Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Ireland

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Ireland 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 1.5 in Ireland in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs Ireland 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	Ireland
1960	5.92	3.78
1961	5.93	3.78
1962	5.94	3.92
1963	5.95	4.01
1964	5.96	4.07
1965	5.97	4.04
1966	5.98	3.94
1967	5.99	3.84
1968	6.01	3.77
1969	6.02	3.83
1970	6.04	3.85
1971	6.06	3.93
1972	6.08	3.84
1973	6.1	3.71
1974	6.12	3.59
1975	6.15	3.37
1976	6.19	3.29
1977	6.25	3.24
1978	6.32	3.21
1979	6.4	3.21
1980	6.49	3.21
1981	6.57	3.05
1982	6.64	2.94
1983	6.69	2.74
1984	6.73	2.58
1985	6.74	2.48
1986	6.73	2.44
1987	6.72	2.32
1988	6.69	2.17
1989	6.66	2.08
1990	6.5	2.11
1991	6.47	2.08
1992	6.44	1.99
1993	6.37	1.9
1994	6.3	1.85
1995	6.22	1.84
1996	6.14	1.88
1997	6.06	1.93
1998	5.97	1.94
1999	5.87	1.9
2000	5.79	1.89
2001	5.69	1.94
2002	5.63	1.97
2003	5.58	1.96
2004	5.5	1.93
2005	5.46	1.86
2006	5.41	1.91
2007	5.37	2.01
2008	5.27	2.06
2009	5.18	2.06
2010	5.11	2.05
2011	5.07	2.03
2012	5	1.98
2013	4.93	1.93
2014	4.79	1.89
2015	4.66	1.85
2016	4.52	1.81
2017	4.35	1.77
2018	4.24	1.75
2019	4.15	1.71
2020	4.08	1.63
2021	4	1.78
2022	3.91	1.54
2023	3.84	1.5
2024	3.76	1.5
2025	3.68	1.5
2026	3.62	1.5
2027	3.56	1.5
2028	3.5	1.5
2029	3.44	1.5
2030	3.37	1.5
2031	3.31	1.5
2032	3.25	1.5
2033	3.2	1.5
2034	3.15	1.5
2035	3.09	1.5
2036	3.04	1.5
2037	3	1.5
2038	2.95	1.5
2039	2.91	1.51
2040	2.87	1.51
2041	2.84	1.5
2042	2.8	1.5
2043	2.77	1.5
2044	2.74	1.51
2045	2.71	1.51
2046	2.67	1.5
2047	2.64	1.5
2048	2.62	1.5
2049	2.59	1.5
2050	2.56	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Ireland
1960	36.9%	30.9%
1961	37.1%	31%
1962	37.7%	30.9%
1963	38.4%	30.9%
1964	39.6%	30.9%
1965	41%	31.1%
1966	41.9%	31.1%
1967	42.1%	31.1%
1968	41.8%	31.1%
1969	41.9%	31.1%
1970	41.9%	31.1%
1971	41.9%	31.2%
1972	41.9%	31.2%
1973	41.6%	31.2%
1974	41.4%	31.2%
1975	41.8%	31.1%
1976	42.6%	31%
1977	43.7%	30.9%
1978	44.8%	30.7%
1979	45.1%	30.5%
1980	45%	30.4%
1981	45.3%	30.3%
1982	45.5%	30.1%
1983	45.7%	29.9%
1984	45.9%	29.6%
1985	45.9%	29.3%
1986	46%	28.9%
1987	45.9%	28.5%
1988	45.9%	28.1%
1989	45.8%	27.6%
1990	45.7%	27.1%
1991	45.5%	26.6%
1992	45.5%	26%
1993	45.4%	25.5%
1994	45.4%	24.9%
1995	45.3%	24.2%
1996	45.2%	23.6%
1997	45.1%	23%
1998	45%	22.5%
1999	44.8%	22.1%
2000	44.7%	21.8%
2001	44.5%	21.4%
2002	44.3%	21.1%
2003	44.2%	21%
2004	44%	20.8%
2005	43.9%	20.6%
2006	43.8%	20.4%
2007	43.6%	20.3%
2008	43.5%	20.5%
2009	43.3%	20.7%
2010	43.2%	21.1%
2011	43%	21.4%
2012	42.8%	21.5%
2013	42.7%	21.5%
2014	42.5%	21.4%
2015	42.2%	21.3%
2016	42%	21.2%
2017	41.7%	20.9%
2018	41.3%	20.7%
2019	40.9%	20.4%
2020	40.5%	20.1%
2021	40.1%	19.8%
2022	39.7%	19.5%
2023	39.2%	19%
2024	38.8%	18.6%
2025	38.3%	18.1%
2026	37.8%	17.6%
2027	37.4%	17.2%
2028	36.9%	16.9%
2029	36.4%	16.6%
2030	36%	16.3%
2031	35.5%	16%
2032	35.1%	15.8%
2033	34.8%	15.6%
2034	34.4%	15.4%
2035	34.1%	15.3%
2036	33.7%	15.2%
2037	33.4%	15.1%
2038	33%	15.1%
2039	32.7%	15.2%
2040	32.4%	15.2%
2041	32%	15.3%
2042	31.7%	15.4%
2043	31.4%	15.4%
2044	31%	15.5%
2045	30.7%	15.6%
2046	30.4%	15.6%
2047	30.1%	15.7%
2048	29.7%	15.7%
2049	29.4%	15.7%
2050	29.1%	15.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 18.6% in Ireland in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 27.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and Ireland compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Ireland by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +0.58% in Ireland. 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	Ireland
1960	10,618	28,286
1961	10,756	25,137
1962	10,662	28,077
1963	9,190	29,667
1964	8,989	31,532
1965	7,789	30,500
1966	6,955	26,866
1967	6,742	29,895
1968	7,289	27,697
1969	7,857	29,326
1970	7,632	30,756
1971	8,183	35,606
1972	7,911	34,316
1973	8,430	34,562
1974	10,321	34,199
1975	11,998	34,128
1976	13,688	33,676
1977	15,484	35,448
1978	17,468	36,288
1979	19,736	38,798
1980	21,024	40,612
1981	21,611	39,364
1982	22,131	38,344
1983	22,542	34,053
1984	22,861	31,791
1985	23,116	29,013
1986	23,301	27,963
1987	23,549	26,904
1988	23,940	22,912
1989	24,286	20,012
1990	23,936	21,787
1991	24,527	21,206
1992	25,747	20,283
1993	26,943	17,166
1994	27,895	17,234
1995	29,142	16,601
1996	29,778	18,915
1997	29,792	21,311
1998	30,390	22,277
1999	30,916	21,402
2000	32,816	23,592
2001	33,461	27,837
2002	34,561	31,062
2003	35,649	32,372
2004	36,495	33,376
2005	37,347	33,279
2006	38,886	36,752
2007	40,288	43,109
2008	40,841	46,691
2009	41,950	47,168
2010	43,067	47,426
2011	44,405	45,801
2012	45,480	42,775
2013	46,472	39,302
2014	46,615	37,728
2015	46,846	35,265
2016	46,814	33,339
2017	46,318	31,379
2018	46,659	29,878
2019	47,196	28,365
2020	46,718	23,687
2021	47,242	26,064
2022	48,920	19,287
2023	49,498	19,638

