Fertility & birth rates in Bolivia and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Bolivia vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bolivia was 2.55 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 Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	Paraguay
1960	6.27	6.5
1961	6.26	6.49
1962	6.25	6.47
1963	6.23	6.45
1964	6.21	6.42
1965	6.18	6.35
1966	6.16	6.23
1967	6.13	6.1
1968	6.1	5.97
1969	6.06	5.84
1970	6	5.72
1971	5.95	5.59
1972	5.89	5.46
1973	5.85	5.35
1974	5.8	5.27
1975	5.75	5.18
1976	5.74	5.12
1977	5.67	5.08
1978	5.61	5.04
1979	5.54	5.06
1980	5.47	5.1
1981	5.41	5.15
1982	5.35	5.13
1983	5.29	5.09
1984	5.24	5.04
1985	5.15	4.97
1986	5.12	4.93
1987	5.06	4.85
1988	5.03	4.77
1989	4.97	4.68
1990	4.9	4.57
1991	4.85	4.48
1992	4.71	4.4
1993	4.59	4.28
1994	4.49	4.2
1995	4.41	4.11
1996	4.34	4.01
1997	4.22	3.91
1998	4.15	3.8
1999	4.09	3.67
2000	3.99	3.51
2001	3.89	3.36
2002	3.8	3.23
2003	3.72	3.12
2004	3.63	3.05
2005	3.56	2.97
2006	3.53	2.89
2007	3.45	2.82
2008	3.36	2.79
2009	3.29	2.76
2010	3.21	2.7
2011	3.14	2.67
2012	3.08	2.66
2013	3.01	2.64
2014	2.95	2.65
2015	2.89	2.65
2016	2.83	2.62
2017	2.78	2.59
2018	2.73	2.56
2019	2.69	2.53
2020	2.65	2.5
2021	2.62	2.47
2022	2.58	2.44
2023	2.55	2.42
2024	2.52	2.42
2025	2.5	2.39
2026	2.47	2.37
2027	2.45	2.35
2028	2.42	2.33
2029	2.4	2.31
2030	2.38	2.29
2031	2.36	2.27
2032	2.34	2.26
2033	2.32	2.24
2034	2.3	2.22
2035	2.28	2.21
2036	2.26	2.19
2037	2.24	2.17
2038	2.23	2.16
2039	2.21	2.14
2040	2.19	2.13
2041	2.18	2.12
2042	2.16	2.11
2043	2.15	2.09
2044	2.13	2.08
2045	2.12	2.07
2046	2.11	2.06
2047	2.09	2.05
2048	2.08	2.04
2049	2.07	2.03
2050	2.06	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bolivia	Paraguay
1960	40.6%	46.3%
1961	40.5%	46.2%
1962	40.5%	46.1%
1963	40.5%	46%
1964	40.6%	46%
1965	40.8%	46%
1966	40.9%	46%
1967	41%	45.9%
1968	41.1%	45.8%
1969	41.2%	45.7%
1970	41.2%	45.5%
1971	41.3%	45.2%
1972	41.3%	45%
1973	41.3%	44.6%
1974	41.3%	44.2%
1975	41.3%	43.7%
1976	41.3%	43.3%
1977	41.3%	42.8%
1978	41.2%	42.4%
1979	41.2%	42%
1980	41.1%	41.6%
1981	41.1%	41.4%
1982	41%	41.2%
1983	40.9%	41.2%
1984	40.9%	41.2%
1985	40.8%	41.2%
1986	40.7%	41.3%
1987	40.6%	41.3%
1988	40.5%	41.4%
1989	40.4%	41.5%
1990	40.3%	41.5%
1991	40.2%	41.5%
1992	40%	41.5%
1993	39.8%	41.4%
1994	39.6%	41.3%
1995	39.3%	41.1%
1996	39.1%	40.8%
1997	38.8%	40.4%
1998	38.6%	40%
1999	38.3%	39.5%
2000	38%	39%
2001	37.7%	38.4%
2002	37.4%	37.9%
2003	37.1%	37.3%
2004	36.7%	36.6%
2005	36.3%	35.8%
2006	36%	35.1%
2007	35.6%	34.4%
2008	35.2%	33.8%
2009	34.8%	33.2%
2010	34.4%	32.5%
2011	34.1%	32%
2012	33.7%	31.4%
2013	33.3%	30.9%
2014	33%	30.5%
2015	32.6%	30.2%
2016	32.3%	29.9%
2017	31.9%	29.7%
2018	31.6%	29.5%
2019	31.3%	29.3%
2020	31%	29.1%
2021	30.8%	29%
2022	30.5%	28.9%
2023	30.1%	28.8%
2024	29.8%	28.6%
2025	29.4%	28.4%
2026	29.1%	28.1%
2027	28.8%	27.9%
2028	28.5%	27.6%
2029	28.1%	27.3%
2030	27.8%	26.9%
2031	27.6%	26.5%
2032	27.3%	26.1%
2033	27%	25.8%
2034	26.7%	25.4%
2035	26.5%	25%
2036	26.2%	24.7%
2037	26%	24.4%
2038	25.7%	24.1%
2039	25.4%	23.8%
2040	25.2%	23.5%
2041	24.9%	23.2%
2042	24.7%	23%
2043	24.4%	22.7%
2044	24.2%	22.5%
2045	24%	22.3%
2046	23.7%	22.1%
2047	23.5%	22%
2048	23.3%	21.8%
2049	23%	21.6%
2050	22.8%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.8% of the population in Bolivia and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 40.3% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bolivia and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Bolivia vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.42% in Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	Paraguay
