Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Vietnam

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Vietnam 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 1.91 in Vietnam in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs Vietnam 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	Vietnam
1960	5.92	6.27
1961	5.93	5.48
1962	5.94	6.26
1963	5.95	6.39
1964	5.96	6.29
1965	5.97	6.16
1966	5.98	5.97
1967	5.99	5.88
1968	6.01	6.03
1969	6.02	6.01
1970	6.04	6.02
1971	6.06	6.07
1972	6.08	6.1
1973	6.1	6.11
1974	6.12	5.78
1975	6.15	5.62
1976	6.19	5.46
1977	6.25	5.29
1978	6.32	5.1
1979	6.4	4.94
1980	6.49	4.8
1981	6.57	4.67
1982	6.64	4.59
1983	6.69	4.52
1984	6.73	4.41
1985	6.74	4.21
1986	6.73	3.96
1987	6.72	3.72
1988	6.69	3.62
1989	6.66	3.64
1990	6.5	3.6
1991	6.47	3.52
1992	6.44	3.35
1993	6.37	3.17
1994	6.3	2.94
1995	6.22	2.7
1996	6.14	2.47
1997	6.06	2.27
1998	5.97	2.1
1999	5.87	2
2000	5.79	2.03
2001	5.69	2.02
2002	5.63	2.01
2003	5.58	2
2004	5.5	1.97
2005	5.46	1.89
2006	5.41	1.87
2007	5.37	1.91
2008	5.27	1.93
2009	5.18	1.92
2010	5.11	1.91
2011	5.07	1.93
2012	5	1.97
2013	4.93	1.98
2014	4.79	2.09
2015	4.66	2.1
2016	4.52	2
2017	4.35	1.99
2018	4.24	1.88
2019	4.15	1.94
2020	4.08	1.96
2021	4	1.94
2022	3.91	1.93
2023	3.84	1.91
2024	3.76	1.9
2025	3.68	1.88
2026	3.62	1.86
2027	3.56	1.85
2028	3.5	1.84
2029	3.44	1.83
2030	3.37	1.82
2031	3.31	1.81
2032	3.25	1.8
2033	3.2	1.79
2034	3.15	1.79
2035	3.09	1.78
2036	3.04	1.78
2037	3	1.78
2038	2.95	1.77
2039	2.91	1.77
2040	2.87	1.77
2041	2.84	1.77
2042	2.8	1.77
2043	2.77	1.76
2044	2.74	1.76
2045	2.71	1.76
2046	2.67	1.76
2047	2.64	1.75
2048	2.62	1.75
2049	2.59	1.75
2050	2.56	1.75

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Vietnam
1960	36.9%	41.1%
1961	37.1%	41.8%
1962	37.7%	42.4%
1963	38.4%	43.1%
1964	39.6%	43.4%
1965	41%	43.5%
1966	41.9%	43.6%
1967	42.1%	43.5%
1968	41.8%	43.4%
1969	41.9%	43.2%
1970	41.9%	42.9%
1971	41.9%	42.7%
1972	41.9%	42.4%
1973	41.6%	42.1%
1974	41.4%	41.8%
1975	41.8%	41.4%
1976	42.6%	41.2%
1977	43.7%	41%
1978	44.8%	40.6%
1979	45.1%	40.4%
1980	45%	40.3%
1981	45.3%	40.2%
1982	45.5%	40.2%
1983	45.7%	40.2%
1984	45.9%	40.1%
1985	45.9%	40.1%
1986	46%	39.9%
1987	45.9%	39.6%
1988	45.9%	39.2%
1989	45.8%	38.8%
1990	45.7%	38.5%
1991	45.5%	38.1%
1992	45.5%	37.7%
1993	45.4%	37.2%
1994	45.4%	36.7%
1995	45.3%	36.1%
1996	45.2%	35.4%
1997	45.1%	34.5%
1998	45%	33.5%
1999	44.8%	32.5%
2000	44.7%	31.5%
2001	44.5%	30.6%
2002	44.3%	29.9%
2003	44.2%	29.2%
2004	44%	28.5%
2005	43.9%	27.7%
2006	43.8%	26.9%
2007	43.6%	26.2%
2008	43.5%	25.6%
2009	43.3%	25.1%
2010	43.2%	24.6%
2011	43%	24.2%
2012	42.8%	24%
2013	42.7%	23.9%
2014	42.5%	24%
2015	42.2%	24%
2016	42%	24.1%
2017	41.7%	24.4%
2018	41.3%	24.6%
2019	40.9%	24.5%
2020	40.5%	24.4%
2021	40.1%	24.2%
2022	39.7%	23.9%
2023	39.2%	23.6%
2024	38.8%	23.2%
2025	38.3%	22.9%
2026	37.8%	22.4%
2027	37.4%	21.8%
2028	36.9%	21.1%
2029	36.4%	20.5%
2030	36%	19.9%
2031	35.5%	19.5%
2032	35.1%	19.1%
2033	34.8%	18.8%
2034	34.4%	18.5%
2035	34.1%	18.3%
2036	33.7%	18.1%
2037	33.4%	17.9%
2038	33%	17.8%
2039	32.7%	17.7%
2040	32.4%	17.6%
2041	32%	17.5%
2042	31.7%	17.5%
2043	31.4%	17.5%
2044	31%	17.4%
2045	30.7%	17.4%
2046	30.4%	17.3%
2047	30.1%	17.3%
2048	29.7%	17.2%
2049	29.4%	17.1%
2050	29.1%	17%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 23.2% in Vietnam in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 38.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and Vietnam compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Vietnam by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +0.97% in Vietnam. 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	Vietnam
1960	10,618	955,268
1961	10,756	798,978
1962	10,662	960,046
1963	9,190	961,067
1964	8,989	950,219
1965	7,789	913,761
1966	6,955	876,283
1967	6,742	862,071
1968	7,289	815,116
1969	7,857	878,359
1970	7,632	905,902
1971	8,183	963,259
1972	7,911	921,524
1973	8,430	1,061,707
1974	10,321	1,000,505
1975	11,998	1,175,181
1976	13,688	1,232,608
1977	15,484	1,259,315
1978	17,468	1,286,991
1979	19,736	1,314,563
1980	21,024	1,321,595
1981	21,611	1,358,500
1982	22,131	1,407,959
1983	22,542	1,453,913
1984	22,861	1,477,448
1985	23,116	1,453,954
1986	23,301	1,407,957
1987	23,549	1,359,481
1988	23,940	1,370,108
1989	24,286	1,423,622
1990	23,936	1,449,157
1991	24,527	1,459,311
1992	25,747	1,419,952
1993	26,943	1,370,365
1994	27,895	1,291,534
1995	29,142	1,203,666
1996	29,778	1,108,686
1997	29,792	1,028,116
1998	30,390	959,016
1999	30,916	925,519
2000	32,816	966,894
2001	33,461	985,610
2002	34,561	991,427
2003	35,649	1,001,470
2004	36,495	985,438
2005	37,347	942,084
2006	38,886	943,041
2007	40,288	981,689
2008	40,841	1,008,141
2009	41,950	1,007,778
2010	43,067	1,005,559
2011	44,405	1,029,859
2012	45,480	1,063,741
2013	46,472	1,071,570
2014	46,615	1,151,221
2015	46,846	1,145,903
2016	46,814	1,045,094
2017	46,318	1,001,833
2018	46,659	882,977
2019	47,196	895,262
2020	46,718	924,004
2021	47,242	799,593
2022	48,920	775,914
2023	49,498	727,955

