11
1988	6.69	6.05
1989	6.66	5.99
1990	6.5	5.93
1991	6.47	5.83
1992	6.44	5.72
1993	6.37	5.61
1994	6.3	5.49
1995	6.22	5.36
1996	6.14	5.25
1997	6.06	5.19
1998	5.97	5.11
1999	5.87	5.04
2000	5.79	4.92
2001	5.69	4.8
2002	5.63	4.67
2003	5.58	4.58
2004	5.5	4.53
2005	5.46	4.45
2006	5.41	4.46
2007	5.37	4.4
2008	5.27	4.37
2009	5.18	4.38
2010	5.11	4.46
2011	5.07	4.59
2012	5	4.54
2013	4.93	4.44
2014	4.79	4.31
2015	4.66	4.08
2016	4.52	3.84
2017	4.35	3.64
2018	4.24	3.55
2019	4.15	3.48
2020	4.08	3.42
2021	4	3.36
2022	3.91	3.29
2023	3.84	3.25
2024	3.76	3.22
2025	3.68	3.17
2026	3.62	3.13
2027	3.56	3.09
2028	3.5	3.05
2029	3.44	3.01
2030	3.37	2.97
2031	3.31	2.94
2032	3.25	2.89
2033	3.2	2.86
2034	3.15	2.83
2035	3.09	2.79
2036	3.04	2.77
2037	3	2.74
2038	2.95	2.71
2039	2.91	2.69
2040	2.87	2.66
2041	2.84	2.64
2042	2.8	2.61
2043	2.77	2.59
2044	2.74	2.57
2045	2.71	2.54
2046	2.67	2.52
2047	2.64	2.5
2048	2.62	2.48
2049	2.59	2.47
2050	2.56	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Iraq
1960	36.9%	39.8%
1961	37.1%	39.9%
1962	37.7%	40.4%
1963	38.4%	41%
1964	39.6%	41.5%
1965	41%	42.1%
1966	41.9%	42.5%
1967	42.1%	42.8%
1968	41.8%	43%
1969	41.9%	43.3%
1970	41.9%	43.6%
1971	41.9%	44.1%
1972	41.9%	44.7%
1973	41.6%	45.5%
1974	41.4%	46.2%
1975	41.8%	46.7%
1976	42.6%	47.2%
1977	43.7%	47.3%
1978	44.8%	47.1%
1979	45.1%	47%
1980	45%	46.8%
1981	45.3%	46.7%
1982	45.5%	46.6%
1983	45.7%	46.5%
1984	45.9%	46.3%
1985	45.9%	46.2%
1986	46%	46%
1987	45.9%	45.8%
1988	45.9%	45.6%
1989	45.8%	45.4%
1990	45.7%	45.2%
1991	45.5%	45%
1992	45.5%	44.9%
1993	45.4%	44.7%
1994	45.4%	44.6%
1995	45.3%	44.4%
1996	45.2%	44.3%
1997	45.1%	44.1%
1998	45%	44%
1999	44.8%	43.8%
2000	44.7%	43.7%
2001	44.5%	43.5%
2002	44.3%	43.3%
2003	44.2%	43.1%
2004	44%	42.9%
2005	43.9%	42.6%
2006	43.8%	42.3%
2007	43.6%	42.1%
2008	43.5%	41.8%
2009	43.3%	41.5%
2010	43.2%	41.2%
2011	43%	41.1%
2012	42.8%	41%
2013	42.7%	40.8%
2014	42.5%	40.6%
2015	42.2%	40.4%
2016	42%	40.1%
2017	41.7%	39.7%
2018	41.3%	39.3%
2019	40.9%	38.9%
2020	40.5%	38.5%
2021	40.1%	38.1%
2022	39.7%	37.6%
2023	39.2%	37.1%
2024	38.8%	36.6%
2025	38.3%	36%
2026	37.8%	35.4%
2027	37.4%	34.7%
2028	36.9%	34.1%
2029	36.4%	33.4%
2030	36%	32.9%
2031	35.5%	32.5%
2032	35.1%	32.1%
2033	34.8%	31.8%
2034	34.4%	31.6%
2035	34.1%	31.3%
2036	33.7%	31.1%
2037	33.4%	30.9%
2038	33%	30.6%
2039	32.7%	30.4%
2040	32.4%	30.1%
2041	32%	29.9%
2042	31.7%	29.7%
2043	31.4%	29.4%
2044	31%	29.1%
2045	30.7%	28.8%
2046	30.4%	28.6%
2047	30.1%	28.3%
2048	29.7%	28%
2049	29.4%	27.7%
2050	29.1%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 36.6% in Iraq in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 45.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and Iraq compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Iraq by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +2.37% in Iraq. 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	Iraq
1960	10,618	155,651
1961	10,756	184,792
1962	10,662	247,520
1963	9,190	254,046
1964	8,989	262,825
1965	7,789	274,551
