Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Guatemala

Fertility rate in Australia vs Guatemala chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Australia was 1.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.31 in Guatemala in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs Guatemala population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Australia	Guatemala
1960	3.45	7
1961	3.54	6.98
1962	3.44	6.93
1963	3.33	6.9
1964	3.15	6.87
1965	2.98	6.84
1966	2.88	6.8
1967	2.85	6.76
1968	2.89	6.7
1969	2.89	6.65
1970	2.86	6.6
1971	2.96	6.55
1972	2.74	6.51
1973	2.49	6.49
1974	2.4	6.46
1975	2.15	6.41
1976	2.06	6.37
1977	2.01	6.32
1978	1.95	6.26
1979	1.91	6.22
1980	1.89	6.17
1981	1.94	6.12
1982	1.93	6.06
1983	1.92	5.98
1984	1.84	5.86
1985	1.92	5.73
1986	1.87	5.66
1987	1.85	5.64
1988	1.83	5.62
1989	1.84	5.56
1990	1.9	5.48
1991	1.85	5.38
1992	1.89	5.31
1993	1.86	5.25
1994	1.84	5.19
1995	1.82	5.11
1996	1.8	5.01
1997	1.78	4.91
1998	1.76	4.8
1999	1.76	4.69
2000	1.76	4.58
2001	1.74	4.5
2002	1.76	4.37
2003	1.75	4.25
2004	1.77	4.13
2005	1.81	3.97
2006	1.91	3.85
2007	1.96	3.72
2008	1.98	3.57
2009	1.97	3.47
2010	1.93	3.38
2011	1.93	3.29
2012	1.92	3.22
2013	1.86	3.15
2014	1.83	3.09
2015	1.81	3.03
2016	1.75	2.97
2017	1.74	2.86
2018	1.74	2.74
2019	1.66	2.59
2020	1.58	2.47
2021	1.7	2.39
2022	1.63	2.34
2023	1.5	2.31
2024	1.5	2.29
2025	1.5	2.26
2026	1.5	2.23
2027	1.5	2.2
2028	1.51	2.17
2029	1.5	2.15
2030	1.51	2.13
2031	1.5	2.11
2032	1.5	2.09
2033	1.5	2.08
2034	1.5	2.06
2035	1.5	2.05
2036	1.5	2.03
2037	1.5	2.02
2038	1.5	2
2039	1.5	1.99
2040	1.5	1.97
2041	1.5	1.96
2042	1.5	1.95
2043	1.5	1.93
2044	1.5	1.92
2045	1.5	1.92
2046	1.5	1.91
2047	1.5	1.9
2048	1.5	1.89
2049	1.5	1.89
2050	1.5	1.88

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Guatemala
1960	30.2%	46.7%
1961	30.2%	46.7%
1962	30.1%	46.8%
1963	29.9%	46.7%
1964	29.8%	46.6%
1965	29.6%	46.6%
1966	29.5%	46.5%
1967	29.3%	46.4%
1968	29.1%	46.2%
1969	28.9%	46.2%
1970	28.8%	46.1%
1971	28.7%	46%
1972	28.5%	46%
1973	28.2%	46%
1974	27.9%	45.9%
1975	27.5%	45.8%
1976	27%	45.7%
1977	26.5%	45.6%
1978	26.1%	45.6%
1979	25.6%	45.5%
1980	25.3%	45.5%
1981	25%	45.6%
1982	24.7%	45.6%
1983	24.4%	45.7%
1984	24%	45.7%
1985	23.6%	45.7%
1986	23.1%	45.7%
1987	22.7%	45.6%
1988	22.4%	45.6%
1989	22.2%	45.5%
1990	22%	45.4%
1991	21.9%	45.3%
1992	21.8%	45.2%
1993	21.7%	45.1%
1994	21.7%	44.9%
1995	21.5%	44.8%
1996	21.4%	44.7%
1997	21.2%	44.5%
1998	21.1%	44.3%
1999	20.9%	44.1%
2000	20.8%	43.8%
2001	20.6%	43.6%
2002	20.4%	43.3%
2003	20.2%	43%
2004	20%	42.5%
2005	19.8%	42.1%
2006	19.6%	41.6%
2007	19.4%	41%
2008	19.3%	40.5%
2009	19.2%	39.9%
2010	19.1%	39.3%
2011	19%	38.7%
2012	18.9%	38.1%
2013	18.9%	37.5%
2014	18.9%	36.9%
2015	18.9%	36.4%
2016	18.9%	35.9%
2017	18.8%	35.4%
2018	18.8%	34.9%
2019	18.7%	34.4%
2020	18.6%	33.8%
2021	18.4%	33.3%
2022	18.2%	32.7%
2023	18%	32.1%
2024	17.8%	31.6%
2025	17.7%	31%
2026	17.5%	30.5%
2027	17.4%	29.9%
2028	17.2%	29.4%
2029	17%	28.8%
2030	16.9%	28.3%
2031	16.7%	27.8%
2032	16.6%	27.3%
2033	16.5%	26.8%
2034	16.4%	26.4%
2035	16.3%	26%
2036	16.2%	25.7%
2037	16.1%	25.5%
2038	16%	25.2%
2039	15.9%	24.9%
2040	15.9%	24.6%
2041	15.8%	24.3%
2042	15.8%	24%
2043	15.7%	23.7%
2044	15.7%	23.4%
2045	15.7%	23.1%
2046	15.7%	22.8%
2047	15.7%	22.5%
2048	15.7%	22.2%
2049	15.7%	21.9%
2050	15.7%	21.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 31.6% in Guatemala in 2024, compared to 22% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Guatemala compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Guatemala by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +1.83% in Guatemala. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Australia	Guatemala
1960	141,816	120,728
1961	150,955	123,753
1962	143,943	126,429
1963	140,161	129,065
1964	128,420	132,832
1965	122,990	135,997
1966	126,996	140,494
1967	126,249	143,859
1968	132,099	146,946
1969	143,477	149,516
1970	145,081	155,946
1971	165,593	165,104
1972	155,488	173,162
1973	136,476	179,871
1974	128,996	184,992
1975	123,648	188,501
1976	115,070	171,903
1977	117,793	203,299
1978	116,299	211,301
1979	116,112	216,810
1980	117,536	218,460
1981	125,356	221,044
1982	126,030	199,809
1983	130,844	238,059
1984	123,077	241,892
1985	143,674	246,119
1986	123,342	252,754
1987	128,484	261,746
1988	127,298	271,466
1989	127,789	276,736
1990	143,347	280,318
1991	138,273	283,917
1992	139,829	288,411
1993	137,551	295,515
1994	131,761	302,708
1995	131,436	309,236
1996	125,751	315,252
1997	121,592	320,087
1998	120,949	325,174
1999	118,517	328,890
2000	119,882	332,891
2001	117,575	335,503
2002	116,971	334,255
2003	118,325	333,539
2004	115,610	331,699
2005	129,132	325,816
2006	132,931	325,604
2007	154,124	326,298
2008	155,119	323,226
2009	160,518	323,320
2010	158,628	324,802
2011	156,380	328,548
2012	161,408	332,365
2013	159,584	331,321
2014	154,940	333,551
2015	150,041	335,072
2016	152,403	338,114
2017	150,015	332,838
2018	157,269	323,100
2019	136,808	307,389
2020	133,376	281,328
2021	138,701	255,145
2022	111,862	281,675
2023	103,945	289,635

