Fertility & birth rates in El Salvador and Paraguay

Fertility rate in El Salvador vs Paraguay 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 2.42 in Paraguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check El Salvador 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
	El Salvador	Paraguay
1960	6.62	6.5
1961	6.64	6.49
1962	6.68	6.47
1963	6.69	6.45
1964	6.68	6.42
1965	6.64	6.35
1966	6.57	6.23
1967	6.49	6.1
1968	6.39	5.97
1969	6.28	5.84
1970	6.18	5.72
1971	6.13	5.59
1972	6.03	5.46
1973	5.93	5.35
1974	5.82	5.27
1975	5.71	5.18
1976	5.59	5.12
1977	5.47	5.08
1978	5.36	5.04
1979	5.23	5.06
1980	5.11	5.1
1981	4.99	5.15
1982	4.83	5.13
1983	4.65	5.09
1984	4.48	5.04
1985	4.32	4.97
1986	4.19	4.93
1987	4.18	4.85
1988	4.1	4.77
1989	4.03	4.68
1990	3.96	4.57
1991	3.89	4.48
1992	3.8	4.4
1993	3.69	4.28
1994	3.61	4.2
1995	3.57	4.11
1996	3.48	4.01
1997	3.38	3.91
1998	3.34	3.8
1999	3.22	3.67
2000	3.08	3.51
2001	2.93	3.36
2002	2.78	3.23
2003	2.64	3.12
2004	2.52	3.05
2005	2.44	2.97
2006	2.4	2.89
2007	2.35	2.82
2008	2.29	2.79
2009	2.26	2.76
2010	2.24	2.7
2011	2.22	2.67
2012	2.19	2.66
2013	2.15	2.64
2014	2.13	2.65
2015	2.07	2.65
2016	1.97	2.62
2017	1.9	2.59
2018	1.85	2.56
2019	1.84	2.53
2020	1.82	2.5
2021	1.8	2.47
2022	1.79	2.44
2023	1.78	2.42
2024	1.77	2.42
2025	1.75	2.39
2026	1.74	2.37
2027	1.73	2.35
2028	1.72	2.33
2029	1.72	2.31
2030	1.71	2.29
2031	1.7	2.27
2032	1.7	2.26
2033	1.69	2.24
2034	1.69	2.22
2035	1.68	2.21
2036	1.68	2.19
2037	1.68	2.17
2038	1.67	2.16
2039	1.67	2.14
2040	1.67	2.13
2041	1.67	2.12
2042	1.67	2.11
2043	1.67	2.09
2044	1.66	2.08
2045	1.66	2.07
2046	1.66	2.06
2047	1.66	2.05
2048	1.66	2.04
2049	1.66	2.03
2050	1.65	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	El Salvador	Paraguay
1960	45.5%	46.3%
1961	45.7%	46.2%
1962	45.8%	46.1%
1963	46%	46%
1964	46.1%	46%
1965	46.2%	46%
1966	46.3%	46%
1967	46.5%	45.9%
1968	46.6%	45.8%
1969	46.8%	45.7%
1970	46.8%	45.5%
1971	46.7%	45.2%
1972	46.6%	45%
1973	46.4%	44.6%
1974	46.2%	44.2%
1975	45.9%	43.7%
1976	45.6%	43.3%
1977	45.3%	42.8%
1978	44.9%	42.4%
1979	44.5%	42%
1980	44.2%	41.6%
1981	43.9%	41.4%
1982	43.7%	41.2%
1983	43.4%	41.2%
1984	43.1%	41.2%
1985	42.7%	41.2%
1986	42.4%	41.3%
1987	42.1%	41.3%
1988	41.9%	41.4%
1989	41.8%	41.5%
1990	41.7%	41.5%
1991	41.7%	41.5%
1992	41.5%	41.5%
1993	41.1%	41.4%
1994	40.5%	41.3%
1995	39.8%	41.1%
1996	39.1%	40.8%
1997	38.5%	40.4%
1998	38%	40%
1999	37.5%	39.5%
2000	37.1%	39%
2001	36.7%	38.4%
2002	36.3%	37.9%
2003	35.9%	37.3%
2004	35.4%	36.6%
2005	34.9%	35.8%
2006	34.4%	35.1%
2007	33.9%	34.4%
2008	33.4%	33.8%
2009	32.7%	33.2%
2010	32%	32.5%
2011	31.3%	32%
2012	30.6%	31.4%
2013	29.9%	30.9%
2014	29.2%	30.5%
2015	28.6%	30.2%
2016	28%	29.9%
2017	27.5%	29.7%
2018	27%	29.5%
2019	26.7%	29.3%
2020	26.3%	29.1%
2021	26%	29%
2022	25.6%	28.9%
2023	25.2%	28.8%
2024	24.8%	28.6%
2025	24.4%	28.4%
2026	24%	28.1%
2027	23.5%	27.9%
2028	23.1%	27.6%
2029	22.7%	27.3%
2030	22.3%	26.9%
2031	21.9%	26.5%
2032	21.6%	26.1%
2033	21.4%	25.8%
2034	21.1%	25.4%
2035	20.8%	25%
2036	20.6%	24.7%
2037	20.3%	24.4%
2038	20.1%	24.1%
2039	19.8%	23.8%
2040	19.6%	23.5%
2041	19.3%	23.2%
2042	19%	23%
2043	18.8%	22.7%
2044	18.5%	22.5%
2045	18.3%	22.3%
2046	18%	22.1%
2047	17.8%	22%
2048	17.6%	21.8%
2049	17.3%	21.6%
