Fertility & birth rates in Guatemala and Guinea

Fertility rate in Guatemala vs Guinea chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Guatemala was 2.31 children per woman in 2023, compared to 4.22 in Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guatemala vs Guinea population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Guatemala	Guinea
1960	7	6.11
1961	6.98	6.13
1962	6.93	6.14
1963	6.9	6.15
1964	6.87	6.17
1965	6.84	6.18
1966	6.8	6.19
1967	6.76	6.2
1968	6.7	6.21
1969	6.65	6.23
1970	6.6	6.24
1971	6.55	6.26
1972	6.51	6.28
1973	6.49	6.31
1974	6.46	6.34
1975	6.41	6.37
1976	6.37	6.4
1977	6.32	6.43
1978	6.26	6.44
1979	6.22	6.45
1980	6.17	6.46
1981	6.12	6.46
1982	6.06	6.49
1983	5.98	6.49
1984	5.86	6.51
1985	5.73	6.53
1986	5.66	6.55
1987	5.64	6.57
1988	5.62	6.56
1989	5.56	6.55
1990	5.48	6.52
1991	5.38	6.48
1992	5.31	6.45
1993	5.25	6.41
1994	5.19	6.36
1995	5.11	6.29
1996	5.01	6.21
1997	4.91	6.12
1998	4.8	6.05
1999	4.69	5.99
2000	4.58	5.92
2001	4.5	5.83
2002	4.37	5.78
2003	4.25	5.74
2004	4.13	5.73
2005	3.97	5.73
2006	3.85	5.7
2007	3.72	5.66
2008	3.57	5.6
2009	3.47	5.53
2010	3.38	5.44
2011	3.29	5.34
2012	3.22	5.23
2013	3.15	5.15
2014	3.09	5.07
2015	3.03	5
2016	2.97	4.92
2017	2.86	4.79
2018	2.74	4.67
2019	2.59	4.58
2020	2.47	4.49
2021	2.39	4.4
2022	2.34	4.3
2023	2.31	4.22
2024	2.29	4.13
2025	2.26	4.04
2026	2.23	3.96
2027	2.2	3.89
2028	2.17	3.81
2029	2.15	3.73
2030	2.13	3.66
2031	2.11	3.59
2032	2.09	3.52
2033	2.08	3.45
2034	2.06	3.38
2035	2.05	3.32
2036	2.03	3.27
2037	2.02	3.21
2038	2	3.16
2039	1.99	3.12
2040	1.97	3.07
2041	1.96	3.02
2042	1.95	2.98
2043	1.93	2.94
2044	1.92	2.9
2045	1.92	2.86
2046	1.91	2.82
2047	1.9	2.79
2048	1.89	2.75
2049	1.89	2.73
2050	1.88	2.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guatemala	Guinea
1960	46.7%	39.6%
1961	46.7%	39.7%
1962	46.8%	39.9%
1963	46.7%	39.9%
1964	46.6%	40%
1965	46.6%	40.1%
1966	46.5%	40.2%
1967	46.4%	40.2%
1968	46.2%	40.3%
1969	46.2%	40.3%
1970	46.1%	40.4%
1971	46%	40.5%
1972	46%	40.7%
1973	46%	40.9%
1974	45.9%	41.1%
1975	45.8%	41.3%
1976	45.7%	41.5%
1977	45.6%	41.8%
1978	45.6%	42%
1979	45.5%	42.2%
1980	45.5%	42.4%
1981	45.6%	42.6%
1982	45.6%	42.7%
1983	45.7%	42.8%
1984	45.7%	42.9%
1985	45.7%	43%
1986	45.7%	43%
1987	45.6%	43.1%
1988	45.6%	43.1%
1989	45.5%	43.2%
1990	45.4%	43.3%
1991	45.3%	43.4%
1992	45.2%	43.5%
1993	45.1%	43.6%
1994	44.9%	43.7%
1995	44.8%	43.8%
1996	44.7%	43.9%
1997	44.5%	44.2%
1998	44.3%	44.5%
1999	44.1%	44.7%
2000	43.8%	44.9%
2001	43.6%	45.3%
2002	43.3%	45.5%
2003	43%	45.4%
2004	42.5%	45.3%
2005	42.1%	45.3%
2006	41.6%	45.3%
2007	41%	45.1%
2008	40.5%	44.9%
2009	39.9%	44.7%
2010	39.3%	44.5%
2011	38.7%	44.2%
2012	38.1%	44%
2013	37.5%	43.8%
2014	36.9%	43.5%
2015	36.4%	43.3%
2016	35.9%	43.1%
2017	35.4%	42.9%
2018	34.9%	42.6%
2019	34.4%	42.4%
2020	33.8%	42.1%
2021	33.3%	41.9%
2022	32.7%	41.6%
2023	32.1%	41.2%
2024	31.6%	40.9%
2025	31%	40.5%
2026	30.5%	40.2%
2027	29.9%	39.8%
2028	29.4%	39.5%
2029	28.8%	39.1%
2030	28.3%	38.7%
2031	27.8%	38.3%
2032	27.3%	37.9%
2033	26.8%	37.5%
2034	26.4%	37%
2035	26%	36.6%
2036	25.7%	36.2%
2037	25.5%	35.7%
2038	25.2%	35.3%
2039	24.9%	34.9%
2040	24.6%	34.5%
2041	24.3%	34.1%
2042	24%	33.7%
2043	23.7%	33.3%
2044	23.4%	32.9%
2045	23.1%	32.5%
2046	22.8%	32.2%
2047	22.5%	31.8%
2048	22.2%	31.5%
2049	21.9%	31.2%
2050	21.6%	30.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.6% of the population in Guatemala and 40.9% in Guinea in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 43.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guatemala and Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Guatemala vs Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.83% in Guatemala and +2.6% in Guinea. 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
	Guatemala	Guinea
1960	120,728	61,848
1961	123,753	63,766
1962	126,429	65,672
1963	129,065	67,690
1964	132,832	69,848
1965	135,997	72,134
1966	140,494	74,748
1967	143,859	77,251
1968	146,946	79,892
1969	149,516	82,799
1970	155,946	85,418
1971	165,104	88,358
1972	173,162	91,147
1973	179,871	93,764
1974	184,992	96,315
1975	188,501	99,267
1976	171,903	102,449
1977	203,299	105,990
1978	211,301	109,415
1979	216,810	113,141
1980	218,460	117,186
1981	221,044	121,223
1982	199,809	126,831
1983	238,059	130,629
1984	241,892	136,640
1985	246,119	142,313
1986	252,754	148,137
1987	261,746	154,178
1988	271,466	159,566
1989	276,736	164,707
1990	280,318	169,926
1991	283,917	181,299
1992	288,411	189,682
1993	295,515	195,612
1994	302,708	201,439
1995	309,236	205,644
1996	315,252	214,896
1997	320,087	220,373
1998	325,174	219,385
1999	328,890	223,968
2000	332,891	227,081
2001	335,503	227,642
2002	334,255	229,022
2003	333,539	234,774
2004	331,699	242,075
2005	325,816	251,209
2006	325,604	258,518
2007	326,298	266,070
2008	323,226	274,327
2009	323,320	281,920
2010	324,802	288,512
2011	328,548	293,318
2012	332,365	298,094
2013	331,321	304,430
2014	333,551	309,539
2015	335,072	316,604
2016	338,114	324,608
2017	332,838	328,542
2018	323,100	332,585
2019	307,389	338,984
2020	281,328	342,289
2021	255,145	345,121
2022	281,675	352,517
2023	289,635	356,147

