What is birth rate in Equatorial Guinea?

Birth rate in Equatorial Guinea was 29.6 births per 1,000 people in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest birth rate recorded in Equatorial Guinea?

The highest recorded value was 46.81 births per 1,000 people in 1987.

What is the lowest birth rate recorded in Equatorial Guinea?

The lowest recorded value was 29.6 births per 1,000 people in 2023.

How does Equatorial Guinea rank for birth rate?

Equatorial Guinea ranks 34th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is birth rate rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?

Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?

The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Birth rate in Equatorial Guinea

Name: Birth rate in Equatorial Guinea
Creator: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Equatorial Guinea: Birth rate was 29.6 births per 1,000 people in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

29.6 births per 1,000 people

Change on year

down 1.7%

World rank

34th

of 236 countries

All-time high

46.81 births per 1,000 people

in 1987

All-time low

29.6 births per 1,000 people

in 2023

Years of data

1950–2023

Birth rate in Equatorial Guinea, 1950–2023

Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in births per 1,000 people.

Analysis

In 2023, birth rate in Equatorial Guinea stood at 29.6 births per 1,000 people. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.

The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 17.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth rate in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 46.81 births per 1,000 people in 1987 and was at its lowest, 29.6 births per 1,000 people, in 2023.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 34th of 236 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	41.54 births per 1,000 people	40.54 births per 1,000 people	42.54 births per 1,000 people	10
1960s	40.64 births per 1,000 people	40.22 births per 1,000 people	41.64 births per 1,000 people	10
1970s	42.94 births per 1,000 people	42.16 births per 1,000 people	43.16 births per 1,000 people	10
1980s	44.74 births per 1,000 people	42.56 births per 1,000 people	46.81 births per 1,000 people	10
1990s	44.04 births per 1,000 people	41.78 births per 1,000 people	46.09 births per 1,000 people	10
2000s	39.78 births per 1,000 people	38.55 births per 1,000 people	40.8 births per 1,000 people	10
2010s	34.92 births per 1,000 people	31.78 births per 1,000 people	38.02 births per 1,000 people	10
2020s	30.45 births per 1,000 people	29.6 births per 1,000 people	31.35 births per 1,000 people	4

Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea

31 Gambia 30.43 births per 1,000 people compare
32 Zimbabwe 30.41 births per 1,000 people compare
33 Guinea-Bissau 30.04 births per 1,000 people compare
35 Senegal 29.42 births per 1,000 people compare
36 Comoros 28.65 births per 1,000 people compare
37 South Sudan 28.59 births per 1,000 people compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More population data for Equatorial Guinea

Population growth rate, by level of development 0.4% (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 328,832 people (2100)
Population density 178.37 people per km² (2100)
World population growth 0.4% (2100)
Total fertility rate vs. wanted fertility rate 4.12 births per woman (2024)
Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception 4.12 births per woman (2024)
Total fertility rate vs. contraceptive prevalence 4.12 births per woman (2024)
Natural population growth rate 2.2% (2023)
Fertility rate: births per woman 4.08 live births per woman (2023)
Fertility rate vs. GDP per capita 4.08 live births per woman (2023)

All data for Equatorial Guinea →

Frequently asked questions

What is birth rate in Equatorial Guinea?: Birth rate in Equatorial Guinea was 29.6 births per 1,000 people in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest birth rate recorded in Equatorial Guinea?: The highest recorded value was 46.81 births per 1,000 people in 1987.
What is the lowest birth rate recorded in Equatorial Guinea?: The lowest recorded value was 29.6 births per 1,000 people in 2023.
How does Equatorial Guinea rank for birth rate?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 34th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is birth rate rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?: Over the last ten years it is down 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?: The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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: 07 August 2026

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