Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Mexico

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Mexico 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 1.91 in Mexico in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs Mexico 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	Mexico
1960	5.92	6.76
1961	5.93	6.78
1962	5.94	6.8
1963	5.95	6.82
1964	5.96	6.83
1965	5.97	6.82
1966	5.98	6.79
1967	5.99	6.75
1968	6.01	6.71
1969	6.02	6.63
1970	6.04	6.53
1971	6.06	6.42
1972	6.08	6.28
1973	6.1	6.12
1974	6.12	5.95
1975	6.15	5.74
1976	6.19	5.54
1977	6.25	5.36
1978	6.32	5.2
1979	6.4	4.96
1980	6.49	4.74
1981	6.57	4.57
1982	6.64	4.43
1983	6.69	4.3
1984	6.73	4.18
1985	6.74	4.09
1986	6.73	3.97
1987	6.72	3.8
1988	6.69	3.64
1989	6.66	3.53
1990	6.5	3.44
1991	6.47	3.36
1992	6.44	3.29
1993	6.37	3.21
1994	6.3	3.13
1995	6.22	3.04
1996	6.14	2.96
1997	6.06	2.89
1998	5.97	2.82
1999	5.87	2.76
2000	5.79	2.71
2001	5.69	2.67
2002	5.63	2.63
2003	5.58	2.58
2004	5.5	2.54
2005	5.46	2.5
2006	5.41	2.46
2007	5.37	2.42
2008	5.27	2.39
2009	5.18	2.36
2010	5.11	2.34
2011	5.07	2.32
2012	5	2.29
2013	4.93	2.27
2014	4.79	2.21
2015	4.66	2.14
2016	4.52	2.09
2017	4.35	2.04
2018	4.24	2.03
2019	4.15	2.02
2020	4.08	1.99
2021	4	1.97
2022	3.91	1.94
2023	3.84	1.91
2024	3.76	1.89
2025	3.68	1.87
2026	3.62	1.85
2027	3.56	1.83
2028	3.5	1.82
2029	3.44	1.81
2030	3.37	1.79
2031	3.31	1.78
2032	3.25	1.77
2033	3.2	1.77
2034	3.15	1.76
2035	3.09	1.76
2036	3.04	1.75
2037	3	1.75
2038	2.95	1.74
2039	2.91	1.74
2040	2.87	1.73
2041	2.84	1.73
2042	2.8	1.72
2043	2.77	1.72
2044	2.74	1.72
2045	2.71	1.71
2046	2.67	1.71
2047	2.64	1.71
2048	2.62	1.7
2049	2.59	1.7
2050	2.56	1.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Mexico
1960	36.9%	46.8%
1961	37.1%	47%
1962	37.7%	47.1%
1963	38.4%	47.2%
1964	39.6%	47.3%
1965	41%	47.4%
1966	41.9%	47.5%
1967	42.1%	47.6%
1968	41.8%	47.6%
1969	41.9%	47.7%
1970	41.9%	47.7%
1971	41.9%	47.8%
1972	41.9%	47.7%
1973	41.6%	47.7%
1974	41.4%	47.6%
1975	41.8%	47.5%
1976	42.6%	47.2%
1977	43.7%	47%
1978	44.8%	46.7%
1979	45.1%	46.3%
1980	45%	45.8%
1981	45.3%	45.2%
1982	45.5%	44.4%
1983	45.7%	43.7%
1984	45.9%	43%
1985	45.9%	42.3%
1986	46%	41.6%
1987	45.9%	41%
1988	45.9%	40.3%
1989	45.8%	39.7%
1990	45.7%	39%
1991	45.5%	38.4%
1992	45.5%	37.8%
1993	45.4%	37.3%
1994	45.4%	36.9%
1995	45.3%	36.5%
1996	45.2%	36%
1997	45.1%	35.6%
1998	45%	35.2%
1999	44.8%	34.8%
2000	44.7%	34.3%
2001	44.5%	33.9%
2002	44.3%	33.4%
2003	44.2%	33%
2004	44%	32.5%
2005	43.9%	32.1%
2006	43.8%	31.6%
2007	43.6%	31.1%
2008	43.5%	30.6%
2009	43.3%	30.2%
2010	43.2%	29.8%
2011	43%	29.4%
2012	42.8%	29%
2013	42.7%	28.7%
2014	42.5%	28.3%
2015	42.2%	28%
2016	42%	27.6%
2017	41.7%	27.2%
2018	41.3%	26.7%
2019	40.9%	26.3%
2020	40.5%	26%
2021	40.1%	25.7%
2022	39.7%	25.3%
2023	39.2%	24.9%
2024	38.8%	24.5%
2025	38.3%	24.1%
2026	37.8%	23.7%
2027	37.4%	23.2%
2028	36.9%	22.8%
2029	36.4%	22.4%
2030	36%	22.1%
2031	35.5%	21.7%
2032	35.1%	21.4%
2033	34.8%	21.2%
2034	34.4%	20.9%
2035	34.1%	20.6%
2036	33.7%	20.3%
2037	33.4%	20.1%
2038	33%	19.9%
2039	32.7%	19.6%
2040	32.4%	19.4%
2041	32%	19.2%
2042	31.7%	19%
2043	31.4%	18.8%
2044	31%	18.6%
2045	30.7%	18.4%
2046	30.4%	18.2%
2047	30.1%	18%
2048	29.7%	17.8%
2049	29.4%	17.7%
2050	29.1%	17.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 24.5% in Mexico in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 39% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and Mexico compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Mexico by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +1.05% in Mexico. 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	Mexico
1960	10,618	1,206,955
1961	10,756	1,265,833
1962	10,662	1,328,319
1963	9,190	1,387,678
1964	8,989	1,447,360
1965	7,789	1,508,344
1966	6,955	1,566,170
1967	6,742	1,620,534
1968	7,289	1,671,918
1969	7,857	1,711,297
1970	7,632	1,753,370
1971	8,183	1,790,990
1972	7,911	1,823,302
1973	8,430	1,845,593
1974	10,321	1,868,809
1975	11,998	1,880,241
1976	13,688	1,891,958
1977	15,484	1,902,964
1978	17,468	1,921,419
1979	19,736	1,908,018
1980	21,024	1,893,158
1981	21,611	1,904,384
1982	22,131	1,921,772
1983	22,542	1,939,193
1984	22,861	1,960,428
1985	23,116	1,983,622
1986	23,301	1,998,043
1987	23,549	1,971,231
1988	23,940	1,936,601
1989	24,286	1,927,752
1990	23,936	1,926,480
1991	24,527	1,942,832
1992	25,747	1,956,659
1993	26,943	1,963,708
1994	27,895	1,959,775
1995	29,142	1,941,458
1996	29,778	1,922,554
1997	29,792	1,898,383
1998	30,390	1,871,650
1999	30,916	1,859,475
2000	32,816	1,845,383
2001	33,461	1,836,418
2002	34,561	1,820,665
2003	35,649	1,788,016
2004	36,495	1,759,250
2005	37,347	1,732,663
2006	38,886	1,706,084
2007	40,288	1,684,915
2008	40,841	1,670,846
2009	41,950	1,661,180
2010	43,067	1,658,682
2011	44,405	1,659,161
2012	45,480	1,656,599
2013	46,472	1,642,609
2014	46,615	1,587,620
2015	46,846	1,508,439
2016	46,814	1,445,256
2017	46,318	1,384,178
2018	46,659	1,366,076
2019	47,196	1,357,485
2020	46,718	1,031,637
2021	47,242	936,682
2022	48,920	1,224,397
2023	49,498	1,238,366

