Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Ivory Coast 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 4.28 in Ivory Coast in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs Ivory Coast 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	Ivory Coast
1960	5.92	7.69
1961	5.93	7.72
1962	5.94	7.75
1963	5.95	7.78
1964	5.96	7.81
1965	5.97	7.84
1966	5.98	7.87
1967	5.99	7.89
1968	6.01	7.91
1969	6.02	7.93
1970	6.04	7.94
1971	6.06	7.94
1972	6.08	7.94
1973	6.1	7.94
1974	6.12	7.93
1975	6.15	7.91
1976	6.19	7.88
1977	6.25	7.83
1978	6.32	7.67
1979	6.4	7.63
1980	6.49	7.59
1981	6.57	7.54
1982	6.64	7.49
1983	6.69	7.42
1984	6.73	7.35
1985	6.74	7.27
1986	6.73	7.19
1987	6.72	7.09
1988	6.69	6.97
1989	6.66	6.85
1990	6.5	6.72
1991	6.47	6.59
1992	6.44	6.43
1993	6.37	6.27
1994	6.3	6.13
1995	6.22	6.04
1996	6.14	5.95
1997	6.06	5.9
1998	5.97	5.85
1999	5.87	5.81
2000	5.79	5.77
2001	5.69	5.7
2002	5.63	5.64
2003	5.58	5.57
2004	5.5	5.53
2005	5.46	5.5
2006	5.41	5.45
2007	5.37	5.4
2008	5.27	5.36
2009	5.18	5.33
2010	5.11	5.29
2011	5.07	5.24
2012	5	5.19
2013	4.93	5.14
2014	4.79	5.07
2015	4.66	4.97
2016	4.52	4.87
2017	4.35	4.76
2018	4.24	4.6
2019	4.15	4.52
2020	4.08	4.46
2021	4	4.41
2022	3.91	4.35
2023	3.84	4.28
2024	3.76	4.23
2025	3.68	4.17
2026	3.62	4.1
2027	3.56	4.05
2028	3.5	3.99
2029	3.44	3.93
2030	3.37	3.88
2031	3.31	3.83
2032	3.25	3.78
2033	3.2	3.75
2034	3.15	3.69
2035	3.09	3.64
2036	3.04	3.6
2037	3	3.56
2038	2.95	3.51
2039	2.91	3.47
2040	2.87	3.43
2041	2.84	3.39
2042	2.8	3.35
2043	2.77	3.31
2044	2.74	3.27
2045	2.71	3.23
2046	2.67	3.2
2047	2.64	3.17
2048	2.62	3.13
2049	2.59	3.1
2050	2.56	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Ivory Coast
1960	36.9%	43.1%
1961	37.1%	43.2%
1962	37.7%	43.4%
1963	38.4%	43.6%
1964	39.6%	43.9%
1965	41%	44.1%
1966	41.9%	44.3%
1967	42.1%	44.6%
1968	41.8%	44.8%
1969	41.9%	44.9%
1970	41.9%	45.1%
1971	41.9%	45.1%
1972	41.9%	45.2%
1973	41.6%	45.2%
1974	41.4%	45.3%
1975	41.8%	45.4%
1976	42.6%	45.7%
1977	43.7%	46.1%
1978	44.8%	46.5%
1979	45.1%	46.8%
1980	45%	47.1%
1981	45.3%	47.3%
1982	45.5%	47.5%
1983	45.7%	47.7%
1984	45.9%	47.8%
1985	45.9%	47.9%
1986	46%	48%
1987	45.9%	48.1%
1988	45.9%	48%
1989	45.8%	47.9%
1990	45.7%	47.8%
1991	45.5%	47.6%
1992	45.5%	47.4%
1993	45.4%	47.1%
1994	45.4%	46.9%
1995	45.3%	46.7%
1996	45.2%	46.4%
1997	45.1%	46.2%
1998	45%	46.1%
1999	44.8%	46%
2000	44.7%	46%
2001	44.5%	46.1%
2002	44.3%	46.2%
2003	44.2%	46.2%
2004	44%	46.3%
2005	43.9%	46.3%
2006	43.8%	46.3%
2007	43.6%	46.4%
2008	43.5%	45.8%
2009	43.3%	44.9%
2010	43.2%	44%
2011	43%	43.3%
2012	42.8%	42.7%
2013	42.7%	42.2%
2014	42.5%	42%
2015	42.2%	42.2%
2016	42%	42.3%
2017	41.7%	42.4%
2018	41.3%	42.4%
2019	40.9%	42.3%
2020	40.5%	42.2%
2021	40.1%	42%
2022	39.7%	41.7%
2023	39.2%	41.3%
2024	38.8%	40.9%
2025	38.3%	40.5%
2026	37.8%	40%
2027	37.4%	39.7%
2028	36.9%	39.3%
2029	36.4%	38.8%
2030	36%	38.3%
2031	35.5%	37.8%
2032	35.1%	37.3%
2033	34.8%	37%
2034	34.4%	36.7%
2035	34.1%	36.4%
2036	33.7%	36.2%
2037	33.4%	35.9%
2038	33%	35.7%
2039	32.7%	35.6%
2040	32.4%	35.4%
2041	32%	35.3%
2042	31.7%	35.1%
2043	31.4%	35%
2044	31%	34.8%
2045	30.7%	34.7%
2046	30.4%	34.5%
2047	30.1%	34.4%
2048	29.7%	34.2%
2049	29.4%	34%
