Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Thailand

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Thailand 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 1.21 in Thailand in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs Thailand 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	Thailand
1960	5.92	6.33
1961	5.93	6.32
1962	5.94	6.33
1963	5.95	6.34
1964	5.96	6.31
1965	5.97	6.26
1966	5.98	6.18
1967	5.99	6.08
1968	6.01	5.93
1969	6.02	5.7
1970	6.04	5.45
1971	6.06	5.25
1972	6.08	5.08
1973	6.1	4.85
1974	6.12	4.6
1975	6.15	4.36
1976	6.19	4.12
1977	6.25	3.87
1978	6.32	3.62
1979	6.4	3.45
1980	6.49	3.29
1981	6.57	3.13
1982	6.64	2.94
1983	6.69	2.76
1984	6.73	2.58
1985	6.74	2.45
1986	6.73	2.36
1987	6.72	2.26
1988	6.69	2.17
1989	6.66	2.14
1990	6.5	2.07
1991	6.47	2.04
1992	6.44	2.01
1993	6.37	1.97
1994	6.3	1.93
1995	6.22	1.89
1996	6.14	1.87
1997	6.06	1.85
1998	5.97	1.82
1999	5.87	1.77
2000	5.79	1.73
2001	5.69	1.71
2002	5.63	1.69
2003	5.58	1.67
2004	5.5	1.67
2005	5.46	1.64
2006	5.41	1.63
2007	5.37	1.62
2008	5.27	1.59
2009	5.18	1.57
2010	5.11	1.56
2011	5.07	1.57
2012	5	1.56
2013	4.93	1.53
2014	4.79	1.48
2015	4.66	1.45
2016	4.52	1.4
2017	4.35	1.36
2018	4.24	1.32
2019	4.15	1.29
2020	4.08	1.26
2021	4	1.23
2022	3.91	1.22
2023	3.84	1.21
2024	3.76	1.2
2025	3.68	1.19
2026	3.62	1.19
2027	3.56	1.19
2028	3.5	1.19
2029	3.44	1.19
2030	3.37	1.2
2031	3.31	1.2
2032	3.25	1.21
2033	3.2	1.21
2034	3.15	1.22
2035	3.09	1.22
2036	3.04	1.23
2037	3	1.23
2038	2.95	1.24
2039	2.91	1.24
2040	2.87	1.25
2041	2.84	1.25
2042	2.8	1.26
2043	2.77	1.26
2044	2.74	1.26
2045	2.71	1.27
2046	2.67	1.27
2047	2.64	1.28
2048	2.62	1.28
2049	2.59	1.28
2050	2.56	1.29

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Thailand
1960	36.9%	44.3%
1961	37.1%	44.6%
1962	37.7%	44.8%
1963	38.4%	45.1%
1964	39.6%	45.3%
1965	41%	45.4%
1966	41.9%	45.4%
1967	42.1%	45.3%
1968	41.8%	45.2%
1969	41.9%	45%
1970	41.9%	44.8%
1971	41.9%	44.4%
1972	41.9%	44%
1973	41.6%	43.5%
1974	41.4%	43%
1975	41.8%	42.4%
1976	42.6%	41.8%
1977	43.7%	41.1%
1978	44.8%	40.3%
1979	45.1%	39.5%
1980	45%	38.7%
1981	45.3%	37.8%
1982	45.5%	37%
1983	45.7%	36%
1984	45.9%	35.1%
1985	45.9%	34.1%
1986	46%	33.2%
1987	45.9%	32.4%
1988	45.9%	31.5%
1989	45.8%	30.7%
1990	45.7%	30%
1991	45.5%	29.2%
1992	45.5%	28.5%
1993	45.4%	28%
1994	45.4%	27.4%
1995	45.3%	26.9%
1996	45.2%	26.4%
1997	45.1%	25.9%
1998	45%	25.4%
1999	44.8%	24.9%
2000	44.7%	24.4%
2001	44.5%	23.9%
2002	44.3%	23.4%
2003	44.2%	23%
2004	44%	22.6%
2005	43.9%	22.2%
2006	43.8%	21.7%
2007	43.6%	21.3%
2008	43.5%	20.9%
2009	43.3%	20.6%
2010	43.2%	20.1%
2011	43%	19.7%
2012	42.8%	19.2%
2013	42.7%	18.8%
2014	42.5%	18.5%
2015	42.2%	18.1%
2016	42%	17.7%
2017	41.7%	17.3%
2018	41.3%	16.9%
2019	40.9%	16.6%
2020	40.5%	16.2%
2021	40.1%	15.8%
2022	39.7%	15.4%
2023	39.2%	15.1%
2024	38.8%	14.7%
2025	38.3%	14.4%
2026	37.8%	14.1%
2027	37.4%	13.7%
2028	36.9%	13.4%
2029	36.4%	13.1%
2030	36%	12.9%
2031	35.5%	12.7%
2032	35.1%	12.5%
2033	34.8%	12.3%
2034	34.4%	12.2%
2035	34.1%	12.1%
2036	33.7%	12%
2037	33.4%	11.9%
2038	33%	11.9%
2039	32.7%	11.8%
2040	32.4%	11.8%
2041	32%	11.8%
2042	31.7%	11.8%
2043	31.4%	11.7%
2044	31%	11.7%
2045	30.7%	11.7%
2046	30.4%	11.7%
2047	30.1%	11.6%
2048	29.7%	11.6%
2049	29.4%	11.6%
2050	29.1%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 14.7% in Thailand in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 30% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and Thailand compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Thailand by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +0.18% in Thailand. 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	Thailand
1960	10,618	774,190
1961	10,756	801,140
1962	10,662	828,741
1963	9,190	860,728
1964	8,989	885,137
1965	7,789	909,000
1966	6,955	929,469
1967	6,742	944,980
1968	7,289	953,806
1969	7,857	948,314
1970	7,632	937,116
1971	8,183	936,215
1972	7,911	940,420
1973	8,430	933,540
1974	10,321	923,151
1975	11,998	911,980
1976	13,688	894,072
1977	15,484	871,232
1978	17,468	847,799
1979	19,736	843,434
1980	21,024	845,575
1981	21,611	839,297
1982	22,131	817,951
1983	22,542	794,239
1984	22,861	779,856
1985	23,116	776,935
1986	23,301	783,430
1987	23,549	774,498
1988	23,940	765,252
1989	24,286	774,563
1990	23,936	760,808
1991	24,527	760,508
1992	25,747	754,999
1993	26,943	737,696
1994	27,895	712,589
1995	29,142	682,703
1996	29,778	661,397
1997	29,792	644,834
1998	30,390	617,318
1999	30,916	578,073
2000	32,816	543,884
2001	33,461	524,230
2002	34,561	504,299
2003	35,649	488,003
2004	36,495	466,542
2005	37,347	456,378
2006	38,886	441,211
2007	40,288	425,362
2008	40,841	401,730
2009	41,950	382,636
2010	43,067	370,466
2011	44,405	365,670
2012	45,480	351,485
2013	46,472	325,059
2014	46,615	294,628
2015	46,846	266,362
2016	46,814	226,255
2017	46,318	194,695
2018	46,659	159,383
2019	47,196	116,867
2020	46,718	84,107
2021	47,242	57,382
2022	48,920	-61,046
2023	49,498	-46,105

