Fertility & birth rates in Bahrain and Guatemala

Fertility rate in Bahrain vs Guatemala chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bahrain was 1.82 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 Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Guatemala
1960	7.26	7
1961	7.23	6.98
1962	7.19	6.93
1963	7.14	6.9
1964	7.09	6.87
1965	7.03	6.84
1966	6.94	6.8
1967	6.84	6.76
1968	6.71	6.7
1969	6.57	6.65
1970	6.43	6.6
1971	6.28	6.55
1972	6.14	6.51
1973	5.97	6.49
1974	5.79	6.46
1975	5.62	6.41
1976	5.45	6.37
1977	5.29	6.32
1978	5.12	6.26
1979	4.94	6.22
1980	4.76	6.17
1981	4.6	6.12
1982	4.51	6.06
1983	4.41	5.98
1984	4.3	5.86
1985	4.28	5.73
1986	4.25	5.66
1987	4.13	5.64
1988	4.04	5.62
1989	3.96	5.56
1990	3.82	5.48
1991	3.63	5.38
1992	3.55	5.31
1993	3.46	5.25
1994	3.29	5.19
1995	3.13	5.11
1996	2.99	5.01
1997	2.92	4.91
1998	2.89	4.8
1999	2.9	4.69
2000	2.8	4.58
2001	2.65	4.5
2002	2.7	4.37
2003	2.78	4.25
2004	2.77	4.13
2005	2.67	3.97
2006	2.46	3.85
2007	2.28	3.72
2008	2.15	3.57
2009	2.05	3.47
2010	1.99	3.38
2011	2.03	3.29
2012	2.11	3.22
2013	2.17	3.15
2014	2.15	3.09
2015	2.11	3.03
2016	2.04	2.97
2017	1.98	2.86
2018	1.91	2.74
2019	1.84	2.59
2020	1.86	2.47
2021	1.85	2.39
2022	1.84	2.34
2023	1.82	2.31
2024	1.8	2.29
2025	1.78	2.26
2026	1.77	2.23
2027	1.75	2.2
2028	1.74	2.17
2029	1.74	2.15
2030	1.73	2.13
2031	1.72	2.11
2032	1.72	2.09
2033	1.71	2.08
2034	1.71	2.06
2035	1.7	2.05
2036	1.7	2.03
2037	1.69	2.02
2038	1.69	2
2039	1.69	1.99
2040	1.68	1.97
2041	1.68	1.96
2042	1.68	1.95
2043	1.68	1.93
2044	1.68	1.92
2045	1.67	1.92
2046	1.67	1.91
2047	1.67	1.9
2048	1.67	1.89
2049	1.66	1.89
2050	1.66	1.88

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahrain	Guatemala
1960	42.7%	46.7%
1961	42.9%	46.7%
1962	43.2%	46.8%
1963	43.6%	46.7%
1964	44.1%	46.6%
1965	44.7%	46.6%
1966	45.3%	46.5%
1967	45.9%	46.4%
1968	46.1%	46.2%
1969	45.8%	46.2%
1970	45.3%	46.1%
1971	44.4%	46%
1972	43.4%	46%
1973	42.2%	46%
1974	41%	45.9%
1975	39.8%	45.8%
1976	38.7%	45.7%
1977	37.7%	45.6%
1978	36.8%	45.6%
1979	36%	45.5%
1980	35.3%	45.5%
1981	34.8%	45.6%
1982	34.4%	45.6%
1983	34%	45.7%
1984	33.7%	45.7%
1985	33.4%	45.7%
1986	33.3%	45.7%
1987	33.3%	45.6%
1988	33.3%	45.6%
1989	33.4%	45.5%
1990	33.6%	45.4%
1991	33.6%	45.3%
1992	33.5%	45.2%
1993	33.1%	45.1%
1994	32.6%	44.9%
1995	32.2%	44.8%
1996	31.7%	44.7%
1997	31.2%	44.5%
1998	30.7%	44.3%
1999	30.2%	44.1%
2000	29.8%	43.8%
2001	28.9%	43.6%
2002	27.6%	43.3%
2003	26.2%	43%
2004	24.9%	42.5%
2005	23.7%	42.1%
2006	22.8%	41.6%
2007	22%	41%
2008	21.3%	40.5%
2009	20.6%	39.9%
2010	20.4%	39.3%
2011	20.4%	38.7%
2012	19.9%	38.1%
2013	19.8%	37.5%
2014	20.3%	36.9%
2015	20.5%	36.4%
2016	20.1%	35.9%
2017	19.8%	35.4%
2018	19.8%	34.9%
2019	20.1%	34.4%
2020	19.9%	33.8%
2021	19.3%	33.3%
2022	19.1%	32.7%
2023	19%	32.1%
2024	18.7%	31.6%
2025	18.4%	31%
2026	18.2%	30.5%
2027	17.9%	29.9%
2028	17.7%	29.4%
2029	17.6%	28.8%
2030	17.4%	28.3%
2031	17.3%	27.8%
2032	17.2%	27.3%
2033	17.1%	26.8%
2034	17.1%	26.4%
2035	17.1%	26%
2036	17.2%	25.7%
2037	17.3%	25.5%
2038	17.3%	25.2%
2039	17.3%	24.9%
2040	17.3%	24.6%
2041	17.3%	24.3%
2042	17.3%	24%
2043	17.3%	23.7%
2044	17.3%	23.4%
2045	17.3%	23.1%
2046	17.3%	22.8%
2047	17.3%	22.5%
2048	17.2%	22.2%
2049	17.2%	21.9%
2050	17.1%	21.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Bahrain and 31.6% in Guatemala in 2024, compared to 33.6% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bahrain and Guatemala compared.

