Fertility & birth rates in France and Paraguay

Fertility rate in France vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in France was 1.66 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 France 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
	France	Paraguay
1960	2.85	6.5
1961	2.87	6.49
1962	2.89	6.47
1963	2.89	6.45
1964	2.87	6.42
1965	2.84	6.35
1966	2.8	6.23
1967	2.75	6.1
1968	2.69	5.97
1969	2.62	5.84
1970	2.55	5.72
1971	2.47	5.59
1972	2.38	5.46
1973	2.28	5.35
1974	2.18	5.27
1975	2.09	5.18
1976	2.01	5.12
1977	1.94	5.08
1978	1.89	5.04
1979	1.87	5.06
1980	1.85	5.1
1981	1.85	5.15
1982	1.86	5.13
1983	1.86	5.09
1984	1.86	5.04
1985	1.86	4.97
1986	1.85	4.93
1987	1.83	4.85
1988	1.81	4.77
1989	1.79	4.68
1990	1.77	4.57
1991	1.75	4.48
1992	1.74	4.4
1993	1.73	4.28
1994	1.73	4.2
1995	1.74	4.11
1996	1.75	4.01
1997	1.77	3.91
1998	1.78	3.8
1999	1.81	3.67
2000	1.89	3.51
2001	1.9	3.36
2002	1.88	3.23
2003	1.89	3.12
2004	1.92	3.05
2005	1.94	2.97
2006	2	2.89
2007	1.98	2.82
2008	2.01	2.79
2009	2	2.76
2010	2.03	2.7
2011	2.01	2.67
2012	2.01	2.66
2013	1.99	2.64
2014	2	2.65
2015	1.96	2.65
2016	1.92	2.62
2017	1.89	2.59
2018	1.87	2.56
2019	1.86	2.53
2020	1.83	2.5
2021	1.84	2.47
2022	1.79	2.44
2023	1.66	2.42
2024	1.66	2.42
2025	1.66	2.39
2026	1.66	2.37
2027	1.66	2.35
2028	1.66	2.33
2029	1.66	2.31
2030	1.66	2.29
2031	1.66	2.27
2032	1.66	2.26
2033	1.66	2.24
2034	1.66	2.22
2035	1.66	2.21
2036	1.66	2.19
2037	1.67	2.17
2038	1.66	2.16
2039	1.66	2.14
2040	1.66	2.13
2041	1.67	2.12
2042	1.67	2.11
2043	1.67	2.09
2044	1.67	2.08
2045	1.67	2.07
2046	1.67	2.06
2047	1.67	2.05
2048	1.67	2.04
2049	1.67	2.03
2050	1.67	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	France	Paraguay
1960	26.5%	46.3%
1961	26.5%	46.2%
1962	26.2%	46.1%
1963	26%	46%
1964	25.8%	46%
1965	25.6%	46%
1966	25.4%	46%
1967	25.3%	45.9%
1968	25.1%	45.8%
1969	25%	45.7%
1970	24.8%	45.5%
1971	24.7%	45.2%
1972	24.6%	45%
1973	24.4%	44.6%
1974	24.2%	44.2%
1975	23.9%	43.7%
1976	23.6%	43.3%
1977	23.3%	42.8%
1978	23%	42.4%
1979	22.7%	42%
1980	22.4%	41.6%
1981	22.1%	41.4%
1982	21.9%	41.2%
1983	21.7%	41.2%
1984	21.5%	41.2%
1985	21.3%	41.2%
1986	21%	41.3%
1987	20.7%	41.3%
1988	20.5%	41.4%
1989	20.3%	41.5%
1990	20.1%	41.5%
1991	20.1%	41.5%
1992	20%	41.5%
1993	19.9%	41.4%
1994	19.7%	41.3%
1995	19.5%	41.1%
1996	19.3%	40.8%
1997	19.1%	40.4%
1998	19%	40%
1999	19%	39.5%
2000	18.9%	39%
2001	18.9%	38.4%
2002	18.8%	37.9%
2003	18.7%	37.3%
2004	18.6%	36.6%
2005	18.5%	35.8%
2006	18.5%	35.1%
2007	18.4%	34.4%
2008	18.5%	33.8%
2009	18.5%	33.2%
2010	18.5%	32.5%
2011	18.5%	32%
2012	18.5%	31.4%
2013	18.4%	30.9%
2014	18.3%	30.5%
2015	18.2%	30.2%
2016	18.1%	29.9%
2017	17.9%	29.7%
2018	17.8%	29.5%
2019	17.6%	29.3%
2020	17.4%	29.1%
2021	17.2%	29%
2022	17%	28.9%
2023	16.8%	28.8%
2024	16.5%	28.6%
2025	16.2%	28.4%
2026	16%	28.1%
2027	15.7%	27.9%
2028	15.5%	27.6%
2029	15.3%	27.3%
2030	15.1%	26.9%
2031	15%	26.5%
2032	14.8%	26.1%
2033	14.8%	25.8%
2034	14.7%	25.4%
2035	14.7%	25%
2036	14.7%	24.7%
2037	14.7%	24.4%
2038	14.7%	24.1%
2039	14.8%	23.8%
2040	14.9%	23.5%
2041	15%	23.2%
2042	15.1%	23%
2043	15.2%	22.7%
2044	15.3%	22.5%
2045	15.4%	22.3%
2046	15.5%	22.1%
2047	15.5%	22%
2048	15.5%	21.8%
2049	15.6%	21.6%
2050	15.6%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.5% of the population in France and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 20.1% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of France and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in France vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.2% in France 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
