Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Togo

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Togo 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 4.19 in Togo in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs Togo 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	Togo
1960	5.92	6.8
1961	5.93	6.82
1962	5.94	6.86
1963	5.95	6.89
1964	5.96	6.92
1965	5.97	6.94
1966	5.98	6.96
1967	5.99	6.96
1968	6.01	6.97
1969	6.02	7.02
1970	6.04	7.04
1971	6.06	7.06
1972	6.08	7.07
1973	6.1	7.08
1974	6.12	7.09
1975	6.15	7.09
1976	6.19	7.06
1977	6.25	7.03
1978	6.32	6.98
1979	6.4	6.94
1980	6.49	6.88
1981	6.57	6.81
1982	6.64	6.73
1983	6.69	6.63
1984	6.73	6.54
1985	6.74	6.46
1986	6.73	6.38
1987	6.72	6.3
1988	6.69	6.23
1989	6.66	6.15
1990	6.5	6.07
1991	6.47	5.99
1992	6.44	5.89
1993	6.37	5.78
1994	6.3	5.67
1995	6.22	5.57
1996	6.14	5.46
1997	6.06	5.36
1998	5.97	5.29
1999	5.87	5.23
2000	5.79	5.17
2001	5.69	5.13
2002	5.63	5.09
2003	5.58	5.05
2004	5.5	5
2005	5.46	5.04
2006	5.41	5.08
2007	5.37	5.1
2008	5.27	5.1
2009	5.18	5.1
2010	5.11	5.09
2011	5.07	4.98
2012	5	4.85
2013	4.93	4.75
2014	4.79	4.7
2015	4.66	4.66
2016	4.52	4.63
2017	4.35	4.58
2018	4.24	4.51
2019	4.15	4.45
2020	4.08	4.39
2021	4	4.32
2022	3.91	4.25
2023	3.84	4.19
2024	3.76	4.12
2025	3.68	4.07
2026	3.62	4.01
2027	3.56	3.95
2028	3.5	3.89
2029	3.44	3.84
2030	3.37	3.79
2031	3.31	3.75
2032	3.25	3.7
2033	3.2	3.65
2034	3.15	3.61
2035	3.09	3.56
2036	3.04	3.52
2037	3	3.48
2038	2.95	3.44
2039	2.91	3.4
2040	2.87	3.37
2041	2.84	3.33
2042	2.8	3.3
2043	2.77	3.27
2044	2.74	3.23
2045	2.71	3.2
2046	2.67	3.16
2047	2.64	3.13
2048	2.62	3.1
2049	2.59	3.07
2050	2.56	3.04

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Togo
1960	36.9%	44%
1961	37.1%	44.1%
1962	37.7%	44.2%
1963	38.4%	44.4%
1964	39.6%	44.5%
1965	41%	44.6%
1966	41.9%	44.7%
1967	42.1%	44.8%
1968	41.8%	44.9%
1969	41.9%	45%
1970	41.9%	45.1%
1971	41.9%	45.2%
1972	41.9%	45.4%
1973	41.6%	45.5%
1974	41.4%	45.6%
1975	41.8%	45.8%
1976	42.6%	45.9%
1977	43.7%	46%
1978	44.8%	46.1%
1979	45.1%	46.2%
1980	45%	46.2%
1981	45.3%	46.2%
1982	45.5%	46.2%
1983	45.7%	46.1%
1984	45.9%	46%
1985	45.9%	45.9%
1986	46%	45.8%
1987	45.9%	45.7%
1988	45.9%	45.5%
1989	45.8%	45.3%
1990	45.7%	45.2%
1991	45.5%	44.9%
1992	45.5%	44.7%
1993	45.4%	44.5%
1994	45.4%	44.2%
1995	45.3%	44%
1996	45.2%	43.8%
1997	45.1%	43.5%
1998	45%	43.2%
1999	44.8%	42.9%
2000	44.7%	42.6%
2001	44.5%	42.4%
2002	44.3%	42.3%
2003	44.2%	42.2%
2004	44%	42%
2005	43.9%	41.9%
2006	43.8%	41.8%
2007	43.6%	41.6%
2008	43.5%	41.6%
2009	43.3%	41.5%
2010	43.2%	41.6%
2011	43%	41.6%
2012	42.8%	41.6%
2013	42.7%	41.6%
2014	42.5%	41.5%
2015	42.2%	41.5%
2016	42%	41.4%
2017	41.7%	41.2%
2018	41.3%	41.1%
2019	40.9%	40.9%
2020	40.5%	40.7%
2021	40.1%	40.5%
2022	39.7%	40.2%
2023	39.2%	39.9%
2024	38.8%	39.5%
2025	38.3%	39.2%
2026	37.8%	38.8%
2027	37.4%	38.4%
2028	36.9%	38.1%
2029	36.4%	37.8%
2030	36%	37.5%
2031	35.5%	37.2%
2032	35.1%	36.9%
2033	34.8%	36.6%
2034	34.4%	36.4%
2035	34.1%	36.1%
2036	33.7%	35.9%
2037	33.4%	35.6%
2038	33%	35.4%
2039	32.7%	35.2%
2040	32.4%	35%
2041	32%	34.8%
2042	31.7%	34.6%
2043	31.4%	34.4%
2044	31%	34.2%
2045	30.7%	33.9%
2046	30.4%	33.7%
2047	30.1%	33.5%
2048	29.7%	33.2%
2049	29.4%	33%
2050	29.1%	32.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 39.5% in Togo in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 45.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and Togo compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Togo by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +2.46% in Togo. 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	Togo
1960	10,618	43,307
1961	10,756	44,623
1962	10,662	46,201
1963	9,190	47,869
1964	8,989	49,449
1965	7,789	51,323
1966	6,955	53,640
1967	6,742	56,128
1968	7,289	59,110
1969	7,857	62,589
1970	7,632	65,851
1971	8,183	69,206
1972	7,911	72,008
1973	8,430	74,713
1974	10,321	77,347
1975	11,998	79,831
1976	13,688	82,321
1977	15,484	84,572
1978	17,468	86,950
1979	19,736	89,148
1980	21,024	91,445
1981	21,611	94,318
1982	22,131	97,003
1983	22,542	99,817
1984	22,861	102,425
1985	23,116	104,949
1986	23,301	107,957
1987	23,549	110,739
1988	23,940	112,915
1989	24,286	114,432
1990	23,936	116,200
1991	24,527	117,409
1992	25,747	118,876
1993	26,943	119,938
1994	27,895	113,074
1995	29,142	116,314
1996	29,778	119,418
1997	29,792	122,109
1998	30,390	125,392
1999	30,916	129,832
2000	32,816	133,873
2001	33,461	137,808
2002	34,561	141,643
2003	35,649	144,900
2004	36,495	147,574
2005	37,347	154,117
2006	38,886	160,671
2007	40,288	168,144
2008	40,841	173,677
2009	41,950	180,111
2010	43,067	185,294
2011	44,405	186,406
2012	45,480	186,061
2013	46,472	187,309
2014	46,615	190,667
2015	46,846	194,768
2016	46,814	199,364
2017	46,318	202,307
2018	46,659	204,942
2019	47,196	207,608
2020	46,718	208,663
2021	47,242	210,613
2022	48,920	215,090
2023	49,498	218,093

