Fertility & birth rates in Georgia and Guatemala

Fertility rate in Georgia vs Guatemala chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Georgia was 1.81 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 Georgia 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
	Georgia	Guatemala
1960	2.94	7
1961	2.94	6.98
1962	2.94	6.93
1963	2.95	6.9
1964	2.89	6.87
1965	2.77	6.84
1966	2.73	6.8
1967	2.74	6.76
1968	2.69	6.7
1969	2.69	6.65
1970	2.7	6.6
1971	2.71	6.55
1972	2.67	6.51
1973	2.62	6.49
1974	2.57	6.46
1975	2.55	6.41
1976	2.51	6.37
1977	2.44	6.32
1978	2.42	6.26
1979	2.38	6.22
1980	2.35	6.17
1981	2.33	6.12
1982	2.31	6.06
1983	2.34	5.98
1984	2.38	5.86
1985	2.4	5.73
1986	2.38	5.66
1987	2.32	5.64
1988	2.32	5.62
1989	2.32	5.56
1990	2.31	5.48
1991	2.21	5.38
1992	2.05	5.31
1993	1.91	5.25
1994	1.84	5.19
1995	1.81	5.11
1996	1.76	5.01
1997	1.73	4.91
1998	1.7	4.8
1999	1.64	4.69
2000	1.61	4.58
2001	1.58	4.5
2002	1.57	4.37
2003	1.55	4.25
2004	1.57	4.13
2005	1.58	3.97
2006	1.62	3.85
2007	1.7	3.72
2008	1.83	3.57
2009	1.99	3.47
2010	1.97	3.38
2011	1.92	3.29
2012	1.93	3.22
2013	1.99	3.15
2014	2.18	3.09
2015	2.21	3.03
2016	2.23	2.97
2017	2.14	2.86
2018	2.09	2.74
2019	2.02	2.59
2020	1.98	2.47
2021	1.98	2.39
2022	1.82	2.34
2023	1.81	2.31
2024	1.8	2.29
2025	1.79	2.26
2026	1.78	2.23
2027	1.77	2.2
2028	1.76	2.17
2029	1.75	2.15
2030	1.75	2.13
2031	1.75	2.11
2032	1.74	2.09
2033	1.74	2.08
2034	1.73	2.06
2035	1.73	2.05
2036	1.73	2.03
2037	1.73	2.02
2038	1.72	2
2039	1.72	1.99
2040	1.72	1.97
2041	1.72	1.96
2042	1.72	1.95
2043	1.72	1.93
2044	1.72	1.92
2045	1.71	1.92
2046	1.71	1.91
2047	1.71	1.9
2048	1.71	1.89
2049	1.71	1.89
2050	1.71	1.88

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Georgia	Guatemala
1960	28.7%	46.7%
1961	29.3%	46.7%
1962	29.7%	46.8%
1963	29.9%	46.7%
1964	30%	46.6%
1965	30%	46.6%
1966	30.2%	46.5%
1967	30.5%	46.4%
1968	30.7%	46.2%
1969	30.8%	46.2%
1970	30.5%	46.1%
1971	30%	46%
1972	29.5%	46%
1973	29%	46%
1974	28.4%	45.9%
1975	27.8%	45.8%
1976	27.3%	45.7%
1977	26.7%	45.6%
1978	26.2%	45.6%
1979	25.7%	45.5%
1980	25.4%	45.5%
1981	25.2%	45.6%
1982	25.1%	45.6%
1983	25.1%	45.7%
1984	25.1%	45.7%
1985	25.2%	45.7%
1986	25.4%	45.7%
1987	25.5%	45.6%
1988	25.5%	45.6%
1989	25.5%	45.5%
1990	25.5%	45.4%
1991	25.6%	45.3%
1992	25.5%	45.2%
1993	25.4%	45.1%
1994	25.2%	44.9%
1995	24.9%	44.8%
1996	24.6%	44.7%
1997	24.1%	44.5%
1998	23.6%	44.3%
1999	23%	44.1%
2000	22.4%	43.8%
2001	21.7%	43.6%
2002	21%	43.3%
2003	20.5%	43%
2004	19.9%	42.5%
2005	19.3%	42.1%
2006	18.8%	41.6%
2007	18.5%	41%
2008	18.3%	40.5%
2009	18.4%	39.9%
2010	18.6%	39.3%
2011	18.6%	38.7%
2012	18.7%	38.1%
2013	18.8%	37.5%
2014	19%	36.9%
2015	19.4%	36.4%
2016	19.8%	35.9%
2017	20.2%	35.4%
2018	20.5%	34.9%
2019	20.8%	34.4%
2020	21%	33.8%
2021	21.2%	33.3%
2022	21.2%	32.7%
2023	21%	32.1%
2024	20.8%	31.6%
2025	20.5%	31%
2026	20.2%	30.5%
2027	19.9%	29.9%
2028	19.5%	29.4%
2029	19%	28.8%
2030	18.5%	28.3%
2031	18%	27.8%
2032	17.6%	27.3%
2033	17.2%	26.8%
2034	16.9%	26.4%
2035	16.6%	26%
2036	16.4%	25.7%
2037	16.2%	25.5%
2038	16.2%	25.2%
2039	16.1%	24.9%
2040	16.1%	24.6%
2041	16.2%	24.3%
2042	16.2%	24%
2043	16.3%	23.7%
2044	16.4%	23.4%
2045	16.4%	23.1%
2046	16.5%	22.8%
2047	16.6%	22.5%
2048	16.7%	22.2%
2049	16.8%	21.9%
2050	16.8%	21.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Georgia and 31.6% in Guatemala in 2024, compared to 25.5% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Georgia and Guatemala compared.

