Equatorial Guinea vs Guinea-Bissau: Birth rate

Equatorial Guinea
29.6 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Guinea-Bissau
30.04 births per 1,000 people
in 2023
Equatorial Guinea rank
34th
Guinea-Bissau rank
33rd

Birth rate over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
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How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 30.04 births per 1,000 people against 29.6 births per 1,000 people in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 0.44 births per 1,000 people.

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

Equatorial Guinea ranks 34th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 33rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Guinea-Bissau in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Equatorial Guinea Guinea-Bissau Difference Ahead
1950s 41.54 births per 1,000 people 45.47 births per 1,000 people 3.93 births per 1,000 people Guinea-Bissau
1960s 40.64 births per 1,000 people 42.22 births per 1,000 people 1.58 births per 1,000 people Guinea-Bissau
1970s 42.94 births per 1,000 people 41.5 births per 1,000 people 1.44 births per 1,000 people Equatorial Guinea
1980s 44.74 births per 1,000 people 47.96 births per 1,000 people 3.22 births per 1,000 people Guinea-Bissau
1990s 44.04 births per 1,000 people 44.19 births per 1,000 people 0.1406 births per 1,000 people Guinea-Bissau
2000s 39.78 births per 1,000 people 40.67 births per 1,000 people 0.8981 births per 1,000 people Guinea-Bissau
2010s 34.92 births per 1,000 people 35.38 births per 1,000 people 0.4578 births per 1,000 people Guinea-Bissau
2020s 30.45 births per 1,000 people 30.72 births per 1,000 people 0.2722 births per 1,000 people Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher birth rate, Equatorial Guinea or Guinea-Bissau?
Guinea-Bissau, at 30.04 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 Guinea-Bissau?
0.44 births per 1,000 people, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for birth rate?
Equatorial Guinea ranks 34th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 33rd 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.