Fertility & birth rates in Guinea and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Guinea vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	6.11	5.35
1961	6.13	5.24
1962	6.14	5.18
1963	6.15	5.12
1964	6.17	5.06
1965	6.18	4.93
1966	6.19	4.83
1967	6.2	4.79
1968	6.21	4.66
1969	6.23	4.5
1970	6.24	4.39
1971	6.26	4.27
1972	6.28	4.16
1973	6.31	4
1974	6.34	3.86
1975	6.37	3.82
1976	6.4	3.78
1977	6.43	3.74
1978	6.44	3.81
1979	6.45	3.82
1980	6.46	3.73
1981	6.46	3.65
1982	6.49	3.32
1983	6.49	3.11
1984	6.51	3.01
1985	6.53	2.9
1986	6.55	2.74
1987	6.57	2.64
1988	6.56	2.57
1989	6.55	2.58
1990	6.52	2.54
1991	6.48	2.51
1992	6.45	2.49
1993	6.41	2.44
1994	6.36	2.4
1995	6.29	2.35
1996	6.21	2.29
1997	6.12	2.22
1998	6.05	2.14
1999	5.99	2.14
2000	5.92	2.21
2001	5.83	2.28
2002	5.78	2.31
2003	5.74	2.3
2004	5.73	2.27
2005	5.73	2.26
2006	5.7	2.29
2007	5.66	2.3
2008	5.6	2.23
2009	5.53	2.18
2010	5.44	2.13
2011	5.34	2.14
2012	5.23	2.17
2013	5.15	2.18
2014	5.07	2.13
2015	5	2.09
2016	4.92	2.06
2017	4.79	2.04
2018	4.67	2.03
2019	4.58	2.02
2020	4.49	2.01
2021	4.4	2
2022	4.3	1.98
2023	4.22	1.97
2024	4.13	1.95
2025	4.04	1.94
2026	3.96	1.93
2027	3.89	1.91
2028	3.81	1.9
2029	3.73	1.89
2030	3.66	1.88
2031	3.59	1.87
2032	3.52	1.86
2033	3.45	1.85
2034	3.38	1.85
2035	3.32	1.84
2036	3.27	1.83
2037	3.21	1.83
2038	3.16	1.82
2039	3.12	1.81
2040	3.07	1.81
2041	3.02	1.8
2042	2.98	1.8
2043	2.94	1.8
2044	2.9	1.79
2045	2.86	1.79
2046	2.82	1.79
2047	2.79	1.78
2048	2.75	1.78
2049	2.73	1.77
2050	2.7	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea	Sri Lanka
1960	39.6%	41%
1961	39.7%	40.9%
1962	39.9%	40.8%
1963	39.9%	40.7%
1964	40%	40.6%
1965	40.1%	40.5%
1966	40.2%	40.4%
1967	40.2%	40.3%
1968	40.3%	40.1%
1969	40.3%	39.9%
1970	40.4%	39.7%
1971	40.5%	39.5%
1972	40.7%	39.2%
1973	40.9%	38.8%
1974	41.1%	38.4%
1975	41.3%	38%
1976	41.5%	37.6%
1977	41.8%	37.2%
1978	42%	36.9%
1979	42.2%	36.7%
1980	42.4%	36.4%
1981	42.6%	36.2%
1982	42.7%	36%
1983	42.8%	35.8%
1984	42.9%	35.5%
1985	43%	35.2%
1986	43%	34.6%
1987	43.1%	34%
1988	43.1%	33.5%
1989	43.2%	33%
1990	43.3%	32.5%
1991	43.4%	32.1%
1992	43.5%	31.4%
1993	43.6%	30.6%
1994	43.7%	29.9%
1995	43.8%	29.2%
1996	43.9%	28.6%
1997	44.2%	28.2%
1998	44.5%	27.8%
1999	44.7%	27.4%
2000	44.9%	27%
2001	45.3%	26.6%
2002	45.5%	26.3%
2003	45.4%	26.1%
2004	45.3%	26%
2005	45.3%	25.8%
2006	45.3%	25.7%
2007	45.1%	25.7%
2008	44.9%	25.6%
2009	44.7%	25.5%
2010	44.5%	25.4%
2011	44.2%	25.3%
2012	44%	25.2%
2013	43.8%	25%
2014	43.5%	24.9%
2015	43.3%	24.7%
2016	43.1%	24.5%
2017	42.9%	24.2%
2018	42.6%	24%
2019	42.4%	23.7%
2020	42.1%	23.3%
2021	41.9%	23%
2022	41.6%	22.7%
2023	41.2%	22.4%
2024	40.9%	22%
2025	40.5%	21.7%
2026	40.2%	21.4%
2027	39.8%	21.1%
2028	39.5%	20.8%
2029	39.1%	20.5%
2030	38.7%	20.2%
2031	38.3%	20%
2032	37.9%	19.8%
2033	37.5%	19.6%
2034	37%	19.4%
2035	36.6%	19.2%
2036	36.2%	19.1%
2037	35.7%	18.9%
2038	35.3%	18.8%
2039	34.9%	18.7%
2040	34.5%	18.6%
2041	34.1%	18.4%
2042	33.7%	18.3%
2043	33.3%	18.2%
2044	32.9%	18.1%
2045	32.5%	18%
2046	32.2%	17.9%
2047	31.8%	17.7%
2048	31.5%	17.6%
2049	31.2%	17.5%
2050	30.8%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.9% of the population in Guinea and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 43.3% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Guinea vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.6% in Guinea and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	61,848	247,631