1960	78,501	60,009
1961	81,106	61,536
1962	84,090	63,079
1963	87,010	64,741
1964	89,745	65,681
1965	92,655	66,063
1966	95,800	66,002
1967	99,339	65,695
1968	102,671	65,575
1969	105,361	65,616
1970	107,897	65,905
1971	110,749	66,142
1972	112,799	66,625
1973	116,323	67,803
1974	119,560	69,059
1975	122,864	70,285
1976	128,552	71,973
1977	131,569	74,359
1978	134,504	76,691
1979	137,331	80,345
1980	140,460	84,568
1981	143,199	89,456
1982	144,825	92,917
1983	147,129	96,406
1984	150,545	99,937
1985	152,288	102,859
1986	156,146	105,776
1987	160,458	107,962
1988	164,763	110,348
1989	168,044	111,727
1990	171,351	112,864
1991	174,836	114,472
1992	174,242	115,442
1993	175,344	115,211
1994	175,387	115,662
1995	175,141	115,777
1996	175,861	115,623
1997	173,731	115,095
1998	174,207	114,122
1999	175,051	112,726
2000	172,996	109,979
2001	171,177	107,225
2002	170,656	104,658
2003	171,846	102,427
2004	172,350	101,896
2005	173,567	101,035
2006	177,999	99,808
2007	178,309	99,141
2008	178,576	99,821
2009	178,741	100,296
2010	179,036	99,456
2011	178,840	100,442
2012	178,716	102,508
2013	177,929	103,383
2014	176,967	105,585
2015	176,169	106,817
2016	175,057	106,804
2017	173,799	105,634
2018	172,775	104,908
2019	171,593	103,179
2020	131,870	98,667
2021	119,576	78,667
2022	167,691	94,627
2023	172,336	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Bolivia vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 146 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bolivia, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bolivia	Paraguay
1985	518	237
1986	503	230
1987	478	225
1988	457	220
1989	430	209
1990	407	198
1991	391	192
1992	375	195
1993	354	197
1994	336	201
1995	322	202
1996	314	203
1997	306	205
1998	298	207
1999	292	207
2000	287	207
2001	276	207
2002	262	206
2003	256	203
2004	251	199
2005	242	194
2006	236	186
2007	224	177
2008	214	166
2009	205	152
2010	196	136
2011	187	120
2012	180	100
2013	175	84
2014	171	70
2015	166	64
2016	162	60
2017	160	58
2018	157	58
2019	156	58
2020	218	69
2021	270	140
2022	164	78
2023	146	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bolivia 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
	Bolivia	Paraguay
1960	29%	8.18%
1961	28.4%	8.11%
1962	27.8%	8.06%
1963	27.2%	8.02%
1964	26.6%	7.99%
1965	26%	7.96%
1966	25.4%	7.94%
1967	24.8%	7.91%
1968	24.2%	7.88%
1969	23.6%	7.84%
1970	22.9%	7.79%
1971	22.3%	7.73%
1972	21.7%	7.66%
1973	21%	7.57%
1974	20.4%	7.46%
1975	19.8%	7.34%
1976	19.1%	7.21%
1977	18.5%	7.06%
1978	17.9%	6.91%
1979	17.4%	6.74%
1980	16.9%	6.55%
1981	16.5%	6.35%
1982	16%	6.14%
1983	15.6%	5.92%
1984	15.1%	5.71%
1985	14.6%	5.5%
1986	14.2%	5.3%
1987	13.7%	5.1%
1988	13.2%	4.92%
1989	12.7%	4.73%
1990	12.2%	4.55%
1991	11.7%	4.38%
1992	11.2%	4.23%
1993	10.8%	4.08%
1994	10.3%	3.95%
1995	9.84%	3.83%
1996	9.38%	3.72%
1997	8.93%	3.62%
1998	8.47%	3.53%
1999	8.02%	3.45%
2000	7.57%	3.36%
2001	7.14%	3.29%
2002	6.74%	3.22%
2003	6.35%	3.14%
2004	5.99%	3.07%
2005	5.64%	2.99%
2006	5.31%	2.91%
2007	5%	2.83%
2008	4.72%	2.75%
2009	4.45%	2.67%
2010	4.2%	2.59%
2011	3.97%	2.51%
2012	3.75%	2.44%
2013	3.54%	2.37%
2014	3.35%	2.3%
2015	3.18%	2.22%
2016	3.03%	2.15%
2017	2.9%	2.08%
2018	2.78%	2.01%
2019	2.67%	1.94%
2020	2.57%	1.88%
2021	2.48%	1.82%
2022	2.39%	1.76%
2023	2.31%	1.7%