Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Russia

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Russia 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 1.41 in Russia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs Russia 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	Russia
1960	5.92	2.52
1961	5.93	2.45
1962	5.94	2.36
1963	5.95	2.27
1964	5.96	2.18
1965	5.97	2.13
1966	5.98	2.1
1967	5.99	2.04
1968	6.01	1.99
1969	6.02	1.97
1970	6.04	1.99
1971	6.06	2.03
1972	6.08	2.04
1973	6.1	2.01
1974	6.12	2
1975	6.15	1.98
1976	6.19	1.97
1977	6.25	1.95
1978	6.32	1.92
1979	6.4	1.9
1980	6.49	1.89
1981	6.57	1.91
1982	6.64	2.04
1983	6.69	2.11
1984	6.73	2.06
1985	6.74	2.05
1986	6.73	2.15
1987	6.72	2.22
1988	6.69	2.12
1989	6.66	2.01
1990	6.5	1.89
1991	6.47	1.73
1992	6.44	1.55
1993	6.37	1.39
1994	6.3	1.4
1995	6.22	1.34
1996	6.14	1.27
1997	6.06	1.22
1998	5.97	1.23
1999	5.87	1.16
2000	5.79	1.2
2001	5.69	1.22
2002	5.63	1.29
2003	5.58	1.32
2004	5.5	1.34
2005	5.46	1.29
2006	5.41	1.31
2007	5.37	1.42
2008	5.27	1.5
2009	5.18	1.54
2010	5.11	1.57
2011	5.07	1.58
2012	5	1.69
2013	4.93	1.71
2014	4.79	1.75
2015	4.66	1.78
2016	4.52	1.76
2017	4.35	1.62
2018	4.24	1.58
2019	4.15	1.5
2020	4.08	1.51
2021	4	1.51
2022	3.91	1.42
2023	3.84	1.41
2024	3.76	1.42
2025	3.68	1.43
2026	3.62	1.43
2027	3.56	1.43
2028	3.5	1.44
2029	3.44	1.44
2030	3.37	1.45
2031	3.31	1.45
2032	3.25	1.45
2033	3.2	1.46
2034	3.15	1.46
2035	3.09	1.46
2036	3.04	1.47
2037	3	1.47
2038	2.95	1.47
2039	2.91	1.47
2040	2.87	1.48
2041	2.84	1.48
2042	2.8	1.48
2043	2.77	1.48
2044	2.74	1.49
2045	2.71	1.49
2046	2.67	1.49
2047	2.64	1.49
2048	2.62	1.5
2049	2.59	1.5
2050	2.56	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Russia
1960	36.9%	30.5%
1961	37.1%	30.9%
1962	37.7%	30.8%
1963	38.4%	30.6%
1964	39.6%	30.2%
1965	41%	29.5%
1966	41.9%	28.9%
1967	42.1%	28.3%
1968	41.8%	27.6%
1969	41.9%	26.9%
1970	41.9%	26.1%
1971	41.9%	25.4%
1972	41.9%	24.8%
1973	41.6%	24.2%
1974	41.4%	23.6%
1975	41.8%	23%
1976	42.6%	22.5%
1977	43.7%	22.1%
1978	44.8%	21.8%
1979	45.1%	21.7%
1980	45%	21.7%
1981	45.3%	21.7%
1982	45.5%	21.9%
1983	45.7%	22.1%
1984	45.9%	22.4%
1985	45.9%	22.6%
1986	46%	22.8%
1987	45.9%	22.9%
1988	45.9%	23%
1989	45.8%	23%
1990	45.7%	22.9%
1991	45.5%	22.7%
1992	45.5%	22.4%
1993	45.4%	22%
1994	45.4%	21.6%
1995	45.3%	21.2%
1996	45.2%	20.7%
1997	45.1%	20.2%
1998	45%	19.5%
1999	44.8%	18.8%
2000	44.7%	18%
2001	44.5%	17.3%
2002	44.3%	16.6%
2003	44.2%	16%
2004	44%	15.6%
2005	43.9%	15.2%
2006	43.8%	14.9%
2007	43.6%	14.8%
2008	43.5%	14.9%
2009	43.3%	15%
2010	43.2%	15.2%
2011	43%	15.4%
2012	42.8%	15.7%
2013	42.7%	16.1%
2014	42.5%	16.5%
2015	42.2%	16.9%
2016	42%	17.2%
2017	41.7%	17.5%
2018	41.3%	17.6%
2019	40.9%	17.6%
2020	40.5%	17.7%
2021	40.1%	17.7%
2022	39.7%	17.7%
2023	39.2%	17.5%
2024	38.8%	17.3%
2025	38.3%	17%
2026	37.8%	16.7%
2027	37.4%	16.3%
2028	36.9%	15.9%
2029	36.4%	15.5%
2030	36%	15%
2031	35.5%	14.6%
2032	35.1%	14.2%
2033	34.8%	14%
2034	34.4%	13.8%
2035	34.1%	13.7%
2036	33.7%	13.6%
2037	33.4%	13.6%
2038	33%	13.6%
2039	32.7%	13.7%
2040	32.4%	13.9%
2041	32%	14%
2042	31.7%	14.2%
2043	31.4%	14.4%
2044	31%	14.6%
2045	30.7%	14.8%
2046	30.4%	15%
2047	30.1%	15.2%
2048	29.7%	15.4%