2050	17.1%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.8% of the population in El Salvador and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 41.7% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of El Salvador and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in El Salvador vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.93% in El Salvador 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
	El Salvador	Paraguay
1960	81,544	60,009
1961	84,614	61,536
1962	88,237	63,079
1963	90,794	64,741
1964	93,328	65,681
1965	95,341	66,063
1966	97,156	66,002
1967	98,424	65,695
1968	98,851	65,575
1969	99,848	65,616
1970	100,499	65,905
1971	104,714	66,142
1972	107,604	66,625
1973	111,546	67,803
1974	113,846	69,059
1975	116,737	70,285
1976	120,511	71,973
1977	121,446	74,359
1978	124,468	76,691
1979	123,838	80,345
1980	111,771	84,568
1981	117,346	89,456
1982	120,938	92,917
1983	121,700	96,406
1984	125,036	99,937
1985	127,248	102,859
1986	130,177	105,776
1987	133,667	107,962
1988	136,230	110,348
1989	139,093	111,727
1990	140,311	112,864
1991	140,691	114,472
1992	139,221	115,442
1993	138,432	115,211
1994	137,974	115,662
1995	138,268	115,777
1996	136,929	115,623
1997	134,448	115,095
1998	134,065	114,122
1999	128,947	112,726
2000	122,315	109,979
2001	114,313	107,225
2002	106,137	104,658
2003	97,849	102,427
2004	90,905	101,896
2005	84,883	101,035
2006	80,887	99,808
2007	76,776	99,141
2008	75,107	99,821
2009	74,908	100,296
2010	75,695	99,456
2011	76,182	100,442
2012	75,495	102,508
2013	73,869	103,383
2014	72,581	105,585
2015	69,263	106,817
2016	63,751	106,804
2017	59,824	105,634
2018	57,509	104,908
2019	56,816	103,179
2020	48,244	98,667
2021	46,530	78,667
2022	53,138	94,627
2023	51,985	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: El Salvador vs Paraguay

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 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	El Salvador	Paraguay
1985	193	237
1986	169	230
1987	178	225
1988	173	220
1989	155	209
1990	145	198
1991	129	192
1992	121	195
1993	114	197
1994	101	201
1995	89	202
1996	78	203
1997	67	205
1998	61	207
1999	53	207
2000	48	207
2001	45	207
2002	40	206
2003	38	203
2004	35	199
2005	34	194
2006	33	186
2007	33	177
2008	33	166
2009	35	152
2010	34	136
2011	35	120
2012	36	100
2013	39	84
2014	41	70
2015	43	64
2016	43	60
2017	44	58
2018	43	58
2019	40	58
2020	48	69
2021	58	140
2022	39	78
2023	39	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.04% in El Salvador 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
	El Salvador	Paraguay
1960	18.5%	8.18%
1961	18.1%	8.11%
1962	17.7%	8.06%
1963	17.3%	8.02%
1964	17%	7.99%
1965	16.6%	7.96%
1966	16.3%	7.94%
1967	16%	7.91%
1968	15.6%	7.88%
1969	15.3%	7.84%
1970	15%	7.79%
1971	14.6%	7.73%
1972	14.3%	7.66%
1973	13.9%	7.57%
1974	13.5%	7.46%
1975	13.1%	7.34%
1976	12.6%	7.21%
1977	12.1%	7.06%
1978	11.6%	6.91%
1979	11.1%	6.74%
1980	12.5%	6.55%
1981	10%	6.35%
1982	9.46%	6.14%
1983	8.94%	5.92%
1984	8.42%	5.71%
1985	7.93%	5.5%
1986	7.47%	5.3%
1987	7.04%	5.1%
1988	6.65%	4.92%
1989	6.28%	4.73%
1990	5.94%	4.55%
1991	5.61%	4.38%
1992	5.3%	4.23%
1993	5%	4.08%
1994	4.71%	3.95%
1995	4.42%	3.83%
1996	4.15%	3.72%
1997	3.89%	3.62%
1998	3.65%	3.53%
1999	3.43%	3.45%
2000	3.23%	3.36%
2001	3.04%	3.29%
2002	2.86%	3.22%
2003	2.7%	3.14%
2004	2.55%	3.07%
2005	2.4%	2.99%
2006	2.27%	2.91%
2007	2.15%	2.83%
2008	2.04%	2.75%
2009	1.94%	2.67%
2010	1.84%	2.59%
2011	1.75%	2.51%
2012	1.67%	2.44%
2013	1.59%	2.37%
2014	1.52%	2.3%
2015	1.45%	2.22%
2016	1.39%	2.15%
2017	1.33%	2.08%
2018	1.27%	2.01%
2019	1.22%	1.94%
2020	1.17%	1.88%
2021	1.12%	1.82%
2022	1.08%	1.76%
2023	1.04%	1.7%