Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Solomon Islands 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 3.56 in the Solomon Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs the Solomon Islands 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	Solomon Islands
1960	5.92	7.07
1961	5.93	7.05
1962	5.94	7.04
1963	5.95	7.03
1964	5.96	7.05
1965	5.97	7.02
1966	5.98	7
1967	5.99	6.97
1968	6.01	6.95
1969	6.02	6.97
1970	6.04	6.98
1971	6.06	6.99
1972	6.08	6.99
1973	6.1	7
1974	6.12	7.01
1975	6.15	6.99
1976	6.19	6.95
1977	6.25	6.92
1978	6.32	6.87
1979	6.4	6.82
1980	6.49	6.77
1981	6.57	6.71
1982	6.64	6.64
1983	6.69	6.57
1984	6.73	6.49
1985	6.74	6.38
1986	6.73	6.26
1987	6.72	6.12
1988	6.69	5.99
1989	6.66	5.87
1990	6.5	5.74
1991	6.47	5.62
1992	6.44	5.51
1993	6.37	5.45
1994	6.3	5.4
1995	6.22	5.34
1996	6.14	5.22
1997	6.06	5.09
1998	5.97	4.98
1999	5.87	4.86
2000	5.79	4.76
2001	5.69	4.67
2002	5.63	4.6
2003	5.58	4.54
2004	5.5	4.47
2005	5.46	4.41
2006	5.41	4.39
2007	5.37	4.37
2008	5.27	4.36
2009	5.18	4.35
2010	5.11	4.34
2011	5.07	4.34
2012	5	4.33
2013	4.93	4.33
2014	4.79	4.36
2015	4.66	4.29
2016	4.52	4.2
2017	4.35	4.06
2018	4.24	3.93
2019	4.15	3.8
2020	4.08	3.75
2021	4	3.69
2022	3.91	3.62
2023	3.84	3.56
2024	3.76	3.51
2025	3.68	3.47
2026	3.62	3.42
2027	3.56	3.37
2028	3.5	3.32
2029	3.44	3.28
2030	3.37	3.24
2031	3.31	3.2
2032	3.25	3.16
2033	3.2	3.12
2034	3.15	3.08
2035	3.09	3.04
2036	3.04	3
2037	3	2.97
2038	2.95	2.94
2039	2.91	2.91
2040	2.87	2.88
2041	2.84	2.84
2042	2.8	2.82
2043	2.77	2.79
2044	2.74	2.76
2045	2.71	2.73
2046	2.67	2.71
2047	2.64	2.68
2048	2.62	2.66
2049	2.59	2.63
2050	2.56	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Solomon Islands
1960	36.9%	46.3%
1961	37.1%	46.1%
1962	37.7%	46%
1963	38.4%	45.9%
1964	39.6%	45.8%
1965	41%	45.9%
1966	41.9%	46%
1967	42.1%	46.2%
1968	41.8%	46.4%
1969	41.9%	46.6%
1970	41.9%	46.7%
1971	41.9%	46.8%
1972	41.9%	46.9%
1973	41.6%	47.1%
1974	41.4%	47.5%
1975	41.8%	47.9%
1976	42.6%	48.2%
1977	43.7%	48.3%
1978	44.8%	48.3%
1979	45.1%	48.3%
1980	45%	48.3%
1981	45.3%	48.2%
1982	45.5%	48.1%
1983	45.7%	47.9%
1984	45.9%	47.8%
1985	45.9%	47.5%
1986	46%	47.3%
1987	45.9%	46.9%
1988	45.9%	46.6%
1989	45.8%	46.2%
1990	45.7%	45.8%
1991	45.5%	45.4%
1992	45.5%	45.1%
1993	45.4%	44.8%
1994	45.4%	44.5%
1995	45.3%	44.3%
1996	45.2%	44%
1997	45.1%	43.8%
1998	45%	43.5%
1999	44.8%	43.2%
2000	44.7%	42.9%
2001	44.5%	42.5%
2002	44.3%	42.2%
2003	44.2%	41.9%
2004	44%	41.7%
2005	43.9%	41.5%
2006	43.8%	41.3%
2007	43.6%	41.2%
2008	43.5%	41.2%
2009	43.3%	41.1%
2010	43.2%	41%
2011	43%	40.8%
2012	42.8%	40.7%
2013	42.7%	40.4%
2014	42.5%	40.2%
2015	42.2%	40%
2016	42%	39.7%
2017	41.7%	39.4%
2018	41.3%	39%
2019	40.9%	38.7%
2020	40.5%	38.4%
2021	40.1%	38.1%
2022	39.7%	37.7%
2023	39.2%	37.4%
2024	38.8%	37%
2025	38.3%	36.6%
2026	37.8%	36.1%
2027	37.4%	35.7%
2028	36.9%	35.2%
2029	36.4%	34.7%
2030	36%	34.3%
2031	35.5%	33.9%
2032	35.1%	33.5%
2033	34.8%	33.2%
2034	34.4%	32.9%
2035	34.1%	32.7%
2036	33.7%	32.4%
2037	33.4%	32.2%
2038	33%	31.9%
2039	32.7%	31.7%
2040	32.4%	31.5%
2041	32%	31.2%
2042	31.7%	31%
2043	31.4%	30.7%
2044	31%	30.4%
2045	30.7%	30.2%
2046	30.4%	29.9%
2047	30.1%	29.6%
2048	29.7%	29.3%
2049	29.4%	29%
2050	29.1%	28.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 37% in the Solomon Islands in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 45.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and the Solomon Islands compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Solomon Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +2.38% in the Solomon Islands. 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	Solomon Islands
1960	10,618	4,119
1961	10,756	4,257
1962	10,662	4,408
1963	9,190	4,571
1964	8,989	4,747
1965	7,789	4,885
1966	6,955	5,028
1967	6,742	5,151
1968	7,289	5,285
1969	7,857	5,444
1970	7,632	5,575
1971	8,183	5,814
1972	7,911	6,074
1973	8,430	6,343
1974	10,321	6,612
1975	11,998	6,635
1976	13,688	7,058
1977	15,484	7,290
1978	17,468	7,598
1979	19,736	7,874
1980	21,024	8,156
1981	21,611	8,436
1982	22,131	8,720
1983	22,542	9,011
1984	22,861	9,299
1985	23,116	9,534
1986	23,301	9,656
1987	23,549	9,943
1988	23,940	10,142
1989	24,286	10,354
1990	23,936	10,561
1991	24,527	10,789
1992	25,747	11,029
1993	26,943	11,396
1994	27,895	11,771
1995	29,142	12,124
1996	29,778	12,328
1997	29,792	12,478
1998	30,390	12,658
1999	30,916	12,809
2000	32,816	12,938
2001	33,461	13,061
2002	34,561	13,195
2003	35,649	13,344
2004	36,495	13,444
2005	37,347	13,568
2006	38,886	13,799
2007	40,288	13,963
2008	40,841	14,225
2009	41,950	14,381
2010	43,067	14,604
2011	44,405	15,095
2012	45,480	15,585
2013	46,472	16,038
2014	46,615	16,652
2015	46,846	16,909
2016	46,814	17,027
2017	46,318	16,897
2018	46,659	16,790
2019	47,196	16,649
2020	46,718	16,488
2021	47,242	16,626
2022	48,920	17,253
2023	49,498	17,436

