Fertility & birth rates in Bulgaria and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Bulgaria vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bulgaria was 1.81 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.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bulgaria	Paraguay
1960	2.31	6.5
1961	2.29	6.49
1962	2.24	6.47
1963	2.21	6.45
1964	2.19	6.42
1965	2.09	6.35
1966	2.03	6.23
1967	2.02	6.1
1968	2.27	5.97
1969	2.27	5.84
1970	2.17	5.72
1971	2.1	5.59
1972	2.03	5.46
1973	2.15	5.35
1974	2.29	5.27
1975	2.23	5.18
1976	2.24	5.12
1977	2.21	5.08
1978	2.15	5.04
1979	2.16	5.06
1980	2.05	5.1
1981	2	5.15
1982	2.01	5.13
1983	2.01	5.09
1984	2.01	5.04
1985	1.97	4.97
1986	2.02	4.93
1987	1.96	4.85
1988	1.97	4.77
1989	1.9	4.68
1990	1.82	4.57
1991	1.66	4.48
1992	1.55	4.4
1993	1.46	4.28
1994	1.37	4.2
1995	1.23	4.11
1996	1.23	4.01
1997	1.09	3.91
1998	1.11	3.8
1999	1.23	3.67
2000	1.26	3.51
2001	1.21	3.36
2002	1.23	3.23
2003	1.26	3.12
2004	1.33	3.05
2005	1.37	2.97
2006	1.44	2.89
2007	1.49	2.82
2008	1.56	2.79
2009	1.66	2.76
2010	1.57	2.7
2011	1.51	2.67
2012	1.5	2.66
2013	1.54	2.64
2014	1.62	2.65
2015	1.64	2.65
2016	1.67	2.62
2017	1.71	2.59
2018	1.73	2.56
2019	1.79	2.53
2020	1.77	2.5
2021	1.8	2.47
2022	1.78	2.44
2023	1.81	2.42
2024	1.81	2.42
2025	1.8	2.39
2026	1.8	2.37
2027	1.8	2.35
2028	1.8	2.33
2029	1.79	2.31
2030	1.79	2.29
2031	1.79	2.27
2032	1.79	2.26
2033	1.79	2.24
2034	1.79	2.22
2035	1.78	2.21
2036	1.78	2.19
2037	1.78	2.17
2038	1.77	2.16
2039	1.77	2.14
2040	1.77	2.13
2041	1.77	2.12
2042	1.77	2.11
2043	1.76	2.09
2044	1.76	2.08
2045	1.76	2.07
2046	1.76	2.06
2047	1.76	2.05
2048	1.76	2.04
2049	1.76	2.03
2050	1.76	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bulgaria	Paraguay
1960	26.1%	46.3%
1961	25.8%	46.2%
1962	25.4%	46.1%
1963	25.1%	46%
1964	24.7%	46%
1965	24.2%	46%
1966	23.8%	46%
1967	23.4%	45.9%
1968	23.2%	45.8%
1969	23%	45.7%
1970	22.8%	45.5%
1971	22.6%	45.2%
1972	22.4%	45%
1973	22.3%	44.6%
1974	22.2%	44.2%
1975	22.3%	43.7%
1976	22.3%	43.3%
1977	22.2%	42.8%
1978	22.2%	42.4%
1979	22.1%	42%
1980	22.1%	41.6%
1981	22.1%	41.4%
1982	22.1%	41.2%
1983	22%	41.2%
1984	21.8%	41.2%
1985	21.6%	41.2%
1986	21.4%	41.3%
1987	21.3%	41.3%
1988	21.1%	41.4%
1989	20.8%	41.5%
1990	20.3%	41.5%
1991	19.8%	41.5%
1992	19.3%	41.5%
1993	18.8%	41.4%
1994	18.3%	41.3%
1995	17.9%	41.1%
1996	17.4%	40.8%
1997	17%	40.4%
1998	16.5%	40%
1999	16.1%	39.5%
2000	15.7%	39%
2001	15.2%	38.4%
2002	14.8%	37.9%
2003	14.4%	37.3%
2004	14%	36.6%
2005	13.7%	35.8%
2006	13.5%	35.1%
2007	13.4%	34.4%
2008	13.3%	33.8%
2009	13.4%	33.2%
2010	13.5%	32.5%
2011	13.5%	32%
2012	13.6%	31.4%
2013	13.7%	30.9%
2014	13.8%	30.5%
2015	13.9%	30.2%
2016	14%	29.9%
2017	14.2%	29.7%
2018	14.3%	29.5%
2019	14.4%	29.3%
2020	14.4%	29.1%
2021	14.5%	29%
2022	14.5%	28.9%
2023	14.5%	28.8%
2024	14.5%	28.6%
2025	14.4%	28.4%
2026	14.3%	28.1%
2027	14.3%	27.9%
2028	14.2%	27.6%
2029	14.1%	27.3%
2030	14%	26.9%
2031	14%	26.5%
2032	13.9%	26.1%
2033	13.8%	25.8%
2034	13.8%	25.4%
2035	13.7%	25%
2036	13.7%	24.7%
2037	13.7%	24.4%
2038	13.6%	24.1%
2039	13.6%	23.8%
2040	13.6%	23.5%
2041	13.6%	23.2%
2042	13.6%	23%
2043	13.6%	22.7%
2044	13.6%	22.5%
2045	13.6%	22.3%
2046	13.7%	22.1%
2047	13.7%	22%
2048	13.7%	21.8%
2049	13.8%	21.6%
