Fertility & birth rates in Estonia and Guatemala

Fertility rate in Estonia vs Guatemala chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Estonia was 1.31 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 Estonia 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
	Estonia	Guatemala
1960	1.98	7
1961	1.98	6.98
1962	1.95	6.93
1963	1.89	6.9
1964	1.94	6.87
1965	1.88	6.84
1966	1.87	6.8
1967	1.9	6.76
1968	2.03	6.7
1969	2.13	6.65
1970	2.17	6.6
1971	2.19	6.55
1972	2.13	6.51
1973	2.06	6.49
1974	2.07	6.46
1975	2.04	6.41
1976	2.07	6.37
1977	2.06	6.32
1978	2.02	6.26
1979	2	6.22
1980	2.02	6.17
1981	2.07	6.12
1982	2.07	6.06
1983	2.16	5.98
1984	2.17	5.86
1985	2.13	5.73
1986	2.18	5.66
1987	2.27	5.64
1988	2.27	5.62
1989	2.22	5.56
1990	2.05	5.48
1991	1.8	5.38
1992	1.71	5.31
1993	1.49	5.25
1994	1.42	5.19
1995	1.38	5.11
1996	1.37	5.01
1997	1.32	4.91
1998	1.28	4.8
1999	1.3	4.69
2000	1.36	4.58
2001	1.32	4.5
2002	1.36	4.37
2003	1.37	4.25
2004	1.47	4.13
2005	1.52	3.97
2006	1.58	3.85
2007	1.69	3.72
2008	1.72	3.57
2009	1.7	3.47
2010	1.72	3.38
2011	1.61	3.29
2012	1.56	3.22
2013	1.52	3.15
2014	1.54	3.09
2015	1.58	3.03
2016	1.6	2.97
2017	1.59	2.86
2018	1.67	2.74
2019	1.66	2.59
2020	1.58	2.47
2021	1.61	2.39
2022	1.41	2.34
2023	1.31	2.31
2024	1.32	2.29
2025	1.33	2.26
2026	1.34	2.23
2027	1.35	2.2
2028	1.36	2.17
2029	1.37	2.15
2030	1.38	2.13
2031	1.39	2.11
2032	1.39	2.09
2033	1.4	2.08
2034	1.4	2.06
2035	1.41	2.05
2036	1.41	2.03
2037	1.42	2.02
2038	1.42	2
2039	1.42	1.99
2040	1.43	1.97
2041	1.43	1.96
2042	1.44	1.95
2043	1.44	1.93
2044	1.44	1.92
2045	1.45	1.92
2046	1.45	1.91
2047	1.46	1.9
2048	1.46	1.89
2049	1.46	1.89
2050	1.46	1.88

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Estonia	Guatemala
1960	23.1%	46.7%
1961	23.3%	46.7%
1962	23.3%	46.8%
1963	23.2%	46.7%
1964	23%	46.6%
1965	22.8%	46.6%
1966	22.6%	46.5%
1967	22.3%	46.4%
1968	22.2%	46.2%
1969	22.1%	46.2%
1970	22.1%	46.1%
1971	22%	46%
1972	22%	46%
1973	21.9%	46%
1974	21.8%	45.9%
1975	21.6%	45.8%
1976	21.6%	45.7%
1977	21.5%	45.6%
1978	21.5%	45.6%
1979	21.6%	45.5%
1980	21.7%	45.5%
1981	21.8%	45.6%
1982	21.9%	45.6%
1983	22%	45.7%
1984	22.1%	45.7%
1985	22.1%	45.7%
1986	22.1%	45.7%
1987	22.2%	45.6%
1988	22.2%	45.6%
1989	22.3%	45.5%
1990	22.3%	45.4%
1991	22.1%	45.3%
1992	21.8%	45.2%
1993	21.4%	45.1%
1994	21.1%	44.9%
1995	20.7%	44.8%
1996	20.3%	44.7%
1997	19.8%	44.5%
1998	19.2%	44.3%
1999	18.4%	44.1%
2000	17.6%	43.8%
2001	17.2%	43.6%
2002	16.6%	43.3%
2003	16.1%	43%
2004	15.6%	42.5%
2005	15.2%	42.1%
2006	15%	41.6%
2007	14.9%	41%
2008	14.9%	40.5%
2009	15%	39.9%
2010	15.2%	39.3%
2011	15.4%	38.7%
2012	15.6%	38.1%
2013	15.7%	37.5%
2014	15.9%	36.9%
2015	16%	36.4%
2016	16.2%	35.9%
2017	16.3%	35.4%
2018	16.4%	34.9%
2019	16.4%	34.4%
2020	16.4%	33.8%
2021	16.4%	33.3%
2022	16.2%	32.7%
2023	16%	32.1%
2024	15.6%	31.6%
2025	15.3%	31%
2026	14.9%	30.5%
2027	14.6%	29.9%
2028	14.3%	29.4%
2029	14%	28.8%
2030	13.7%	28.3%
2031	13.4%	27.8%
2032	13.1%	27.3%
2033	12.8%	26.8%
2034	12.4%	26.4%
2035	12.2%	26%
2036	12%	25.7%
2037	11.8%	25.5%
2038	11.8%	25.2%
2039	11.9%	24.9%
2040	11.9%	24.6%
2041	12%	24.3%
2042	12.1%	24%
2043	12.2%	23.7%
2044	12.3%	23.4%
2045	12.5%	23.1%
2046	12.6%	22.8%
2047	12.8%	22.5%
2048	12.9%	22.2%
2049	13%	21.9%
2050	13.1%	21.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.6% of the population in Estonia and 31.6% in Guatemala in 2024, compared to 22.3% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Estonia and Guatemala compared.

