Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Lithuania

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Lithuania 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 1.18 in Lithuania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Lithuania
1960	5.92	2.56
1961	5.93	2.53
1962	5.94	2.45
1963	5.95	2.35
1964	5.96	2.28
1965	5.97	2.23
1966	5.98	2.22
1967	5.99	2.23
1968	6.01	2.24
1969	6.02	2.3
1970	6.04	2.4
1971	6.06	2.41
1972	6.08	2.34
1973	6.1	2.22
1974	6.12	2.21
1975	6.15	2.18
1976	6.19	2.18
1977	6.25	2.14
1978	6.32	2.08
1979	6.4	2.05
1980	6.49	1.99
1981	6.57	1.98
1982	6.64	1.97
1983	6.69	2.1
1984	6.73	2.07
1985	6.74	2.08
1986	6.73	2.12
1987	6.72	2.11
1988	6.69	2.02
1989	6.66	1.98
1990	6.5	2.03
1991	6.47	2.01
1992	6.44	1.97
1993	6.37	1.74
1994	6.3	1.57
1995	6.22	1.55
1996	6.14	1.49
1997	6.06	1.47
1998	5.97	1.46
1999	5.87	1.46
2000	5.79	1.39
2001	5.69	1.29
2002	5.63	1.23
2003	5.58	1.26
2004	5.5	1.27
2005	5.46	1.29
2006	5.41	1.33
2007	5.37	1.36
2008	5.27	1.45
2009	5.18	1.5
2010	5.11	1.5
2011	5.07	1.55
2012	5	1.6
2013	4.93	1.59
2014	4.79	1.57
2015	4.66	1.63
2016	4.52	1.63
2017	4.35	1.57
2018	4.24	1.53
2019	4.15	1.43
2020	4.08	1.36
2021	4	1.36
2022	3.91	1.27
2023	3.84	1.18
2024	3.76	1.19
2025	3.68	1.2
2026	3.62	1.2
2027	3.56	1.21
2028	3.5	1.22
2029	3.44	1.22
2030	3.37	1.23
2031	3.31	1.23
2032	3.25	1.24
2033	3.2	1.25
2034	3.15	1.25
2035	3.09	1.26
2036	3.04	1.27
2037	3	1.27
2038	2.95	1.28
2039	2.91	1.28
2040	2.87	1.29
2041	2.84	1.29
2042	2.8	1.3
2043	2.77	1.3
2044	2.74	1.31
2045	2.71	1.31
2046	2.67	1.31
2047	2.64	1.32
2048	2.62	1.32
2049	2.59	1.33
2050	2.56	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Lithuania
1960	36.9%	27.1%
1961	37.1%	27.3%
1962	37.7%	27.4%
1963	38.4%	27.5%
1964	39.6%	27.4%
1965	41%	27.3%
1966	41.9%	27.3%
1967	42.1%	27.2%
1968	41.8%	27.2%
1969	41.9%	27.2%
1970	41.9%	27.1%
1971	41.9%	26.8%
1972	41.9%	26.6%
1973	41.6%	26.1%
1974	41.4%	25.6%
1975	41.8%	25.1%
1976	42.6%	24.6%
1977	43.7%	24.2%
1978	44.8%	23.8%
1979	45.1%	23.5%
1980	45%	23.3%
1981	45.3%	23.1%
1982	45.5%	22.9%
1983	45.7%	22.8%
1984	45.9%	22.8%
1985	45.9%	22.7%
1986	46%	22.7%
1987	45.9%	22.7%
1988	45.9%	22.6%
1989	45.8%	22.5%
1990	45.7%	22.6%
1991	45.5%	22.5%
1992	45.5%	22.4%
1993	45.4%	22.3%
1994	45.4%	22.1%
1995	45.3%	21.8%
1996	45.2%	21.5%
1997	45.1%	21.2%
1998	45%	20.9%
1999	44.8%	20.4%
2000	44.7%	20%
2001	44.5%	19.3%
2002	44.3%	18.6%
2003	44.2%	17.9%
2004	44%	17.4%
2005	43.9%	16.8%
2006	43.8%	16.3%
2007	43.6%	15.8%
2008	43.5%	15.3%
2009	43.3%	15%
2010	43.2%	14.9%
2011	43%	14.8%
2012	42.8%	14.7%
2013	42.7%	14.6%
2014	42.5%	14.6%
2015	42.2%	14.6%
2016	42%	14.7%
2017	41.7%	14.9%
2018	41.3%	15%
2019	40.9%	15.1%
2020	40.5%	15.1%
2021	40.1%	15.1%
2022	39.7%	15%
2023	39.2%	14.9%
2024	38.8%	14.7%
2025	38.3%	14.5%
2026	37.8%	14.3%
2027	37.4%	14.1%
2028	36.9%	13.9%
2029	36.4%	13.6%
2030	36%	13.3%
2031	35.5%	13%
2032	35.1%	12.7%
2033	34.8%	12.4%
2034	34.4%	12.1%
2035	34.1%	11.9%
2036	33.7%	11.7%
2037	33.4%	11.6%
2038	33%	11.5%
2039	32.7%	11.4%
2040	32.4%	11.4%
2041	32%	11.3%
2042	31.7%	11.3%
2043	31.4%	11.3%
2044	31%	11.2%
2045	30.7%	11.2%
2046	30.4%	11.3%
2047	30.1%	11.3%
