Fertility rate, total in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Fertility rate, total was 4.12 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Equatorial Guinea, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in births per woman.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fertility rate, total in Equatorial Guinea is 4.12 births per woman, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 5.99 births per woman in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4.08 births per woman, in 2023.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 22nd of 215 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.72 births per woman | 5.65 births per woman | 5.8 births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.8 births per woman | 5.79 births per woman | 5.82 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.92 births per woman | 5.83 births per woman | 5.99 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.96 births per woman | 5.88 births per woman | 5.99 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.58 births per woman | 5.29 births per woman | 5.83 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.82 births per woman | 4.43 births per woman | 5.21 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.2 births per woman | 4.08 births per woman | 4.35 births per woman | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
More health data for Equatorial Guinea
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 18,920 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 20,652 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 20,948 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 19,983 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 362,847 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 20,266 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 19,303 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 19,578 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 18,635 (2025)
- Age population, age 21, female, interpolated 15,708 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Equatorial Guinea?
- Fertility rate, total in Equatorial Guinea was 4.12 births per woman in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest fertility rate, total recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 5.99 births per woman in 1990.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.08 births per woman in 2023.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for fertility rate, total?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 22nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.