Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Guyana

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Guyana chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Colombia was 1.65 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.41 in Guyana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Colombia vs Guyana population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Colombia	Guyana
1960	6.74	6.33
1961	6.71	6.34
1962	6.66	6.33
1963	6.58	6.31
1964	6.48	6.23
1965	6.33	6.14
1966	6.16	6.02
1967	5.96	5.89
1968	5.74	5.75
1969	5.51	5.58
1970	5.28	5.41
1971	5.06	5.26
1972	4.86	5.08
1973	4.68	4.87
1974	4.53	4.64
1975	4.4	4.45
1976	4.29	4.28
1977	4.16	4.12
1978	4	3.97
1979	3.89	3.86
1980	3.8	3.77
1981	3.71	3.72
1982	3.62	3.68
1983	3.5	3.64
1984	3.35	3.54
1985	3.23	3.47
1986	3.15	3.38
1987	3.09	3.31
1988	3.04	3.23
1989	3.01	3.19
1990	3	3.18
1991	2.98	3.18
1992	2.98	3.19
1993	2.98	3.2
1994	2.94	3.23
1995	2.85	3.24
1996	2.77	3.23
1997	2.74	3.22
1998	2.72	3.18
1999	2.64	3.13
2000	2.57	3.06
2001	2.52	2.96
2002	2.49	2.84
2003	2.45	2.75
2004	2.38	2.68
2005	2.31	2.65
2006	2.24	2.66
2007	2.19	2.68
2008	2.15	2.7
2009	2.1	2.69
2010	2.01	2.68
2011	1.94	2.69
2012	1.9	2.7
2013	1.86	2.71
2014	1.82	2.7
2015	1.77	2.67
2016	1.72	2.63
2017	1.72	2.59
2018	1.72	2.55
2019	1.71	2.52
2020	1.69	2.49
2021	1.68	2.46
2022	1.66	2.44
2023	1.65	2.41
2024	1.63	2.39
2025	1.62	2.37
2026	1.6	2.35
2027	1.6	2.32
2028	1.59	2.3
2029	1.59	2.28
2030	1.58	2.26
2031	1.58	2.23
2032	1.57	2.21
2033	1.57	2.2
2034	1.57	2.18
2035	1.57	2.16
2036	1.57	2.15
2037	1.57	2.13
2038	1.57	2.12
2039	1.57	2.11
2040	1.57	2.1
2041	1.57	2.09
2042	1.57	2.07
2043	1.57	2.06
2044	1.57	2.05
2045	1.57	2.03
2046	1.57	2.02
2047	1.58	2.01
2048	1.58	2
2049	1.58	1.98
2050	1.58	1.98

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Guyana
1960	46.8%	46.8%
1961	47%	47%
1962	47.1%	47.4%
1963	47.2%	47.6%
1964	47.3%	47.7%
1965	47.2%	47.8%
1966	47.1%	47.7%
1967	46.9%	47.5%
1968	46.7%	47.3%
1969	46.4%	46.9%
1970	46%	46.6%
1971	45.6%	46.3%
1972	45.1%	46%
1973	44.6%	45.7%
1974	44%	45.3%
1975	43.4%	44.9%
1976	42.8%	44.4%
1977	42.2%	43.9%
1978	41.5%	43.4%
1979	40.9%	42.9%
1980	40.3%	42.5%
1981	39.7%	41.9%
1982	39.1%	41.2%
1983	38.6%	40.5%
1984	38.1%	39.9%
1985	37.6%	39.2%
1986	37.2%	38.6%
1987	36.9%	38%
1988	36.5%	37.5%
1989	36.2%	37.2%
1990	35.9%	36.9%
1991	35.6%	36.7%
1992	35.3%	36.5%
1993	35%	36.4%
1994	34.7%	36.4%
1995	34.4%	36.4%
1996	34%	36.4%
1997	33.7%	36.5%
1998	33.3%	36.6%
1999	32.9%	36.6%
2000	32.5%	36.6%
2001	32.1%	36.5%
2002	31.7%	36.4%
2003	31.3%	36.1%
2004	30.9%	35.8%
2005	30.4%	35.3%
2006	29.9%	34.7%
2007	29.3%	34.1%
2008	28.7%	33.5%
2009	28.1%	32.9%
2010	27.5%	32.2%
2011	26.9%	31.6%
2012	26.3%	31.1%
2013	25.7%	30.8%
2014	25.1%	30.5%
2015	24.5%	30.3%
2016	23.9%	30.1%
2017	23.3%	30%
2018	22.7%	29.5%
2019	22.1%	29.3%
2020	21.7%	29.5%
2021	21.3%	29.4%
2022	21%	29.4%
2023	20.6%	29.3%
2024	20.3%	29.2%
2025	20%	28.9%
2026	19.7%	28.7%
2027	19.5%	28.4%
2028	19.3%	28.1%
2029	19.1%	27.8%
2030	18.8%	27.4%
2031	18.6%	27%
2032	18.4%	26.7%
2033	18.2%	26.3%
2034	18%	26%
2035	17.7%	25.6%
2036	17.4%	25.2%
2037	17.2%	24.9%
2038	16.9%	24.6%
2039	16.7%	24.3%
2040	16.4%	24.1%
2041	16.2%	23.9%
2042	16%	23.6%
2043	15.7%	23.4%
2044	15.5%	23.3%
2045	15.4%	23.1%
2046	15.2%	22.9%
2047	15%	22.7%
2048	14.8%	22.6%
2049	14.7%	22.4%
2050	14.6%	22.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 29.2% in Guyana in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 36.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Guyana compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Guyana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia and +1.36% in Guyana. 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
	Colombia	Guyana
1960	529,316	17,867
1961	545,627	18,092
1962	559,985	18,344
1963	572,355	18,606
1964	581,435	18,729
1965	587,677	18,791
1966	590,855	18,862
1967	591,649	18,933
1968	589,407	19,035
1969	586,559	19,133
1970	583,396	19,233
1971	582,011	19,273
1972	581,361	19,219
1973	583,608	18,991
1974	589,035	18,589
1975	598,580	18,317
1976	612,265	18,083
1977	622,814	17,805
1978	626,378	17,539
1979	635,747	17,402
1980	649,872	17,298
1981	662,195	17,471
1982	675,339	17,644
1983	674,767	17,753
1984	666,315	17,466
1985	625,379	17,292
1986	659,701	16,940
1987	659,429	16,600
1988	663,796	16,189
1989	674,102	15,947
1990	682,409	15,917
1991	690,266	15,896
1992	697,763	15,990
1993	709,287	16,099
1994	708,660	16,185
1995	694,968	15,991
1996	682,547	15,768
1997	686,073	15,568
1998	687,704	15,292
1999	668,576	14,763
2000	652,176	14,128
2001	642,933	13,307
2002	640,840	12,218
2003	642,144	11,344
2004	628,424	10,767
2005	610,618	10,455
2006	594,388	10,525
2007	583,115	10,741
2008	576,654	10,792
2009	559,017	10,758
2010	533,657	10,652
2011	511,524	10,713
2012	503,285	10,633
2013	489,069	10,887
2014	470,916	11,143
2015	446,778	11,199
2016	425,087	11,168
2017	426,538	11,108
2018	433,622	10,946
2019	441,087	11,665
2020	378,965	10,307
2021	311,122	8,125
2022	406,143	11,042
2023	422,598	10,716

