Equatorial Guinea vs Gambia: Birth rate

Equatorial Guinea
29.6 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Gambia
30.43 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
34th
Gambia rank
31st

Birth rate over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gambia
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How they compare

Gambia currently reports 30.43 births per 1,000 people against 29.6 births per 1,000 people in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.83 births per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Gambia ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 34th and Gambia ranks 31st of 236 countries.

Gambia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Gambia Difference Ahead
1950s 41.54 births per 1,000 people 50.55 births per 1,000 people 9.01 births per 1,000 people Gambia
1960s 40.64 births per 1,000 people 49.11 births per 1,000 people 8.47 births per 1,000 people Gambia
1970s 42.94 births per 1,000 people 47.48 births per 1,000 people 4.54 births per 1,000 people Gambia
1980s 44.74 births per 1,000 people 48.61 births per 1,000 people 3.87 births per 1,000 people Gambia
1990s 44.04 births per 1,000 people 45.03 births per 1,000 people 0.987 births per 1,000 people Gambia
2000s 39.78 births per 1,000 people 39.82 births per 1,000 people 0.0479 births per 1,000 people Gambia
2010s 34.92 births per 1,000 people 35.95 births per 1,000 people 1.04 births per 1,000 people Gambia
2020s 30.45 births per 1,000 people 30.97 births per 1,000 people 0.5287 births per 1,000 people Gambia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, Equatorial Guinea or Gambia?
Gambia, at 30.43 births per 1,000 people against 29.6 births per 1,000 people in Equatorial Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in birth rate between Equatorial Guinea and Gambia?
0.83 births per 1,000 people, with Gambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Gambia?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Gambia rank globally for birth rate?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 34th and Gambia ranks 31st of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Birth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Birth rate
Unit
births per 1,000 people
Source
Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 18,723 data points, 1751–2023
Last refreshed

The total number of births per 1,000 people in a given year.