Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Netherlands

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Netherlands 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 1.43 in the Netherlands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs the Netherlands 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	Netherlands
1960	5.92	3.12
1961	5.93	3.22
1962	5.94	3.18
1963	5.95	3.19
1964	5.96	3.17
1965	5.97	3.04
1966	5.98	2.9
1967	5.99	2.81
1968	6.01	2.72
1969	6.02	2.75
1970	6.04	2.57
1971	6.06	2.36
1972	6.08	2.15
1973	6.1	1.9
1974	6.12	1.77
1975	6.15	1.66
1976	6.19	1.63
1977	6.25	1.58
1978	6.32	1.58
1979	6.4	1.56
1980	6.49	1.6
1981	6.57	1.56
1982	6.64	1.5
1983	6.69	1.47
1984	6.73	1.49
1985	6.74	1.51
1986	6.73	1.55
1987	6.72	1.56
1988	6.69	1.55
1989	6.66	1.55
1990	6.5	1.62
1991	6.47	1.61
1992	6.44	1.59
1993	6.37	1.57
1994	6.3	1.57
1995	6.22	1.53
1996	6.14	1.53
1997	6.06	1.56
1998	5.97	1.63
1999	5.87	1.65
2000	5.79	1.72
2001	5.69	1.71
2002	5.63	1.73
2003	5.58	1.75
2004	5.5	1.72
2005	5.46	1.71
2006	5.41	1.72
2007	5.37	1.72
2008	5.27	1.77
2009	5.18	1.79
2010	5.11	1.79
2011	5.07	1.76
2012	5	1.72
2013	4.93	1.68
2014	4.79	1.71
2015	4.66	1.66
2016	4.52	1.66
2017	4.35	1.62
2018	4.24	1.59
2019	4.15	1.57
2020	4.08	1.54
2021	4	1.62
2022	3.91	1.49
2023	3.84	1.43
2024	3.76	1.43
2025	3.68	1.44
2026	3.62	1.44
2027	3.56	1.45
2028	3.5	1.45
2029	3.44	1.45
2030	3.37	1.46
2031	3.31	1.46
2032	3.25	1.47
2033	3.2	1.47
2034	3.15	1.48
2035	3.09	1.48
2036	3.04	1.48
2037	3	1.48
2038	2.95	1.48
2039	2.91	1.49
2040	2.87	1.49
2041	2.84	1.49
2042	2.8	1.5
2043	2.77	1.5
2044	2.74	1.5
2045	2.71	1.5
2046	2.67	1.5
2047	2.64	1.51
2048	2.62	1.51
2049	2.59	1.51
2050	2.56	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Netherlands
1960	36.9%	30%
1961	37.1%	29.7%
1962	37.7%	29.1%
1963	38.4%	28.7%
1964	39.6%	28.5%
1965	41%	28.3%
1966	41.9%	28.1%
1967	42.1%	27.8%
1968	41.8%	27.6%
1969	41.9%	27.5%
1970	41.9%	27.3%
1971	41.9%	27.1%
1972	41.9%	26.8%
1973	41.6%	26.4%
1974	41.4%	25.9%
1975	41.8%	25.3%
1976	42.6%	24.8%
1977	43.7%	24.2%
1978	44.8%	23.5%
1979	45.1%	22.9%
1980	45%	22.3%
1981	45.3%	21.8%
1982	45.5%	21.3%
1983	45.7%	20.7%
1984	45.9%	20.1%
1985	45.9%	19.5%
1986	46%	19.1%
1987	45.9%	18.7%
1988	45.9%	18.5%
1989	45.8%	18.4%
1990	45.7%	18.4%
1991	45.5%	18.4%
1992	45.5%	18.5%
1993	45.4%	18.5%
1994	45.4%	18.6%
1995	45.3%	18.6%
1996	45.2%	18.6%
1997	45.1%	18.6%
1998	45%	18.6%
1999	44.8%	18.7%
2000	44.7%	18.8%
2001	44.5%	18.8%
2002	44.3%	18.8%
2003	44.2%	18.7%
2004	44%	18.6%
2005	43.9%	18.5%
2006	43.8%	18.3%
2007	43.6%	18.1%
2008	43.5%	17.9%
2009	43.3%	17.7%
2010	43.2%	17.6%
2011	43%	17.4%
2012	42.8%	17.3%
2013	42.7%	17.1%
2014	42.5%	16.9%
2015	42.2%	16.6%
2016	42%	16.4%
2017	41.7%	16.2%
2018	41.3%	16%
2019	40.9%	15.8%
2020	40.5%	15.6%
2021	40.1%	15.5%
2022	39.7%	15.4%
2023	39.2%	15.2%
2024	38.8%	15%
2025	38.3%	14.9%
2026	37.8%	14.9%
2027	37.4%	14.8%
2028	36.9%	14.8%
2029	36.4%	14.8%
2030	36%	14.8%
2031	35.5%	14.8%
2032	35.1%	14.7%
2033	34.8%	14.7%
2034	34.4%	14.7%
2035	34.1%	14.7%
2036	33.7%	14.7%
2037	33.4%	14.6%
2038	33%	14.6%
2039	32.7%	14.6%
2040	32.4%	14.5%
2041	32%	14.5%
2042	31.7%	14.4%
2043	31.4%	14.4%
2044	31%	14.3%
2045	30.7%	14.2%
2046	30.4%	14.1%
2047	30.1%	14.1%
2048	29.7%	14%
2049	29.4%	13.9%
2050	29.1%	13.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 15% in the Netherlands in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 18.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and the Netherlands compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Netherlands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +0.08% in the Netherlands. 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	Netherlands
1960	10,618	151,623
1961	10,756	159,450
1962	10,662	153,474
1963	9,190	154,361
1964	8,989	157,653
1965	7,789	146,308
1966	6,955	138,265
1967	6,742	138,580
1968	7,289	132,389
1969	7,857	139,082
1970	7,632	129,082
1971	8,183	116,112
1972	7,911	101,297
1973	8,430	84,668
1974	10,321	75,853
1975	11,998	64,232
1976	13,688	63,361
1977	15,484	63,739
1978	17,468	61,344
1979	19,736	63,172
1980	21,024	66,504
1981	21,611	62,688
1982	22,131	54,388
1983	22,542	51,722
1984	22,861	54,812
1985	23,116	55,069
1986	23,301	59,746
1987	23,549	64,526
1988	23,940	61,993
1989	24,286	59,396
1990	23,936	68,777
1991	24,527	69,321
1992	25,747	66,811
1993	26,943	58,103
1994	27,895	61,532
1995	29,142	54,106
1996	29,778	51,251
1997	29,792	56,198
1998	30,390	61,258
1999	30,916	60,086
2000	32,816	66,887
2001	33,461	62,580
2002	34,561	59,751
2003	35,649	58,411
2004	36,495	56,987
2005	37,347	50,592
2006	38,886	49,038
2007	40,288	49,145
2008	40,841	49,337
2009	41,950	51,244
2010	43,067	48,184
2011	44,405	45,072
2012	45,480	35,186
2013	46,472	30,248
2014	46,615	35,417
2015	46,846	23,716
2016	46,814	23,843
2017	46,318	18,844
2018	46,659	15,508
2019	47,196	17,345
2020	46,718	0
2021	47,242	7,014
2022	48,920	-1,770
2023	49,498	-5,363

