Fertility & birth rates in El Salvador and Guyana

Fertility rate in El Salvador vs Guyana chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in El Salvador was 1.78 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 El Salvador 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
	El Salvador	Guyana
1960	6.62	6.33
1961	6.64	6.34
1962	6.68	6.33
1963	6.69	6.31
1964	6.68	6.23
1965	6.64	6.14
1966	6.57	6.02
1967	6.49	5.89
1968	6.39	5.75
1969	6.28	5.58
1970	6.18	5.41
1971	6.13	5.26
1972	6.03	5.08
1973	5.93	4.87
1974	5.82	4.64
1975	5.71	4.45
1976	5.59	4.28
1977	5.47	4.12
1978	5.36	3.97
1979	5.23	3.86
1980	5.11	3.77
1981	4.99	3.72
1982	4.83	3.68
1983	4.65	3.64
1984	4.48	3.54
1985	4.32	3.47
1986	4.19	3.38
1987	4.18	3.31
1988	4.1	3.23
1989	4.03	3.19
1990	3.96	3.18
1991	3.89	3.18
1992	3.8	3.19
1993	3.69	3.2
1994	3.61	3.23
1995	3.57	3.24
1996	3.48	3.23
1997	3.38	3.22
1998	3.34	3.18
1999	3.22	3.13
2000	3.08	3.06
2001	2.93	2.96
2002	2.78	2.84
2003	2.64	2.75
2004	2.52	2.68
2005	2.44	2.65
2006	2.4	2.66
2007	2.35	2.68
2008	2.29	2.7
2009	2.26	2.69
2010	2.24	2.68
2011	2.22	2.69
2012	2.19	2.7
2013	2.15	2.71
2014	2.13	2.7
2015	2.07	2.67
2016	1.97	2.63
2017	1.9	2.59
2018	1.85	2.55
2019	1.84	2.52
2020	1.82	2.49
2021	1.8	2.46
2022	1.79	2.44
2023	1.78	2.41
2024	1.77	2.39
2025	1.75	2.37
2026	1.74	2.35
2027	1.73	2.32
2028	1.72	2.3
2029	1.72	2.28
2030	1.71	2.26
2031	1.7	2.23
2032	1.7	2.21
2033	1.69	2.2
2034	1.69	2.18
2035	1.68	2.16
2036	1.68	2.15
2037	1.68	2.13
2038	1.67	2.12
2039	1.67	2.11
2040	1.67	2.1
2041	1.67	2.09
2042	1.67	2.07
2043	1.67	2.06
2044	1.66	2.05
2045	1.66	2.03
2046	1.66	2.02
2047	1.66	2.01
2048	1.66	2
2049	1.66	1.98
2050	1.65	1.98

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	El Salvador	Guyana
1960	45.5%	46.8%
1961	45.7%	47%
1962	45.8%	47.4%
1963	46%	47.6%
1964	46.1%	47.7%
1965	46.2%	47.8%
1966	46.3%	47.7%
1967	46.5%	47.5%
1968	46.6%	47.3%
1969	46.8%	46.9%
1970	46.8%	46.6%
1971	46.7%	46.3%
1972	46.6%	46%
1973	46.4%	45.7%
1974	46.2%	45.3%
1975	45.9%	44.9%
1976	45.6%	44.4%
1977	45.3%	43.9%
1978	44.9%	43.4%
1979	44.5%	42.9%
1980	44.2%	42.5%
1981	43.9%	41.9%
1982	43.7%	41.2%
1983	43.4%	40.5%
1984	43.1%	39.9%
1985	42.7%	39.2%
1986	42.4%	38.6%
1987	42.1%	38%
1988	41.9%	37.5%
1989	41.8%	37.2%
1990	41.7%	36.9%
1991	41.7%	36.7%
1992	41.5%	36.5%
1993	41.1%	36.4%
1994	40.5%	36.4%
1995	39.8%	36.4%
1996	39.1%	36.4%
1997	38.5%	36.5%
1998	38%	36.6%
1999	37.5%	36.6%
2000	37.1%	36.6%
2001	36.7%	36.5%
2002	36.3%	36.4%
2003	35.9%	36.1%
2004	35.4%	35.8%
2005	34.9%	35.3%
2006	34.4%	34.7%
2007	33.9%	34.1%
2008	33.4%	33.5%
2009	32.7%	32.9%
2010	32%	32.2%
2011	31.3%	31.6%
2012	30.6%	31.1%
2013	29.9%	30.8%
2014	29.2%	30.5%
2015	28.6%	30.3%
2016	28%	30.1%
2017	27.5%	30%
2018	27%	29.5%
2019	26.7%	29.3%
2020	26.3%	29.5%
2021	26%	29.4%
2022	25.6%	29.4%
2023	25.2%	29.3%
2024	24.8%	29.2%
2025	24.4%	28.9%
2026	24%	28.7%
2027	23.5%	28.4%
2028	23.1%	28.1%
2029	22.7%	27.8%
2030	22.3%	27.4%
2031	21.9%	27%
2032	21.6%	26.7%
2033	21.4%	26.3%
2034	21.1%	26%
2035	20.8%	25.6%
2036	20.6%	25.2%
2037	20.3%	24.9%
2038	20.1%	24.6%
2039	19.8%	24.3%
2040	19.6%	24.1%
2041	19.3%	23.9%
2042	19%	23.6%
2043	18.8%	23.4%
2044	18.5%	23.3%
2045	18.3%	23.1%
2046	18%	22.9%
2047	17.8%	22.7%
2048	17.6%	22.6%
2049	17.3%	22.4%
2050	17.1%	22.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.8% of the population in El Salvador and 29.2% in Guyana in 2024, compared to 41.7% and 36.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of El Salvador and Guyana compared.