1961	63,766	251,087
1962	65,672	256,719
1963	67,690	262,880
1964	69,848	269,584
1965	72,134	272,422
1966	74,748	275,549
1967	77,251	284,738
1968	79,892	286,642
1969	82,799	286,218
1970	85,418	286,719
1971	88,358	281,200
1972	91,147	282,494
1973	93,764	278,577
1974	96,315	275,521
1975	99,267	282,496
1976	102,449	291,816
1977	105,990	300,038
1978	109,415	317,055
1979	113,141	329,791
1980	117,186	328,155
1981	121,223	328,096
1982	126,831	300,030
1983	130,629	277,768
1984	136,640	263,175
1985	142,313	247,836
1986	148,137	233,782
1987	154,178	226,414
1988	159,566	219,184
1989	164,707	212,401
1990	169,926	224,454
1991	181,299	218,117
1992	189,682	222,230
1993	195,612	226,257
1994	201,439	228,904
1995	205,644	221,957
1996	214,896	215,290
1997	220,373	208,193
1998	219,385	201,059
1999	223,968	206,876
2000	227,081	227,060
2001	227,642	244,377
2002	229,022	252,840
2003	234,774	252,008
2004	242,075	212,527
2005	251,209	248,683
2006	258,518	248,706
2007	266,070	248,287
2008	274,327	232,225
2009	281,920	200,175
2010	288,512	224,325
2011	293,318	224,461
2012	298,094	229,138
2013	304,430	221,021
2014	309,539	211,541
2015	316,604	201,815
2016	324,608	194,232
2017	328,542	187,993
2018	332,585	183,610
2019	338,984	172,243
2020	342,289	170,968
2021	345,121	121,858
2022	352,517	95,378
2023	356,147	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea	Sri Lanka
1985	1,248	68
1986	1,234	66
1987	1,218	64
1988	1,202	62
1989	1,188	61
1990	1,162	59
1991	1,143	57
1992	1,124	54
1993	1,094	51
1994	1,081	49
1995	1,042	48
1996	1,010	47
1997	994	45
1998	971	43
1999	960	41
2000	951	39
2001	946	37
2002	916	36
2003	892	35
2004	869	37
2005	843	32
2006	825	32
2007	802	31
2008	772	30
2009	766	28
2010	750	26
2011	728	25
2012	703	24
2013	682	23
2014	664	23
2015	642	22
2016	606	22
2017	582	21
2018	560	21
2019	548	20
2020	528	23
2021	533	34
2022	500	22
2023	494	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 9.5% in Guinea and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	35%	9.41%
1961	34.7%	8.95%
1962	34.4%	8.66%
1963	34.2%	8.48%
1964	33.9%	8.3%
1965	33.6%	8.07%
1966	33.4%	7.81%
1967	33.1%	7.55%
1968	32.8%	7.32%
1969	32.5%	7.14%
1970	32.2%	7.02%
1971	31.9%	6.94%
1972	31.6%	6.86%
1973	31.3%	6.77%
1974	30.9%	6.62%
1975	30.6%	6.41%
1976	30.1%	6.12%
1977	29.7%	5.77%
1978	29.2%	5.38%
1979	28.7%	4.99%
1980	28.2%	4.63%
1981	27.7%	4.29%
1982	27.2%	3.98%
1983	26.7%	3.67%
1984	26.2%	3.35%
1985	25.8%	3.02%
1986	25.3%	2.74%
1987	24.8%	2.54%
1988	24.4%	2.41%
1989	23.9%	2.74%
1990	23.3%	2.33%
1991	22.7%	2.32%
1992	22.1%	2.29%
1993	21.4%	2.22%
1994	20.7%	2.14%
1995	20%	2.05%
1996	19.3%	1.95%
1997	18.6%	1.86%
1998	17.9%	1.76%
1999	17.2%	1.69%
2000	16.5%	1.63%
2001	15.9%	1.58%
2002	15.2%	1.55%
2003	14.6%	1.52%
2004	14.1%	2.88%
2005	13.7%	1.4%
2006	13.3%	1.33%
2007	12.9%	1.26%
2008	12.7%	1.2%
2009	12.4%	2.08%
2010	12.2%	1.12%
2011	12%	1.08%
2012	11.8%	1.03%
2013	11.7%	0.98%
2014	11.6%	0.92%
2015	11.4%	0.87%
2016	11.2%	0.83%
2017	11%	0.79%
2018	10.8%	0.76%
2019	10.6%	0.72%
2020	10.3%	0.69%
2021	10.1%	0.66%
2022	9.78%	0.64%
2023	9.5%	0.61%