Fertility & birth rates in Guinea and United States

Fertility rate in Guinea vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guinea vs the United States 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	United States
1960	6.11	3.65
1961	6.13	3.62
1962	6.14	3.46
1963	6.15	3.32
1964	6.17	3.19
1965	6.18	2.91
1966	6.19	2.72
1967	6.2	2.56
1968	6.21	2.46
1969	6.23	2.46
1970	6.24	2.48
1971	6.26	2.27
1972	6.28	2.01
1973	6.31	1.88
1974	6.34	1.84
1975	6.37	1.77
1976	6.4	1.74
1977	6.43	1.79
1978	6.44	1.76
1979	6.45	1.81
1980	6.46	1.84
1981	6.46	1.81
1982	6.49	1.83
1983	6.49	1.8
1984	6.51	1.81
1985	6.53	1.84
1986	6.55	1.84
1987	6.57	1.87
1988	6.56	1.93
1989	6.55	2.01
1990	6.52	2.08
1991	6.48	2.06
1992	6.45	2.05
1993	6.41	2.02
1994	6.36	2
1995	6.29	1.98
1996	6.21	1.98
1997	6.12	1.97
1998	6.05	2
1999	5.99	2.01
2000	5.92	2.06
2001	5.83	2.03
2002	5.78	2.02
2003	5.74	2.05
2004	5.73	2.05
2005	5.73	2.06
2006	5.7	2.11
2007	5.66	2.12
2008	5.6	2.07
2009	5.53	2
2010	5.44	1.93
2011	5.34	1.89
2012	5.23	1.88
2013	5.15	1.86
2014	5.07	1.86
2015	5	1.84
2016	4.92	1.82
2017	4.79	1.77
2018	4.67	1.73
2019	4.58	1.71
2020	4.49	1.64
2021	4.4	1.66
2022	4.3	1.66
2023	4.22	1.62
2024	4.13	1.62
2025	4.04	1.62
2026	3.96	1.62
2027	3.89	1.62
2028	3.81	1.62
2029	3.73	1.62
2030	3.66	1.62
2031	3.59	1.62
2032	3.52	1.62
2033	3.45	1.63
2034	3.38	1.62
2035	3.32	1.63
2036	3.27	1.63
2037	3.21	1.63
2038	3.16	1.63
2039	3.12	1.63
2040	3.07	1.63
2041	3.02	1.63
2042	2.98	1.63
2043	2.94	1.63
2044	2.9	1.63
2045	2.86	1.64
2046	2.82	1.64
2047	2.79	1.63
2048	2.75	1.64
2049	2.73	1.63
2050	2.7	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guinea	United States
1960	39.6%	31.3%
1961	39.7%	31.4%
1962	39.9%	31.3%
1963	39.9%	31.1%
1964	40%	30.9%
1965	40.1%	30.7%
1966	40.2%	30.4%
1967	40.2%	30%
1968	40.3%	29.5%
1969	40.3%	29%
1970	40.4%	28.6%
1971	40.5%	28%
1972	40.7%	27.4%
1973	40.9%	26.6%
1974	41.1%	25.9%
1975	41.3%	25.2%
1976	41.5%	24.4%
1977	41.8%	23.8%
1978	42%	23.2%
1979	42.2%	22.8%
1980	42.4%	22.4%
1981	42.6%	22.1%
1982	42.7%	22%
1983	42.8%	21.8%
1984	42.9%	21.7%
1985	43%	21.5%
1986	43%	21.3%
1987	43.1%	21.3%
1988	43.1%	21.3%
1989	43.2%	21.5%
1990	43.3%	21.6%
1991	43.4%	21.7%
1992	43.5%	21.8%
1993	43.6%	21.9%
1994	43.7%	21.9%
1995	43.8%	21.8%
1996	43.9%	21.7%
1997	44.2%	21.5%
1998	44.5%	21.4%
1999	44.7%	21.3%
2000	44.9%	21.2%
2001	45.3%	21%
2002	45.5%	20.9%
2003	45.4%	20.7%
2004	45.3%	20.5%
2005	45.3%	20.3%
2006	45.3%	20.2%
2007	45.1%	20%
2008	44.9%	19.9%
2009	44.7%	19.8%
2010	44.5%	19.7%
2011	44.2%	19.6%
2012	44%	19.5%
2013	43.8%	19.4%
2014	43.5%	19.3%
2015	43.3%	19.2%
2016	43.1%	19.1%
2017	42.9%	18.9%
2018	42.6%	18.8%
2019	42.4%	18.6%
2020	42.1%	18.4%
2021	41.9%	18.1%
2022	41.6%	17.9%
2023	41.2%	17.6%
2024	40.9%	17.3%
2025	40.5%	17.1%
2026	40.2%	16.9%
2027	39.8%	16.7%
2028	39.5%	16.6%
2029	39.1%	16.4%
2030	38.7%	16.3%
2031	38.3%	16.1%
2032	37.9%	16%
2033	37.5%	16%
2034	37%	15.9%
2035	36.6%	15.9%
2036	36.2%	15.9%
2037	35.7%	15.9%
2038	35.3%	15.9%
2039	34.9%	15.9%
2040	34.5%	15.9%
2041	34.1%	16%
2042	33.7%	16%
2043	33.3%	16%
2044	32.9%	16%
2045	32.5%	16%
2046	32.2%	16%
2047	31.8%	16%
2048	31.5%	16%
2049	31.2%	15.9%
2050	30.8%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.9% of the population in Guinea and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 43.3% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guinea and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Guinea vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.6% in Guinea and +0.25% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	61,848	2,565,530