2049	29.4%	15.5%
2050	29.1%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and -0.24% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	10,618	1,962,834
1961	10,756	1,810,538
1962	10,662	1,573,701
1963	9,190	1,436,077
1964	8,989	1,233,520
1965	7,789	1,059,335
1966	6,955	989,279
1967	6,742	854,554
1968	7,289	787,621
1969	7,857	753,088
1970	7,632	785,554
1971	8,183	854,999
1972	7,911	872,050
1973	8,430	846,561
1974	10,321	883,186
1975	11,998	843,850
1976	13,688	852,237
1977	15,484	832,932
1978	17,468	812,766
1979	19,736	690,135
1980	21,024	681,149
1981	21,611	713,700
1982	22,131	830,855
1983	22,542	906,676
1984	22,861	756,548
1985	23,116	762,447
1986	23,301	985,279
1987	23,549	977,583
1988	23,940	778,343
1989	24,286	576,112
1990	23,936	325,533
1991	24,527	103,876
1992	25,747	-222,808
1993	26,943	-757,140
1994	27,895	-920,129
1995	29,142	-845,742
1996	29,778	-785,248
1997	29,792	-769,159
1998	30,390	-694,053
1999	30,916	-927,453
2000	32,816	-967,540
2001	33,461	-963,445
2002	34,561	-944,492
2003	35,649	-896,822
2004	36,495	-792,370
2005	37,347	-846,761
2006	38,886	-686,638
2007	40,288	-471,257
2008	40,841	-356,856
2009	41,950	-257,014
2010	43,067	-242,844
2011	44,405	-128,716
2012	45,480	0
2013	46,472	28,761
2014	46,615	28,848
2015	46,846	43,392
2016	46,814	0
2017	46,318	-130,764
2018	46,659	-232,637
2019	47,196	-319,997
2020	46,718	-697,177
2021	47,242	-1,027,702
2022	48,920	-576,948
2023	49,498	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Russia

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 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Russia
1985	1,851	81
1986	1,825	69
1987	1,796	65
1988	1,759	63
1989	1,698	61
1990	1,709	58
1991	1,663	57
1992	1,633	62
1993	1,613	76
1994	1,644	85
1995	1,556	82
1996	1,539	69
1997	1,642	59
1998	1,465	53
1999	1,461	53
2000	1,295	51
2001	1,222	48
2002	1,141	47
2003	1,069	45
2004	980	41
2005	956	38
2006	831	32
2007	792	29
2008	802	27
2009	753	24
2010	698	23
2011	678	19
2012	704	18
2013	707	16
2014	662	16
2015	631	15
2016	617	14
2017	597	12
2018	585	12
2019	598	12
2020	603	19
2021	617	21
2022	539	13
2023	505	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 0.45% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	-	4.55%
1961	-	4.26%
1962	-	3.99%
1963	-	3.76%
1964	-	3.55%
1965	-	3.38%
1966	-	3.23%
1967	-	3.11%
1968	-	3.02%
1969	-	2.94%
1970	-	2.88%
1971	-	2.84%
1972	-	2.81%
1973	-	2.78%
1974	-	2.77%
1975	-	2.76%
1976	-	2.76%
1977	-	2.76%
1978	-	2.76%
1979	-	2.75%
1980	-	2.73%
1981	-	2.7%
1982	-	2.66%
1983	-	2.62%
1984	-	2.56%
1985	24.4%	2.5%
1986	24%	2.42%
1987	23.5%	2.34%
1988	23.1%	2.26%
1989	22.7%	2.2%
1990	22.2%	2.17%
1991	21.8%	2.16%
1992	21.3%	2.17%
1993	20.9%	2.19%
1994	20.4%	2.2%
1995	19.9%	2.2%
1996	19.4%	2.17%
1997	18.9%	2.13%
1998	18.4%	2.08%
1999	17.9%	2.02%
2000	17.4%	1.94%
2001	16.8%	1.84%
2002	16.3%	1.73%
2003	15.7%	1.61%
2004	15.1%	1.5%
2005	14.5%	1.39%
2006	13.9%	1.29%
2007	13.2%	1.2%
2008	12.6%	1.13%
2009	12%	1.07%
2010	11.4%	1.04%
2011	10.9%	1.02%
2012	10.4%	0.99%
2013	9.93%	0.95%
2014	9.53%	0.89%
2015	9.18%	0.82%
2016	8.84%	0.75%
2017	8.53%	0.69%
2018	8.21%	0.63%
2019	7.91%	0.58%
2020	7.66%	0.54%
2021	7.41%	0.51%
2022	7.16%	0.47%
2023	6.93%	0.45%