Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Malta

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Malta 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 1.06 in Malta in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs Malta 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	Malta
1960	5.92	3.62
1961	5.93	3.27
1962	5.94	3.24
1963	5.95	2.9
1964	5.96	2.79
1965	5.97	2.52
1966	5.98	2.33
1967	5.99	2.24
1968	6.01	2.12
1969	6.02	2.02
1970	6.04	2.03
1971	6.06	2.06
1972	6.08	2.01
1973	6.1	1.65
1974	6.12	1.64
1975	6.15	2.27
1976	6.19	2.21
1977	6.25	2.14
1978	6.32	2.05
1979	6.4	2.1
1980	6.49	1.99
1981	6.57	1.87
1982	6.64	1.9
1983	6.69	1.92
1984	6.73	1.95
1985	6.74	1.95
1986	6.73	1.93
1987	6.72	1.97
1988	6.69	2.06
1989	6.66	2.1
1990	6.5	2.02
1991	6.47	1.99
1992	6.44	2.07
1993	6.37	1.96
1994	6.3	1.84
1995	6.22	1.77
1996	6.14	1.99
1997	6.06	1.93
1998	5.97	1.84
1999	5.87	1.73
2000	5.79	1.68
2001	5.69	1.48
2002	5.63	1.45
2003	5.58	1.48
2004	5.5	1.4
2005	5.46	1.38
2006	5.41	1.36
2007	5.37	1.35
2008	5.27	1.43
2009	5.18	1.42
2010	5.11	1.36
2011	5.07	1.45
2012	5	1.42
2013	4.93	1.36
2014	4.79	1.38
2015	4.66	1.37
2016	4.52	1.37
2017	4.35	1.26
2018	4.24	1.23
2019	4.15	1.14
2020	4.08	1.13
2021	4	1.13
2022	3.91	1.08
2023	3.84	1.06
2024	3.76	1.07
2025	3.68	1.08
2026	3.62	1.08
2027	3.56	1.09
2028	3.5	1.1
2029	3.44	1.11
2030	3.37	1.11
2031	3.31	1.12
2032	3.25	1.12
2033	3.2	1.13
2034	3.15	1.13
2035	3.09	1.14
2036	3.04	1.15
2037	3	1.15
2038	2.95	1.16
2039	2.91	1.16
2040	2.87	1.17
2041	2.84	1.17
2042	2.8	1.18
2043	2.77	1.18
2044	2.74	1.19
2045	2.71	1.19
2046	2.67	1.2
2047	2.64	1.2
2048	2.62	1.21
2049	2.59	1.21
2050	2.56	1.21

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Malta
1960	36.9%	35.8%
1961	37.1%	35%
1962	37.7%	34.2%
1963	38.4%	33.4%
1964	39.6%	32.6%
1965	41%	31.7%
1966	41.9%	30.9%
1967	42.1%	30.1%
1968	41.8%	29.3%
1969	41.9%	28.5%
1970	41.9%	27.7%
1971	41.9%	26.9%
1972	41.9%	26.3%
1973	41.6%	25.6%
1974	41.4%	25%
1975	41.8%	24.5%
1976	42.6%	24.1%
1977	43.7%	23.8%
1978	44.8%	23.6%
1979	45.1%	23.5%
1980	45%	23.4%
1981	45.3%	23.5%
1982	45.5%	23.6%
1983	45.7%	23.8%
1984	45.9%	24%
1985	45.9%	24.1%
1986	46%	24.1%
1987	45.9%	24%
1988	45.9%	23.8%
1989	45.8%	23.6%
1990	45.7%	23.4%
1991	45.5%	23.1%
1992	45.5%	22.9%
1993	45.4%	22.6%
1994	45.4%	22.3%
1995	45.3%	22%
1996	45.2%	21.6%
1997	45.1%	21.2%
1998	45%	20.7%
1999	44.8%	20.2%
2000	44.7%	19.8%
2001	44.5%	19.4%
2002	44.3%	18.9%
2003	44.2%	18.4%
2004	44%	17.9%
2005	43.9%	17.4%
2006	43.8%	16.9%
2007	43.6%	16.4%
2008	43.5%	15.9%
2009	43.3%	15.5%
2010	43.2%	15.2%
2011	43%	14.9%
2012	42.8%	14.7%
2013	42.7%	14.5%
2014	42.5%	14.3%
2015	42.2%	14.2%
2016	42%	14.2%
2017	41.7%	14%
2018	41.3%	13.8%
2019	40.9%	13.6%
2020	40.5%	13.3%
2021	40.1%	13.2%
2022	39.7%	13.2%
2023	39.2%	13.2%
2024	38.8%	13%
2025	38.3%	12.9%
2026	37.8%	12.8%
2027	37.4%	12.6%
2028	36.9%	12.5%
2029	36.4%	12.3%
2030	36%	12.2%
2031	35.5%	12%
2032	35.1%	11.7%
2033	34.8%	11.5%
2034	34.4%	11.3%
2035	34.1%	11.1%
2036	33.7%	10.9%
2037	33.4%	10.8%
2038	33%	10.6%
2039	32.7%	10.4%
2040	32.4%	10.3%
2041	32%	10.1%
2042	31.7%	9.98%
2043	31.4%	9.86%
2044	31%	9.75%
2045	30.7%	9.66%
2046	30.4%	9.59%
2047	30.1%	9.55%
2048	29.7%	9.52%
2049	29.4%	9.51%
2050	29.1%	9.52%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 13% in Malta in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 23.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and Malta compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Malta by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +0.13% in Malta. 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	Malta
1960	10,618	5,747
1961	10,756	4,748
1962	10,662	4,664
1963	9,190	3,709
1964	8,989	3,630
1965	7,789	2,646
1966	6,955	2,458
1967	6,742	2,306
1968	7,289	2,247
1969	7,857	2,069
1970	7,632	2,270
1971	8,183	2,482
1972	7,911	2,480
1973	8,430	2,327
1974	10,321	2,687
1975	11,998	2,829
1976	13,688	2,721
1977	15,484	2,916
1978	17,468	2,389
1979	19,736	2,852
1980	21,024	2,375
1981	21,611	2,233
1982	22,131	2,835
1983	22,542	2,512
1984	22,861	2,678
1985	23,116	2,590
1986	23,301	2,395
1987	23,549	2,412
1988	23,940	2,813
1989	24,286	2,981
1990	23,936	2,621
1991	24,527	2,438
1992	25,747	2,573
1993	26,943	2,451
1994	27,895	2,136
1995	29,142	1,887
1996	29,778	2,279
1997	29,792	1,991
1998	30,390	1,656
1999	30,916	1,357
2000	32,816	1,482
2001	33,461	1,061
2002	34,561	911
2003	35,649	917
2004	36,495	883
2005	37,347	727
2006	38,886	568
2007	40,288	691
2008	40,841	777
2009	41,950	825
2010	43,067	871
2011	44,405	916
2012	45,480	714
2013	46,472	807
2014	46,615	910
2015	46,846	888
2016	46,814	1,091
2017	46,318	747
2018	46,659	774
2019	47,196	655
2020	46,718	361
2021	47,242	259
2022	48,920	54
2023	49,498	442