	France	Paraguay
1960	346,115	60,009
1961	354,504	61,536
1962	358,082	63,079
1963	361,694	64,741
1964	360,631	65,681
1965	354,132	66,063
1966	352,181	66,002
1967	339,843	65,695
1968	337,346	65,575
1969	329,831	65,616
1970	322,444	65,905
1971	309,747	66,142
1972	296,589	66,625
1973	282,979	67,803
1974	268,733	69,059
1975	248,413	70,285
1976	227,776	71,973
1977	217,946	74,359
1978	213,462	76,691
1979	208,923	80,345
1980	210,042	84,568
1981	222,414	89,456
1982	234,389	92,917
1983	235,655	96,406
1984	248,086	99,937
1985	249,328	102,859
1986	250,606	105,776
1987	251,971	107,962
1988	247,672	110,348
1989	243,361	111,727
1990	238,870	112,864
1991	234,216	114,472
1992	229,502	115,442
1993	224,592	115,211
1994	201,704	115,662
1995	220,303	115,777
1996	221,092	115,623
1997	215,885	115,095
1998	222,705	114,122
1999	229,907	112,726
2000	268,042	109,979
2001	263,867	107,225
2002	253,430	104,658
2003	230,325	102,427
2004	282,185	101,896
2005	271,677	101,035
2006	305,387	99,808
2007	288,076	99,141
2008	283,250	99,821
2009	278,238	100,296
2010	286,116	99,456
2011	280,966	100,442
2012	256,065	102,508
2013	244,192	103,383
2014	265,248	105,585
2015	206,300	106,817
2016	193,500	106,804
2017	160,604	105,634
2018	147,749	104,908
2019	141,503	103,179
2020	67,602	98,667
2021	74,627	78,667
2022	54,452	94,627
2023	47,802	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: France vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 7 deaths per 100,000 live births in France, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	France	Paraguay
1985	20	237
1986	20	230
1987	19	225
1988	19	220
1989	19	209
1990	18	198
1991	18	192
1992	17	195
1993	16	197
1994	15	201
1995	15	202
1996	13	203
1997	11	205
1998	10	207
1999	10	207
2000	9	207
2001	9	207
2002	9	206
2003	9	203
2004	9	199
2005	9	194
2006	9	186
2007	9	177
2008	10	166
2009	10	152
2010	9	136
2011	9	120
2012	9	100
2013	9	84
2014	9	70
2015	9	64
2016	9	60
2017	8	58
2018	9	58
2019	8	58
2020	9	69
2021	9	140
2022	9	78
2023	7	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.43% in France 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
	France	Paraguay
1960	2.85%	8.18%
1961	2.7%	8.11%
1962	2.57%	8.06%
1963	2.45%	8.02%
1964	2.34%	7.99%
1965	2.24%	7.96%
1966	2.14%	7.94%
1967	2.06%	7.91%
1968	1.99%	7.88%
1969	1.91%	7.84%
1970	1.82%	7.79%
1971	1.74%	7.73%
1972	1.66%	7.66%
1973	1.6%	7.57%
1974	1.54%	7.46%
1975	1.49%	7.34%
1976	1.44%	7.21%
1977	1.39%	7.06%
1978	1.34%	6.91%
1979	1.28%	6.74%
1980	1.24%	6.55%
1981	1.19%	6.35%
1982	1.15%	6.14%
1983	1.11%	5.92%
1984	1.07%	5.71%
1985	1.04%	5.5%
1986	1.01%	5.3%
1987	0.98%	5.1%
1988	0.96%	4.92%
1989	0.93%	4.73%
1990	0.9%	4.55%
1991	0.86%	4.38%
1992	0.81%	4.23%
1993	0.75%	4.08%
1994	0.7%	3.95%
1995	0.65%	3.83%
1996	0.61%	3.72%
1997	0.58%	3.62%
1998	0.57%	3.53%
1999	0.55%	3.45%
2000	0.54%	3.36%
2001	0.52%	3.29%
2002	0.51%	3.22%
2003	0.49%	3.14%
2004	0.48%	3.07%
2005	0.46%	2.99%
2006	0.45%	2.91%
2007	0.44%	2.83%
2008	0.44%	2.75%
2009	0.43%	2.67%
2010	0.42%	2.59%
2011	0.42%	2.51%
2012	0.41%	2.44%
2013	0.41%	2.37%
2014	0.41%	2.3%
2015	0.42%	2.22%
2016	0.42%	2.15%
2017	0.42%	2.08%
2018	0.42%	2.01%
2019	0.42%	1.94%
2020	0.42%	1.88%
2021	0.43%	1.82%
2022	0.43%	1.76%
2023	0.43%	1.7%