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Netherlands

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 4 deaths in the Netherlands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Netherlands
1985	1,851	12
1986	1,825	12
1987	1,796	12
1988	1,759	12
1989	1,698	12
1990	1,709	12
1991	1,663	12
1992	1,633	12
1993	1,613	12
1994	1,644	12
1995	1,556	12
1996	1,539	12
1997	1,642	13
1998	1,465	12
1999	1,461	13
2000	1,295	13
2001	1,222	13
2002	1,141	13
2003	1,069	12
2004	980	11
2005	956	10
2006	831	9
2007	792	8
2008	802	8
2009	753	7
2010	698	6
2011	678	7
2012	704	6
2013	707	6
2014	662	5
2015	631	5
2016	617	5
2017	597	5
2018	585	5
2019	598	5
2020	603	4
2021	617	5
2022	539	4
2023	505	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 0.4% in the Netherlands. 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	Netherlands
1960	-	2.08%
1961	-	2.03%
1962	-	1.97%
1963	-	1.92%
1964	-	1.88%
1965	-	1.83%
1966	-	1.79%
1967	-	1.74%
1968	-	1.69%
1969	-	1.64%
1970	-	1.58%
1971	-	1.53%
1972	-	1.47%
1973	-	1.41%
1974	-	1.36%
1975	-	1.31%
1976	-	1.26%
1977	-	1.21%
1978	-	1.16%
1979	-	1.12%
1980	-	1.09%
1981	-	1.06%
1982	-	1.04%
1983	-	1.02%
1984	-	0.99%
1985	24.4%	0.97%
1986	24%	0.95%
1987	23.5%	0.92%
1988	23.1%	0.89%
1989	22.7%	0.86%
1990	22.2%	0.83%
1991	21.8%	0.8%
1992	21.3%	0.77%
1993	20.9%	0.74%
1994	20.4%	0.71%
1995	19.9%	0.69%
1996	19.4%	0.67%
1997	18.9%	0.66%
1998	18.4%	0.64%
1999	17.9%	0.63%
2000	17.4%	0.62%
2001	16.8%	0.61%
2002	16.3%	0.59%
2003	15.7%	0.57%
2004	15.1%	0.55%
2005	14.5%	0.53%
2006	13.9%	0.51%
2007	13.2%	0.49%
2008	12.6%	0.47%
2009	12%	0.46%
2010	11.4%	0.44%
2011	10.9%	0.43%
2012	10.4%	0.42%
2013	9.93%	0.42%
2014	9.53%	0.41%
2015	9.18%	0.41%
2016	8.84%	0.41%
2017	8.53%	0.4%
2018	8.21%	0.4%
2019	7.91%	0.4%
2020	7.66%	0.4%
2021	7.41%	0.4%
2022	7.16%	0.4%
2023	6.93%	0.4%