Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

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How many babies are born in Guinea-Bissau?

66 thousand babies born in Guinea-Bissau in 2026 — 0.05% of all births worldwide, and the 121st largest of any country. UN projection

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Guinea-Bissau through history

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Estimated annual births in Guinea-Bissau, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
Every figure refers to the area inside Guinea-Bissau's present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form — see how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~460 ~11K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~1.8K ~43K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1500 ~3.4K ~83K 41.4 Modelled estimate
1800 ~10.8K ~218K 49.7 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~14.7K ~295K 49.7 Historical reconstruction
1950 25K 544K 46.0 UN estimate
2000 52.3K 1.23M 42.4 UN estimate
2024 65.1K 2.2M 29.6 UN projection
2026 66K 2.3M 28.7 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Guinea-Bissau are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 2026, at about 66K. That is roughly 142 times the estimated ~464 births a year in 1 CE.

At 3.62 children per woman, fertility in Guinea-Bissau is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), Gapminder's reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.