2050	29.1%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +2.65% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	10,618	99,681
1961	10,756	105,568
1962	10,662	111,930
1963	9,190	118,526
1964	8,989	124,996
1965	7,789	131,601
1966	6,955	138,438
1967	6,742	145,773
1968	7,289	153,464
1969	7,857	161,541
1970	7,632	170,070
1971	8,183	179,918
1972	7,911	190,842
1973	8,430	203,429
1974	10,321	216,389
1975	11,998	228,883
1976	13,688	241,939
1977	15,484	250,858
1978	17,468	257,222
1979	19,736	268,875
1980	21,024	280,630
1981	21,611	292,755
1982	22,131	305,204
1983	22,542	317,379
1984	22,861	331,910
1985	23,116	344,549
1986	23,301	357,205
1987	23,549	370,654
1988	23,940	378,575
1989	24,286	390,081
1990	23,936	402,629
1991	24,527	413,354
1992	25,747	423,294
1993	26,943	430,759
1994	27,895	438,274
1995	29,142	453,719
1996	29,778	469,740
1997	29,792	489,984
1998	30,390	509,167
1999	30,916	527,634
2000	32,816	545,129
2001	33,461	555,220
2002	34,561	563,692
2003	35,649	568,220
2004	36,495	579,424
2005	37,347	593,685
2006	38,886	605,001
2007	40,288	617,247
2008	40,841	630,610
2009	41,950	654,439
2010	43,067	676,554
2011	44,405	694,033
2012	45,480	708,847
2013	46,472	720,228
2014	46,615	728,978
2015	46,846	731,387
2016	46,814	735,630
2017	46,318	734,553
2018	46,659	722,445
2019	47,196	727,774
2020	46,718	727,455
2021	47,242	732,191
2022	48,920	750,270
2023	49,498	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Ivory Coast

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 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Ivory Coast
1985	1,851	766
1986	1,825	735
1987	1,796	697
1988	1,759	671
1989	1,698	645
1990	1,709	619
1991	1,663	584
1992	1,633	546
1993	1,613	503
1994	1,644	463
1995	1,556	421
1996	1,539	381
1997	1,642	364
1998	1,465	380
1999	1,461	381
2000	1,295	378
2001	1,222	405
2002	1,141	427
2003	1,069	451
2004	980	456
2005	956	492
2006	831	544
2007	792	567
2008	802	562
2009	753	588
2010	698	592
2011	678	569
2012	704	566
2013	707	544
2014	662	522
2015	631	505
2016	617	488
2017	597	465
2018	585	449
2019	598	429
2020	603	447
2021	617	459
2022	539	409
2023	505	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 6.71% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	-	32.1%
1961	-	31.3%
1962	-	30.5%
1963	-	29.7%
1964	-	28.9%
1965	-	28.2%
1966	-	27.4%
1967	-	26.7%
1968	-	26%
1969	-	25.2%
1970	-	24.5%
1971	-	23.7%
1972	-	22.9%
1973	-	22.1%
1974	-	21.2%
1975	-	20.3%
1976	-	19.5%
1977	-	18.7%
1978	-	18%
1979	-	17.4%
1980	-	16.9%
1981	-	16.4%
1982	-	16.1%
1983	-	15.8%
1984	-	15.5%
1985	24.4%	15.4%
1986	24%	15.3%
1987	23.5%	15.2%
1988	23.1%	15.2%
1989	22.7%	15.3%
1990	22.2%	15.3%
1991	21.8%	15.4%
1992	21.3%	15.4%
1993	20.9%	15.4%
1994	20.4%	15.3%
1995	19.9%	15.2%
1996	19.4%	15.1%
1997	18.9%	14.9%
1998	18.4%	14.6%
1999	17.9%	14.4%
2000	17.4%	14.1%
2001	16.8%	13.7%
2002	16.3%	13.3%
2003	15.7%	13%
2004	15.1%	12.6%
2005	14.5%	12.2%
2006	13.9%	11.8%
2007	13.2%	11.4%
2008	12.6%	11%
2009	12%	10.6%
2010	11.4%	10.2%
2011	10.9%	9.91%
2012	10.4%	9.6%
2013	9.93%	9.27%
2014	9.53%	8.92%
2015	9.18%	8.61%
2016	8.84%	8.36%
2017	8.53%	8.11%
2018	8.21%	7.85%
2019	7.91%	7.59%
2020	7.66%	7.37%
2021	7.41%	7.14%
2022	7.16%	6.92%
2023	6.93%	6.71%