Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Guatemala

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Guatemala chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bhutan was 1.46 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 Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	Guatemala
1960	6.7	7
1961	6.7	6.98
1962	6.69	6.93
1963	6.69	6.9
1964	6.68	6.87
1965	6.68	6.84
1966	6.67	6.8
1967	6.67	6.76
1968	6.66	6.7
1969	6.66	6.65
1970	6.65	6.6
1971	6.64	6.55
1972	6.64	6.51
1973	6.63	6.49
1974	6.62	6.46
1975	6.62	6.41
1976	6.62	6.37
1977	6.61	6.32
1978	6.58	6.26
1979	6.55	6.22
1980	6.51	6.17
1981	6.46	6.12
1982	6.4	6.06
1983	6.34	5.98
1984	6.26	5.86
1985	6.18	5.73
1986	6.1	5.66
1987	6	5.64
1988	5.88	5.62
1989	5.76	5.56
1990	5.6	5.48
1991	5.45	5.38
1992	5.27	5.31
1993	5.07	5.25
1994	4.87	5.19
1995	4.62	5.11
1996	4.37	5.01
1997	4.09	4.91
1998	3.85	4.8
1999	3.61	4.69
2000	3.38	4.58
2001	3.19	4.5
2002	3.01	4.37
2003	2.87	4.25
2004	2.78	4.13
2005	2.73	3.97
2006	2.66	3.85
2007	2.59	3.72
2008	2.48	3.57
2009	2.36	3.47
2010	2.25	3.38
2011	2.15	3.29
2012	2.07	3.22
2013	2	3.15
2014	1.92	3.09
2015	1.84	3.03
2016	1.74	2.97
2017	1.62	2.86
2018	1.52	2.74
2019	1.45	2.59
2020	1.5	2.47
2021	1.49	2.39
2022	1.48	2.34
2023	1.46	2.31
2024	1.45	2.29
2025	1.44	2.26
2026	1.43	2.23
2027	1.42	2.2
2028	1.42	2.17
2029	1.42	2.15
2030	1.42	2.13
2031	1.42	2.11
2032	1.42	2.09
2033	1.42	2.08
2034	1.42	2.06
2035	1.42	2.05
2036	1.43	2.03
2037	1.43	2.02
2038	1.43	2
2039	1.43	1.99
2040	1.43	1.97
2041	1.44	1.96
2042	1.44	1.95
2043	1.44	1.93
2044	1.44	1.92
2045	1.44	1.92
2046	1.45	1.91
2047	1.45	1.9
2048	1.45	1.89
2049	1.46	1.89
2050	1.46	1.88

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Guatemala
1960	42.3%	46.7%
1961	42.1%	46.7%
1962	41.9%	46.8%
1963	41.8%	46.7%
1964	41.8%	46.6%
1965	41.7%	46.6%
1966	41.7%	46.5%
1967	41.7%	46.4%
1968	41.8%	46.2%
1969	41.8%	46.2%
1970	41.8%	46.1%
1971	41.9%	46%
1972	42%	46%
1973	42.1%	46%
1974	42.2%	45.9%
1975	42.3%	45.8%
1976	42.4%	45.7%
1977	42.5%	45.6%
1978	42.6%	45.6%
1979	42.7%	45.5%
1980	42.8%	45.5%
1981	42.9%	45.6%
1982	43%	45.6%
1983	43.1%	45.7%
1984	43.1%	45.7%
1985	43.1%	45.7%
1986	43.1%	45.7%
1987	43.1%	45.6%
1988	43%	45.6%
1989	43%	45.5%
1990	42.9%	45.4%
1991	42.8%	45.3%
1992	42.6%	45.2%
1993	42.4%	45.1%
1994	42.1%	44.9%
1995	41.7%	44.8%
1996	41.3%	44.7%
1997	40.7%	44.5%
1998	40.1%	44.3%
1999	39.4%	44.1%
2000	38.6%	43.8%
2001	37.7%	43.6%
2002	36.6%	43.3%
2003	35.5%	43%
2004	34.3%	42.5%
2005	33.2%	42.1%
2006	32.4%	41.6%
2007	31.6%	41%
2008	30.8%	40.5%
2009	30.1%	39.9%
2010	29.4%	39.3%
2011	28.8%	38.7%
2012	28.3%	38.1%
2013	27.8%	37.5%
2014	27.4%	36.9%
2015	27%	36.4%
2016	26.5%	35.9%
2017	25.8%	35.4%
2018	25%	34.9%
2019	24.2%	34.4%
2020	23.4%	33.8%
2021	22.7%	33.3%
2022	22%	32.7%
2023	21.5%	32.1%
2024	20.9%	31.6%
2025	20.4%	31%
2026	19.8%	30.5%
2027	19.3%	29.9%
2028	18.7%	29.4%
2029	18.3%	28.8%
2030	17.9%	28.3%
2031	17.6%	27.8%
2032	17.4%	27.3%
2033	17.2%	26.8%
2034	17.1%	26.4%
2035	17%	26%
2036	16.9%	25.7%
2037	16.8%	25.5%
2038	16.6%	25.2%
2039	16.5%	24.9%
2040	16.3%	24.6%
2041	16.2%	24.3%
2042	16%	24%
2043	15.9%	23.7%
2044	15.7%	23.4%
2045	15.6%	23.1%
2046	15.4%	22.8%
2047	15.2%	22.5%
2048	15%	22.2%
2049	14.8%	21.9%
2050	14.6%	21.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 31.6% in Guatemala in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and Guatemala compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Guatemala by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	Guatemala
1960	4,888	120,728
1961	5,081	123,753
1962	5,297	126,429
1963	5,551	129,065
1964	5,818	132,832
1965	6,109	135,997
1966	6,418	140,494
1967	6,744	143,859
1968	7,085	146,946
1969	7,435	149,516
1970	7,791	155,946
1971	8,161	165,104
1972	8,549	173,162
1973	8,939	179,871
1974	9,324	184,992
1975	9,775	188,501
1976	10,228	171,903
1977	10,679	203,299
1978	11,133	211,301
1979	11,583	216,810
1980	12,016	218,460
1981	12,444	221,044
1982	12,872	199,809
1983	13,284	238,059
1984	13,688	241,892
1985	14,061	246,119
1986	14,516	252,754
1987	14,887	261,746
1988	15,212	271,466
1989	15,516	276,736
1990	15,704	280,318
1991	15,801	283,917
1992	15,594	288,411
1993	13,915	295,515
1994	13,536	302,708
1995	12,938	309,236
1996	12,153	315,252
1997	11,668	320,087
1998	11,320	325,174
1999	10,940	328,890
2000	10,142	332,891
2001	9,904	335,503
2002	9,464	334,255
2003	9,132	333,539
2004	9,056	331,699
2005	9,102	325,816
2006	9,197	325,604
2007	9,322	326,298
2008	9,200	323,226
2009	8,913	323,320
2010	8,598	324,802
2011	8,282	328,548
2012	7,967	332,365
2013	7,689	331,321
2014	7,290	333,551
2015	6,762	335,072
2016	6,164	338,114
2017	5,367	332,838
2018	4,909	323,100
2019	4,643	307,389
2020	5,142	281,328
2021	5,162	255,145
2022	5,204	281,675
2023	5,153	289,635