Natural population change in Estonia vs Guatemala by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.21% in Estonia 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
	Estonia	Guatemala
1960	7,511	120,728
1961	7,228	123,753
1962	6,457	126,429
1963	6,043	129,065
1964	6,897	132,832
1965	5,437	135,997
1966	4,842	140,494
1967	5,012	143,859
1968	5,592	146,946
1969	5,515	149,516
1970	6,257	155,946
1971	7,160	165,104
1972	6,267	173,162
1973	5,623	179,871
1974	5,956	184,992
1975	4,717	188,501
1976	4,319	171,903
1977	4,931	203,299
1978	4,088	211,301
1979	3,818	216,810
1980	3,989	218,460
1981	4,612	221,044
1982	5,244	199,809
1983	5,884	238,059
1984	5,163	241,892
1985	4,281	246,119
1986	6,160	252,754
1987	6,829	261,746
1988	6,404	271,466
1989	5,803	276,736
1990	2,825	280,318
1991	-312	283,917
1992	-1,993	288,411
1993	-5,976	295,515
1994	-8,044	302,708
1995	-7,327	309,236
1996	-5,662	315,252
1997	-6,018	320,087
1998	-7,208	325,174
1999	-6,117	328,890
2000	-5,309	332,891
2001	-5,830	335,503
2002	-5,380	334,255
2003	-5,072	333,539
2004	-3,679	331,699
2005	-2,981	325,816
2006	-2,559	325,604
2007	-1,608	326,298
2008	-668	323,226
2009	-400	323,320
2010	0	324,802
2011	-531	328,548
2012	-1,455	332,365
2013	-1,713	331,321
2014	-1,972	333,551
2015	-1,315	335,072
2016	-1,316	338,114
2017	-1,713	332,838
2018	-1,322	323,100
2019	-1,327	307,389
2020	-2,659	281,328
2021	-5,324	255,145
2022	-5,665	281,675
2023	-5,070	289,635

Maternal mortality chart: Estonia vs Guatemala

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 5 deaths per 100,000 live births in Estonia, compared to 94 deaths in Guatemala.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Estonia	Guatemala
1985	56	301
1986	46	286
1987	42	277
1988	43	273
1989	48	271
1990	44	270
1991	42	268
1992	40	269
1993	46	262
1994	60	244
1995	45	229
1996	36	213
1997	31	198
1998	32	185
1999	28	174
2000	27	166
2001	25	162
2002	22	153
2003	18	150
2004	15	148
2005	15	153
2006	13	142
2007	13	135
2008	11	133
2009	10	130
2010	8	127
2011	9	120
2012	8	115
2013	6	111
2014	7	111
2015	6	112
2016	7	110
2017	5	107
2018	5	107
2019	6	106
2020	6	102
2021	8	125
2022	7	97
2023	5	94

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.21% in Estonia 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
	Estonia	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	2.24%	12.2%
1981	2.16%	11.8%
1982	2.09%	13.6%
1983	2.02%	10.9%
1984	1.96%	10.5%
1985	1.91%	10%
1986	1.86%	9.6%
1987	1.83%	9.19%
1988	1.81%	8.79%
1989	1.79%	8.41%
1990	1.77%	8.04%
1991	1.75%	7.68%
1992	1.73%	7.34%
1993	1.69%	7.02%
1994	1.64%	6.71%
1995	1.57%	6.42%
1996	1.48%	6.15%
1997	1.39%	5.89%
1998	1.29%	5.65%
1999	1.2%	5.42%
2000	1.1%	5.21%
2001	1.01%	5%
2002	0.93%	4.8%
2003	0.85%	4.61%
2004	0.78%	4.43%
2005	0.71%	4.26%
2006	0.65%	4.1%
2007	0.59%	3.93%
2008	0.54%	3.78%
2009	0.5%	3.62%
2010	0.46%	3.48%
2011	0.42%	3.33%
2012	0.39%	3.2%
2013	0.36%	3.07%
2014	0.34%	2.94%
2015	0.32%	2.83%
2016	0.3%	2.72%
2017	0.28%	2.63%
2018	0.27%	2.54%
2019	0.25%	2.45%
2020	0.24%	2.37%
2021	0.23%	2.28%
2022	0.22%	2.21%
2023	0.21%	2.14%