Fertility & birth rates in Guinea-Bissau and Yemen

Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea-Bissau vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	5.92	7.99
1961	5.93	8
1962	5.94	8.01
1963	5.95	8.03
1964	5.96	8.07
1965	5.97	8.1
1966	5.98	8.14
1967	5.99	8.17
1968	6.01	8.19
1969	6.02	8.22
1970	6.04	8.23
1971	6.06	8.26
1972	6.08	8.27
1973	6.1	8.29
1974	6.12	8.33
1975	6.15	8.37
1976	6.19	8.42
1977	6.25	8.47
1978	6.32	8.5
1979	6.4	8.67
1980	6.49	8.71
1981	6.57	8.75
1982	6.64	8.79
1983	6.69	8.83
1984	6.73	8.85
1985	6.74	8.86
1986	6.73	8.86
1987	6.72	8.83
1988	6.69	8.79
1989	6.66	8.71
1990	6.5	8.61
1991	6.47	8.46
1992	6.44	8.27
1993	6.37	8.05
1994	6.3	7.8
1995	6.22	7.53
1996	6.14	7
1997	6.06	6.82
1998	5.97	6.64
1999	5.87	6.49
2000	5.79	6.32
2001	5.69	6.14
2002	5.63	5.97
2003	5.58	5.84
2004	5.5	5.71
2005	5.46	5.56
2006	5.41	5.41
2007	5.37	5.26
2008	5.27	5.11
2009	5.18	5
2010	5.11	4.81
2011	5.07	4.63
2012	5	4.63
2013	4.93	4.62
2014	4.79	4.62
2015	4.66	4.62
2016	4.52	4.61
2017	4.35	4.61
2018	4.24	4.61
2019	4.15	4.6
2020	4.08	4.6
2021	4	4.6
2022	3.91	4.59
2023	3.84	4.59
2024	3.76	4.5
2025	3.68	4.41
2026	3.62	4.33
2027	3.56	4.23
2028	3.5	4.14
2029	3.44	4.06
2030	3.37	3.97
2031	3.31	3.87
2032	3.25	3.8
2033	3.2	3.73
2034	3.15	3.66
2035	3.09	3.59
2036	3.04	3.51
2037	3	3.44
2038	2.95	3.38
2039	2.91	3.32
2040	2.87	3.26
2041	2.84	3.21
2042	2.8	3.16
2043	2.77	3.12
2044	2.74	3.07
2045	2.71	3.02
2046	2.67	2.97
2047	2.64	2.93
2048	2.62	2.89
2049	2.59	2.85
2050	2.56	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea-Bissau	Yemen
1960	36.9%	40.3%
1961	37.1%	40.4%
1962	37.7%	40.4%
1963	38.4%	40.6%
1964	39.6%	40.9%
1965	41%	41.3%
1966	41.9%	41.8%
1967	42.1%	42.3%
1968	41.8%	42.8%
1969	41.9%	43.3%
1970	41.9%	43.8%
1971	41.9%	44.3%
1972	41.9%	44.8%
1973	41.6%	45.3%
1974	41.4%	45.7%
1975	41.8%	46.2%
1976	42.6%	46.6%
1977	43.7%	47%
1978	44.8%	47.5%
1979	45.1%	47.9%
1980	45%	48.3%
1981	45.3%	48.7%
1982	45.5%	49.1%
1983	45.7%	49.4%
1984	45.9%	49.7%
1985	45.9%	50%
1986	46%	50.3%
1987	45.9%	50.5%
1988	45.9%	50.7%
1989	45.8%	50.9%
1990	45.7%	51.1%
1991	45.5%	51.2%
1992	45.5%	51.2%
1993	45.4%	51.2%
1994	45.4%	51.1%
1995	45.3%	50.9%
1996	45.2%	50.6%
1997	45.1%	50.3%
1998	45%	49.9%
1999	44.8%	49.5%
2000	44.7%	49%
2001	44.5%	48.6%
2002	44.3%	48.1%
2003	44.2%	47.6%
2004	44%	47.1%
2005	43.9%	46.5%
2006	43.8%	45.9%
2007	43.6%	45.3%
2008	43.5%	44.7%
2009	43.3%	44.1%
2010	43.2%	43.5%
2011	43%	43%
2012	42.8%	42.7%
2013	42.7%	42.3%
2014	42.5%	42.1%
2015	42.2%	41.8%
2016	42%	41.7%
2017	41.7%	41.6%
2018	41.3%	41.5%
2019	40.9%	41.4%
2020	40.5%	41.4%
2021	40.1%	41.4%
2022	39.7%	41.3%
2023	39.2%	41.2%
2024	38.8%	41.1%
2025	38.3%	41%
2026	37.8%	40.9%
2027	37.4%	40.8%
2028	36.9%	40.6%
2029	36.4%	40.3%
2030	36%	40%
2031	35.5%	39.6%
2032	35.1%	39.2%
2033	34.8%	38.7%
2034	34.4%	38.2%
2035	34.1%	37.7%
2036	33.7%	37.1%
2037	33.4%	36.5%
2038	33%	36%
2039	32.7%	35.4%
2040	32.4%	34.8%
2041	32%	34.3%
2042	31.7%	33.8%
2043	31.4%	33.4%
2044	31%	33%
2045	30.7%	32.6%
2046	30.4%	32.3%
2047	30.1%	32%
2048	29.7%	31.7%
2049	29.4%	31.4%
