Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Philippines

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Philippines 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 1.92 in the Philippines in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs the Philippines 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	Philippines
1960	5.92	7
1961	5.93	6.99
1962	5.94	6.98
1963	5.95	6.95
1964	5.96	6.89
1965	5.97	6.8
1966	5.98	6.69
1967	5.99	6.57
1968	6.01	6.45
1969	6.02	6.33
1970	6.04	6.22
1971	6.06	6.08
1972	6.08	5.94
1973	6.1	5.79
1974	6.12	5.69
1975	6.15	5.6
1976	6.19	5.51
1977	6.25	5.44
1978	6.32	5.39
1979	6.4	5.26
1980	6.49	5.11
1981	6.57	4.97
1982	6.64	4.92
1983	6.69	4.87
1984	6.73	4.77
1985	6.74	4.66
1986	6.73	4.56
1987	6.72	4.51
1988	6.69	4.45
1989	6.66	4.37
1990	6.5	4.32
1991	6.47	4.27
1992	6.44	4.16
1993	6.37	4.1
1994	6.3	4.08
1995	6.22	4.07
1996	6.14	4
1997	6.06	3.94
1998	5.97	3.88
1999	5.87	3.83
2000	5.79	3.75
2001	5.69	3.72
2002	5.63	3.65
2003	5.58	3.59
2004	5.5	3.52
2005	5.46	3.45
2006	5.41	3.47
2007	5.37	3.4
2008	5.27	3.4
2009	5.18	3.38
2010	5.11	3.32
2011	5.07	3.24
2012	5	3.14
2013	4.93	3.04
2014	4.79	2.89
2015	4.66	2.83
2016	4.52	2.68
2017	4.35	2.53
2018	4.24	2.38
2019	4.15	2.22
2020	4.08	2.08
2021	4	1.95
2022	3.91	1.93
2023	3.84	1.92
2024	3.76	1.89
2025	3.68	1.88
2026	3.62	1.86
2027	3.56	1.85
2028	3.5	1.84
2029	3.44	1.83
2030	3.37	1.82
2031	3.31	1.81
2032	3.25	1.81
2033	3.2	1.8
2034	3.15	1.8
2035	3.09	1.79
2036	3.04	1.79
2037	3	1.78
2038	2.95	1.78
2039	2.91	1.77
2040	2.87	1.77
2041	2.84	1.76
2042	2.8	1.76
2043	2.77	1.76
2044	2.74	1.75
2045	2.71	1.75
2046	2.67	1.75
2047	2.64	1.75
2048	2.62	1.74
2049	2.59	1.74
2050	2.56	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Philippines
1960	36.9%	48.4%
1961	37.1%	48.8%
1962	37.7%	49.1%
1963	38.4%	49.2%
1964	39.6%	49.2%
1965	41%	49.2%
1966	41.9%	49.1%
1967	42.1%	49%
1968	41.8%	48.8%
1969	41.9%	48.6%
1970	41.9%	48.4%
1971	41.9%	48.2%
1972	41.9%	48%
1973	41.6%	47.7%
1974	41.4%	47.4%
1975	41.8%	46.9%
1976	42.6%	46.4%
1977	43.7%	45.8%
1978	44.8%	45.2%
1979	45.1%	44.8%
1980	45%	44.3%
1981	45.3%	43.9%
1982	45.5%	43.5%
1983	45.7%	43.1%
1984	45.9%	42.8%
1985	45.9%	42.5%
1986	46%	42.3%
1987	45.9%	42.2%
1988	45.9%	42%
1989	45.8%	41.9%
1990	45.7%	41.8%
1991	45.5%	41.8%
1992	45.5%	41.6%
1993	45.4%	41.4%
1994	45.4%	41.2%
1995	45.3%	41.1%
1996	45.2%	40.8%
1997	45.1%	40.5%
1998	45%	40.1%
1999	44.8%	39.6%
2000	44.7%	39.2%
2001	44.5%	38.8%
2002	44.3%	38.4%
2003	44.2%	38%
2004	44%	37.6%
2005	43.9%	37.2%
2006	43.8%	36.9%
2007	43.6%	36.6%
2008	43.5%	36.3%
2009	43.3%	36%
2010	43.2%	35.6%
2011	43%	35.2%
2012	42.8%	34.8%
2013	42.7%	34.4%
2014	42.5%	34.1%
2015	42.2%	33.5%
2016	42%	32.9%
2017	41.7%	32.3%
2018	41.3%	31.8%
2019	40.9%	31.3%
2020	40.5%	30.7%
2021	40.1%	30%
2022	39.7%	29.3%
2023	39.2%	28.6%
2024	38.8%	27.9%
2025	38.3%	27.1%
2026	37.8%	26.4%
2027	37.4%	25.7%
2028	36.9%	25%
2029	36.4%	24.4%
2030	36%	23.8%
2031	35.5%	23.3%
2032	35.1%	22.7%
2033	34.8%	22.2%
2034	34.4%	21.8%
2035	34.1%	21.5%
2036	33.7%	21.4%
2037	33.4%	21.4%
2038	33%	21.3%
2039	32.7%	21.2%
2040	32.4%	21.2%
2041	32%	21.1%
2042	31.7%	21%
2043	31.4%	20.9%
2044	31%	20.7%
2045	30.7%	20.6%
2046	30.4%	20.4%
2047	30.1%	20.3%
2048	29.7%	20.1%
2049	29.4%	19.9%