Maternal mortality chart: Guatemala vs Guinea

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 94 deaths per 100,000 live births in Guatemala, compared to 494 deaths in Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guatemala	Guinea
1985	301	1,248
1986	286	1,234
1987	277	1,218
1988	273	1,202
1989	271	1,188
1990	270	1,162
1991	268	1,143
1992	269	1,124
1993	262	1,094
1994	244	1,081
1995	229	1,042
1996	213	1,010
1997	198	994
1998	185	971
1999	174	960
2000	166	951
2001	162	946
2002	153	916
2003	150	892
2004	148	869
2005	153	843
2006	142	825
2007	135	802
2008	133	772
2009	130	766
2010	127	750
2011	120	728
2012	115	703
2013	111	682
2014	111	664
2015	112	642
2016	110	606
2017	107	582
2018	107	560
2019	106	548
2020	102	528
2021	125	533
2022	97	500
2023	94	494

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.14% in Guatemala and 9.5% in Guinea. 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
	Guatemala	Guinea
1960	22.2%	35%
1961	21.6%	34.7%
1962	21.1%	34.4%
1963	20.6%	34.2%
1964	20.1%	33.9%
1965	19.6%	33.6%
1966	19.1%	33.4%
1967	18.6%	33.1%
1968	18.1%	32.8%
1969	17.6%	32.5%
1970	17.1%	32.2%
1971	16.6%	31.9%
1972	16.1%	31.6%
1973	15.6%	31.3%
1974	15.1%	30.9%
1975	14.6%	30.6%
1976	16.5%	30.1%
1977	13.6%	29.7%
1978	13.2%	29.2%
1979	12.7%	28.7%
1980	12.2%	28.2%
1981	11.8%	27.7%
1982	13.6%	27.2%
1983	10.9%	26.7%
1984	10.5%	26.2%
1985	10%	25.8%
1986	9.6%	25.3%
1987	9.19%	24.8%
1988	8.79%	24.4%
1989	8.41%	23.9%
1990	8.04%	23.3%
1991	7.68%	22.7%
1992	7.34%	22.1%
1993	7.02%	21.4%
1994	6.71%	20.7%
1995	6.42%	20%
1996	6.15%	19.3%
1997	5.89%	18.6%
1998	5.65%	17.9%
1999	5.42%	17.2%
2000	5.21%	16.5%
2001	5%	15.9%
2002	4.8%	15.2%
2003	4.61%	14.6%
2004	4.43%	14.1%
2005	4.26%	13.7%
2006	4.1%	13.3%
2007	3.93%	12.9%
2008	3.78%	12.7%
2009	3.62%	12.4%
2010	3.48%	12.2%
2011	3.33%	12%
2012	3.2%	11.8%
2013	3.07%	11.7%
2014	2.94%	11.6%
2015	2.83%	11.4%
2016	2.72%	11.2%
2017	2.63%	11%
2018	2.54%	10.8%
2019	2.45%	10.6%
2020	2.37%	10.3%
2021	2.28%	10.1%
2022	2.21%	9.78%
2023	2.14%	9.5%