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Togo

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 349 deaths in Togo.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Togo
1985	1,851	668
1986	1,825	649
1987	1,796	636
1988	1,759	628
1989	1,698	644
1990	1,709	657
1991	1,663	676
1992	1,633	692
1993	1,613	728
1994	1,644	688
1995	1,556	663
1996	1,539	627
1997	1,642	600
1998	1,465	570
1999	1,461	529
2000	1,295	496
2001	1,222	478
2002	1,141	447
2003	1,069	431
2004	980	431
2005	956	434
2006	831	453
2007	792	448
2008	802	457
2009	753	471
2010	698	497
2011	678	501
2012	704	506
2013	707	500
2014	662	490
2015	631	470
2016	617	460
2017	597	443
2018	585	435
2019	598	416
2020	603	398
2021	617	397
2022	539	362
2023	505	349

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 5.83% in Togo. 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	Togo
1960	-	26%
1961	-	25.8%
1962	-	25.5%
1963	-	25.2%
1964	-	24.9%
1965	-	24.6%
1966	-	24.2%
1967	-	23.8%
1968	-	23.4%
1969	-	23%
1970	-	22.5%
1971	-	22.1%
1972	-	21.6%
1973	-	21.1%
1974	-	20.7%
1975	-	20.2%
1976	-	19.7%
1977	-	19.2%
1978	-	18.8%
1979	-	18.3%
1980	-	17.9%
1981	-	17.5%
1982	-	17.1%
1983	-	16.7%
1984	-	16.3%
1985	24.4%	16%
1986	24%	15.7%
1987	23.5%	15.4%
1988	23.1%	15.2%
1989	22.7%	14.9%
1990	22.2%	14.7%
1991	21.8%	14.5%
1992	21.3%	14.3%
1993	20.9%	14.1%
1994	20.4%	13.9%
1995	19.9%	13.6%
1996	19.4%	13.3%
1997	18.9%	13%
1998	18.4%	12.7%
1999	17.9%	12.3%
2000	17.4%	12%
2001	16.8%	11.6%
2002	16.3%	11.3%
2003	15.7%	10.9%
2004	15.1%	10.6%
2005	14.5%	10.3%
2006	13.9%	9.97%
2007	13.2%	9.69%
2008	12.6%	9.41%
2009	12%	9.14%
2010	11.4%	8.87%
2011	10.9%	8.59%
2012	10.4%	8.33%
2013	9.93%	8.07%
2014	9.53%	7.81%
2015	9.18%	7.56%
2016	8.84%	7.32%
2017	8.53%	7.09%
2018	8.21%	6.86%
2019	7.91%	6.63%
2020	7.66%	6.43%
2021	7.41%	6.22%
2022	7.16%	6.02%
2023	6.93%	5.83%