Fertility rate: births per woman in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Fertility rate: births per woman was 4.08 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Equatorial Guinea, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fertility rate: births per woman in Equatorial Guinea is 4.08 live births per woman, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and down 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 5.99 live births per woman in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4.08 live births per woman, in 2023.
That places Equatorial Guinea 26th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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 | 5.66 live births per woman | 5.65 live births per woman | 5.68 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 5.72 live births per woman | 5.65 live births per woman | 5.8 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.8 live births per woman | 5.79 live births per woman | 5.82 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.92 live births per woman | 5.83 live births per woman | 5.99 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.96 live births per woman | 5.88 live births per woman | 5.99 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.58 live births per woman | 5.29 live births per woman | 5.83 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.82 live births per woman | 4.43 live births per woman | 5.21 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.22 live births per woman | 4.08 live births per woman | 4.35 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More reference data data for Equatorial Guinea
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.2739 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 4.08 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 4.08 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.674 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -1.54 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 30.45 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 26.65 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -1.73 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 63.49 0-100 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.1409 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Equatorial Guinea?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Equatorial Guinea was 4.08 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 5.99 live births per woman in 1990.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.08 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 26th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.