2048	29.7%	11.3%
2049	29.4%	11.3%
2050	29.1%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and -0.54% in Lithuania. 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	Lithuania
1960	10,618	40,845
1961	10,756	40,376
1962	10,662	34,933
1963	9,190	33,918
1964	8,989	34,048
1965	7,789	30,309
1966	6,955	30,381
1967	6,742	29,226
1968	7,289	28,325
1969	7,857	27,345
1970	7,632	27,629
1971	8,183	28,930
1972	7,911	25,388
1973	8,430	22,712
1974	10,321	22,589
1975	11,998	20,470
1976	13,688	20,305
1977	15,484	19,124
1978	17,468	17,573
1979	19,736	16,989
1980	21,024	16,042
1981	21,611	16,478
1982	22,131	18,323
1983	22,542	20,911
1984	22,861	18,976
1985	23,116	19,140
1986	23,301	23,978
1987	23,549	22,422
1988	23,940	19,006
1989	24,286	17,316
1990	23,936	17,010
1991	24,527	14,817
1992	25,747	12,950
1993	26,943	1,473
1994	27,895	-4,023
1995	29,142	-3,992
1996	29,778	-3,962
1997	29,792	-3,218
1998	30,390	-3,904
1999	30,916	-3,877
2000	32,816	-4,549
2001	33,461	-9,024
2002	34,561	-11,362
2003	35,649	-10,929
2004	36,495	-11,482
2005	37,347	-14,287
2006	38,886	-15,041
2007	40,288	-15,510
2008	40,841	-12,153
2009	41,950	-9,805
2010	43,067	-11,460
2011	44,405	-10,901
2012	45,480	-11,060
2013	46,472	-12,733
2014	46,615	-10,868
2015	46,846	-11,935
2016	46,814	-11,509
2017	46,318	-12,224
2018	46,659	-12,686
2019	47,196	-13,212
2020	46,718	-19,953
2021	47,242	-24,433
2022	48,920	-20,671
2023	49,498	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Lithuania

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 8 deaths in Lithuania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Lithuania
1985	1,851	35
1986	1,825	30
1987	1,796	28
1988	1,759	28
1989	1,698	31
1990	1,709	29
1991	1,663	29
1992	1,633	28
1993	1,613	29
1994	1,644	31
1995	1,556	28
1996	1,539	25
1997	1,642	21
1998	1,465	19
1999	1,461	18
2000	1,295	16
2001	1,222	16
2002	1,141	14
2003	1,069	14
2004	980	12
2005	956	13
2006	831	14
2007	792	14
2008	802	13
2009	753	11
2010	698	10
2011	678	10
2012	704	10
2013	707	10
2014	662	9
2015	631	10
2016	617	9
2017	597	10
2018	585	9
2019	598	9
2020	603	8
2021	617	9
2022	539	9
2023	505	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 0.34% in Lithuania. 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	Lithuania
1967	-	2.63%
1968	-	2.63%
1969	-	2.51%
1970	-	2.29%
1971	-	2.11%
1972	-	2.08%
1973	-	2.16%
1974	-	2.24%
1975	-	2.26%
1976	-	2.25%
1977	-	2.22%
1978	-	2.18%
1979	-	2.12%
1980	-	2.05%
1981	-	1.98%
1982	-	1.92%
1983	-	1.87%
1984	-	1.82%
1985	24.4%	1.74%
1986	24%	1.64%
1987	23.5%	1.52%
1988	23.1%	1.42%
1989	22.7%	1.42%
1990	22.2%	1.52%
1991	21.8%	1.67%
1992	21.3%	1.78%
1993	20.9%	1.79%
1994	20.4%	1.69%
1995	19.9%	1.51%
1996	19.4%	1.34%
1997	18.9%	1.23%
1998	18.4%	1.16%
1999	17.9%	1.12%
2000	17.4%	1.07%
2001	16.8%	1.03%
2002	16.3%	0.99%
2003	15.7%	0.96%
2004	15.1%	0.93%
2005	14.5%	0.9%
2006	13.9%	0.86%
2007	13.2%	0.8%
2008	12.6%	0.74%
2009	12%	0.67%
2010	11.4%	0.6%
2011	10.9%	0.56%
2012	10.4%	0.53%
2013	9.93%	0.51%
2014	9.53%	0.51%
2015	9.18%	0.5%
2016	8.84%	0.49%
2017	8.53%	0.46%
2018	8.21%	0.42%
2019	7.91%	0.39%
2020	7.66%	0.37%
2021	7.41%	0.36%
2022	7.16%	0.35%
2023	6.93%	0.34%