Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Paraguay 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 2.42 in Paraguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bhutan vs Paraguay 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	Paraguay
1960	6.7	6.5
1961	6.7	6.49
1962	6.69	6.47
1963	6.69	6.45
1964	6.68	6.42
1965	6.68	6.35
1966	6.67	6.23
1967	6.67	6.1
1968	6.66	5.97
1969	6.66	5.84
1970	6.65	5.72
1971	6.64	5.59
1972	6.64	5.46
1973	6.63	5.35
1974	6.62	5.27
1975	6.62	5.18
1976	6.62	5.12
1977	6.61	5.08
1978	6.58	5.04
1979	6.55	5.06
1980	6.51	5.1
1981	6.46	5.15
1982	6.4	5.13
1983	6.34	5.09
1984	6.26	5.04
1985	6.18	4.97
1986	6.1	4.93
1987	6	4.85
1988	5.88	4.77
1989	5.76	4.68
1990	5.6	4.57
1991	5.45	4.48
1992	5.27	4.4
1993	5.07	4.28
1994	4.87	4.2
1995	4.62	4.11
1996	4.37	4.01
1997	4.09	3.91
1998	3.85	3.8
1999	3.61	3.67
2000	3.38	3.51
2001	3.19	3.36
2002	3.01	3.23
2003	2.87	3.12
2004	2.78	3.05
2005	2.73	2.97
2006	2.66	2.89
2007	2.59	2.82
2008	2.48	2.79
2009	2.36	2.76
2010	2.25	2.7
2011	2.15	2.67
2012	2.07	2.66
2013	2	2.64
2014	1.92	2.65
2015	1.84	2.65
2016	1.74	2.62
2017	1.62	2.59
2018	1.52	2.56
2019	1.45	2.53
2020	1.5	2.5
2021	1.49	2.47
2022	1.48	2.44
2023	1.46	2.42
2024	1.45	2.42
2025	1.44	2.39
2026	1.43	2.37
2027	1.42	2.35
2028	1.42	2.33
2029	1.42	2.31
2030	1.42	2.29
2031	1.42	2.27
2032	1.42	2.26
2033	1.42	2.24
2034	1.42	2.22
2035	1.42	2.21
2036	1.43	2.19
2037	1.43	2.17
2038	1.43	2.16
2039	1.43	2.14
2040	1.43	2.13
2041	1.44	2.12
2042	1.44	2.11
2043	1.44	2.09
2044	1.44	2.08
2045	1.44	2.07
2046	1.45	2.06
2047	1.45	2.05
2048	1.45	2.04
2049	1.46	2.03
2050	1.46	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Paraguay
1960	42.3%	46.3%
1961	42.1%	46.2%
1962	41.9%	46.1%
1963	41.8%	46%
1964	41.8%	46%
1965	41.7%	46%
1966	41.7%	46%
1967	41.7%	45.9%
1968	41.8%	45.8%
1969	41.8%	45.7%
1970	41.8%	45.5%
1971	41.9%	45.2%
1972	42%	45%
1973	42.1%	44.6%
1974	42.2%	44.2%
1975	42.3%	43.7%
1976	42.4%	43.3%
1977	42.5%	42.8%
1978	42.6%	42.4%
1979	42.7%	42%
1980	42.8%	41.6%
1981	42.9%	41.4%
1982	43%	41.2%
1983	43.1%	41.2%
1984	43.1%	41.2%
1985	43.1%	41.2%
1986	43.1%	41.3%
1987	43.1%	41.3%
1988	43%	41.4%
1989	43%	41.5%
1990	42.9%	41.5%
1991	42.8%	41.5%
1992	42.6%	41.5%
1993	42.4%	41.4%
1994	42.1%	41.3%
1995	41.7%	41.1%
1996	41.3%	40.8%
1997	40.7%	40.4%
1998	40.1%	40%
1999	39.4%	39.5%
2000	38.6%	39%
2001	37.7%	38.4%
2002	36.6%	37.9%
2003	35.5%	37.3%
2004	34.3%	36.6%
2005	33.2%	35.8%
2006	32.4%	35.1%
2007	31.6%	34.4%
2008	30.8%	33.8%
2009	30.1%	33.2%
2010	29.4%	32.5%
2011	28.8%	32%
2012	28.3%	31.4%
2013	27.8%	30.9%
2014	27.4%	30.5%
2015	27%	30.2%
2016	26.5%	29.9%
2017	25.8%	29.7%
2018	25%	29.5%
2019	24.2%	29.3%
2020	23.4%	29.1%
2021	22.7%	29%
2022	22%	28.9%
2023	21.5%	28.8%
2024	20.9%	28.6%
2025	20.4%	28.4%
2026	19.8%	28.1%
2027	19.3%	27.9%
2028	18.7%	27.6%
2029	18.3%	27.3%
2030	17.9%	26.9%
2031	17.6%	26.5%
2032	17.4%	26.1%
2033	17.2%	25.8%
2034	17.1%	25.4%
2035	17%	25%
2036	16.9%	24.7%
2037	16.8%	24.4%
2038	16.6%	24.1%
2039	16.5%	23.8%
2040	16.3%	23.5%
2041	16.2%	23.2%
2042	16%	23%
2043	15.9%	22.7%
2044	15.7%	22.5%
2045	15.6%	22.3%
2046	15.4%	22.1%
2047	15.2%	22%
2048	15%	21.8%
2049	14.8%	21.6%