Natural population change in El Salvador vs Guyana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.93% in El Salvador 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
	El Salvador	Guyana
1960	81,544	17,867
1961	84,614	18,092
1962	88,237	18,344
1963	90,794	18,606
1964	93,328	18,729
1965	95,341	18,791
1966	97,156	18,862
1967	98,424	18,933
1968	98,851	19,035
1969	99,848	19,133
1970	100,499	19,233
1971	104,714	19,273
1972	107,604	19,219
1973	111,546	18,991
1974	113,846	18,589
1975	116,737	18,317
1976	120,511	18,083
1977	121,446	17,805
1978	124,468	17,539
1979	123,838	17,402
1980	111,771	17,298
1981	117,346	17,471
1982	120,938	17,644
1983	121,700	17,753
1984	125,036	17,466
1985	127,248	17,292
1986	130,177	16,940
1987	133,667	16,600
1988	136,230	16,189
1989	139,093	15,947
1990	140,311	15,917
1991	140,691	15,896
1992	139,221	15,990
1993	138,432	16,099
1994	137,974	16,185
1995	138,268	15,991
1996	136,929	15,768
1997	134,448	15,568
1998	134,065	15,292
1999	128,947	14,763
2000	122,315	14,128
2001	114,313	13,307
2002	106,137	12,218
2003	97,849	11,344
2004	90,905	10,767
2005	84,883	10,455
2006	80,887	10,525
2007	76,776	10,741
2008	75,107	10,792
2009	74,908	10,758
2010	75,695	10,652
2011	76,182	10,713
2012	75,495	10,633
2013	73,869	10,887
2014	72,581	11,143
2015	69,263	11,199
2016	63,751	11,168
2017	59,824	11,108
2018	57,509	10,946
2019	56,816	11,665
2020	48,244	10,307
2021	46,530	8,125
2022	53,138	11,042
2023	51,985	10,716

Maternal mortality chart: El Salvador vs Guyana

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 39 deaths per 100,000 live births in El Salvador, compared to 75 deaths in Guyana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	El Salvador	Guyana
1985	193	241
1986	169	238
1987	178	234
1988	173	230
1989	155	227
1990	145	224
1991	129	219
1992	121	208
1993	114	205
1994	101	204
1995	89	207
1996	78	202
1997	67	195
1998	61	184
1999	53	178
2000	48	171
2001	45	163
2002	40	164
2003	38	164
2004	35	162
2005	34	166
2006	33	167
2007	33	158
2008	33	153
2009	35	146
2010	34	141
2011	35	135
2012	36	133
2013	39	128
2014	41	121
2015	43	117
2016	43	114
2017	44	110
2018	43	105
2019	40	107
2020	48	109
2021	58	189
2022	39	83
2023	39	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.04% in El Salvador 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
	El Salvador	Guyana
1960	18.5%	9.19%
1961	18.1%	8.81%
1962	17.7%	8.49%
1963	17.3%	8.21%
1964	17%	7.99%
1965	16.6%	7.8%
1966	16.3%	7.66%
1967	16%	7.56%
1968	15.6%	7.48%
1969	15.3%	7.43%
1970	15%	7.39%
1971	14.6%	7.37%
1972	14.3%	7.35%
1973	13.9%	7.33%
1974	13.5%	7.31%
1975	13.1%	7.27%
1976	12.6%	7.24%
1977	12.1%	7.19%
1978	11.6%	7.14%
1979	11.1%	7.08%
1980	12.5%	7.02%
1981	10%	6.96%
1982	9.46%	6.89%
1983	8.94%	6.82%
1984	8.42%	6.74%
1985	7.93%	6.66%
1986	7.47%	6.57%
1987	7.04%	6.47%
1988	6.65%	6.35%
1989	6.28%	6.22%
1990	5.94%	6.08%
1991	5.61%	5.92%
1992	5.3%	5.77%
1993	5%	5.6%
1994	4.71%	5.45%
1995	4.42%	5.3%
1996	4.15%	5.16%
1997	3.89%	5.02%
1998	3.65%	4.89%
1999	3.43%	4.77%
2000	3.23%	4.65%
2001	3.04%	4.53%
2002	2.86%	4.42%
2003	2.7%	4.32%
2004	2.55%	4.23%
2005	2.4%	4.14%
2006	2.27%	4.05%
2007	2.15%	3.97%
2008	2.04%	3.89%
2009	1.94%	3.81%
2010	1.84%	3.73%
2011	1.75%	3.65%
2012	1.67%	3.58%
2013	1.59%	3.49%
2014	1.52%	3.4%
2015	1.45%	3.31%
2016	1.39%	3.21%
2017	1.33%	3.11%
2018	1.27%	3.02%
2019	1.22%	2.93%
2020	1.17%	2.84%
2021	1.12%	2.75%
2022	1.08%	2.66%
2023	1.04%	2.57%