Fertility & birth rates in Australia and Guyana

Fertility rate in Australia vs Guyana 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 2.41 in Guyana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Australia vs Guyana 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	Guyana
1960	3.45	6.33
1961	3.54	6.34
1962	3.44	6.33
1963	3.33	6.31
1964	3.15	6.23
1965	2.98	6.14
1966	2.88	6.02
1967	2.85	5.89
1968	2.89	5.75
1969	2.89	5.58
1970	2.86	5.41
1971	2.96	5.26
1972	2.74	5.08
1973	2.49	4.87
1974	2.4	4.64
1975	2.15	4.45
1976	2.06	4.28
1977	2.01	4.12
1978	1.95	3.97
1979	1.91	3.86
1980	1.89	3.77
1981	1.94	3.72
1982	1.93	3.68
1983	1.92	3.64
1984	1.84	3.54
1985	1.92	3.47
1986	1.87	3.38
1987	1.85	3.31
1988	1.83	3.23
1989	1.84	3.19
1990	1.9	3.18
1991	1.85	3.18
1992	1.89	3.19
1993	1.86	3.2
1994	1.84	3.23
1995	1.82	3.24
1996	1.8	3.23
1997	1.78	3.22
1998	1.76	3.18
1999	1.76	3.13
2000	1.76	3.06
2001	1.74	2.96
2002	1.76	2.84
2003	1.75	2.75
2004	1.77	2.68
2005	1.81	2.65
2006	1.91	2.66
2007	1.96	2.68
2008	1.98	2.7
2009	1.97	2.69
2010	1.93	2.68
2011	1.93	2.69
2012	1.92	2.7
2013	1.86	2.71
2014	1.83	2.7
2015	1.81	2.67
2016	1.75	2.63
2017	1.74	2.59
2018	1.74	2.55
2019	1.66	2.52
2020	1.58	2.49
2021	1.7	2.46
2022	1.63	2.44
2023	1.5	2.41
2024	1.5	2.39
2025	1.5	2.37
2026	1.5	2.35
2027	1.5	2.32
2028	1.51	2.3
2029	1.5	2.28
2030	1.51	2.26
2031	1.5	2.23
2032	1.5	2.21
2033	1.5	2.2
2034	1.5	2.18
2035	1.5	2.16
2036	1.5	2.15
2037	1.5	2.13
2038	1.5	2.12
2039	1.5	2.11
2040	1.5	2.1
2041	1.5	2.09
2042	1.5	2.07
2043	1.5	2.06
2044	1.5	2.05
2045	1.5	2.03
2046	1.5	2.02
2047	1.5	2.01
2048	1.5	2
2049	1.5	1.98
2050	1.5	1.98

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Australia	Guyana
1960	30.2%	46.8%
1961	30.2%	47%
1962	30.1%	47.4%
1963	29.9%	47.6%
1964	29.8%	47.7%
1965	29.6%	47.8%
1966	29.5%	47.7%
1967	29.3%	47.5%
1968	29.1%	47.3%
1969	28.9%	46.9%
1970	28.8%	46.6%
1971	28.7%	46.3%
1972	28.5%	46%
1973	28.2%	45.7%
1974	27.9%	45.3%
1975	27.5%	44.9%
1976	27%	44.4%
1977	26.5%	43.9%
1978	26.1%	43.4%
1979	25.6%	42.9%
1980	25.3%	42.5%
1981	25%	41.9%
1982	24.7%	41.2%
1983	24.4%	40.5%
1984	24%	39.9%
1985	23.6%	39.2%
1986	23.1%	38.6%
1987	22.7%	38%
1988	22.4%	37.5%
1989	22.2%	37.2%
1990	22%	36.9%
1991	21.9%	36.7%
1992	21.8%	36.5%
1993	21.7%	36.4%
1994	21.7%	36.4%
1995	21.5%	36.4%
1996	21.4%	36.4%
1997	21.2%	36.5%
1998	21.1%	36.6%
1999	20.9%	36.6%
2000	20.8%	36.6%
2001	20.6%	36.5%
2002	20.4%	36.4%
2003	20.2%	36.1%
2004	20%	35.8%
2005	19.8%	35.3%
2006	19.6%	34.7%
2007	19.4%	34.1%
2008	19.3%	33.5%
2009	19.2%	32.9%
2010	19.1%	32.2%
2011	19%	31.6%
2012	18.9%	31.1%
2013	18.9%	30.8%
2014	18.9%	30.5%
2015	18.9%	30.3%
2016	18.9%	30.1%
2017	18.8%	30%
2018	18.8%	29.5%
2019	18.7%	29.3%
2020	18.6%	29.5%
2021	18.4%	29.4%
2022	18.2%	29.4%
2023	18%	29.3%
2024	17.8%	29.2%
2025	17.7%	28.9%
2026	17.5%	28.7%
2027	17.4%	28.4%
2028	17.2%	28.1%
2029	17%	27.8%
2030	16.9%	27.4%
2031	16.7%	27%
2032	16.6%	26.7%
2033	16.5%	26.3%
2034	16.4%	26%
2035	16.3%	25.6%
2036	16.2%	25.2%
2037	16.1%	24.9%
2038	16%	24.6%
2039	15.9%	24.3%
2040	15.9%	24.1%
2041	15.8%	23.9%
2042	15.8%	23.6%
2043	15.7%	23.4%
2044	15.7%	23.3%
2045	15.7%	23.1%
2046	15.7%	22.9%
2047	15.7%	22.7%
2048	15.7%	22.6%
2049	15.7%	22.4%
2050	15.7%	22.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.8% of the population in Australia and 29.2% in Guyana in 2024, compared to 22% and 36.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Australia and Guyana compared.

