Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau
The fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau was 3.76 births per woman in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1960.
Guinea-Bissau, 2024
3.76
Change from 2023
−2.1%
World, 2024
2.19 births per woman
Position in 2024
34th of 217
Fertility rate in Guinea-Bissau over time
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Births per woman. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Guinea-Bissau | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.76 births per woman | 2.19 births per woman |
| 2023 | 3.84 births per woman | 2.20 births per woman |
| 2022 | 3.91 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman |
| 2021 | 4.00 births per woman | 2.25 births per woman |
| 2020 | 4.08 births per woman | 2.28 births per woman |
| 2019 | 4.15 births per woman | 2.35 births per woman |
| 2018 | 4.24 births per woman | 2.39 births per woman |
| 2017 | 4.35 births per woman | 2.46 births per woman |
| 2016 | 4.52 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman |
| 2015 | 4.66 births per woman | 2.49 births per woman |
| 2014 | 4.79 births per woman | 2.52 births per woman |
| 2013 | 4.93 births per woman | 2.52 births per woman |
| 2012 | 5.00 births per woman | 2.56 births per woman |
| 2011 | 5.07 births per woman | 2.55 births per woman |
| 2010 | 5.11 births per woman | 2.57 births per woman |
| 2009 | 5.18 births per woman | 2.59 births per woman |
| 2008 | 5.27 births per woman | 2.60 births per woman |
| 2007 | 5.37 births per woman | 2.60 births per woman |
| 2006 | 5.41 births per woman | 2.61 births per woman |
| 2005 | 5.46 births per woman | 2.61 births per woman |
| 2004 | 5.50 births per woman | 2.63 births per woman |
| 2003 | 5.58 births per woman | 2.64 births per woman |
| 2002 | 5.63 births per woman | 2.66 births per woman |
| 2001 | 5.69 births per woman | 2.69 births per woman |
| 2000 | 5.79 births per woman | 2.73 births per woman |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.1% from 3.84 births per woman in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 4.79 births per woman, the figure has changed by −21.6%.
- Among the 217 countries with data for 2024, Guinea-Bissau has the 34th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 2.19 births per woman.
More for Guinea-Bissau
All statistics for Guinea-Bissau
Crude birth rate
29.6 per 1,000 people
2024 · World Bank
Population estimates and projections
2,153,339 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Median age estimates and projections
18.9 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Fertility rate estimates and projections
3.84 births per woman
2023 · UN Population Division
Population growth estimates and projections
2.23%
2023 · UN Population Division
Population
2,249,515 people
2025 · World Bank