1966	6,955	285,507
1967	6,742	298,192
1968	7,289	310,644
1969	7,857	324,792
1970	7,632	338,030
1971	8,183	351,464
1972	7,911	362,334
1973	8,430	373,191
1974	10,321	376,197
1975	11,998	385,916
1976	13,688	402,260
1977	15,484	410,229
1978	17,468	418,756
1979	19,736	428,458
1980	21,024	419,653
1981	21,611	416,998
1982	22,131	428,336
1983	22,542	439,800
1984	22,861	455,740
1985	23,116	467,445
1986	23,301	474,348
1987	23,549	488,742
1988	23,940	476,778
1989	24,286	496,852
1990	23,936	518,575
1991	24,527	550,146
1992	25,747	591,886
1993	26,943	606,700
1994	27,895	634,344
1995	29,142	642,977
1996	29,778	652,866
1997	29,792	667,582
1998	30,390	684,152
1999	30,916	702,170
2000	32,816	715,771
2001	33,461	729,704
2002	34,561	739,419
2003	35,649	746,159
2004	36,495	761,563
2005	37,347	776,603
2006	38,886	797,342
2007	40,288	784,119
2008	40,841	802,382
2009	41,950	855,096
2010	43,067	906,369
2011	44,405	971,082
2012	45,480	999,987
2013	46,472	1,026,036
2014	46,615	1,040,726
2015	46,846	1,007,561
2016	46,814	946,968
2017	46,318	924,507
2018	46,659	938,310
2019	47,196	942,972
2020	46,718	919,953
2021	47,242	941,924
2022	48,920	962,501
2023	49,498	973,420

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Iraq

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 66 deaths in Iraq.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Iraq
1985	1,851	152
1986	1,825	147
1987	1,796	145
1988	1,759	174
1989	1,698	190
1990	1,709	195
1991	1,663	157
1992	1,633	126
1993	1,613	132
1994	1,644	142
1995	1,556	152
1996	1,539	158
1997	1,642	165
1998	1,465	163
1999	1,461	156
2000	1,295	146
2001	1,222	137
2002	1,141	128
2003	1,069	125
2004	980	122
2005	956	118
2006	831	120
2007	792	117
2008	802	109
2009	753	107
2010	698	107
2011	678	105
2012	704	100
2013	707	96
2014	662	90
2015	631	86
2016	617	87
2017	597	81
2018	585	76
2019	598	74
2020	603	63
2021	617	77
2022	539	59
2023	505	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 2.26% in Iraq. 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	Iraq
1960	-	19%
1961	-	17.9%
1962	-	16.9%
1963	-	16%
1964	-	15.1%
1965	-	14.4%
1966	-	13.6%
1967	-	13%
1968	-	12.4%
1969	-	11.8%
1970	-	11.2%
1971	-	10.7%
1972	-	10.3%
1973	-	9.79%
1974	-	9.35%
1975	-	8.93%
1976	-	8.54%
1977	-	8.17%
1978	-	7.83%
1979	-	7.52%
1980	-	7.23%
1981	-	6.96%
1982	-	6.71%
1983	-	6.49%
1984	-	6.28%
1985	24.4%	6.09%
1986	24%	5.91%
1987	23.5%	5.75%
1988	23.1%	6.92%
1989	22.7%	8.12%
1990	22.2%	7.97%
1991	21.8%	6.49%
1992	21.3%	5.17%
1993	20.9%	5.07%
1994	20.4%	4.98%
1995	19.9%	4.89%
1996	19.4%	4.8%
1997	18.9%	4.71%
1998	18.4%	4.61%
1999	17.9%	4.52%
2000	17.4%	4.43%
2001	16.8%	4.33%
2002	16.3%	4.24%
2003	15.7%	4.16%
2004	15.1%	4.07%
2005	14.5%	3.97%
2006	13.9%	3.88%
2007	13.2%	3.78%
2008	12.6%	3.67%
2009	12%	3.56%
2010	11.4%	3.46%
2011	10.9%	3.35%
2012	10.4%	3.24%
2013	9.93%	3.14%
2014	9.53%	3.04%
2015	9.18%	2.94%
2016	8.84%	2.84%
2017	8.53%	2.75%
2018	8.21%	2.66%
2019	7.91%	2.57%
2020	7.66%	2.49%
2021	7.41%	2.41%
2022	7.16%	2.33%
2023	6.93%	2.26%