Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	5.92	2.69
1961	5.93	2.78
1962	5.94	2.86
1963	5.95	2.88
1964	5.96	2.93
1965	5.97	2.86
1966	5.98	2.78
1967	5.99	2.68
1968	6.01	2.6
1969	6.02	2.51
1970	6.04	2.44
1971	6.06	2.41
1972	6.08	2.2
1973	6.1	2.04
1974	6.12	1.92
1975	6.15	1.81
1976	6.19	1.74
1977	6.25	1.69
1978	6.32	1.75
1979	6.4	1.86
1980	6.49	1.9
1981	6.57	1.82
1982	6.64	1.78
1983	6.69	1.77
1984	6.73	1.77
1985	6.74	1.79
1986	6.73	1.78
1987	6.72	1.81
1988	6.69	1.82
1989	6.66	1.79
1990	6.5	1.83
1991	6.47	1.82
1992	6.44	1.79
1993	6.37	1.76
1994	6.3	1.74
1995	6.22	1.71
1996	6.14	1.73
1997	6.06	1.72
1998	5.97	1.71
1999	5.87	1.68
2000	5.79	1.64
2001	5.69	1.63
2002	5.63	1.63
2003	5.58	1.7
2004	5.5	1.75
2005	5.46	1.76
2006	5.41	1.82
2007	5.37	1.86
2008	5.27	1.91
2009	5.18	1.89
2010	5.11	1.92
2011	5.07	1.91
2012	5	1.92
2013	4.93	1.83
2014	4.79	1.81
2015	4.66	1.8
2016	4.52	1.79
2017	4.35	1.74
2018	4.24	1.68
2019	4.15	1.63
2020	4.08	1.57
2021	4	1.58
2022	3.91	1.56
2023	3.84	1.56
2024	3.76	1.55
2025	3.68	1.54
2026	3.62	1.53
2027	3.56	1.53
2028	3.5	1.53
2029	3.44	1.52
2030	3.37	1.52
2031	3.31	1.52
2032	3.25	1.53
2033	3.2	1.53
2034	3.15	1.53
2035	3.09	1.53
2036	3.04	1.53
2037	3	1.53
2038	2.95	1.53
2039	2.91	1.53
2040	2.87	1.53
2041	2.84	1.54
2042	2.8	1.54
2043	2.77	1.54
2044	2.74	1.54
2045	2.71	1.54
2046	2.67	1.54
2047	2.64	1.54
2048	2.62	1.54
2049	2.59	1.55
2050	2.56	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	United Kingdom
1960	36.9%	23.3%
1961	37.1%	23.3%
1962	37.7%	23.2%
1963	38.4%	23.2%
1964	39.6%	23.3%
1965	41%	23.4%
1966	41.9%	23.5%
1967	42.1%	23.7%
1968	41.8%	23.9%
1969	41.9%	24%
1970	41.9%	24.1%
1971	41.9%	24.1%
1972	41.9%	24%
1973	41.6%	23.9%
1974	41.4%	23.6%
1975	41.8%	23.3%
1976	42.6%	22.9%
1977	43.7%	22.4%
1978	44.8%	21.9%
1979	45.1%	21.4%
1980	45%	21%
1981	45.3%	20.6%
1982	45.5%	20.2%
1983	45.7%	19.8%
1984	45.9%	19.5%
1985	45.9%	19.3%
1986	46%	19.1%
1987	45.9%	18.9%
1988	45.9%	18.9%
1989	45.8%	19.1%
1990	45.7%	19.1%
1991	45.5%	19.3%
1992	45.5%	19.4%
1993	45.4%	19.5%
1994	45.4%	19.6%
1995	45.3%	19.5%
1996	45.2%	19.4%
1997	45.1%	19.3%
1998	45%	19.3%
1999	44.8%	19.2%
2000	44.7%	18.9%
2001	44.5%	18.7%
2002	44.3%	18.5%
2003	44.2%	18.4%
2004	44%	18.3%
2005	43.9%	18.2%
2006	43.8%	18%
2007	43.6%	17.9%
2008	43.5%	17.8%
2009	43.3%	17.8%
2010	43.2%	17.8%
2011	43%	17.7%
2012	42.8%	17.8%
2013	42.7%	17.8%
2014	42.5%	17.8%
2015	42.2%	17.9%
2016	42%	18%
2017	41.7%	18%
2018	41.3%	18.1%
2019	40.9%	18%
2020	40.5%	18%
2021	40.1%	17.8%
2022	39.7%	17.6%
2023	39.2%	17.4%
2024	38.8%	17.2%
2025	38.3%	17%
2026	37.8%	16.7%
2027	37.4%	16.5%
2028	36.9%	16.2%
2029	36.4%	16%
2030	36%	15.7%
2031	35.5%	15.5%
2032	35.1%	15.3%
2033	34.8%	15.2%
2034	34.4%	15.1%
2035	34.1%	15%
2036	33.7%	14.9%
2037	33.4%	14.9%
2038	33%	14.8%
2039	32.7%	14.8%
2040	32.4%	14.8%
2041	32%	14.8%
2042	31.7%	14.8%
2043	31.4%	14.9%
2044	31%	14.9%
2045	30.7%	14.9%
2046	30.4%	15%
2047	30.1%	15%
2048	29.7%	15%
2049	29.4%	15%
