Fertility & birth rates in Guinea and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Guinea vs Mozambique 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 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea vs Mozambique 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	Mozambique
1960	6.11	6.31
1961	6.13	6.37
1962	6.14	6.42
1963	6.15	6.47
1964	6.17	6.51
1965	6.18	6.54
1966	6.19	6.58
1967	6.2	6.61
1968	6.21	6.65
1969	6.23	6.67
1970	6.24	6.7
1971	6.26	6.7
1972	6.28	6.7
1973	6.31	6.7
1974	6.34	6.67
1975	6.37	6.66
1976	6.4	6.64
1977	6.43	6.62
1978	6.44	6.59
1979	6.45	6.56
1980	6.46	6.53
1981	6.46	6.48
1982	6.49	6.43
1983	6.49	6.43
1984	6.51	6.44
1985	6.53	6.43
1986	6.55	6.41
1987	6.57	6.39
1988	6.56	6.37
1989	6.55	6.35
1990	6.52	6.32
1991	6.48	6.28
1992	6.45	6.22
1993	6.41	6.15
1994	6.36	6.08
1995	6.29	6.02
1996	6.21	5.97
1997	6.12	5.93
1998	6.05	5.91
1999	5.99	5.88
2000	5.92	5.83
2001	5.83	5.76
2002	5.78	5.67
2003	5.74	5.6
2004	5.73	5.55
2005	5.73	5.5
2006	5.7	5.45
2007	5.66	5.47
2008	5.6	5.6
2009	5.53	5.68
2010	5.44	5.66
2011	5.34	5.6
2012	5.23	5.52
2013	5.15	5.43
2014	5.07	5.3
2015	5	5.25
2016	4.92	5.19
2017	4.79	5.13
2018	4.67	5.07
2019	4.58	5.02
2020	4.49	4.96
2021	4.4	4.91
2022	4.3	4.84
2023	4.22	4.76
2024	4.13	4.69
2025	4.04	4.62
2026	3.96	4.54
2027	3.89	4.46
2028	3.81	4.39
2029	3.73	4.3
2030	3.66	4.23
2031	3.59	4.14
2032	3.52	4.06
2033	3.45	3.97
2034	3.38	3.89
2035	3.32	3.82
2036	3.27	3.75
2037	3.21	3.67
2038	3.16	3.6
2039	3.12	3.53
2040	3.07	3.47
2041	3.02	3.4
2042	2.98	3.34
2043	2.94	3.28
2044	2.9	3.22
2045	2.86	3.16
2046	2.82	3.11
2047	2.79	3.06
2048	2.75	3.01
2049	2.73	2.97
2050	2.7	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea	Mozambique
1960	39.6%	41%
1961	39.7%	41.2%
1962	39.9%	41.4%
1963	39.9%	41.6%
1964	40%	41.9%
1965	40.1%	42.2%
1966	40.2%	42.5%
1967	40.2%	42.7%
1968	40.3%	42.9%
1969	40.3%	43.1%
1970	40.4%	43.3%
1971	40.5%	43.4%
1972	40.7%	43.6%
1973	40.9%	43.7%
1974	41.1%	43.8%
1975	41.3%	44%
1976	41.5%	44.1%
1977	41.8%	44.3%
1978	42%	44.6%
1979	42.2%	44.9%
1980	42.4%	45.3%
1981	42.6%	45.6%
1982	42.7%	45.7%
1983	42.8%	45.8%
1984	42.9%	45.9%
1985	43%	45.9%
1986	43%	45.9%
1987	43.1%	45.9%
1988	43.1%	45.8%
1989	43.2%	45.7%
1990	43.3%	45.7%
1991	43.4%	45.6%
1992	43.5%	45.5%
1993	43.6%	45.4%
1994	43.7%	45.2%
1995	43.8%	45%
1996	43.9%	44.9%
1997	44.2%	44.8%
1998	44.5%	44.9%
1999	44.7%	45%
2000	44.9%	45.1%
2001	45.3%	45.1%
2002	45.5%	45.2%
2003	45.4%	45.3%
2004	45.3%	45.3%
2005	45.3%	45.3%
2006	45.3%	45.4%
2007	45.1%	45.4%
2008	44.9%	45.5%
2009	44.7%	45.6%
2010	44.5%	45.8%
2011	44.2%	45.8%
2012	44%	45.9%
2013	43.8%	45.8%
2014	43.5%	45.8%
2015	43.3%	45.7%
2016	43.1%	45.6%
2017	42.9%	45.5%
2018	42.6%	45.4%
2019	42.4%	45.3%
2020	42.1%	45.2%
2021	41.9%	45.1%
2022	41.6%	45%
2023	41.2%	44.8%
2024	40.9%	44.5%
2025	40.5%	44.2%
2026	40.2%	43.9%
2027	39.8%	43.5%
2028	39.5%	43.2%
2029	39.1%	42.9%
2030	38.7%	42.5%
2031	38.3%	42.2%
2032	37.9%	41.9%
2033	37.5%	41.5%
2034	37%	41.1%
2035	36.6%	40.7%
2036	36.2%	40.3%
2037	35.7%	39.9%
2038	35.3%	39.5%
2039	34.9%	39%
2040	34.5%	38.6%
2041	34.1%	38.2%
2042	33.7%	37.7%
2043	33.3%	37.3%
2044	32.9%	36.9%
2045	32.5%	36.4%
2046	32.2%	36%
2047	31.8%	35.6%
2048	31.5%	35.2%
2049	31.2%	34.8%
2050	30.8%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.9% of the population in Guinea and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 43.3% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Guinea vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.6% in Guinea and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	61,848	165,774
