Fertility & birth rates in Guinea and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Guinea vs Ivory Coast chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Guinea was 4.22 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.28 in Ivory Coast in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea vs Ivory Coast 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	Ivory Coast
1960	6.11	7.69
1961	6.13	7.72
1962	6.14	7.75
1963	6.15	7.78
1964	6.17	7.81
1965	6.18	7.84
1966	6.19	7.87
1967	6.2	7.89
1968	6.21	7.91
1969	6.23	7.93
1970	6.24	7.94
1971	6.26	7.94
1972	6.28	7.94
1973	6.31	7.94
1974	6.34	7.93
1975	6.37	7.91
1976	6.4	7.88
1977	6.43	7.83
1978	6.44	7.67
1979	6.45	7.63
1980	6.46	7.59
1981	6.46	7.54
1982	6.49	7.49
1983	6.49	7.42
1984	6.51	7.35
1985	6.53	7.27
1986	6.55	7.19
1987	6.57	7.09
1988	6.56	6.97
1989	6.55	6.85
1990	6.52	6.72
1991	6.48	6.59
1992	6.45	6.43
1993	6.41	6.27
1994	6.36	6.13
1995	6.29	6.04
1996	6.21	5.95
1997	6.12	5.9
1998	6.05	5.85
1999	5.99	5.81
2000	5.92	5.77
2001	5.83	5.7
2002	5.78	5.64
2003	5.74	5.57
2004	5.73	5.53
2005	5.73	5.5
2006	5.7	5.45
2007	5.66	5.4
2008	5.6	5.36
2009	5.53	5.33
2010	5.44	5.29
2011	5.34	5.24
2012	5.23	5.19
2013	5.15	5.14
2014	5.07	5.07
2015	5	4.97
2016	4.92	4.87
2017	4.79	4.76
2018	4.67	4.6
2019	4.58	4.52
2020	4.49	4.46
2021	4.4	4.41
2022	4.3	4.35
2023	4.22	4.28
2024	4.13	4.23
2025	4.04	4.17
2026	3.96	4.1
2027	3.89	4.05
2028	3.81	3.99
2029	3.73	3.93
2030	3.66	3.88
2031	3.59	3.83
2032	3.52	3.78
2033	3.45	3.75
2034	3.38	3.69
2035	3.32	3.64
2036	3.27	3.6
2037	3.21	3.56
2038	3.16	3.51
2039	3.12	3.47
2040	3.07	3.43
2041	3.02	3.39
2042	2.98	3.35
2043	2.94	3.31
2044	2.9	3.27
2045	2.86	3.23
2046	2.82	3.2
2047	2.79	3.17
2048	2.75	3.13
2049	2.73	3.1
2050	2.7	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea	Ivory Coast
1960	39.6%	43.1%
1961	39.7%	43.2%
1962	39.9%	43.4%
1963	39.9%	43.6%
1964	40%	43.9%
1965	40.1%	44.1%
1966	40.2%	44.3%
1967	40.2%	44.6%
1968	40.3%	44.8%
1969	40.3%	44.9%
1970	40.4%	45.1%
1971	40.5%	45.1%
1972	40.7%	45.2%
1973	40.9%	45.2%
1974	41.1%	45.3%
1975	41.3%	45.4%
1976	41.5%	45.7%
1977	41.8%	46.1%
1978	42%	46.5%
1979	42.2%	46.8%
1980	42.4%	47.1%
1981	42.6%	47.3%
1982	42.7%	47.5%
1983	42.8%	47.7%
1984	42.9%	47.8%
1985	43%	47.9%
1986	43%	48%
1987	43.1%	48.1%
1988	43.1%	48%
1989	43.2%	47.9%
1990	43.3%	47.8%
1991	43.4%	47.6%
1992	43.5%	47.4%
1993	43.6%	47.1%
1994	43.7%	46.9%
1995	43.8%	46.7%
1996	43.9%	46.4%
1997	44.2%	46.2%
1998	44.5%	46.1%
1999	44.7%	46%
2000	44.9%	46%
2001	45.3%	46.1%
2002	45.5%	46.2%
2003	45.4%	46.2%
2004	45.3%	46.3%
2005	45.3%	46.3%
2006	45.3%	46.3%
2007	45.1%	46.4%
2008	44.9%	45.8%
2009	44.7%	44.9%
2010	44.5%	44%
2011	44.2%	43.3%
2012	44%	42.7%
2013	43.8%	42.2%
2014	43.5%	42%
2015	43.3%	42.2%
2016	43.1%	42.3%
2017	42.9%	42.4%
2018	42.6%	42.4%
2019	42.4%	42.3%
2020	42.1%	42.2%
2021	41.9%	42%
2022	41.6%	41.7%
2023	41.2%	41.3%
2024	40.9%	40.9%
2025	40.5%	40.5%
2026	40.2%	40%
2027	39.8%	39.7%
2028	39.5%	39.3%
2029	39.1%	38.8%
2030	38.7%	38.3%
2031	38.3%	37.8%
2032	37.9%	37.3%
2033	37.5%	37%
2034	37%	36.7%
2035	36.6%	36.4%
2036	36.2%	36.2%
2037	35.7%	35.9%
2038	35.3%	35.7%
2039	34.9%	35.6%
2040	34.5%	35.4%
2041	34.1%	35.3%
2042	33.7%	35.1%
2043	33.3%	35%
2044	32.9%	34.8%
2045	32.5%	34.7%
2046	32.2%	34.5%
2047	31.8%	34.4%
2048	31.5%	34.2%
2049	31.2%	34%
