Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Liberia

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Liberia 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 3.95 in Liberia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs Liberia 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	Liberia
1960	5.92	6.39
1961	5.93	6.45
1962	5.94	6.5
1963	5.95	6.56
1964	5.96	6.59
1965	5.97	6.62
1966	5.98	6.63
1967	5.99	6.65
1968	6.01	6.66
1969	6.02	6.64
1970	6.04	6.58
1971	6.06	6.54
1972	6.08	6.6
1973	6.1	6.65
1974	6.12	6.69
1975	6.15	6.74
1976	6.19	6.79
1977	6.25	6.84
1978	6.32	6.88
1979	6.4	6.92
1980	6.49	6.87
1981	6.57	6.83
1982	6.64	6.79
1983	6.69	6.76
1984	6.73	6.73
1985	6.74	6.69
1986	6.73	6.64
1987	6.72	6.57
1988	6.69	6.51
1989	6.66	6.43
1990	6.5	6.37
1991	6.47	6.32
1992	6.44	6.28
1993	6.37	6.25
1994	6.3	6.21
1995	6.22	6.17
1996	6.14	6.13
1997	6.06	6.08
1998	5.97	6.02
1999	5.87	5.95
2000	5.79	5.88
2001	5.69	5.77
2002	5.63	5.65
2003	5.58	5.55
2004	5.5	5.51
2005	5.46	5.52
2006	5.41	5.53
2007	5.37	5.46
2008	5.27	5.33
2009	5.18	5.17
2010	5.11	5.06
2011	5.07	4.97
2012	5	4.88
2013	4.93	4.75
2014	4.79	4.62
2015	4.66	4.52
2016	4.52	4.46
2017	4.35	4.4
2018	4.24	4.34
2019	4.15	4.26
2020	4.08	4.17
2021	4	4.09
2022	3.91	4.02
2023	3.84	3.95
2024	3.76	3.86
2025	3.68	3.79
2026	3.62	3.71
2027	3.56	3.64
2028	3.5	3.57
2029	3.44	3.51
2030	3.37	3.43
2031	3.31	3.38
2032	3.25	3.31
2033	3.2	3.25
2034	3.15	3.2
2035	3.09	3.15
2036	3.04	3.11
2037	3	3.06
2038	2.95	3.02
2039	2.91	2.98
2040	2.87	2.94
2041	2.84	2.91
2042	2.8	2.87
2043	2.77	2.83
2044	2.74	2.8
2045	2.71	2.77
2046	2.67	2.73
2047	2.64	2.7
2048	2.62	2.68
2049	2.59	2.65
2050	2.56	2.62

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Liberia
1960	36.9%	41.1%
1961	37.1%	41.1%
1962	37.7%	41.2%
1963	38.4%	41.4%
1964	39.6%	41.7%
1965	41%	42%
1966	41.9%	42.2%
1967	42.1%	42.4%
1968	41.8%	42.6%
1969	41.9%	42.8%
1970	41.9%	42.9%
1971	41.9%	43%
1972	41.9%	43.2%
1973	41.6%	43.3%
1974	41.4%	43.4%
1975	41.8%	43.5%
1976	42.6%	43.6%
1977	43.7%	43.7%
1978	44.8%	43.8%
1979	45.1%	43.9%
1980	45%	44%
1981	45.3%	44.1%
1982	45.5%	44.2%
1983	45.7%	44.2%
1984	45.9%	44.2%
1985	45.9%	44.2%
1986	46%	44.3%
1987	45.9%	44.3%
1988	45.9%	44.2%
1989	45.8%	44.1%
1990	45.7%	44.1%
1991	45.5%	44.2%
1992	45.5%	44.1%
1993	45.4%	43.9%
1994	45.4%	43.8%
1995	45.3%	43.6%
1996	45.2%	43.4%
1997	45.1%	43.3%
1998	45%	43.2%
1999	44.8%	43.1%
2000	44.7%	43%
2001	44.5%	43%
2002	44.3%	42.9%
2003	44.2%	42.9%
2004	44%	42.9%
2005	43.9%	43%
2006	43.8%	43.1%
2007	43.6%	43.2%
2008	43.5%	43.2%
2009	43.3%	43.1%
2010	43.2%	43.1%
2011	43%	42.7%
2012	42.8%	42.4%
2013	42.7%	42.5%
2014	42.5%	42.5%
2015	42.2%	42.4%
2016	42%	42.3%
2017	41.7%	42.1%
2018	41.3%	42%
2019	40.9%	41.7%
2020	40.5%	41.4%
2021	40.1%	41%
2022	39.7%	40.5%
2023	39.2%	40%
2024	38.8%	39.5%
2025	38.3%	39.1%
2026	37.8%	38.6%
2027	37.4%	38.1%
2028	36.9%	37.7%
2029	36.4%	37.2%
2030	36%	36.9%
2031	35.5%	36.5%
2032	35.1%	36.2%
2033	34.8%	35.8%
2034	34.4%	35.5%
2035	34.1%	35.2%
2036	33.7%	34.9%
2037	33.4%	34.5%
2038	33%	34.2%
2039	32.7%	33.9%
2040	32.4%	33.6%
2041	32%	33.2%
2042	31.7%	32.9%
2043	31.4%	32.6%
2044	31%	32.3%
2045	30.7%	32%
2046	30.4%	31.6%
2047	30.1%	31.3%
2048	29.7%	31%
2049	29.4%	30.7%
2050	29.1%	30.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 39.5% in Liberia in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and Liberia compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Liberia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +2.41% in Liberia. 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	Liberia
1960	10,618	25,713
1961	10,756	26,670
1962	10,662	27,679
1963	9,190	28,708
1964	8,989	29,592
1965	7,789	30,618
1966	6,955	31,454
1967	6,742	32,519
1968	7,289	33,536
1969	7,857	34,677
1970	7,632	35,196
1971	8,183	36,015
1972	7,911	37,860
1973	8,430	39,694
1974	10,321	41,499
1975	11,998	43,478
1976	13,688	45,528
1977	15,484	47,582
1978	17,468	49,813
1979	19,736	52,125
1980	21,024	53,452
1981	21,611	55,003
1982	22,131	56,127
1983	22,542	57,562
1984	22,861	59,460
1985	23,116	59,988
1986	23,301	61,924
1987	23,549	62,147
1988	23,940	62,703
1989	24,286	63,238
1990	23,936	52,770
1991	24,527	47,426
1992	25,747	50,204
1993	26,943	51,609
1994	27,895	52,101
1995	29,142	53,407
1996	29,778	56,392
1997	29,792	61,444
1998	30,390	72,146
1999	30,916	78,130
2000	32,816	83,143
2001	33,461	86,217
2002	34,561	88,643
2003	35,649	87,534
2004	36,495	91,755
2005	37,347	96,478
2006	38,886	104,099
2007	40,288	109,165
2008	40,841	112,032
2009	41,950	113,429
2010	43,067	114,249
2011	44,405	115,496
2012	45,480	121,973
2013	46,472	120,138
2014	46,615	116,667
2015	46,846	115,479
2016	46,814	118,852
2017	46,318	119,376
2018	46,659	120,231
2019	47,196	120,635
2020	46,718	120,632
2021	47,242	121,038
2022	48,920	123,747
2023	49,498	125,730