1961	63,766	171,236
1962	65,672	176,297
1963	67,690	180,867
1964	69,848	182,334
1965	72,134	185,931
1966	74,748	189,218
1967	77,251	193,044
1968	79,892	197,623
1969	82,799	202,174
1970	85,418	207,385
1971	88,358	211,137
1972	91,147	215,793
1973	93,764	226,847
1974	96,315	240,665
1975	99,267	257,984
1976	102,449	273,924
1977	105,990	289,193
1978	109,415	310,403
1979	113,141	331,162
1980	117,186	349,586
1981	121,223	322,207
1982	126,831	321,493
1983	130,629	324,158
1984	136,640	304,524
1985	142,313	307,625
1986	148,137	332,609
1987	154,178	334,438
1988	159,566	349,480
1989	164,707	348,833
1990	169,926	353,290
1991	181,299	357,676
1992	189,682	362,373
1993	195,612	369,518
1994	201,439	384,821
1995	205,644	421,630
1996	214,896	442,559
1997	220,373	461,209
1998	219,385	474,453
1999	223,968	491,814
2000	227,081	506,162
2001	227,642	519,594
2002	229,022	529,867
2003	234,774	540,992
2004	242,075	554,973
2005	251,209	570,132
2006	258,518	586,009
2007	266,070	610,913
2008	274,327	654,920
2009	281,920	693,673
2010	288,512	719,025
2011	293,318	741,303
2012	298,094	763,088
2013	304,430	784,641
2014	309,539	799,778
2015	316,604	824,435
2016	324,608	850,430
2017	328,542	876,594
2018	332,585	903,176
2019	338,984	927,581
2020	342,289	945,952
2021	345,121	951,234
2022	352,517	1,003,689
2023	356,147	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea vs Mozambique

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 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea	Mozambique
1985	1,248	1,452
1986	1,234	1,355
1987	1,218	1,348
1988	1,202	1,259
1989	1,188	1,209
1990	1,162	1,150
1991	1,143	1,094
1992	1,124	1,046
1993	1,094	968
1994	1,081	902
1995	1,042	883
1996	1,010	819
1997	994	738
1998	971	694
1999	960	624
2000	951	547
2001	946	473
2002	916	398
2003	892	360
2004	869	321
2005	843	301
2006	825	298
2007	802	327
2008	772	365
2009	766	352
2010	750	305
2011	728	268
2012	703	218
2013	682	196
2014	664	210
2015	642	216
2016	606	202
2017	582	187
2018	560	159
2019	548	134
2020	528	123
2021	533	180
2022	500	104
2023	494	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 9.5% in Guinea and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	35%	-
1961	34.7%	-
1962	34.4%	-
1963	34.2%	26.5%
1964	33.9%	26.7%
1965	33.6%	26.8%
1966	33.4%	26.8%
1967	33.1%	26.9%
1968	32.8%	26.9%
1969	32.5%	26.9%
1970	32.2%	26.8%
1971	31.9%	26.7%
1972	31.6%	26.6%
1973	31.3%	26.4%
1974	30.9%	26.3%
1975	30.6%	26.1%
1976	30.1%	26%
1977	29.7%	25.8%
1978	29.2%	25.7%
1979	28.7%	25.7%
1980	28.2%	25.6%
1981	27.7%	25.6%
1982	27.2%	25.5%
1983	26.7%	25.3%
1984	26.2%	25.1%
1985	25.8%	24.8%
1986	25.3%	24.5%
1987	24.8%	24.2%
1988	24.4%	23.9%
1989	23.9%	23.6%
1990	23.3%	23.3%
1991	22.7%	23%
1992	22.1%	22.6%
1993	21.4%	22.1%
1994	20.7%	21.6%
1995	20%	20.9%
1996	19.3%	20.1%
1997	18.6%	19.2%
1998	17.9%	18.2%
1999	17.2%	17.2%
2000	16.5%	16.3%
2001	15.9%	15.4%
2002	15.2%	14.6%
2003	14.6%	13.9%
2004	14.1%	13.2%
2005	13.7%	12.5%
2006	13.3%	11.8%
2007	12.9%	11%
2008	12.7%	10.4%
2009	12.4%	9.75%
2010	12.2%	9.5%
2011	12%	9.05%
2012	11.8%	8.63%
2013	11.7%	8.26%
2014	11.6%	7.92%
2015	11.4%	7.51%
2016	11.2%	7.23%
2017	11%	7.09%
2018	10.8%	6.95%
2019	10.6%	6.83%
2020	10.3%	6.73%
2021	10.1%	6.58%
2022	9.78%	6.43%
2023	9.5%	6.17%