2050	29.1%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38.8% of the population in Guinea-Bissau and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea-Bissau and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Guinea-Bissau vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	10,618	122,994
1961	10,756	129,787
1962	10,662	131,262
1963	9,190	133,781
1964	8,989	147,299
1965	7,789	155,398
1966	6,955	164,091
1967	6,742	173,637
1968	7,289	182,518
1969	7,857	196,305
1970	7,632	207,613
1971	8,183	219,095
1972	7,911	229,322
1973	8,430	240,235
1974	10,321	252,737
1975	11,998	266,815
1976	13,688	281,078
1977	15,484	296,115
1978	17,468	312,439
1979	19,736	336,378
1980	21,024	355,767
1981	21,611	374,482
1982	22,131	392,302
1983	22,542	414,823
1984	22,861	434,674
1985	23,116	455,576
1986	23,301	464,665
1987	23,549	493,337
1988	23,940	513,296
1989	24,286	530,464
1990	23,936	549,654
1991	24,527	565,837
1992	25,747	582,072
1993	26,943	595,459
1994	27,895	602,363
1995	29,142	607,966
1996	29,778	588,786
1997	29,792	604,443
1998	30,390	615,488
1999	30,916	633,166
2000	32,816	646,694
2001	33,461	658,704
2002	34,561	672,494
2003	35,649	694,457
2004	36,495	710,493
2005	37,347	726,708
2006	38,886	750,082
2007	40,288	764,780
2008	40,841	779,123
2009	41,950	798,911
2010	43,067	803,246
2011	44,405	806,359
2012	45,480	845,645
2013	46,472	884,929
2014	46,615	920,330
2015	46,846	939,922
2016	46,814	975,697
2017	46,318	1,006,725
2018	46,659	1,020,238
2019	47,196	1,056,432
2020	46,718	1,086,322
2021	47,242	1,103,622
2022	48,920	1,153,375
2023	49,498	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea-Bissau vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea-Bissau	Yemen
1985	1,851	430
1986	1,825	430
1987	1,796	400
1988	1,759	388
1989	1,698	371
1990	1,709	359
1991	1,663	341
1992	1,633	330
1993	1,613	319
1994	1,644	311
1995	1,556	296
1996	1,539	282
1997	1,642	271
1998	1,465	260
1999	1,461	250
2000	1,295	241
2001	1,222	231
2002	1,141	218
2003	1,069	205
2004	980	194
2005	956	181
2006	831	171
2007	792	161
2008	802	153
2009	753	149
2010	698	144
2011	678	140
2012	704	137
2013	707	135
2014	662	134
2015	631	135
2016	617	134
2017	597	142
2018	585	134
2019	598	131
2020	603	135
2021	617	156
2022	539	125
2023	505	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	-	42.9%
1961	-	42.2%
1962	-	41.5%
1963	-	40.8%
1964	-	40%
1965	-	39%
1966	-	38%
1967	-	36.8%
1968	-	35.6%
1969	-	34.3%
1970	-	33%
1971	-	31.8%
1972	-	30.6%
1973	-	29.5%
1974	-	28.4%
1975	-	27.2%
1976	-	26%
1977	-	24.7%
1978	-	23.4%
1979	-	22.1%
1980	-	20.8%
1981	-	19.6%
1982	-	18.4%
1983	-	17.2%
1984	-	16.2%
1985	24.4%	15.3%
1986	24%	14.6%
1987	23.5%	14%
1988	23.1%	13.4%
1989	22.7%	12.9%
1990	22.2%	12.5%
1991	21.8%	12.1%
1992	21.3%	11.8%
1993	20.9%	11.6%
1994	20.4%	11.3%
1995	19.9%	11.1%
1996	19.4%	10.8%
1997	18.9%	10.5%
1998	18.4%	10.2%
1999	17.9%	9.77%
2000	17.4%	9.32%
2001	16.8%	8.84%
2002	16.3%	8.36%
2003	15.7%	7.9%
2004	15.1%	7.47%
2005	14.5%	7.06%
2006	13.9%	6.68%
2007	13.2%	6.33%
2008	12.6%	6.02%
2009	12%	5.74%
2010	11.4%	5.49%
2011	10.9%	5.3%
2012	10.4%	5.14%
2013	9.93%	4.95%
2014	9.53%	4.84%
2015	9.18%	4.9%
2016	8.84%	4.77%
2017	8.53%	4.66%
2018	8.21%	4.7%
2019	7.91%	4.59%
2020	7.66%	4.32%
2021	7.41%	4.24%
2022	7.16%	4.08%
2023	6.93%	3.93%