1961	63,766	2,571,681
1962	65,672	2,406,337
1963	67,690	2,289,826
1964	69,848	2,245,099
1965	72,134	1,943,030
1966	74,748	1,749,387
1967	77,251	1,669,181
1968	79,892	1,565,507
1969	82,799	1,702,487
1970	85,418	1,824,965
1971	88,358	1,640,519
1972	91,147	1,301,355
1973	93,764	1,165,499
1974	96,315	1,218,968
1975	99,267	1,252,644
1976	102,449	1,264,604
1977	105,990	1,431,556
1978	109,415	1,402,283
1979	113,141	1,597,894
1980	117,186	1,608,450
1981	121,223	1,652,153
1982	126,831	1,714,317
1983	130,629	1,636,544
1984	136,640	1,627,192
1985	142,313	1,689,258
1986	148,137	1,656,917
1987	154,178	1,720,252
1988	159,566	1,735,943
1989	164,707	1,875,826
1990	169,926	2,026,068
1991	181,299	1,926,543
1992	189,682	1,875,328
1993	195,612	1,717,685
1994	201,439	1,633,302
1995	205,644	1,546,031
1996	214,896	1,510,137
1997	220,373	1,501,014
1998	219,385	1,573,857
1999	223,968	1,564,050
2000	227,081	1,664,758
2001	227,642	1,595,826
2002	229,022	1,581,938
2003	234,774	1,653,615
2004	242,075	1,698,271
2005	251,209	1,684,445
2006	258,518	1,849,955
2007	266,070	1,897,757
2008	274,327	1,794,154
2009	281,920	1,717,920
2010	288,512	1,548,182
2011	293,318	1,441,697
2012	298,094	1,411,822
2013	304,430	1,322,711
2014	309,539	1,357,281
2015	316,604	1,270,126
2016	324,608	1,197,627
2017	328,542	1,028,037
2018	332,585	955,022
2019	338,984	887,476
2020	342,289	208,862
2021	345,121	199,137
2022	352,517	399,926
2023	356,147	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Guinea vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guinea	United States
1985	1,248	11
1986	1,234	11
1987	1,218	11
1988	1,202	12
1989	1,188	12
1990	1,162	12
1991	1,143	12
1992	1,124	11
1993	1,094	12
1994	1,081	11
1995	1,042	12
1996	1,010	11
1997	994	11
1998	971	11
1999	960	12
2000	951	12
2001	946	13
2002	916	13
2003	892	13
2004	869	13
2005	843	13
2006	825	13
2007	802	13
2008	772	14
2009	766	15
2010	750	15
2011	728	15
2012	703	16
2013	682	16
2014	664	17
2015	642	17
2016	606	18
2017	582	18
2018	560	18
2019	548	18
2020	528	22
2021	533	31
2022	500	20
2023	494	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 9.5% in Guinea and 0.65% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	35%	3.01%
1961	34.7%	2.95%
1962	34.4%	2.89%
1963	34.2%	2.83%
1964	33.9%	2.77%
1965	33.6%	2.71%
1966	33.4%	2.64%
1967	33.1%	2.57%
1968	32.8%	2.49%
1969	32.5%	2.41%
1970	32.2%	2.32%
1971	31.9%	2.24%
1972	31.6%	2.15%
1973	31.3%	2.06%
1974	30.9%	1.97%
1975	30.6%	1.88%
1976	30.1%	1.79%
1977	29.7%	1.71%
1978	29.2%	1.63%
1979	28.7%	1.56%
1980	28.2%	1.5%
1981	27.7%	1.44%
1982	27.2%	1.39%
1983	26.7%	1.34%
1984	26.2%	1.3%
1985	25.8%	1.27%
1986	25.3%	1.24%
1987	24.8%	1.21%
1988	24.4%	1.19%
1989	23.9%	1.16%
1990	23.3%	1.12%
1991	22.7%	1.09%
1992	22.1%	1.05%
1993	21.4%	1.01%
1994	20.7%	0.98%
1995	20%	0.95%
1996	19.3%	0.92%
1997	18.6%	0.89%
1998	17.9%	0.87%
1999	17.2%	0.86%
2000	16.5%	0.84%
2001	15.9%	0.83%
2002	15.2%	0.82%
2003	14.6%	0.81%
2004	14.1%	0.81%
2005	13.7%	0.8%
2006	13.3%	0.79%
2007	12.9%	0.77%
2008	12.7%	0.76%
2009	12.4%	0.75%
2010	12.2%	0.73%
2011	12%	0.72%
2012	11.8%	0.7%
2013	11.7%	0.69%
2014	11.6%	0.68%
2015	11.4%	0.68%
2016	11.2%	0.67%
2017	11%	0.66%
2018	10.8%	0.65%
2019	10.6%	0.65%
2020	10.3%	0.65%
2021	10.1%	0.65%
2022	9.78%	0.65%
2023	9.5%	0.65%