2050	13.8%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.5% of the population in Bulgaria and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 20.3% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bulgaria and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Bulgaria vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.79% in Bulgaria 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
	Bulgaria	Paraguay
1960	76,314	60,009
1961	75,460	61,536
1962	64,104	63,079
1963	66,241	64,741
1964	66,783	65,681
1965	58,249	66,063
1966	54,504	66,002
1967	49,861	65,695
1968	69,468	65,575
1969	63,256	65,616
1970	61,125	65,905
1971	52,925	66,142
1972	47,169	66,625
1973	57,760	67,803
1974	64,223	69,059
1975	54,941	70,285
1976	56,055	71,973
1977	47,543	74,359
1978	44,070	76,691
1979	40,599	80,345
1980	30,129	84,568
1981	29,341	89,456
1982	24,077	92,917
1983	21,455	96,406
1984	20,610	99,937
1985	11,649	102,859
1986	16,125	105,776
1987	8,971	107,962
1988	9,879	110,348
1989	5,326	111,727
1990	-3,487	112,864
1991	-14,675	114,472
1992	-18,789	115,442
1993	-24,569	115,211
1994	-32,086	115,662
1995	-42,030	115,777
1996	-45,159	115,623
1997	-58,185	115,095
1998	-52,844	114,122
1999	-39,411	112,726
2000	-41,668	109,979
2001	-44,050	107,225
2002	-46,240	104,658
2003	-44,319	102,427
2004	-40,128	101,896
2005	-42,124	101,035
2006	-39,526	99,808
2007	-37,727	99,141
2008	-32,967	99,821
2009	-26,800	100,296
2010	-34,759	99,456
2011	-37,477	100,442
2012	-40,183	102,508
2013	-37,948	103,383
2014	-41,027	105,585
2015	-44,699	106,817
2016	-42,744	106,804
2017	-45,583	105,634
2018	-46,304	104,908
2019	-46,317	103,179
2020	-65,507	98,667
2021	-90,452	78,667
2022	-62,065	94,627
2023	-43,837	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Bulgaria vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 6 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bulgaria, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bulgaria	Paraguay
1985	26	237
1986	25	230
1987	25	225
1988	26	220
1989	25	209
1990	27	198
1991	25	192
1992	25	195
1993	23	197
1994	25	201
1995	23	202
1996	22	203
1997	23	205
1998	20	207
1999	20	207
2000	19	207
2001	17	207
2002	15	206
2003	14	203
2004	14	199
2005	13	194
2006	12	186
2007	11	177
2008	10	166
2009	9	152
2010	9	136
2011	8	120
2012	7	100
2013	7	84
2014	7	70
2015	7	64
2016	7	60
2017	7	58
2018	7	58
2019	6	58
2020	9	69
2021	9	140
2022	10	78
2023	6	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.61% in Bulgaria 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
	Bulgaria	Paraguay
1960	5.47%	8.18%
1961	4.89%	8.11%
1962	4.43%	8.06%
1963	4.08%	8.02%
1964	3.86%	7.99%
1965	3.75%	7.96%
1966	3.7%	7.94%
1967	3.64%	7.91%
1968	3.54%	7.88%
1969	3.4%	7.84%
1970	3.25%	7.79%
1971	3.11%	7.73%
1972	3.01%	7.66%
1973	2.95%	7.57%
1974	2.91%	7.46%
1975	2.86%	7.34%
1976	2.8%	7.21%
1977	2.72%	7.06%
1978	2.6%	6.91%
1979	2.49%	6.74%
1980	2.38%	6.55%
1981	2.3%	6.35%
1982	2.22%	6.14%
1983	2.15%	5.92%
1984	2.07%	5.71%
1985	1.97%	5.5%
1986	1.87%	5.3%
1987	1.8%	5.1%
1988	1.78%	4.92%
1989	1.79%	4.73%
1990	1.83%	4.55%
1991	1.89%	4.38%
1992	1.92%	4.23%
1993	1.92%	4.08%
1994	1.91%	3.95%
1995	1.92%	3.83%
1996	1.94%	3.72%
1997	1.93%	3.62%
1998	1.89%	3.53%
1999	1.82%	3.45%
2000	1.75%	3.36%
2001	1.68%	3.29%
2002	1.6%	3.22%
2003	1.51%	3.14%
2004	1.42%	3.07%
2005	1.33%	2.99%
2006	1.24%	2.91%
2007	1.18%	2.83%
2008	1.14%	2.75%
2009	1.12%	2.67%
2010	1.08%	2.59%
2011	1.04%	2.51%
2012	0.99%	2.44%
2013	0.93%	2.37%
2014	0.87%	2.3%
2015	0.82%	2.22%
2016	0.77%	2.15%
2017	0.73%	2.08%
2018	0.7%	2.01%
2019	0.67%	1.94%
2020	0.65%	1.88%
2021	0.63%	1.82%
2022	0.62%	1.76%
2023	0.61%	1.7%