Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and South Korea

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs South Korea 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 0.72 in South Korea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs South Korea 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	South Korea
1960	5.92	5.99
1961	5.93	5.8
1962	5.94	5.56
1963	5.95	5.33
1964	5.96	5.07
1965	5.97	4.89
1966	5.98	4.78
1967	5.99	4.62
1968	6.01	4.51
1969	6.02	4.45
1970	6.04	4.53
1971	6.06	4.54
1972	6.08	4.12
1973	6.1	4.07
1974	6.12	3.77
1975	6.15	3.43
1976	6.19	3
1977	6.25	2.99
1978	6.32	2.64
1979	6.4	2.9
1980	6.49	2.82
1981	6.57	2.57
1982	6.64	2.39
1983	6.69	2.06
1984	6.73	1.74
1985	6.74	1.66
1986	6.73	1.58
1987	6.72	1.53
1988	6.69	1.55
1989	6.66	1.56
1990	6.5	1.57
1991	6.47	1.71
1992	6.44	1.76
1993	6.37	1.65
1994	6.3	1.66
1995	6.22	1.63
1996	6.14	1.57
1997	6.06	1.54
1998	5.97	1.46
1999	5.87	1.43
2000	5.79	1.48
2001	5.69	1.31
2002	5.63	1.18
2003	5.58	1.19
2004	5.5	1.16
2005	5.46	1.09
2006	5.41	1.13
2007	5.37	1.26
2008	5.27	1.19
2009	5.18	1.15
2010	5.11	1.23
2011	5.07	1.24
2012	5	1.3
2013	4.93	1.19
2014	4.79	1.21
2015	4.66	1.24
2016	4.52	1.17
2017	4.35	1.05
2018	4.24	0.98
2019	4.15	0.92
2020	4.08	0.84
2021	4	0.81
2022	3.91	0.78
2023	3.84	0.72
2024	3.76	0.73
2025	3.68	0.75
2026	3.62	0.76
2027	3.56	0.78
2028	3.5	0.79
2029	3.44	0.8
2030	3.37	0.82
2031	3.31	0.83
2032	3.25	0.84
2033	3.2	0.85
2034	3.15	0.86
2035	3.09	0.88
2036	3.04	0.89
2037	3	0.9
2038	2.95	0.91
2039	2.91	0.92
2040	2.87	0.93
2041	2.84	0.95
2042	2.8	0.96
2043	2.77	0.96
2044	2.74	0.97
2045	2.71	0.98
2046	2.67	0.99
2047	2.64	1
2048	2.62	1.01
2049	2.59	1.02
2050	2.56	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	South Korea
1960	36.9%	41.3%
1961	37.1%	41.8%
1962	37.7%	42.3%
1963	38.4%	42.7%
1964	39.6%	43.1%
1965	41%	43.3%
1966	41.9%	43.5%
1967	42.1%	43.3%
1968	41.8%	43.1%
1969	41.9%	42.7%
1970	41.9%	42.1%
1971	41.9%	41.5%
1972	41.9%	41%
1973	41.6%	40.3%
1974	41.4%	39.5%
1975	41.8%	38.5%
1976	42.6%	37.5%
1977	43.7%	36.5%
1978	44.8%	35.6%
1979	45.1%	34.8%
1980	45%	34%
1981	45.3%	33.3%
1982	45.5%	32.7%
1983	45.7%	32%
1984	45.9%	31.2%
1985	45.9%	30.2%
1986	46%	29.2%
1987	45.9%	28.2%
1988	45.9%	27.3%
1989	45.8%	26.5%
1990	45.7%	25.8%
1991	45.5%	25.2%
1992	45.5%	24.7%
1993	45.4%	24.2%
1994	45.4%	23.7%
1995	45.3%	23.1%
1996	45.2%	22.5%
1997	45.1%	22%
1998	45%	21.6%
1999	44.8%	21.2%
2000	44.7%	21%
2001	44.5%	20.8%
2002	44.3%	20.5%
2003	44.2%	20.1%
2004	44%	19.7%
2005	43.9%	19.2%
2006	43.8%	18.7%
2007	43.6%	18.1%
2008	43.5%	17.5%
2009	43.3%	16.9%
2010	43.2%	16.4%
2011	43%	15.8%
2012	42.8%	15.2%
2013	42.7%	14.7%
2014	42.5%	14.2%
2015	42.2%	13.8%
2016	42%	13.4%
2017	41.7%	13%
2018	41.3%	12.7%
2019	40.9%	12.4%
2020	40.5%	12.1%
2021	40.1%	11.8%
2022	39.7%	11.4%
2023	39.2%	11%
2024	38.8%	10.6%
2025	38.3%	10.2%
2026	37.8%	9.82%
2027	37.4%	9.42%
2028	36.9%	9.06%
2029	36.4%	8.75%
2030	36%	8.43%
2031	35.5%	8.15%
2032	35.1%	7.94%
2033	34.8%	7.79%
2034	34.4%	7.7%
2035	34.1%	7.66%
2036	33.7%	7.65%
2037	33.4%	7.66%
2038	33%	7.68%
2039	32.7%	7.71%
2040	32.4%	7.73%
2041	32%	7.75%
2042	31.7%	7.76%
2043	31.4%	7.77%
2044	31%	7.78%
2045	30.7%	7.79%
2046	30.4%	7.8%
2047	30.1%	7.81%
2048	29.7%	7.82%