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Liberia

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 628 deaths in Liberia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Liberia
1985	1,851	1,749
1986	1,825	1,678
1987	1,796	1,655
1988	1,759	1,647
1989	1,698	1,633
1990	1,709	2,146
1991	1,663	1,627
1992	1,633	1,643
1993	1,613	1,709
1994	1,644	1,811
1995	1,556	1,530
1996	1,539	1,438
1997	1,642	1,043
1998	1,465	962
1999	1,461	852
2000	1,295	786
2001	1,222	720
2002	1,141	700
2003	1,069	759
2004	980	645
2005	956	619
2006	831	647
2007	792	659
2008	802	663
2009	753	674
2010	698	712
2011	678	726
2012	704	728
2013	707	725
2014	662	801
2015	631	784
2016	617	690
2017	597	703
2018	585	707
2019	598	689
2020	603	664
2021	617	667
2022	539	634
2023	505	628

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 7.29% in Liberia. 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	Liberia
1960	-	31.3%
1961	-	31.3%
1962	-	31.3%
1963	-	31.2%
1964	-	31.1%
1965	-	30.8%
1966	-	30.6%
1967	-	30.2%
1968	-	29.8%
1969	-	29.3%
1970	-	28.8%
1971	-	28.3%
1972	-	27.8%
1973	-	27.4%
1974	-	26.9%
1975	-	26.5%
1976	-	26%
1977	-	25.6%
1978	-	25.3%
1979	-	24.9%
1980	-	24.6%
1981	-	24.3%
1982	-	24.1%
1983	-	24%
1984	-	24.1%
1985	24.4%	24.3%
1986	24%	24.7%
1987	23.5%	25.2%
1988	23.1%	25.8%
1989	22.7%	26.4%
1990	22.2%	26.8%
1991	21.8%	27%
1992	21.3%	26.9%
1993	20.9%	26.6%
1994	20.4%	25.9%
1995	19.9%	25.1%
1996	19.4%	24.1%
1997	18.9%	23%
1998	18.4%	21.8%
1999	17.9%	20.5%
2000	17.4%	19.2%
2001	16.8%	17.9%
2002	16.3%	16.7%
2003	15.7%	15.4%
2004	15.1%	14.3%
2005	14.5%	13.3%
2006	13.9%	12.5%
2007	13.2%	11.8%
2008	12.6%	11.3%
2009	12%	10.8%
2010	11.4%	10.4%
2011	10.9%	10.1%
2012	10.4%	9.82%
2013	9.93%	9.54%
2014	9.53%	9.5%
2015	9.18%	9.08%
2016	8.84%	8.83%
2017	8.53%	8.6%
2018	8.21%	8.4%
2019	7.91%	8.19%
2020	7.66%	7.97%
2021	7.41%	7.74%
2022	7.16%	7.51%
2023	6.93%	7.29%