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Mexico

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 42 deaths in Mexico.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Mexico
1985	1,851	107
1986	1,825	100
1987	1,796	93
1988	1,759	88
1989	1,698	85
1990	1,709	81
1991	1,663	77
1992	1,633	73
1993	1,613	71
1994	1,644	69
1995	1,556	66
1996	1,539	64
1997	1,642	62
1998	1,465	60
1999	1,461	58
2000	1,295	56
2001	1,222	55
2002	1,141	55
2003	1,069	54
2004	980	53
2005	956	52
2006	831	51
2007	792	50
2008	802	51
2009	753	51
2010	698	50
2011	678	47
2012	704	46
2013	707	45
2014	662	44
2015	631	43
2016	617	43
2017	597	44
2018	585	44
2019	598	43
2020	603	61
2021	617	104
2022	539	45
2023	505	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 1.25% in Mexico. 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	Mexico
1960	-	15.5%
1961	-	14.8%
1962	-	14.3%
1963	-	13.7%
1964	-	13.2%
1965	-	12.7%
1966	-	12.3%
1967	-	11.9%
1968	-	11.5%
1969	-	11.1%
1970	-	10.7%
1971	-	10.3%
1972	-	9.93%
1973	-	9.56%
1974	-	9.21%
1975	-	8.86%
1976	-	8.52%
1977	-	8.18%
1978	-	7.85%
1979	-	7.51%
1980	-	7.18%
1981	-	6.86%
1982	-	6.55%
1983	-	6.26%
1984	-	5.98%
1985	24.4%	5.71%
1986	24%	5.46%
1987	23.5%	5.21%
1988	23.1%	4.98%
1989	22.7%	4.75%
1990	22.2%	4.53%
1991	21.8%	4.32%
1992	21.3%	4.12%
1993	20.9%	3.92%
1994	20.4%	3.74%
1995	19.9%	3.57%
1996	19.4%	3.4%
1997	18.9%	3.24%
1998	18.4%	3.09%
1999	17.9%	2.94%
2000	17.4%	2.81%
2001	16.8%	2.68%
2002	16.3%	2.57%
2003	15.7%	2.46%
2004	15.1%	2.36%
2005	14.5%	2.27%
2006	13.9%	2.19%
2007	13.2%	2.11%
2008	12.6%	2.04%
2009	12%	1.98%
2010	11.4%	1.91%
2011	10.9%	1.85%
2012	10.4%	1.79%
2013	9.93%	1.73%
2014	9.53%	1.68%
2015	9.18%	1.62%
2016	8.84%	1.57%
2017	8.53%	1.52%
2018	8.21%	1.47%
2019	7.91%	1.42%
2020	7.66%	1.38%
2021	7.41%	1.33%
2022	7.16%	1.29%
2023	6.93%	1.25%