Natural population change in Australia vs Guyana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.56% in Australia and +1.36% in Guyana. 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	Guyana
1960	141,816	17,867
1961	150,955	18,092
1962	143,943	18,344
1963	140,161	18,606
1964	128,420	18,729
1965	122,990	18,791
1966	126,996	18,862
1967	126,249	18,933
1968	132,099	19,035
1969	143,477	19,133
1970	145,081	19,233
1971	165,593	19,273
1972	155,488	19,219
1973	136,476	18,991
1974	128,996	18,589
1975	123,648	18,317
1976	115,070	18,083
1977	117,793	17,805
1978	116,299	17,539
1979	116,112	17,402
1980	117,536	17,298
1981	125,356	17,471
1982	126,030	17,644
1983	130,844	17,753
1984	123,077	17,466
1985	143,674	17,292
1986	123,342	16,940
1987	128,484	16,600
1988	127,298	16,189
1989	127,789	15,947
1990	143,347	15,917
1991	138,273	15,896
1992	139,829	15,990
1993	137,551	16,099
1994	131,761	16,185
1995	131,436	15,991
1996	125,751	15,768
1997	121,592	15,568
1998	120,949	15,292
1999	118,517	14,763
2000	119,882	14,128
2001	117,575	13,307
2002	116,971	12,218
2003	118,325	11,344
2004	115,610	10,767
2005	129,132	10,455
2006	132,931	10,525
2007	154,124	10,741
2008	155,119	10,792
2009	160,518	10,758
2010	158,628	10,652
2011	156,380	10,713
2012	161,408	10,633
2013	159,584	10,887
2014	154,940	11,143
2015	150,041	11,199
2016	152,403	11,168
2017	150,015	11,108
2018	157,269	10,946
2019	136,808	11,665
2020	133,376	10,307
2021	138,701	8,125
2022	111,862	11,042
2023	103,945	10,716

Maternal mortality chart: Australia vs Guyana

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 75 deaths in Guyana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Australia	Guyana
1985	9	241
1986	8	238
1987	9	234
1988	9	230
1989	9	227
1990	9	224
1991	9	219
1992	9	208
1993	9	205
1994	9	204
1995	9	207
1996	8	202
1997	8	195
1998	7	184
1999	7	178
2000	7	171
2001	6	163
2002	6	164
2003	5	164
2004	5	162
2005	5	166
2006	5	167
2007	5	158
2008	5	153
2009	5	146
2010	5	141
2011	6	135
2012	6	133
2013	6	128
2014	6	121
2015	6	117
2016	6	114
2017	6	110
2018	5	105
2019	5	107
2020	5	109
2021	4	189
2022	4	83
2023	2	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.37% in Australia and 2.57% in Guyana. 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	Guyana
1960	2.49%	9.19%
1961	2.43%	8.81%
1962	2.37%	8.49%
1963	2.32%	8.21%
1964	2.27%	7.99%
1965	2.24%	7.8%
1966	2.21%	7.66%
1967	2.2%	7.56%
1968	2.19%	7.48%
1969	2.18%	7.43%
1970	2.15%	7.39%
1971	2.1%	7.37%
1972	2.03%	7.35%
1973	1.94%	7.33%
1974	1.84%	7.31%
1975	1.73%	7.27%
1976	1.62%	7.24%
1977	1.52%	7.19%
1978	1.44%	7.14%
1979	1.36%	7.08%
1980	1.3%	7.02%
1981	1.26%	6.96%
1982	1.22%	6.89%
1983	1.19%	6.82%
1984	1.16%	6.74%
1985	1.13%	6.66%
1986	1.1%	6.57%
1987	1.06%	6.47%
1988	1.02%	6.35%
1989	0.97%	6.22%
1990	0.92%	6.08%
1991	0.87%	5.92%
1992	0.82%	5.77%
1993	0.77%	5.6%
1994	0.73%	5.45%
1995	0.7%	5.3%
1996	0.68%	5.16%
1997	0.66%	5.02%
1998	0.64%	4.89%
1999	0.63%	4.77%
2000	0.62%	4.65%
2001	0.61%	4.53%
2002	0.6%	4.42%
2003	0.59%	4.32%
2004	0.58%	4.23%
2005	0.57%	4.14%
2006	0.56%	4.05%
2007	0.54%	3.97%
2008	0.52%	3.89%
2009	0.5%	3.81%
2010	0.48%	3.73%
2011	0.45%	3.65%
2012	0.43%	3.58%
2013	0.41%	3.49%
2014	0.4%	3.4%
2015	0.39%	3.31%
2016	0.38%	3.21%
2017	0.38%	3.11%
2018	0.38%	3.02%
2019	0.38%	2.93%
2020	0.38%	2.84%
2021	0.37%	2.75%
2022	0.37%	2.66%
2023	0.37%	2.57%