Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Malaysia

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Malaysia 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 1.55 in Malaysia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs Malaysia 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	Malaysia
1960	5.92	6.41
1961	5.93	6.37
1962	5.94	6.3
1963	5.95	6.19
1964	5.96	6.03
1965	5.97	5.84
1966	5.98	5.64
1967	5.99	5.43
1968	6.01	5.29
1969	6.02	5.16
1970	6.04	5.04
1971	6.06	4.92
1972	6.08	4.82
1973	6.1	4.73
1974	6.12	4.62
1975	6.15	4.5
1976	6.19	4.4
1977	6.25	4.28
1978	6.32	4.18
1979	6.4	4.09
1980	6.49	4.04
1981	6.57	4
1982	6.64	3.97
1983	6.69	3.93
1984	6.73	3.89
1985	6.74	3.8
1986	6.73	3.7
1987	6.72	3.57
1988	6.69	3.5
1989	6.66	3.31
1990	6.5	3.3
1991	6.47	3.34
1992	6.44	3.37
1993	6.37	3.36
1994	6.3	3.35
1995	6.22	3.32
1996	6.14	3.3
1997	6.06	3.23
1998	5.97	3.12
1999	5.87	3.07
2000	5.79	2.94
2001	5.69	2.81
2002	5.63	2.66
2003	5.58	2.6
2004	5.5	2.49
2005	5.46	2.39
2006	5.41	2.31
2007	5.37	2.25
2008	5.27	2.26
2009	5.18	2.22
2010	5.11	2.14
2011	5.07	2.15
2012	5	2.12
2013	4.93	2.07
2014	4.79	2.06
2015	4.66	2.01
2016	4.52	1.94
2017	4.35	1.89
2018	4.24	1.84
2019	4.15	1.78
2020	4.08	1.68
2021	4	1.56
2022	3.91	1.55
2023	3.84	1.55
2024	3.76	1.54
2025	3.68	1.53
2026	3.62	1.52
2027	3.56	1.51
2028	3.5	1.51
2029	3.44	1.51
2030	3.37	1.51
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	1.51
2037	3	1.51
2038	2.95	1.51
2039	2.91	1.51
2040	2.87	1.51
2041	2.84	1.51
2042	2.8	1.51
2043	2.77	1.52
2044	2.74	1.52
2045	2.71	1.52
2046	2.67	1.52
2047	2.64	1.52
2048	2.62	1.53
2049	2.59	1.53
2050	2.56	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Malaysia
1960	36.9%	45.4%
1961	37.1%	45.9%
1962	37.7%	46.3%
1963	38.4%	46.5%
1964	39.6%	46.6%
1965	41%	46.5%
1966	41.9%	46.2%
1967	42.1%	45.9%
1968	41.8%	45.5%
1969	41.9%	45%
1970	41.9%	44.5%
1971	41.9%	44%
1972	41.9%	43.4%
1973	41.6%	42.8%
1974	41.4%	42.2%
1975	41.8%	41.7%
1976	42.6%	41.1%
1977	43.7%	40.6%
1978	44.8%	40.1%
1979	45.1%	39.6%
1980	45%	39.2%
1981	45.3%	38.8%
1982	45.5%	38.6%
1983	45.7%	38.4%
1984	45.9%	38.2%
1985	45.9%	38.1%
1986	46%	38%
1987	45.9%	37.9%
1988	45.9%	37.7%
1989	45.8%	37.5%
1990	45.7%	37.2%
1991	45.5%	36.9%
1992	45.5%	36.6%
1993	45.4%	36.3%
1994	45.4%	36%
1995	45.3%	35.7%
1996	45.2%	35.5%
1997	45.1%	35.3%
1998	45%	35%
1999	44.8%	34.6%
2000	44.7%	34.2%
2001	44.5%	33.7%
2002	44.3%	33.2%
2003	44.2%	32.6%
2004	44%	32%
2005	43.9%	31.4%
2006	43.8%	30.7%
2007	43.6%	30%
2008	43.5%	29.4%
2009	43.3%	28.6%
2010	43.2%	27.9%
2011	43%	27.4%
2012	42.8%	27%
2013	42.7%	26.6%
2014	42.5%	26.2%
2015	42.2%	25.8%
2016	42%	25.5%
2017	41.7%	25.2%
2018	41.3%	24.9%
2019	40.9%	24.5%
2020	40.5%	24%
2021	40.1%	23.4%
2022	39.7%	22.8%
2023	39.2%	22.3%
2024	38.8%	21.8%
2025	38.3%	21.3%
2026	37.8%	20.8%
2027	37.4%	20.4%
2028	36.9%	19.9%
2029	36.4%	19.4%
2030	36%	19%
2031	35.5%	18.5%
2032	35.1%	18.1%
2033	34.8%	17.8%
2034	34.4%	17.6%
2035	34.1%	17.4%
2036	33.7%	17.3%
2037	33.4%	17.3%
2038	33%	17.2%
2039	32.7%	17.1%
2040	32.4%	17%
2041	32%	17%
2042	31.7%	16.9%
2043	31.4%	16.8%
2044	31%	16.7%
2045	30.7%	16.7%
2046	30.4%	16.6%
2047	30.1%	16.5%
2048	29.7%	16.4%
2049	29.4%	16.3%
2050	29.1%	16.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 21.8% in Malaysia in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 37.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and Malaysia compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Malaysia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +0.92% in Malaysia. 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	Malaysia
1960	10,618	251,090
1961	10,756	257,270
1962	10,662	262,140
1963	9,190	265,815
1964	8,989	266,406
1965	7,789	264,836
1966	6,955	262,162
1967	6,742	258,764
1968	7,289	260,705
1969	7,857	264,327
1970	7,632	269,341
1971	8,183	272,323
1972	7,911	276,263
1973	8,430	284,611
1974	10,321	289,880
1975	11,998	294,541
1976	13,688	300,615
1977	15,484	305,515
1978	17,468	311,027
1979	19,736	317,439
1980	21,024	326,947
1981	21,611	339,991
1982	22,131	353,138
1983	22,542	365,290
1984	22,861	376,797
1985	23,116	383,243
1986	23,301	385,799
1987	23,549	381,999
1988	23,940	386,507
1989	24,286	373,277
1990	23,936	384,518
1991	24,527	401,938
1992	25,747	418,900
1993	26,943	429,910
1994	27,895	437,873
1995	29,142	443,349
1996	29,778	450,174
1997	29,792	447,768
1998	30,390	436,316
1999	30,916	432,355
2000	32,816	417,371
2001	33,461	400,939
2002	34,561	381,084
2003	35,649	377,425
2004	36,495	365,138
2005	37,347	355,324
2006	38,886	349,509
2007	40,288	348,711
2008	40,841	362,380
2009	41,950	366,157
2010	43,067	360,260
2011	44,405	372,836
2012	45,480	371,497
2013	46,472	366,738
2014	46,615	367,587
2015	46,846	358,302
2016	46,814	345,681
2017	46,318	336,434
2018	46,659	324,568
2019	47,196	309,426
2020	46,718	283,282
2021	47,242	212,002
2022	48,920	237,560
2023	49,498	254,806