2050	29.1%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	10,618	314,400
1961	10,756	311,519
1962	10,662	340,800
1963	9,190	337,995
1964	8,989	405,000
1965	7,789	364,132
1966	6,955	333,356
1967	6,742	346,145
1968	7,289	292,622
1969	7,857	260,577
1970	7,632	244,918
1971	8,183	257,123
1972	7,911	162,650
1973	8,430	112,389
1974	10,321	67,476
1975	11,998	33,735
1976	13,688	-5,621
1977	15,484	0
1978	17,468	16,859
1979	19,736	61,872
1980	21,024	95,734
1981	21,611	73,234
1982	22,131	56,314
1983	22,542	61,966
1984	22,861	84,633
1985	23,116	79,170
1986	23,301	90,690
1987	23,549	136,325
1988	23,940	136,628
1989	24,286	119,861
1990	23,936	154,569
1991	24,527	143,562
1992	25,747	149,709
1993	26,943	103,893
1994	27,895	127,304
1995	29,142	87,028
1996	29,778	98,884
1997	29,792	99,138
1998	30,390	87,730
1999	30,916	64,551
2000	32,816	70,671
2001	33,461	65,032
2002	34,561	65,308
2003	35,649	89,471
2004	36,495	131,974
2005	37,347	144,963
2006	38,886	176,455
2007	40,288	196,232
2008	40,841	216,325
2009	41,950	230,422
2010	43,067	251,066
2011	44,405	259,361
2012	45,480	248,473
2013	46,472	198,830
2014	46,615	206,784
2015	46,846	175,738
2016	46,814	177,139
2017	46,318	145,125
2018	46,659	119,321
2019	47,196	108,342
2020	46,718	-4,272
2021	47,242	30,612
2022	48,920	39,751
2023	49,498	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	United Kingdom
1985	1,851	2
1986	1,825	2
1987	1,796	3
1988	1,759	4
1989	1,698	5
1990	1,709	6
1991	1,663	7
1992	1,633	7
1993	1,613	8
1994	1,644	9
1995	1,556	9
1996	1,539	8
1997	1,642	9
1998	1,465	10
1999	1,461	11
2000	1,295	12
2001	1,222	13
2002	1,141	13
2003	1,069	14
2004	980	13
2005	956	12
2006	831	12
2007	792	11
2008	802	11
2009	753	11
2010	698	10
2011	678	10
2012	704	9
2013	707	9
2014	662	9
2015	631	9
2016	617	9
2017	597	9
2018	585	9
2019	598	9
2020	603	14
2021	617	13
2022	539	15
2023	505	8

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 the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	-	2.66%
1961	-	2.61%
1962	-	2.56%
1963	-	2.49%
1964	-	2.42%
1965	-	2.34%
1966	-	2.28%
1967	-	2.22%
1968	-	2.18%
1969	-	2.14%
1970	-	2.1%
1971	-	2.06%
1972	-	2%
1973	-	1.94%
1974	-	1.87%
1975	-	1.8%
1976	-	1.72%
1977	-	1.64%
1978	-	1.57%
1979	-	1.49%
1980	-	1.41%
1981	-	1.34%
1982	-	1.27%
1983	-	1.22%
1984	-	1.17%
1985	24.4%	1.14%
1986	24%	1.11%
1987	23.5%	1.08%
1988	23.1%	1.04%
1989	22.7%	0.99%
1990	22.2%	0.93%
1991	21.8%	0.87%
1992	21.3%	0.82%
1993	20.9%	0.77%
1994	20.4%	0.74%
1995	19.9%	0.72%
1996	19.4%	0.7%
1997	18.9%	0.69%
1998	18.4%	0.68%
1999	17.9%	0.67%
2000	17.4%	0.65%
2001	16.8%	0.64%
2002	16.3%	0.63%
2003	15.7%	0.63%
2004	15.1%	0.61%
2005	14.5%	0.6%
2006	13.9%	0.59%
2007	13.2%	0.58%
2008	12.6%	0.56%
2009	12%	0.54%
2010	11.4%	0.52%
2011	10.9%	0.5%
2012	10.4%	0.48%
2013	9.93%	0.46%
2014	9.53%	0.45%
2015	9.18%	0.45%
2016	8.84%	0.44%
2017	8.53%	0.44%
2018	8.21%	0.44%
2019	7.91%	0.44%
2020	7.66%	0.44%
2021	7.41%	0.44%
2022	7.16%	0.45%
2023	6.93%	0.45%