2050	30.8%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.9% of the population in Guinea and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 43.3% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Guinea vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.6% in Guinea and +2.65% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	61,848	99,681
1961	63,766	105,568
1962	65,672	111,930
1963	67,690	118,526
1964	69,848	124,996
1965	72,134	131,601
1966	74,748	138,438
1967	77,251	145,773
1968	79,892	153,464
1969	82,799	161,541
1970	85,418	170,070
1971	88,358	179,918
1972	91,147	190,842
1973	93,764	203,429
1974	96,315	216,389
1975	99,267	228,883
1976	102,449	241,939
1977	105,990	250,858
1978	109,415	257,222
1979	113,141	268,875
1980	117,186	280,630
1981	121,223	292,755
1982	126,831	305,204
1983	130,629	317,379
1984	136,640	331,910
1985	142,313	344,549
1986	148,137	357,205
1987	154,178	370,654
1988	159,566	378,575
1989	164,707	390,081
1990	169,926	402,629
1991	181,299	413,354
1992	189,682	423,294
1993	195,612	430,759
1994	201,439	438,274
1995	205,644	453,719
1996	214,896	469,740
1997	220,373	489,984
1998	219,385	509,167
1999	223,968	527,634
2000	227,081	545,129
2001	227,642	555,220
2002	229,022	563,692
2003	234,774	568,220
2004	242,075	579,424
2005	251,209	593,685
2006	258,518	605,001
2007	266,070	617,247
2008	274,327	630,610
2009	281,920	654,439
2010	288,512	676,554
2011	293,318	694,033
2012	298,094	708,847
2013	304,430	720,228
2014	309,539	728,978
2015	316,604	731,387
2016	324,608	735,630
2017	328,542	734,553
2018	332,585	722,445
2019	338,984	727,774
2020	342,289	727,455
2021	345,121	732,191
2022	352,517	750,270
2023	356,147	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea vs Ivory Coast

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 494 deaths per 100,000 live births in Guinea, compared to 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea	Ivory Coast
1985	1,248	766
1986	1,234	735
1987	1,218	697
1988	1,202	671
1989	1,188	645
1990	1,162	619
1991	1,143	584
1992	1,124	546
1993	1,094	503
1994	1,081	463
1995	1,042	421
1996	1,010	381
1997	994	364
1998	971	380
1999	960	381
2000	951	378
2001	946	405
2002	916	427
2003	892	451
2004	869	456
2005	843	492
2006	825	544
2007	802	567
2008	772	562
2009	766	588
2010	750	592
2011	728	569
2012	703	566
2013	682	544
2014	664	522
2015	642	505
2016	606	488
2017	582	465
2018	560	449
2019	548	429
2020	528	447
2021	533	459
2022	500	409
2023	494	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 9.5% in Guinea and 6.71% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	35%	32.1%
1961	34.7%	31.3%
1962	34.4%	30.5%
1963	34.2%	29.7%
1964	33.9%	28.9%
1965	33.6%	28.2%
1966	33.4%	27.4%
1967	33.1%	26.7%
1968	32.8%	26%
1969	32.5%	25.2%
1970	32.2%	24.5%
1971	31.9%	23.7%
1972	31.6%	22.9%
1973	31.3%	22.1%
1974	30.9%	21.2%
1975	30.6%	20.3%
1976	30.1%	19.5%
1977	29.7%	18.7%
1978	29.2%	18%
1979	28.7%	17.4%
1980	28.2%	16.9%
1981	27.7%	16.4%
1982	27.2%	16.1%
1983	26.7%	15.8%
1984	26.2%	15.5%
1985	25.8%	15.4%
1986	25.3%	15.3%
1987	24.8%	15.2%
1988	24.4%	15.2%
1989	23.9%	15.3%
1990	23.3%	15.3%
1991	22.7%	15.4%
1992	22.1%	15.4%
1993	21.4%	15.4%
1994	20.7%	15.3%
1995	20%	15.2%
1996	19.3%	15.1%
1997	18.6%	14.9%
1998	17.9%	14.6%
1999	17.2%	14.4%
2000	16.5%	14.1%
2001	15.9%	13.7%
2002	15.2%	13.3%
2003	14.6%	13%
2004	14.1%	12.6%
2005	13.7%	12.2%
2006	13.3%	11.8%
2007	12.9%	11.4%
2008	12.7%	11%
2009	12.4%	10.6%
2010	12.2%	10.2%
2011	12%	9.91%
2012	11.8%	9.6%
2013	11.7%	9.27%
2014	11.6%	8.92%
2015	11.4%	8.61%
2016	11.2%	8.36%
2017	11%	8.11%
2018	10.8%	7.85%
2019	10.6%	7.59%
2020	10.3%	7.37%
2021	10.1%	7.14%
2022	9.78%	6.92%
2023	9.5%	6.71%