Natural population change in Bahrain vs Guatemala by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.16% in Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Guatemala
1960	5,513	120,728
1961	5,882	123,753
1962	6,232	126,429
1963	6,557	129,065
1964	6,873	132,832
1965	7,148	135,997
1966	7,342	140,494
1967	7,492	143,859
1968	7,584	146,946
1969	7,277	149,516
1970	6,973	155,946
1971	6,650	165,104
1972	6,763	173,162
1973	7,012	179,871
1974	7,265	184,992
1975	7,535	188,501
1976	7,818	171,903
1977	8,093	203,299
1978	8,358	211,301
1979	8,587	216,810
1980	8,802	218,460
1981	9,020	221,044
1982	9,396	199,809
1983	9,821	238,059
1984	10,269	241,892
1985	10,924	246,119
1986	11,455	252,754
1987	11,709	261,746
1988	11,995	271,466
1989	12,293	276,736
1990	12,337	280,318
1991	11,491	283,917
1992	11,577	288,411
1993	11,521	295,515
1994	11,133	302,708
1995	10,824	309,236
1996	10,607	315,252
1997	10,739	320,087
1998	10,970	325,174
1999	11,397	328,890
2000	11,339	332,891
2001	10,948	335,503
2002	11,875	334,255
2003	13,243	333,539
2004	14,454	331,699
2005	15,196	325,816
2006	15,248	325,604
2007	15,393	326,298
2008	15,541	323,226
2009	15,795	323,320
2010	16,474	324,802
2011	15,990	328,548
2012	16,219	332,365
2013	17,044	331,321
2014	17,826	333,551
2015	18,193	335,072
2016	17,996	338,114
2017	18,140	332,838
2018	17,445	323,100
2019	16,639	307,389
2020	15,056	281,328
2021	15,401	255,145
2022	17,058	281,675
2023	16,356	289,635

Maternal mortality chart: Bahrain vs Guatemala

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bahrain, compared to 94 deaths in Guatemala.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	Guatemala
1985	37	301
1986	37	286
1987	36	277
1988	36	273
1989	35	271
1990	35	270
1991	34	268
1992	34	269
1993	33	262
1994	33	244
1995	31	229
1996	30	213
1997	28	198
1998	27	185
1999	26	174
2000	25	166
2001	24	162
2002	23	153
2003	22	150
2004	21	148
2005	20	153
2006	20	142
2007	19	135
2008	19	133
2009	18	130
2010	18	127
2011	18	120
2012	17	115
2013	17	111
2014	16	111
2015	16	112
2016	17	110
2017	17	107
2018	16	107
2019	17	106
2020	7	102
2021	10	125
2022	5	97
2023	17	94

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.86% in Bahrain 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
	Bahrain	Guatemala
1960	19.8%	22.2%
1961	18.2%	21.6%
1962	16.6%	21.1%
1963	15.2%	20.6%
1964	13.9%	20.1%
1965	12.7%	19.6%
1966	11.5%	19.1%
1967	10.5%	18.6%
1968	9.5%	18.1%
1969	8.6%	17.6%
1970	7.79%	17.1%
1971	7.05%	16.6%
1972	6.38%	16.1%
1973	5.8%	15.6%
1974	5.29%	15.1%
1975	4.84%	14.6%
1976	4.45%	16.5%
1977	4.11%	13.6%
1978	3.81%	13.2%
1979	3.54%	12.7%
1980	3.3%	12.2%
1981	3.09%	11.8%
1982	2.91%	13.6%
1983	2.76%	10.9%
1984	2.63%	10.5%
1985	2.52%	10%
1986	2.44%	9.6%
1987	2.38%	9.19%
1988	2.34%	8.79%
1989	2.32%	8.41%
1990	2.31%	8.04%
1991	2.27%	7.68%
1992	2.21%	7.34%
1993	2.1%	7.02%
1994	1.97%	6.71%
1995	1.82%	6.42%
1996	1.66%	6.15%
1997	1.52%	5.89%
1998	1.41%	5.65%
1999	1.32%	5.42%
2000	1.25%	5.21%
2001	1.2%	5%
2002	1.16%	4.8%
2003	1.13%	4.61%
2004	1.1%	4.43%
2005	1.06%	4.26%
2006	1.03%	4.1%
2007	0.98%	3.93%
2008	0.94%	3.78%
2009	0.9%	3.62%
2010	0.86%	3.48%
2011	0.83%	3.33%
2012	0.81%	3.2%
2013	0.79%	3.07%
2014	0.78%	2.94%
2015	0.77%	2.83%
2016	0.76%	2.72%
2017	0.77%	2.63%
2018	0.77%	2.54%
2019	0.78%	2.45%
2020	0.8%	2.37%
2021	0.82%	2.28%
2022	0.84%	2.21%
2023	0.86%	2.14%