Natural population change in Georgia vs Guatemala by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Georgia 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
	Georgia	Guatemala
1960	51,640	120,728
1961	52,284	123,753
1962	51,903	126,429
1963	51,456	129,065
1964	48,429	132,832
1965	43,463	135,997
1966	40,905	140,494
1967	40,070	143,859
1968	37,840	146,946
1969	37,764	149,516
1970	38,731	155,946
1971	38,953	165,104
1972	38,832	173,162
1973	38,259	179,871
1974	38,071	184,992
1975	39,331	188,501
1976	39,964	171,903
1977	40,023	203,299
1978	41,616	211,301
1979	42,863	216,810
1980	44,114	218,460
1981	46,185	221,044
1982	47,363	199,809
1983	48,496	238,059
1984	48,523	241,892
1985	49,786	246,119
1986	48,960	252,754
1987	45,561	261,746
1988	42,810	271,466
1989	41,510	276,736
1990	40,169	280,318
1991	32,932	283,917
1992	24,226	288,411
1993	18,303	295,515
1994	17,279	302,708
1995	17,644	309,236
1996	18,304	315,252
1997	11,862	320,087
1998	9,823	325,174
1999	6,901	328,890
2000	4,681	332,891
2001	3,445	335,503
2002	2,228	334,255
2003	2,482	333,539
2004	283	331,699
2005	1,604	325,816
2006	2,146	325,604
2007	3,551	326,298
2008	7,974	323,226
2009	12,210	323,320
2010	10,501	324,802
2011	8,989	328,548
2012	8,584	332,365
2013	10,145	331,321
2014	13,089	333,551
2015	13,105	335,072
2016	11,346	338,114
2017	8,391	332,838
2018	8,407	323,100
2019	5,606	307,389
2020	335	281,328
2021	-9,127	255,145
2022	-2,224	281,675
2023	-1,282	289,635

Maternal mortality chart: Georgia vs Guatemala

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 20 deaths per 100,000 live births in Georgia, compared to 94 deaths in Guatemala.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Georgia	Guatemala
1985	34	301
1986	34	286
1987	32	277
1988	33	273
1989	36	271
1990	34	270
1991	36	268
1992	38	269
1993	40	262
1994	40	244
1995	41	229
1996	35	213
1997	45	198
1998	43	185
1999	41	174
2000	43	166
2001	45	162
2002	46	153
2003	42	150
2004	43	148
2005	53	153
2006	45	142
2007	52	135
2008	54	133
2009	56	130
2010	41	127
2011	37	120
2012	35	115
2013	34	111
2014	32	111
2015	30	112
2016	28	110
2017	27	107
2018	24	107
2019	22	106
2020	30	102
2021	60	125
2022	22	97
2023	20	94

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.92% in Georgia 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
	Georgia	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	7.12%	14.6%
1976	6.86%	16.5%
1977	6.61%	13.6%
1978	6.36%	13.2%
1979	6.13%	12.7%
1980	5.9%	12.2%
1981	5.69%	11.8%
1982	5.49%	13.6%
1983	5.31%	10.9%
1984	5.16%	10.5%
1985	5.04%	10%
1986	4.94%	9.6%
1987	4.87%	9.19%
1988	4.82%	8.79%
1989	4.78%	8.41%
1990	4.75%	8.04%
1991	4.72%	7.68%
1992	4.68%	7.34%
1993	4.63%	7.02%
1994	4.56%	6.71%
1995	4.47%	6.42%
1996	4.36%	6.15%
1997	4.22%	5.89%
1998	4.05%	5.65%
1999	3.85%	5.42%
2000	3.63%	5.21%
2001	3.39%	5%
2002	3.13%	4.8%
2003	2.87%	4.61%
2004	2.6%	4.43%
2005	2.35%	4.26%
2006	2.12%	4.1%
2007	1.9%	3.93%
2008	1.72%	3.78%
2009	1.55%	3.62%
2010	1.41%	3.48%
2011	1.3%	3.33%
2012	1.21%	3.2%
2013	1.14%	3.07%
2014	1.09%	2.94%
2015	1.05%	2.83%
2016	1.02%	2.72%
2017	1%	2.63%
2018	0.98%	2.54%
2019	0.97%	2.45%
2020	0.96%	2.37%
2021	0.95%	2.28%
2022	0.93%	2.21%
2023	0.92%	2.14%