Fertility & birth rates in Comoros and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Comoros vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Comoros was 3.88 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 Comoros 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
	Comoros	Paraguay
1960	6.79	6.5
1961	6.85	6.49
1962	6.9	6.47
1963	6.92	6.45
1964	6.94	6.42
1965	6.97	6.35
1966	7	6.23
1967	7.02	6.1
1968	7.05	5.97
1969	7.07	5.84
1970	7.1	5.72
1971	7.12	5.59
1972	7.14	5.46
1973	7.17	5.35
1974	7.16	5.27
1975	7.16	5.18
1976	7.16	5.12
1977	7.15	5.08
1978	7.16	5.04
1979	7.16	5.06
1980	7.15	5.1
1981	7.14	5.15
1982	7.13	5.13
1983	7.11	5.09
1984	7.07	5.04
1985	7.02	4.97
1986	6.95	4.93
1987	6.87	4.85
1988	6.76	4.77
1989	6.65	4.68
1990	6.51	4.57
1991	6.35	4.48
1992	6.19	4.4
1993	6.02	4.28
1994	5.86	4.2
1995	5.73	4.11
1996	5.63	4.01
1997	5.51	3.91
1998	5.39	3.8
1999	5.28	3.67
2000	5.23	3.51
2001	5.2	3.36
2002	5.16	3.23
2003	5.12	3.12
2004	5.07	3.05
2005	5.01	2.97
2006	4.93	2.89
2007	4.86	2.82
2008	4.81	2.79
2009	4.78	2.76
2010	4.76	2.7
2011	4.72	2.67
2012	4.65	2.66
2013	4.57	2.64
2014	4.49	2.65
2015	4.42	2.65
2016	4.35	2.62
2017	4.28	2.59
2018	4.21	2.56
2019	4.14	2.53
2020	4.07	2.5
2021	4	2.47
2022	3.94	2.44
2023	3.88	2.42
2024	3.82	2.42
2025	3.76	2.39
2026	3.71	2.37
2027	3.65	2.35
2028	3.6	2.33
2029	3.55	2.31
2030	3.5	2.29
2031	3.44	2.27
2032	3.4	2.26
2033	3.36	2.24
2034	3.31	2.22
2035	3.27	2.21
2036	3.23	2.19
2037	3.19	2.17
2038	3.15	2.16
2039	3.11	2.14
2040	3.07	2.13
2041	3.04	2.12
2042	3	2.11
2043	2.97	2.09
2044	2.93	2.08
2045	2.9	2.07
2046	2.87	2.06
2047	2.84	2.05
2048	2.81	2.04
2049	2.78	2.03
2050	2.76	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Comoros	Paraguay
1960	41.6%	46.3%
1961	42%	46.2%
1962	42.5%	46.1%
1963	43.1%	46%
1964	43.7%	46%
1965	44.1%	46%
1966	44.5%	46%
1967	44.9%	45.9%
1968	45.3%	45.8%
1969	45.6%	45.7%
1970	45.8%	45.5%
1971	45.9%	45.2%
1972	46%	45%
1973	46.2%	44.6%
1974	46.3%	44.2%
1975	46.4%	43.7%
1976	46.6%	43.3%
1977	46.7%	42.8%
1978	46.8%	42.4%
1979	46.9%	42%
1980	46.9%	41.6%
1981	46.9%	41.4%
1982	46.9%	41.2%
1983	46.9%	41.2%
1984	46.8%	41.2%
1985	46.9%	41.2%
1986	46.9%	41.3%
1987	46.9%	41.3%
1988	46.9%	41.4%
1989	47%	41.5%
1990	47%	41.5%
1991	46.9%	41.5%
1992	47.1%	41.5%
1993	47.5%	41.4%
1994	47.7%	41.3%
1995	47.9%	41.1%
1996	47.9%	40.8%
1997	47.9%	40.4%
1998	47.7%	40%
1999	47.4%	39.5%
2000	47%	39%
2001	46.7%	38.4%
2002	46.6%	37.9%
2003	46.3%	37.3%
2004	45.7%	36.6%
2005	45%	35.8%
2006	44.3%	35.1%
2007	43.6%	34.4%
2008	42.9%	33.8%
2009	42.2%	33.2%
2010	41.6%	32.5%
2011	41%	32%
2012	40.5%	31.4%
2013	40.2%	30.9%
2014	40%	30.5%
2015	39.8%	30.2%
2016	39.6%	29.9%
2017	39.3%	29.7%
2018	38.9%	29.5%
2019	38.6%	29.3%
2020	38.3%	29.1%
2021	38%	29%
2022	37.7%	28.9%
2023	37.4%	28.8%
2024	37.1%	28.6%
2025	36.9%	28.4%
2026	36.6%	28.1%
2027	36.3%	27.9%
2028	36%	27.6%
2029	35.7%	27.3%
2030	35.3%	26.9%
2031	35%	26.5%
2032	34.7%	26.1%
2033	34.4%	25.8%
2034	34%	25.4%
2035	33.7%	25%
2036	33.4%	24.7%
2037	33.1%	24.4%
2038	32.8%	24.1%
2039	32.5%	23.8%
2040	32.2%	23.5%
2041	32%	23.2%
2042	31.7%	23%
2043	31.5%	22.7%
2044	31.2%	22.5%
2045	31%	22.3%
2046	30.8%	22.1%
2047	30.6%	22%
2048	30.3%	21.8%
2049	30.1%	21.6%