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Ireland

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 4 deaths in Ireland.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Ireland
1985	1,851	11
1986	1,825	11
1987	1,796	10
1988	1,759	11
1989	1,698	10
1990	1,709	11
1991	1,663	10
1992	1,633	10
1993	1,613	9
1994	1,644	9
1995	1,556	9
1996	1,539	8
1997	1,642	8
1998	1,465	8
1999	1,461	7
2000	1,295	8
2001	1,222	7
2002	1,141	7
2003	1,069	6
2004	980	6
2005	956	6
2006	831	6
2007	792	6
2008	802	6
2009	753	6
2010	698	6
2011	678	6
2012	704	6
2013	707	5
2014	662	5
2015	631	5
2016	617	4
2017	597	4
2018	585	5
2019	598	4
2020	603	6
2021	617	6
2022	539	7
2023	505	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 0.38% in Ireland. 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	Ireland
1960	-	3.53%
1961	-	3.38%
1962	-	3.25%
1963	-	3.13%
1964	-	3.01%
1965	-	2.87%
1966	-	2.71%
1967	-	2.55%
1968	-	2.41%
1969	-	2.3%
1970	-	2.22%
1971	-	2.17%
1972	-	2.14%
1973	-	2.11%
1974	-	2.06%
1975	-	2%
1976	-	1.91%
1977	-	1.81%
1978	-	1.69%
1979	-	1.56%
1980	-	1.43%
1981	-	1.32%
1982	-	1.23%
1983	-	1.17%
1984	-	1.11%
1985	24.4%	1.07%
1986	24%	1.04%
1987	23.5%	1.02%
1988	23.1%	0.99%
1989	22.7%	0.96%
1990	22.2%	0.92%
1991	21.8%	0.87%
1992	21.3%	0.81%
1993	20.9%	0.77%
1994	20.4%	0.74%
1995	19.9%	0.73%
1996	19.4%	0.73%
1997	18.9%	0.73%
1998	18.4%	0.73%
1999	17.9%	0.73%
2000	17.4%	0.72%
2001	16.8%	0.69%
2002	16.3%	0.65%
2003	15.7%	0.6%
2004	15.1%	0.56%
2005	14.5%	0.52%
2006	13.9%	0.49%
2007	13.2%	0.46%
2008	12.6%	0.44%
2009	12%	0.43%
2010	11.4%	0.42%
2011	10.9%	0.41%
2012	10.4%	0.4%
2013	9.93%	0.39%
2014	9.53%	0.38%
2015	9.18%	0.37%
2016	8.84%	0.36%
2017	8.53%	0.35%
2018	8.21%	0.34%
2019	7.91%	0.34%
2020	7.66%	0.35%
2021	7.41%	0.36%
2022	7.16%	0.37%
2023	6.93%	0.38%