Fertility & birth rates in Fiji and Guatemala

Fertility rate in Fiji vs Guatemala chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Fiji was 2.28 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 Fiji 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
	Fiji	Guatemala
1960	6.36	7
1961	6.28	6.98
1962	6.2	6.93
1963	6.09	6.9
1964	5.96	6.87
1965	5.76	6.84
1966	5.55	6.8
1967	5.33	6.76
1968	5.11	6.7
1969	4.91	6.65
1970	4.71	6.6
1971	4.51	6.55
1972	4.32	6.51
1973	4.16	6.49
1974	4.07	6.46
1975	4.1	6.41
1976	4.12	6.37
1977	4.11	6.32
1978	4.1	6.26
1979	4.08	6.22
1980	4.04	6.17
1981	3.99	6.12
1982	3.94	6.06
1983	3.88	5.98
1984	3.8	5.86
1985	3.66	5.73
1986	3.54	5.66
1987	3.48	5.64
1988	3.43	5.62
1989	3.4	5.56
1990	3.39	5.48
1991	3.37	5.38
1992	3.33	5.31
1993	3.29	5.25
1994	3.26	5.19
1995	3.25	5.11
1996	3.25	5.01
1997	3.19	4.91
1998	3.12	4.8
1999	3.05	4.69
2000	2.99	4.58
2001	2.97	4.5
2002	2.97	4.37
2003	2.96	4.25
2004	2.94	4.13
2005	2.92	3.97
2006	2.91	3.85
2007	2.87	3.72
2008	2.82	3.57
2009	2.76	3.47
2010	2.7	3.38
2011	2.63	3.29
2012	2.61	3.22
2013	2.6	3.15
2014	2.59	3.09
2015	2.57	3.03
2016	2.52	2.97
2017	2.46	2.86
2018	2.42	2.74
2019	2.38	2.59
2020	2.36	2.47
2021	2.33	2.39
2022	2.31	2.34
2023	2.28	2.31
2024	2.27	2.29
2025	2.25	2.26
2026	2.23	2.23
2027	2.21	2.2
2028	2.2	2.17
2029	2.18	2.15
2030	2.16	2.13
2031	2.15	2.11
2032	2.13	2.09
2033	2.12	2.08
2034	2.1	2.06
2035	2.09	2.05
2036	2.07	2.03
2037	2.06	2.02
2038	2.05	2
2039	2.04	1.99
2040	2.03	1.97
2041	2.01	1.96
2042	2.01	1.95
2043	1.99	1.93
2044	1.98	1.92
2045	1.97	1.92
2046	1.96	1.91
2047	1.95	1.9
2048	1.94	1.89
2049	1.94	1.89
2050	1.93	1.88

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Fiji	Guatemala
1960	46.4%	46.7%
1961	46.5%	46.7%
1962	46.5%	46.8%
1963	46.5%	46.7%
1964	46.4%	46.6%
1965	46.4%	46.6%
1966	46.3%	46.5%
1967	46.1%	46.4%
1968	45.9%	46.2%
1969	45.6%	46.2%
1970	45.2%	46.1%
1971	44.7%	46%
1972	44.2%	46%
1973	43.5%	46%
1974	42.8%	45.9%
1975	42.2%	45.8%
1976	41.5%	45.7%
1977	40.9%	45.6%
1978	40.4%	45.6%
1979	40%	45.5%
1980	39.6%	45.5%
1981	39.3%	45.6%
1982	39.1%	45.6%
1983	39%	45.7%
1984	38.9%	45.7%
1985	38.9%	45.7%
1986	38.8%	45.7%
1987	38.7%	45.6%
1988	38.7%	45.6%
1989	38.7%	45.5%
1990	38.7%	45.4%
1991	38.5%	45.3%
1992	38.2%	45.2%
1993	37.9%	45.1%
1994	37.5%	44.9%
1995	37.1%	44.8%
1996	36.6%	44.7%
1997	36.1%	44.5%
1998	35.5%	44.3%
1999	34.9%	44.1%
2000	34.3%	43.8%
2001	33.8%	43.6%
2002	33.4%	43.3%
2003	33%	43%
2004	32.6%	42.5%
2005	32.2%	42.1%
2006	31.9%	41.6%
2007	31.6%	41%
2008	31.3%	40.5%
2009	31%	39.9%
2010	30.8%	39.3%
2011	30.5%	38.7%
2012	30.2%	38.1%
2013	30%	37.5%
2014	29.8%	36.9%
2015	29.6%	36.4%
2016	29.5%	35.9%
2017	29.2%	35.4%
2018	28.9%	34.9%
2019	28.6%	34.4%
2020	28.3%	33.8%
2021	28%	33.3%
2022	27.7%	32.7%
2023	27.4%	32.1%
2024	27.1%	31.6%
2025	26.8%	31%
2026	26.6%	30.5%
2027	26.3%	29.9%
2028	26%	29.4%
2029	25.7%	28.8%
2030	25.4%	28.3%
2031	25%	27.8%
2032	24.7%	27.3%
2033	24.5%	26.8%
2034	24.2%	26.4%
2035	24%	26%
2036	23.8%	25.7%
2037	23.6%	25.5%
2038	23.5%	25.2%
2039	23.3%	24.9%
2040	23.2%	24.6%
2041	23%	24.3%
2042	22.9%	24%
2043	22.7%	23.7%
2044	22.6%	23.4%
2045	22.4%	23.1%
2046	22.3%	22.8%
2047	22.1%	22.5%
2048	21.9%	22.2%
2049	21.8%	21.9%
2050	21.6%	21.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.1% of the population in Fiji and 31.6% in Guatemala in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Fiji and Guatemala compared.