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Solomon Islands

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 123 deaths in the Solomon Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Solomon Islands
1985	1,851	209
1986	1,825	226
1987	1,796	200
1988	1,759	193
1989	1,698	188
1990	1,709	184
1991	1,663	178
1992	1,633	174
1993	1,613	173
1994	1,644	170
1995	1,556	168
1996	1,539	166
1997	1,642	164
1998	1,465	165
1999	1,461	164
2000	1,295	166
2001	1,222	167
2002	1,141	168
2003	1,069	167
2004	980	164
2005	956	161
2006	831	159
2007	792	163
2008	802	153
2009	753	152
2010	698	148
2011	678	147
2012	704	146
2013	707	147
2014	662	147
2015	631	146
2016	617	143
2017	597	140
2018	585	136
2019	598	135
2020	603	131
2021	617	153
2022	539	126
2023	505	123

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 2.06% in the Solomon Islands. 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	Solomon Islands
1960	-	16.7%
1961	-	16%
1962	-	15.4%
1963	-	14.7%
1964	-	14%
1965	-	13.3%
1966	-	12.7%
1967	-	12%
1968	-	11.3%
1969	-	10.6%
1970	-	9.94%
1971	-	9.29%
1972	-	8.69%
1973	-	8.12%
1974	-	7.6%
1975	-	7.9%
1976	-	6.68%
1977	-	6.29%
1978	-	5.95%
1979	-	5.64%
1980	-	5.38%
1981	-	5.14%
1982	-	4.93%
1983	-	4.74%
1984	-	4.58%
1985	24.4%	4.42%
1986	24%	4.28%
1987	23.5%	4.16%
1988	23.1%	4.04%
1989	22.7%	3.93%
1990	22.2%	3.82%
1991	21.8%	3.72%
1992	21.3%	3.62%
1993	20.9%	3.52%
1994	20.4%	3.43%
1995	19.9%	3.35%
1996	19.4%	3.27%
1997	18.9%	3.21%
1998	18.4%	3.16%
1999	17.9%	3.11%
2000	17.4%	3.07%
2001	16.8%	3.03%
2002	16.3%	2.99%
2003	15.7%	2.97%
2004	15.1%	2.94%
2005	14.5%	2.91%
2006	13.9%	2.88%
2007	13.2%	2.85%
2008	12.6%	2.81%
2009	12%	2.76%
2010	11.4%	2.72%
2011	10.9%	2.67%
2012	10.4%	2.62%
2013	9.93%	2.58%
2014	9.53%	2.53%
2015	9.18%	2.49%
2016	8.84%	2.45%
2017	8.53%	2.41%
2018	8.21%	2.36%
2019	7.91%	2.3%
2020	7.66%	2.24%
2021	7.41%	2.18%
2022	7.16%	2.12%
2023	6.93%	2.06%