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Malta

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 Malta.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Malta
1985	1,851	21
1986	1,825	19
1987	1,796	19
1988	1,759	17
1989	1,698	17
1990	1,709	17
1991	1,663	17
1992	1,633	17
1993	1,613	16
1994	1,644	16
1995	1,556	15
1996	1,539	16
1997	1,642	15
1998	1,465	14
1999	1,461	15
2000	1,295	13
2001	1,222	12
2002	1,141	13
2003	1,069	13
2004	980	11
2005	956	11
2006	831	12
2007	792	10
2008	802	10
2009	753	11
2010	698	9
2011	678	11
2012	704	9
2013	707	7
2014	662	8
2015	631	7
2016	617	10
2017	597	7
2018	585	9
2019	598	8
2020	603	10
2021	617	10
2022	539	10
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 0.55% in Malta. 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	Malta
1960	-	4%
1961	-	3.85%
1962	-	3.73%
1963	-	3.63%
1964	-	3.53%
1965	-	3.43%
1966	-	3.31%
1967	-	3.19%
1968	-	3.06%
1969	-	2.93%
1970	-	2.79%
1971	-	2.66%
1972	-	2.52%
1973	-	2.39%
1974	-	2.26%
1975	-	2.14%
1976	-	2.03%
1977	-	1.93%
1978	-	1.84%
1979	-	1.76%
1980	-	1.69%
1981	-	1.62%
1982	-	1.57%
1983	-	1.51%
1984	-	1.45%
1985	24.4%	1.39%
1986	24%	1.33%
1987	23.5%	1.28%
1988	23.1%	1.23%
1989	22.7%	1.18%
1990	22.2%	1.13%
1991	21.8%	1.1%
1992	21.3%	1.06%
1993	20.9%	1.02%
1994	20.4%	0.98%
1995	19.9%	0.94%
1996	19.4%	0.9%
1997	18.9%	0.86%
1998	18.4%	0.82%
1999	17.9%	0.79%
2000	17.4%	0.76%
2001	16.8%	0.74%
2002	16.3%	0.72%
2003	15.7%	0.71%
2004	15.1%	0.7%
2005	14.5%	0.69%
2006	13.9%	0.69%
2007	13.2%	0.69%
2008	12.6%	0.69%
2009	12%	0.69%
2010	11.4%	0.69%
2011	10.9%	0.68%
2012	10.4%	0.68%
2013	9.93%	0.67%
2014	9.53%	0.67%
2015	9.18%	0.66%
2016	8.84%	0.65%
2017	8.53%	0.64%
2018	8.21%	0.63%
2019	7.91%	0.61%
2020	7.66%	0.6%
2021	7.41%	0.58%
2022	7.16%	0.57%
2023	6.93%	0.55%