Fertility & birth rates in Croatia and Guatemala

Fertility rate in Croatia vs Guatemala chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Croatia was 1.46 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.31 in Guatemala in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Croatia vs Guatemala population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Croatia	Guatemala
1960	2.24	7
1961	2.22	6.98
1962	2.19	6.93
1963	2.15	6.9
1964	2.14	6.87
1965	2.22	6.84
1966	2.23	6.8
1967	2.1	6.76
1968	2.03	6.7
1969	1.95	6.65
1970	1.88	6.6
1971	1.97	6.55
1972	2.01	6.51
1973	2.01	6.49
1974	1.98	6.46
1975	1.95	6.41
1976	1.94	6.37
1977	1.95	6.32
1978	1.96	6.26
1979	1.95	6.22
1980	1.93	6.17
1981	1.93	6.12
1982	1.9	6.06
1983	1.88	5.98
1984	1.87	5.86
1985	1.82	5.73
1986	1.76	5.66
1987	1.64	5.64
1988	1.79	5.62
1989	1.63	5.56
1990	1.63	5.48
1991	1.53	5.38
1992	1.48	5.31
1993	1.52	5.25
1994	1.47	5.19
1995	1.58	5.11
1996	1.67	5.01
1997	1.69	4.91
1998	1.45	4.8
1999	1.38	4.69
2000	1.39	4.58
2001	1.46	4.5
2002	1.42	4.37
2003	1.41	4.25
2004	1.43	4.13
2005	1.5	3.97
2006	1.47	3.85
2007	1.48	3.72
2008	1.47	3.57
2009	1.5	3.47
2010	1.46	3.38
2011	1.41	3.29
2012	1.52	3.22
2013	1.46	3.15
2014	1.46	3.09
2015	1.41	3.03
2016	1.43	2.97
2017	1.42	2.86
2018	1.47	2.74
2019	1.47	2.59
2020	1.48	2.47
2021	1.62	2.39
2022	1.53	2.34
2023	1.46	2.31
2024	1.46	2.29
2025	1.47	2.26
2026	1.46	2.23
2027	1.47	2.2
2028	1.47	2.17
2029	1.47	2.15
2030	1.47	2.13
2031	1.48	2.11
2032	1.48	2.09
2033	1.48	2.08
2034	1.48	2.06
2035	1.49	2.05
2036	1.49	2.03
2037	1.49	2.02
2038	1.49	2
2039	1.49	1.99
2040	1.49	1.97
2041	1.5	1.96
2042	1.5	1.95
2043	1.5	1.93
2044	1.5	1.92
2045	1.5	1.92
2046	1.51	1.91
2047	1.51	1.9
2048	1.51	1.89
2049	1.51	1.89
2050	1.51	1.88

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Croatia	Guatemala
1960	27%	46.7%
1961	26.9%	46.7%
1962	26.8%	46.8%
1963	26.5%	46.7%
1964	26.1%	46.6%
1965	25.7%	46.6%
1966	25.2%	46.5%
1967	24.8%	46.4%
1968	24.3%	46.2%
1969	23.7%	46.2%
1970	23.2%	46.1%
1971	22.8%	46%
1972	22.4%	46%
1973	22.2%	46%
1974	22%	45.9%
1975	21.8%	45.8%
1976	21.6%	45.7%
1977	21.4%	45.6%
1978	21.3%	45.6%
1979	21.2%	45.5%
1980	21.1%	45.5%
1981	21%	45.6%
1982	21%	45.6%
1983	20.9%	45.7%
1984	20.9%	45.7%
1985	20.8%	45.7%
1986	20.7%	45.7%
1987	20.5%	45.6%
1988	20.3%	45.6%
1989	20.1%	45.5%
1990	19.8%	45.4%
1991	19.5%	45.3%
1992	19.2%	45.2%
1993	18.8%	45.1%
1994	18.4%	44.9%
1995	18%	44.8%
1996	17.7%	44.7%
1997	17.5%	44.5%
1998	17.3%	44.3%
1999	17.1%	44.1%
2000	16.9%	43.8%
2001	16.7%	43.6%
2002	16.5%	43.3%
2003	16.3%	43%
2004	16%	42.5%
2005	15.8%	42.1%
2006	15.7%	41.6%
2007	15.5%	41%
2008	15.4%	40.5%
2009	15.4%	39.9%
2010	15.3%	39.3%
2011	15.1%	38.7%
2012	15%	38.1%
2013	14.8%	37.5%
2014	14.7%	36.9%
2015	14.6%	36.4%
2016	14.6%	35.9%
2017	14.6%	35.4%
2018	14.6%	34.9%
2019	14.5%	34.4%
2020	14.5%	33.8%
2021	14.4%	33.3%
2022	14.3%	32.7%
2023	14.1%	32.1%
2024	13.9%	31.6%
2025	13.7%	31%
2026	13.5%	30.5%
2027	13.3%	29.9%
2028	13.2%	29.4%
2029	13.1%	28.8%
2030	13%	28.3%
2031	12.9%	27.8%
2032	12.8%	27.3%
2033	12.8%	26.8%
2034	12.7%	26.4%
2035	12.7%	26%
2036	12.6%	25.7%
2037	12.6%	25.5%
2038	12.6%	25.2%
2039	12.6%	24.9%
2040	12.6%	24.6%
2041	12.6%	24.3%
2042	12.6%	24%
2043	12.7%	23.7%
2044	12.7%	23.4%
2045	12.7%	23.1%
2046	12.7%	22.8%
2047	12.8%	22.5%
2048	12.8%	22.2%
2049	12.8%	21.9%
2050	12.7%	21.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13.9% of the population in Croatia and 31.6% in Guatemala in 2024, compared to 19.8% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Croatia and Guatemala compared.

