Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Guinea-Bissau

Total fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau in 2024 — 3.76 births. Ranked 34 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 36.5%.

2024 3.76 births −2.06% vs 2023
World rank 34of 217
Period maximum 6.74 births1985
Period minimum 3.76 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Guinea-Bissau, 1960–20243456719601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.92 births1962: 5.94 births1964: 5.96 births1966: 5.98 births1968: 6.01 births1970: 6.04 births1972: 6.08 births1974: 6.12 births1976: 6.19 births1978: 6.32 births1980: 6.49 births1982: 6.64 births1984: 6.73 births1986: 6.73 births1988: 6.69 births1990: 6.5 births1992: 6.44 births1994: 6.3 births1996: 6.14 births1998: 5.97 births2000: 5.79 births2002: 5.63 births2004: 5.5 births2006: 5.41 births2008: 5.27 births2010: 5.11 births2012: 5 births2014: 4.79 births2016: 4.52 births2018: 4.24 births2020: 4.08 births2022: 3.91 births2024: 3.76 births
Change over the period: −2.16 (−36.55%) Average annual rate: -0.71 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Guinea-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau 3.76 births
World 2.19 births
Sub-Saharan Africa 4.26 births
Western Africa computed 4.37 births
Low-income countries computed 4.48 births
Total fertility rate — Guinea-Bissau, by year Guinea-Bissau All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 3.76 −0.08 −2.06%
2023 3.84 −0.08 −1.92%
2022 3.91 −0.09 −2.18%
2021 4 −0.08 −1.89%
2020 4.08 −0.08 −1.88%
2019 4.15 −0.09 −2.07%
2018 4.24 −0.11 −2.44%
2017 4.35 −0.17 −3.81%
2016 4.52 −0.14 −3.05%
2015 4.66 −0.13 −2.69%
2014 4.79 −0.14 −2.84%
2013 4.93 −0.07 −1.46%
2012 5 −0.06 −1.26%
2011 5.07 −0.04 −0.86%
2010 5.11 −0.07 −1.26%
2009 5.18 −0.09 −1.71%
2008 5.27 −0.1 −1.85%
2007 5.37 −0.04 −0.76%
2006 5.41 −0.05 −0.99%
2005 5.46 −0.04 −0.73%
2004 5.5 −0.08 −1.38%
2003 5.58 −0.06 −1.01%
2002 5.63 −0.05 −0.95%
2001 5.69 −0.1 −1.69%
2000 5.79 −0.09 −1.45%
1999 5.87 −0.1 −1.66%
1998 5.97 −0.09 −1.49%
1997 6.06 −0.08 −1.32%
1996 6.14 −0.08 −1.32%
1995 6.22 −0.08 −1.21%
1994 6.3 −0.07 −1.1%
1993 6.37 −0.07 −1.03%
1992 6.44 −0.04 −0.6%
1991 6.47 −0.03 −0.42%
1990 6.5 −0.16 −2.43%
1989 6.66 −0.03 −0.45%
1988 6.69 −0.02 −0.36%
1987 6.72 −0.02 −0.25%
1986 6.73 −0 −0.07%
1985 6.74 +0.01 +0.18%
1984 6.73 +0.03 +0.49%
1983 6.69 +0.05 +0.81%
1982 6.64 +0.07 +1.08%
1981 6.57 +0.08 +1.26%
1980 6.49 +0.09 +1.34%
1979 6.4 +0.08 +1.28%
1978 6.32 +0.07 +1.14%
1977 6.25 +0.06 +0.92%
1976 6.19 +0.04 +0.68%
1975 6.15 +0.03 +0.49%
1974 6.12 +0.02 +0.36%
1973 6.1 +0.02 +0.33%
1972 6.08 +0.02 +0.3%
1971 6.06 +0.02 +0.31%
1970 6.04 +0.02 +0.28%
1969 6.02 +0.02 +0.27%
1968 6.01 +0.01 +0.23%
1967 5.99 +0.01 +0.2%
1966 5.98 +0.01 +0.18%
1965 5.97 +0.01 +0.17%
1964 5.96 +0.01 +0.17%
1963 5.95 +0.01 +0.17%
1962 5.94 +0.01 +0.17%
1961 5.93 +0.01 +0.17%
1960 5.92

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.