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Guyana

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Colombia, compared to 75 deaths in Guyana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Guyana
1985	143	241
1986	123	238
1987	120	234
1988	113	230
1989	106	227
1990	102	224
1991	99	219
1992	97	208
1993	94	205
1994	93	204
1995	91	207
1996	89	202
1997	90	195
1998	92	184
1999	96	178
2000	95	171
2001	94	163
2002	91	164
2003	87	164
2004	84	162
2005	82	166
2006	81	167
2007	80	158
2008	78	153
2009	77	146
2010	76	141
2011	75	135
2012	73	133
2013	72	128
2014	71	121
2015	70	117
2016	69	114
2017	68	110
2018	67	105
2019	66	107
2020	94	109
2021	147	189
2022	74	83
2023	59	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia and 2.57% in Guyana. 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
	Colombia	Guyana
1960	13.4%	9.19%
1961	13%	8.81%
1962	12.6%	8.49%
1963	12.2%	8.21%
1964	11.8%	7.99%
1965	11.5%	7.8%
1966	11.1%	7.66%
1967	10.8%	7.56%
1968	10.4%	7.48%
1969	10.1%	7.43%
1970	9.72%	7.39%
1971	9.36%	7.37%
1972	8.99%	7.35%
1973	8.6%	7.33%
1974	8.2%	7.31%
1975	7.8%	7.27%
1976	7.39%	7.24%
1977	6.98%	7.19%
1978	6.58%	7.14%
1979	6.2%	7.08%
1980	5.84%	7.02%
1981	5.5%	6.96%
1982	5.17%	6.89%
1983	4.88%	6.82%
1984	4.62%	6.74%
1985	4.89%	6.66%
1986	4.17%	6.57%
1987	3.99%	6.47%
1988	3.84%	6.35%
1989	3.7%	6.22%
1990	3.57%	6.08%
1991	3.45%	5.92%
1992	3.33%	5.77%
1993	3.21%	5.6%
1994	3.1%	5.45%
1995	2.99%	5.3%
1996	2.88%	5.16%
1997	2.78%	5.02%
1998	2.68%	4.89%
1999	2.59%	4.77%
2000	2.51%	4.65%
2001	2.43%	4.53%
2002	2.35%	4.42%
2003	2.28%	4.32%
2004	2.22%	4.23%
2005	2.15%	4.14%
2006	2.09%	4.05%
2007	2.02%	3.97%
2008	1.96%	3.89%
2009	1.89%	3.81%
2010	1.83%	3.73%
2011	1.77%	3.65%
2012	1.72%	3.58%
2013	1.66%	3.49%
2014	1.61%	3.4%
2015	1.56%	3.31%
2016	1.51%	3.21%
2017	1.46%	3.11%
2018	1.41%	3.02%
2019	1.37%	2.93%
2020	1.32%	2.84%
2021	1.28%	2.75%
2022	1.24%	2.66%
2023	1.2%	2.57%