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Guatemala

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 2 deaths per 100,000 live births in Australia, compared to 94 deaths in Guatemala.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Guatemala
1985	9	301
1986	8	286
1987	9	277
1988	9	273
1989	9	271
1990	9	270
1991	9	268
1992	9	269
1993	9	262
1994	9	244
1995	9	229
1996	8	213
1997	8	198
1998	7	185
1999	7	174
2000	7	166
2001	6	162
2002	6	153
2003	5	150
2004	5	148
2005	5	153
2006	5	142
2007	5	135
2008	5	133
2009	5	130
2010	5	127
2011	6	120
2012	6	115
2013	6	111
2014	6	111
2015	6	112
2016	6	110
2017	6	107
2018	5	107
2019	5	106
2020	5	102
2021	4	125
2022	4	97
2023	2	94

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 2.14% in Guatemala. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Australia	Guatemala
1960	2.49%	22.2%
1961	2.43%	21.6%
1962	2.37%	21.1%
1963	2.32%	20.6%
1964	2.27%	20.1%
1965	2.24%	19.6%
1966	2.21%	19.1%
1967	2.2%	18.6%
1968	2.19%	18.1%
1969	2.18%	17.6%
1970	2.15%	17.1%
1971	2.1%	16.6%
1972	2.03%	16.1%
1973	1.94%	15.6%
1974	1.84%	15.1%
1975	1.73%	14.6%
1976	1.62%	16.5%
1977	1.52%	13.6%
1978	1.44%	13.2%
1979	1.36%	12.7%
1980	1.3%	12.2%
1981	1.26%	11.8%
1982	1.22%	13.6%
1983	1.19%	10.9%
1984	1.16%	10.5%
1985	1.13%	10%
1986	1.1%	9.6%
1987	1.06%	9.19%
1988	1.02%	8.79%
1989	0.97%	8.41%
1990	0.92%	8.04%
1991	0.87%	7.68%
1992	0.82%	7.34%
1993	0.77%	7.02%
1994	0.73%	6.71%
1995	0.7%	6.42%
1996	0.68%	6.15%
1997	0.66%	5.89%
1998	0.64%	5.65%
1999	0.63%	5.42%
2000	0.62%	5.21%
2001	0.61%	5%
2002	0.6%	4.8%
2003	0.59%	4.61%
2004	0.58%	4.43%
2005	0.57%	4.26%
2006	0.56%	4.1%
2007	0.54%	3.93%
2008	0.52%	3.78%
2009	0.5%	3.62%
2010	0.48%	3.48%
2011	0.45%	3.33%
2012	0.43%	3.2%
2013	0.41%	3.07%
2014	0.4%	2.94%
2015	0.39%	2.83%
2016	0.38%	2.72%
2017	0.38%	2.63%
2018	0.38%	2.54%
2019	0.38%	2.45%
2020	0.38%	2.37%
2021	0.37%	2.28%
2022	0.37%	2.21%
2023	0.37%	2.14%