Natural population change in Fiji vs Guatemala by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.03% in Fiji 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
	Fiji	Guatemala
1960	13,313	120,728
1961	13,653	123,753
1962	14,429	126,429
1963	14,774	129,065
1964	14,979	132,832
1965	15,166	135,997
1966	15,111	140,494
1967	14,861	143,859
1968	14,831	146,946
1969	14,669	149,516
1970	14,538	155,946
1971	14,313	165,104
1972	13,905	173,162
1973	13,383	179,871
1974	13,557	184,992
1975	14,272	188,501
1976	14,933	171,903
1977	15,532	203,299
1978	16,196	211,301
1979	16,450	216,810
1980	16,907	218,460
1981	17,282	221,044
1982	17,681	199,809
1983	18,237	238,059
1984	18,499	241,892
1985	18,469	246,119
1986	18,024	252,754
1987	17,987	261,746
1988	18,063	271,466
1989	18,007	276,736
1990	17,748	280,318
1991	17,617	283,917
1992	17,170	288,411
1993	16,751	295,515
1994	16,424	302,708
1995	16,273	309,236
1996	16,163	315,252
1997	15,750	320,087
1998	15,464	325,174
1999	15,229	328,890
2000	14,724	332,891
2001	14,720	335,503
2002	14,468	334,255
2003	14,527	333,539
2004	14,526	331,699
2005	14,503	325,816
2006	14,555	325,604
2007	14,349	326,298
2008	14,000	323,226
2009	13,540	323,320
2010	13,227	324,802
2011	12,657	328,548
2012	11,716	332,365
2013	11,972	331,321
2014	11,680	333,551
2015	11,213	335,072
2016	10,807	338,114
2017	10,413	332,838
2018	9,779	323,100
2019	9,271	307,389
2020	8,730	281,328
2021	6,777	255,145
2022	8,223	281,675
2023	8,078	289,635

Maternal mortality chart: Fiji vs Guatemala

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 30 deaths per 100,000 live births in Fiji, compared to 94 deaths in Guatemala.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Fiji	Guatemala
1985	78	301
1986	76	286
1987	74	277
1988	71	273
1989	70	271
1990	70	270
1991	67	268
1992	64	269
1993	62	262
1994	58	244
1995	55	229
1996	53	213
1997	51	198
1998	49	185
1999	46	174
2000	47	166
2001	46	162
2002	48	153
2003	47	150
2004	46	148
2005	44	153
2006	43	142
2007	43	135
2008	42	133
2009	41	130
2010	40	127
2011	39	120
2012	42	115
2013	40	111
2014	38	111
2015	37	112
2016	38	110
2017	34	107
2018	35	107
2019	34	106
2020	34	102
2021	68	125
2022	32	97
2023	30	94

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.91% in Fiji 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
	Fiji	Guatemala
1960	7.89%	22.2%
1961	7.53%	21.6%
1962	7.21%	21.1%
1963	6.9%	20.6%
1964	6.61%	20.1%
1965	6.35%	19.6%
1966	6.14%	19.1%
1967	5.97%	18.6%
1968	5.84%	18.1%
1969	5.75%	17.6%
1970	5.69%	17.1%
1971	5.66%	16.6%
1972	5.63%	16.1%
1973	5.59%	15.6%
1974	5.52%	15.1%
1975	5.41%	14.6%
1976	5.27%	16.5%
1977	5.1%	13.6%
1978	4.9%	13.2%
1979	4.68%	12.7%
1980	4.46%	12.2%
1981	4.24%	11.8%
1982	4.03%	13.6%
1983	3.84%	10.9%
1984	3.67%	10.5%
1985	3.51%	10%
1986	3.37%	9.6%
1987	3.24%	9.19%
1988	3.12%	8.79%
1989	3%	8.41%
1990	2.89%	8.04%
1991	2.78%	7.68%
1992	2.68%	7.34%
1993	2.6%	7.02%
1994	2.52%	6.71%
1995	2.45%	6.42%
1996	2.39%	6.15%
1997	2.35%	5.89%
1998	2.31%	5.65%
1999	2.28%	5.42%
2000	2.27%	5.21%
2001	2.26%	5%
2002	2.27%	4.8%
2003	2.28%	4.61%
2004	2.31%	4.43%
2005	2.33%	4.26%
2006	2.35%	4.1%
2007	2.35%	3.93%
2008	2.32%	3.78%
2009	2.28%	3.62%
2010	2.22%	3.48%
2011	2.16%	3.33%
2012	2.1%	3.2%
2013	2.07%	3.07%
2014	2.06%	2.94%
2015	2.09%	2.83%
2016	2.16%	2.72%
2017	2.27%	2.63%
2018	2.41%	2.54%
2019	2.57%	2.45%
2020	2.72%	2.37%
2021	2.83%	2.28%
2022	2.89%	2.21%
2023	2.91%	2.14%