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Thailand

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 34 deaths in Thailand.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Thailand
1985	1,851	88
1986	1,825	78
1987	1,796	72
1988	1,759	67
1989	1,698	64
1990	1,709	60
1991	1,663	59
1992	1,633	58
1993	1,613	57
1994	1,644	54
1995	1,556	52
1996	1,539	49
1997	1,642	48
1998	1,465	47
1999	1,461	48
2000	1,295	49
2001	1,222	47
2002	1,141	44
2003	1,069	42
2004	980	44
2005	956	40
2006	831	38
2007	792	38
2008	802	37
2009	753	37
2010	698	37
2011	678	37
2012	704	36
2013	707	35
2014	662	34
2015	631	34
2016	617	34
2017	597	34
2018	585	34
2019	598	34
2020	603	36
2021	617	38
2022	539	112
2023	505	34

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 0.92% in Thailand. 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	Thailand
1960	-	14.7%
1961	-	14.2%
1962	-	13.7%
1963	-	13.2%
1964	-	12.8%
1965	-	12.3%
1966	-	11.8%
1967	-	11.4%
1968	-	10.9%
1969	-	10.4%
1970	-	9.95%
1971	-	9.47%
1972	-	9.01%
1973	-	8.56%
1974	-	8.14%
1975	-	7.73%
1976	-	7.35%
1977	-	7%
1978	-	6.67%
1979	-	6.36%
1980	-	6.07%
1981	-	5.79%
1982	-	5.53%
1983	-	5.28%
1984	-	5.03%
1985	24.4%	4.8%
1986	24%	4.57%
1987	23.5%	4.34%
1988	23.1%	4.12%
1989	22.7%	3.91%
1990	22.2%	3.69%
1991	21.8%	3.49%
1992	21.3%	3.3%
1993	20.9%	3.12%
1994	20.4%	2.96%
1995	19.9%	2.81%
1996	19.4%	2.67%
1997	18.9%	2.53%
1998	18.4%	2.41%
1999	17.9%	2.29%
2000	17.4%	2.18%
2001	16.8%	2.08%
2002	16.3%	1.98%
2003	15.7%	1.89%
2004	15.1%	1.81%
2005	14.5%	1.73%
2006	13.9%	1.66%
2007	13.2%	1.59%
2008	12.6%	1.53%
2009	12%	1.47%
2010	11.4%	1.42%
2011	10.9%	1.37%
2012	10.4%	1.32%
2013	9.93%	1.27%
2014	9.53%	1.23%
2015	9.18%	1.19%
2016	8.84%	1.15%
2017	8.53%	1.11%
2018	8.21%	1.08%
2019	7.91%	1.04%
2020	7.66%	1.01%
2021	7.41%	0.98%
2022	7.16%	0.95%
2023	6.93%	0.92%