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Vietnam

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 48 deaths in Vietnam.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Vietnam
1985	1,851	186
1986	1,825	174
1987	1,796	163
1988	1,759	155
1989	1,698	152
1990	1,709	147
1991	1,663	142
1992	1,633	139
1993	1,613	135
1994	1,644	130
1995	1,556	119
1996	1,539	111
1997	1,642	104
1998	1,465	93
1999	1,461	86
2000	1,295	83
2001	1,222	78
2002	1,141	74
2003	1,069	71
2004	980	72
2005	956	69
2006	831	67
2007	792	66
2008	802	65
2009	753	64
2010	698	62
2011	678	61
2012	704	60
2013	707	60
2014	662	59
2015	631	58
2016	617	56
2017	597	55
2018	585	53
2019	598	52
2020	603	51
2021	617	52
2022	539	49
2023	505	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 2% in Vietnam. 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	Vietnam
1964	-	8.73%
1965	-	9.93%
1966	-	9.97%
1967	-	10%
1968	-	11.6%
1969	-	10.8%
1970	-	10.7%
1971	-	10.5%
1972	-	11.9%
1973	-	10.4%
1974	-	10.7%
1975	-	7.75%
1976	-	7.6%
1977	-	7.44%
1978	-	7.27%
1979	-	7.1%
1980	-	6.94%
1981	-	6.79%
1982	-	6.64%
1983	-	6.5%
1984	-	6.36%
1985	24.4%	6.21%
1986	24%	6.04%
1987	23.5%	5.85%
1988	23.1%	5.64%
1989	22.7%	5.4%
1990	22.2%	5.15%
1991	21.8%	4.9%
1992	21.3%	4.64%
1993	20.9%	4.39%
1994	20.4%	4.14%
1995	19.9%	3.9%
1996	19.4%	3.68%
1997	18.9%	3.48%
1998	18.4%	3.29%
1999	17.9%	3.13%
2000	17.4%	2.98%
2001	16.8%	2.86%
2002	16.3%	2.74%
2003	15.7%	2.65%
2004	15.1%	2.57%
2005	14.5%	2.5%
2006	13.9%	2.45%
2007	13.2%	2.4%
2008	12.6%	2.36%
2009	12%	2.33%
2010	11.4%	2.31%
2011	10.9%	2.28%
2012	10.4%	2.26%
2013	9.93%	2.24%
2014	9.53%	2.22%
2015	9.18%	2.2%
2016	8.84%	2.18%
2017	8.53%	2.15%
2018	8.21%	2.14%
2019	7.91%	2.12%
2020	7.66%	2.1%
2021	7.41%	2.07%
2022	7.16%	2.04%
2023	6.93%	2%