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Guatemala

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bhutan, compared to 94 deaths in Guatemala.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Guatemala
1985	969	301
1986	911	286
1987	857	277
1988	798	273
1989	747	271
1990	704	270
1991	671	268
1992	656	269
1993	578	262
1994	544	244
1995	498	229
1996	450	213
1997	415	198
1998	378	185
1999	346	174
2000	324	166
2001	286	162
2002	257	153
2003	229	150
2004	207	148
2005	186	153
2006	167	142
2007	149	135
2008	133	133
2009	121	130
2010	107	127
2011	96	120
2012	86	115
2013	79	111
2014	73	111
2015	68	112
2016	63	110
2017	58	107
2018	55	107
2019	52	106
2020	51	102
2021	50	125
2022	49	97
2023	47	94

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	Guatemala
1960	-	22.2%
1961	-	21.6%
1962	-	21.1%
1963	-	20.6%
1964	-	20.1%
1965	-	19.6%
1966	-	19.1%
1967	-	18.6%
1968	27.4%	18.1%
1969	26.7%	17.6%
1970	26.2%	17.1%
1971	25.5%	16.6%
1972	24.9%	16.1%
1973	24.3%	15.6%
1974	23.6%	15.1%
1975	22.9%	14.6%
1976	22.3%	16.5%
1977	21.6%	13.6%
1978	20.9%	13.2%
1979	20.2%	12.7%
1980	19.5%	12.2%
1981	18.7%	11.8%
1982	18%	13.6%
1983	17.3%	10.9%
1984	16.6%	10.5%
1985	15.9%	10%
1986	15.3%	9.6%
1987	14.6%	9.19%
1988	14%	8.79%
1989	13.4%	8.41%
1990	12.8%	8.04%
1991	12.3%	7.68%
1992	11.8%	7.34%
1993	11.3%	7.02%
1994	10.8%	6.71%
1995	10.3%	6.42%
1996	9.75%	6.15%
1997	9.26%	5.89%
1998	8.77%	5.65%
1999	8.3%	5.42%
2000	7.85%	5.21%
2001	7.4%	5%
2002	6.96%	4.8%
2003	6.54%	4.61%
2004	6.12%	4.43%
2005	5.71%	4.26%
2006	5.32%	4.1%
2007	4.96%	3.93%
2008	4.62%	3.78%
2009	4.31%	3.62%
2010	4.03%	3.48%
2011	3.77%	3.33%
2012	3.56%	3.2%
2013	3.38%	3.07%
2014	3.22%	2.94%
2015	3.08%	2.83%
2016	2.96%	2.72%
2017	2.85%	2.63%
2018	2.74%	2.54%
2019	2.65%	2.45%
2020	2.55%	2.37%
2021	2.47%	2.28%
2022	2.39%	2.21%
2023	2.31%	2.14%