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Malaysia

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 26 deaths in Malaysia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Malaysia
1985	1,851	63
1986	1,825	59
1987	1,796	56
1988	1,759	55
1989	1,698	52
1990	1,709	51
1991	1,663	49
1992	1,633	48
1993	1,613	46
1994	1,644	44
1995	1,556	43
1996	1,539	42
1997	1,642	40
1998	1,465	39
1999	1,461	38
2000	1,295	37
2001	1,222	36
2002	1,141	34
2003	1,069	34
2004	980	33
2005	956	31
2006	831	30
2007	792	30
2008	802	29
2009	753	29
2010	698	29
2011	678	29
2012	704	29
2013	707	29
2014	662	30
2015	631	30
2016	617	30
2017	597	29
2018	585	29
2019	598	28
2020	603	29
2021	617	52
2022	539	38
2023	505	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 0.81% in Malaysia. 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	Malaysia
1960	-	9.46%
1961	-	8.83%
1962	-	8.25%
1963	-	7.74%
1964	-	7.28%
1965	-	6.89%
1966	-	6.56%
1967	-	6.27%
1968	-	6.02%
1969	-	5.79%
1970	-	5.56%
1971	-	5.32%
1972	-	5.06%
1973	-	4.79%
1974	-	4.5%
1975	-	4.23%
1976	-	3.97%
1977	-	3.71%
1978	-	3.48%
1979	-	3.25%
1980	-	3.04%
1981	-	2.84%
1982	-	2.65%
1983	-	2.47%
1984	-	2.32%
1985	24.4%	2.18%
1986	24%	2.05%
1987	23.5%	1.93%
1988	23.1%	1.83%
1989	22.7%	1.74%
1990	22.2%	1.66%
1991	21.8%	1.58%
1992	21.3%	1.51%
1993	20.9%	1.45%
1994	20.4%	1.39%
1995	19.9%	1.34%
1996	19.4%	1.29%
1997	18.9%	1.23%
1998	18.4%	1.15%
1999	17.9%	1.07%
2000	17.4%	1%
2001	16.8%	0.93%
2002	16.3%	0.88%
2003	15.7%	0.85%
2004	15.1%	0.84%
2005	14.5%	0.83%
2006	13.9%	0.83%
2007	13.2%	0.82%
2008	12.6%	0.82%
2009	12%	0.82%
2010	11.4%	0.81%
2011	10.9%	0.81%
2012	10.4%	0.8%
2013	9.93%	0.81%
2014	9.53%	0.81%
2015	9.18%	0.81%
2016	8.84%	0.82%
2017	8.53%	0.82%
2018	8.21%	0.82%
2019	7.91%	0.82%
2020	7.66%	0.81%
2021	7.41%	0.81%
2022	7.16%	0.81%
2023	6.93%	0.81%