2049	29.4%	7.82%
2050	29.1%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +0.06% in South Korea. 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	South Korea
1960	10,618	728,010
1961	10,756	730,173
1962	10,662	712,590
1963	9,190	685,824
1964	8,989	655,501
1965	7,789	641,090
1966	6,955	623,534
1967	6,742	692,169
1968	7,289	684,487
1969	7,857	694,227
1970	7,632	747,987
1971	8,183	789,185
1972	7,911	740,469
1973	8,430	699,115
1974	10,321	673,030
1975	11,998	603,300
1976	13,688	530,558
1977	15,484	578,947
1978	17,468	499,084
1979	19,736	623,068
1980	21,024	583,294
1981	21,611	631,189
1982	22,131	605,626
1983	22,542	514,844
1984	22,861	436,384
1985	23,116	416,219
1986	23,301	395,651
1987	23,549	378,758
1988	23,940	399,297
1989	24,286	403,266
1990	23,936	411,546
1991	24,527	467,594
1992	25,747	494,352
1993	26,943	477,302
1994	27,895	473,200
1995	29,142	468,967
1996	29,778	446,142
1997	29,792	422,773
1998	30,390	393,436
1999	30,916	368,272
2000	32,816	390,167
2001	33,461	312,643
2002	34,561	247,752
2003	35,649	244,251
2004	36,495	225,988
2005	37,347	187,920
2006	38,886	203,441
2007	40,288	248,286
2008	40,841	215,841
2009	41,950	197,231
2010	43,067	213,083
2011	44,405	214,728
2012	45,480	215,859
2013	46,472	166,415
2014	46,615	167,464
2015	46,846	163,248
2016	46,814	122,923
2017	46,318	71,907
2018	46,659	30,951
2019	47,196	10,353
2020	46,718	-31,101
2021	47,242	-56,947
2022	48,920	-124,014
2023	49,498	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs South Korea

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 South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	South Korea
1985	1,851	38
1986	1,825	35
1987	1,796	34
1988	1,759	31
1989	1,698	29
1990	1,709	28
1991	1,663	28
1992	1,633	26
1993	1,613	24
1994	1,644	23
1995	1,556	22
1996	1,539	20
1997	1,642	19
1998	1,465	18
1999	1,461	17
2000	1,295	15
2001	1,222	14
2002	1,141	13
2003	1,069	13
2004	980	12
2005	956	11
2006	831	10
2007	792	10
2008	802	9
2009	753	9
2010	698	8
2011	678	8
2012	704	8
2013	707	7
2014	662	7
2015	631	6
2016	617	6
2017	597	6
2018	585	5
2019	598	5
2020	603	12
2021	617	5
2022	539	7
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 0.28% in South Korea. 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	South Korea
1960	-	11.2%
1961	-	10.6%
1962	-	10.1%
1963	-	9.67%
1964	-	9.18%
1965	-	8.68%
1966	-	8.16%
1967	-	7.62%
1968	-	7.1%
1969	-	6.59%
1970	-	6.12%
1971	-	5.71%
1972	-	5.36%
1973	-	5.07%
1974	-	4.82%
1975	-	4.61%
1976	-	4.42%
1977	-	4.23%
1978	-	4.04%
1979	-	3.84%
1980	-	3.63%
1981	-	3.4%
1982	-	3.17%
1983	-	2.93%
1984	-	2.7%
1985	24.4%	2.46%
1986	24%	2.25%
1987	23.5%	2.05%
1988	23.1%	1.87%
1989	22.7%	1.71%
1990	22.2%	1.57%
1991	21.8%	1.44%
1992	21.3%	1.33%
1993	20.9%	1.23%
1994	20.4%	1.14%
1995	19.9%	1.05%
1996	19.4%	0.98%
1997	18.9%	0.91%
1998	18.4%	0.85%
1999	17.9%	0.8%
2000	17.4%	0.75%
2001	16.8%	0.71%
2002	16.3%	0.68%
2003	15.7%	0.64%
2004	15.1%	0.6%
2005	14.5%	0.56%
2006	13.9%	0.52%
2007	13.2%	0.48%
2008	12.6%	0.45%
2009	12%	0.43%
2010	11.4%	0.41%
2011	10.9%	0.4%
2012	10.4%	0.38%
2013	9.93%	0.37%
2014	9.53%	0.36%
2015	9.18%	0.35%
2016	8.84%	0.34%
2017	8.53%	0.33%
2018	8.21%	0.32%
2019	7.91%	0.31%
2020	7.66%	0.3%
2021	7.41%	0.29%
2022	7.16%	0.28%
2023	6.93%	0.28%