2050	29.9%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.1% of the population in Comoros and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 47% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Comoros and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Comoros vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Comoros 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
	Comoros	Paraguay
1960	4,886	60,009
1961	5,027	61,536
1962	5,157	63,079
1963	5,249	64,741
1964	5,359	65,681
1965	5,465	66,063
1966	5,601	66,002
1967	5,741	65,695
1968	5,960	65,575
1969	6,189	65,616
1970	6,456	65,905
1971	6,722	66,142
1972	7,019	66,625
1973	7,328	67,803
1974	7,654	69,059
1975	7,752	70,285
1976	8,371	71,973
1977	8,750	74,359
1978	9,189	76,691
1979	9,637	80,345
1980	10,095	84,568
1981	10,569	89,456
1982	11,002	92,917
1983	11,367	96,406
1984	11,830	99,937
1985	12,202	102,859
1986	12,566	105,776
1987	12,869	107,962
1988	13,144	110,348
1989	13,374	111,727
1990	13,610	112,864
1991	13,783	114,472
1992	13,867	115,442
1993	13,667	115,211
1994	13,465	115,662
1995	13,403	115,777
1996	13,390	115,623
1997	13,254	115,095
1998	13,099	114,122
1999	13,161	112,726
2000	13,270	109,979
2001	13,598	107,225
2002	13,760	104,658
2003	14,031	102,427
2004	14,349	101,896
2005	14,810	101,035
2006	15,124	99,808
2007	15,393	99,141
2008	15,804	99,821
2009	16,315	100,296
2010	16,849	99,456
2011	17,313	100,442
2012	17,565	102,508
2013	17,776	103,383
2014	17,876	105,585
2015	17,961	106,817
2016	17,913	106,804
2017	17,798	105,634
2018	17,883	104,908
2019	17,936	103,179
2020	17,906	98,667
2021	17,645	78,667
2022	18,154	94,627
2023	18,247	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Comoros vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 179 deaths per 100,000 live births in Comoros, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Comoros	Paraguay
1985	850	237
1986	825	230
1987	811	225
1988	791	220
1989	768	209
1990	737	198
1991	704	192
1992	675	195
1993	642	197
1994	602	201
1995	571	202
1996	545	203
1997	520	205
1998	515	207
1999	486	207
2000	476	207
2001	440	207
2002	428	206
2003	400	203
2004	385	199
2005	373	194
2006	360	186
2007	352	177
2008	334	166
2009	320	152
2010	305	136
2011	291	120
2012	274	100
2013	260	84
2014	247	70
2015	237	64
2016	225	60
2017	219	58
2018	209	58
2019	202	58
2020	198	69
2021	215	140
2022	186	78
2023	179	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.98% in Comoros 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
	Comoros	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	-	7.88%
1969	-	7.84%
1970	23.2%	7.79%
1971	22.5%	7.73%
1972	22%	7.66%
1973	21.4%	7.57%
1974	20.8%	7.46%
1975	20.3%	7.34%
1976	19.7%	7.21%
1977	19.1%	7.06%
1978	18.6%	6.91%
1979	18%	6.74%
1980	17.4%	6.55%
1981	16.8%	6.35%
1982	16.2%	6.14%
1983	15.7%	5.92%
1984	15.1%	5.71%
1985	14.6%	5.5%
1986	14%	5.3%
1987	13.5%	5.1%
1988	13%	4.92%
1989	12.6%	4.73%
1990	12.1%	4.55%
1991	11.6%	4.38%
1992	11.1%	4.23%
1993	10.7%	4.08%
1994	10.2%	3.95%
1995	9.78%	3.83%
1996	9.37%	3.72%
1997	9%	3.62%
1998	8.63%	3.53%
1999	8.28%	3.45%
2000	7.96%	3.36%
2001	7.65%	3.29%
2002	7.36%	3.22%
2003	7.07%	3.14%
2004	6.8%	3.07%
2005	6.55%	2.99%
2006	6.31%	2.91%
2007	6.08%	2.83%
2008	5.88%	2.75%
2009	5.69%	2.67%
2010	5.51%	2.59%
2011	5.36%	2.51%
2012	5.21%	2.44%
2013	5.08%	2.37%
2014	4.97%	2.3%
2015	4.87%	2.22%
2016	4.76%	2.15%
2017	4.66%	2.08%
2018	4.56%	2.01%
2019	4.46%	1.94%
2020	4.35%	1.88%
2021	4.24%	1.82%
2022	4.11%	1.76%
2023	3.98%	1.7%