Natural population change in Croatia vs Guatemala by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.45% in Croatia and +1.83% in Guatemala. 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
	Croatia	Guatemala
1960	34,778	120,728
1961	36,255	123,753
1962	30,216	126,429
1963	31,270	129,065
1964	25,942	132,832
1965	31,251	135,997
1966	33,192	140,494
1967	26,032	143,859
1968	21,828	146,946
1969	16,688	149,516
1970	16,767	155,946
1971	19,941	165,104
1972	17,802	173,162
1973	21,904	179,871
1974	22,453	184,992
1975	21,658	188,501
1976	22,226	171,903
1977	22,798	203,299
1978	20,157	211,301
1979	21,136	216,810
1980	17,939	218,460
1981	15,680	221,044
1982	15,756	199,809
1983	10,714	238,059
1984	10,764	241,892
1985	10,343	246,119
1986	8,499	252,754
1987	6,161	261,746
1988	5,707	271,466
1989	3,337	276,736
1990	3,344	280,318
1991	-2,813	283,917
1992	-4,576	288,411
1993	-2,301	295,515
1994	-930	302,708
1995	0	309,236
1996	3,190	315,252
1997	3,175	320,087
1998	-4,985	325,174
1999	-6,769	328,890
2000	-6,255	332,891
2001	-8,599	335,503
2002	-10,325	334,255
2003	-12,480	333,539
2004	-9,040	331,699
2005	-9,022	325,816
2006	-8,669	325,604
2007	-10,335	326,298
2008	-8,188	323,226
2009	-7,319	323,320
2010	-8,591	324,802
2011	-9,846	328,548
2012	-9,799	332,365
2013	-10,162	331,321
2014	-11,345	333,551
2015	-16,607	335,072
2016	-13,553	338,114
2017	-16,570	332,838
2018	-15,557	323,100
2019	-15,008	307,389
2020	-20,354	281,328
2021	-26,377	255,145
2022	-23,134	281,675
2023	-19,298	289,635

Maternal mortality chart: Croatia vs Guatemala

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Croatia, compared to 94 deaths in Guatemala.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Croatia	Guatemala
1985	10	301
1986	10	286
1987	10	277
1988	10	273
1989	9	271
1990	10	270
1991	10	268
1992	10	269
1993	9	262
1994	9	244
1995	9	229
1996	9	213
1997	9	198
1998	8	185
1999	8	174
2000	8	166
2001	7	162
2002	7	153
2003	8	150
2004	7	148
2005	7	153
2006	6	142
2007	6	135
2008	6	133
2009	6	130
2010	6	127
2011	5	120
2012	5	115
2013	5	111
2014	4	111
2015	4	112
2016	4	110
2017	4	107
2018	3	107
2019	4	106
2020	5	102
2021	12	125
2022	6	97
2023	3	94

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.46% in Croatia and 2.14% in Guatemala. 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
	Croatia	Guatemala
1960	-	22.2%
1961	-	21.6%
1962	-	21.1%
1963	-	20.6%
1964	-	20.1%
1965	-	19.6%
1966	-	19.1%
1967	-	18.6%
1968	-	18.1%
1969	-	17.6%
1970	-	17.1%
1971	-	16.6%
1972	-	16.1%
1973	-	15.6%
1974	-	15.1%
1975	-	14.6%
1976	-	16.5%
1977	-	13.6%
1978	-	13.2%
1979	-	12.7%
1980	-	12.2%
1981	2.19%	11.8%
1982	2.09%	13.6%
1983	2%	10.9%
1984	1.91%	10.5%
1985	1.8%	10%
1986	1.69%	9.6%
1987	1.59%	9.19%
1988	1.48%	8.79%
1989	1.38%	8.41%
1990	1.29%	8.04%
1991	1.39%	7.68%
1992	1.15%	7.34%
1993	1.09%	7.02%
1994	1.04%	6.71%
1995	1%	6.42%
1996	0.96%	6.15%
1997	0.93%	5.89%
1998	0.9%	5.65%
1999	0.86%	5.42%
2000	0.83%	5.21%
2001	0.8%	5%
2002	0.77%	4.8%
2003	0.82%	4.61%
2004	0.71%	4.43%
2005	0.67%	4.26%
2006	0.64%	4.1%
2007	0.61%	3.93%
2008	0.59%	3.78%
2009	0.57%	3.62%
2010	0.55%	3.48%
2011	0.53%	3.33%
2012	0.52%	3.2%
2013	0.51%	3.07%
2014	0.5%	2.94%
2015	0.49%	2.83%
2016	0.49%	2.72%
2017	0.48%	2.63%
2018	0.48%	2.54%
2019	0.47%	2.45%
2020	0.47%	2.37%
2021	0.46%	2.28%
2022	0.46%	2.21%
2023	0.46%	2.14%