2050	14.6%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan and +1.56% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	4,888	60,009
1961	5,081	61,536
1962	5,297	63,079
1963	5,551	64,741
1964	5,818	65,681
1965	6,109	66,063
1966	6,418	66,002
1967	6,744	65,695
1968	7,085	65,575
1969	7,435	65,616
1970	7,791	65,905
1971	8,161	66,142
1972	8,549	66,625
1973	8,939	67,803
1974	9,324	69,059
1975	9,775	70,285
1976	10,228	71,973
1977	10,679	74,359
1978	11,133	76,691
1979	11,583	80,345
1980	12,016	84,568
1981	12,444	89,456
1982	12,872	92,917
1983	13,284	96,406
1984	13,688	99,937
1985	14,061	102,859
1986	14,516	105,776
1987	14,887	107,962
1988	15,212	110,348
1989	15,516	111,727
1990	15,704	112,864
1991	15,801	114,472
1992	15,594	115,442
1993	13,915	115,211
1994	13,536	115,662
1995	12,938	115,777
1996	12,153	115,623
1997	11,668	115,095
1998	11,320	114,122
1999	10,940	112,726
2000	10,142	109,979
2001	9,904	107,225
2002	9,464	104,658
2003	9,132	102,427
2004	9,056	101,896
2005	9,102	101,035
2006	9,197	99,808
2007	9,322	99,141
2008	9,200	99,821
2009	8,913	100,296
2010	8,598	99,456
2011	8,282	100,442
2012	7,967	102,508
2013	7,689	103,383
2014	7,290	105,585
2015	6,762	106,817
2016	6,164	106,804
2017	5,367	105,634
2018	4,909	104,908
2019	4,643	103,179
2020	5,142	98,667
2021	5,162	78,667
2022	5,204	94,627
2023	5,153	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Paraguay

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 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Paraguay
1985	969	237
1986	911	230
1987	857	225
1988	798	220
1989	747	209
1990	704	198
1991	671	192
1992	656	195
1993	578	197
1994	544	201
1995	498	202
1996	450	203
1997	415	205
1998	378	207
1999	346	207
2000	324	207
2001	286	207
2002	257	206
2003	229	203
2004	207	199
2005	186	194
2006	167	186
2007	149	177
2008	133	166
2009	121	152
2010	107	136
2011	96	120
2012	86	100
2013	79	84
2014	73	70
2015	68	64
2016	63	60
2017	58	58
2018	55	58
2019	52	58
2020	51	69
2021	50	140
2022	49	78
2023	47	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan and 1.7% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	-	8.18%
1961	-	8.11%
1962	-	8.06%
1963	-	8.02%
1964	-	7.99%
1965	-	7.96%
1966	-	7.94%
1967	-	7.91%
1968	27.4%	7.88%
1969	26.7%	7.84%
1970	26.2%	7.79%
1971	25.5%	7.73%
1972	24.9%	7.66%
1973	24.3%	7.57%
1974	23.6%	7.46%
1975	22.9%	7.34%
1976	22.3%	7.21%
1977	21.6%	7.06%
1978	20.9%	6.91%
1979	20.2%	6.74%
1980	19.5%	6.55%
1981	18.7%	6.35%
1982	18%	6.14%
1983	17.3%	5.92%
1984	16.6%	5.71%
1985	15.9%	5.5%
1986	15.3%	5.3%
1987	14.6%	5.1%
1988	14%	4.92%
1989	13.4%	4.73%
1990	12.8%	4.55%
1991	12.3%	4.38%
1992	11.8%	4.23%
1993	11.3%	4.08%
1994	10.8%	3.95%
1995	10.3%	3.83%
1996	9.75%	3.72%
1997	9.26%	3.62%
1998	8.77%	3.53%
1999	8.3%	3.45%
2000	7.85%	3.36%
2001	7.4%	3.29%
2002	6.96%	3.22%
2003	6.54%	3.14%
2004	6.12%	3.07%
2005	5.71%	2.99%
2006	5.32%	2.91%
2007	4.96%	2.83%
2008	4.62%	2.75%
2009	4.31%	2.67%
2010	4.03%	2.59%
2011	3.77%	2.51%
2012	3.56%	2.44%
2013	3.38%	2.37%
2014	3.22%	2.3%
2015	3.08%	2.22%
2016	2.96%	2.15%
2017	2.85%	2.08%
2018	2.74%	2.01%
2019	2.65%	1.94%
2020	2.55%	1.88%
2021	2.47%	1.82%
2022	2.39%	1.76%
2023	2.31%	1.7%