2050	29.1%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +1.31% in the Philippines. 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	Philippines
1960	10,618	1,036,017
1961	10,756	1,064,377
1962	10,662	1,091,953
1963	9,190	1,116,591
1964	8,989	1,131,586
1965	7,789	1,146,094
1966	6,955	1,156,498
1967	6,742	1,166,704
1968	7,289	1,172,146
1969	7,857	1,186,306
1970	7,632	1,198,944
1971	8,183	1,210,256
1972	7,911	1,206,414
1973	8,430	1,206,285
1974	10,321	1,218,884
1975	11,998	1,239,069
1976	13,688	1,258,286
1977	15,484	1,314,002
1978	17,468	1,364,661
1979	19,736	1,394,056
1980	21,024	1,413,735
1981	21,611	1,436,599
1982	22,131	1,485,790
1983	22,542	1,542,194
1984	22,861	1,579,872
1985	23,116	1,614,042
1986	23,301	1,631,491
1987	23,549	1,671,330
1988	23,940	1,707,402
1989	24,286	1,728,354
1990	23,936	1,749,622
1991	24,527	1,782,165
1992	25,747	1,769,259
1993	26,943	1,788,414
1994	27,895	1,813,827
1995	29,142	1,846,900
1996	29,778	1,849,587
1997	29,792	1,861,098
1998	30,390	1,870,371
1999	30,916	1,894,147
2000	32,816	1,902,330
2001	33,461	1,931,169
2002	34,561	1,919,556
2003	35,649	1,922,904
2004	36,495	1,924,265
2005	37,347	1,918,484
2006	38,886	1,960,246
2007	40,288	1,964,673
2008	40,841	2,007,584
2009	41,950	2,025,580
2010	43,067	2,030,979
2011	44,405	2,018,419
2012	45,480	1,979,568
2013	46,472	1,944,758
2014	46,615	1,851,828
2015	46,846	1,827,180
2016	46,814	1,718,232
2017	46,318	1,622,444
2018	46,659	1,495,843
2019	47,196	1,352,703
2020	46,718	1,253,741
2021	47,242	917,928
2022	48,920	1,115,825
2023	49,498	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Philippines

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 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Philippines
1985	1,851	204
1986	1,825	199
1987	1,796	191
1988	1,759	184
1989	1,698	177
1990	1,709	173
1991	1,663	172
1992	1,633	160
1993	1,613	155
1994	1,644	151
1995	1,556	147
1996	1,539	141
1997	1,642	138
1998	1,465	135
1999	1,461	130
2000	1,295	127
2001	1,222	132
2002	1,141	126
2003	1,069	127
2004	980	122
2005	956	118
2006	831	129
2007	792	123
2008	802	123
2009	753	122
2010	698	117
2011	678	115
2012	704	110
2013	707	110
2014	662	106
2015	631	104
2016	617	98
2017	597	86
2018	585	92
2019	598	92
2020	603	88
2021	617	153
2022	539	92
2023	505	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 2.69% in the Philippines. 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	Philippines
1960	-	10.1%
1961	-	9.8%
1962	-	9.54%
1963	-	9.33%
1964	-	9.13%
1965	-	8.95%
1966	-	8.78%
1967	-	8.62%
1968	-	8.48%
1969	-	8.37%
1970	-	8.28%
1971	-	8.21%
1972	-	8.18%
1973	-	8.17%
1974	-	8.17%
1975	-	8.17%
1976	-	8.15%
1977	-	8.11%
1978	-	8.06%
1979	-	7.99%
1980	-	7.9%
1981	-	7.8%
1982	-	7.69%
1983	-	7.56%
1984	-	7.4%
1985	24.4%	7.21%
1986	24%	6.96%
1987	23.5%	6.66%
1988	23.1%	6.32%
1989	22.7%	5.96%
1990	22.2%	5.6%
1991	21.8%	5.27%
1992	21.3%	4.98%
1993	20.9%	4.73%
1994	20.4%	4.51%
1995	19.9%	4.31%
1996	19.4%	4.14%
1997	18.9%	4%
1998	18.4%	3.88%
1999	17.9%	3.78%
2000	17.4%	3.69%
2001	16.8%	3.61%
2002	16.3%	3.52%
2003	15.7%	3.44%
2004	15.1%	3.36%
2005	14.5%	3.28%
2006	13.9%	3.21%
2007	13.2%	3.14%
2008	12.6%	3.07%
2009	12%	3.01%
2010	11.4%	2.96%
2011	10.9%	2.91%
2012	10.4%	2.87%
2013	9.93%	2.83%
2014	9.53%	2.8%
2015	9.18%	2.78%
2016	8.84%	2.78%
2017	8.53%	2.78%
2018	8.21%	2.79%
2019	7.91%	2.8%
2020	7.66%	2.79%
2021	7.41%	2.77%
2022	7.16%	2.73%
2023	6.93%	2.69%