Fertility & birth rates in Guatemala and Iran

Fertility rate in Guatemala vs Iran 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 1.7 in Iran in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guatemala vs Iran 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	Iran
1960	7	7.52
1961	6.98	7.46
1962	6.93	7.4
1963	6.9	7.32
1964	6.87	7.24
1965	6.84	7.22
1966	6.8	7.21
1967	6.76	7.19
1968	6.7	7.12
1969	6.65	7.01
1970	6.6	6.8
1971	6.55	6.55
1972	6.51	6.26
1973	6.49	6.06
1974	6.46	5.97
1975	6.41	5.95
1976	6.37	6.07
1977	6.32	6.18
1978	6.26	6.34
1979	6.22	6.55
1980	6.17	6.63
1981	6.12	6.62
1982	6.06	6.59
1983	5.98	6.53
1984	5.86	6.43
1985	5.73	6.24
1986	5.66	6.01
1987	5.64	5.72
1988	5.62	5.43
1989	5.56	5.17
1990	5.48	4.93
1991	5.38	4.57
1992	5.31	4.1
1993	5.25	3.67
1994	5.19	3.24
1995	5.11	2.85
1996	5.01	2.54
1997	4.91	2.32
1998	4.8	2.19
1999	4.69	2.09
2000	4.58	2
2001	4.5	1.92
2002	4.37	1.84
2003	4.25	1.8
2004	4.13	1.78
2005	3.97	1.76
2006	3.85	1.76
2007	3.72	1.75
2008	3.57	1.74
2009	3.47	1.74
2010	3.38	1.75
2011	3.29	1.79
2012	3.22	1.85
2013	3.15	1.91
2014	3.09	1.98
2015	3.03	2.02
2016	2.97	2.05
2017	2.86	2.02
2018	2.74	1.92
2019	2.59	1.77
2020	2.47	1.7
2021	2.39	1.71
2022	2.34	1.7
2023	2.31	1.7
2024	2.29	1.68
2025	2.26	1.67
2026	2.23	1.66
2027	2.2	1.65
2028	2.17	1.64
2029	2.15	1.64
2030	2.13	1.63
2031	2.11	1.63
2032	2.09	1.63
2033	2.08	1.63
2034	2.06	1.63
2035	2.05	1.63
2036	2.03	1.63
2037	2.02	1.63
2038	2	1.63
2039	1.99	1.63
2040	1.97	1.63
2041	1.96	1.63
2042	1.95	1.63
2043	1.93	1.63
2044	1.92	1.63
2045	1.92	1.63
2046	1.91	1.63
2047	1.9	1.63
2048	1.89	1.63
2049	1.89	1.63
2050	1.88	1.63

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guatemala	Iran
1960	46.7%	43.5%
1961	46.7%	44.1%
1962	46.8%	44.6%
1963	46.7%	44.9%
1964	46.6%	45%
1965	46.6%	45%
1966	46.5%	44.9%
1967	46.4%	44.8%
1968	46.2%	44.8%
1969	46.2%	44.7%
1970	46.1%	44.6%
1971	46%	44.4%
1972	46%	44.2%
1973	46%	43.8%
1974	45.9%	43.5%
1975	45.8%	43.2%
1976	45.7%	43%
1977	45.6%	42.9%
1978	45.6%	43%
1979	45.5%	43.1%
1980	45.5%	43.3%
1981	45.6%	42.9%
1982	45.6%	42.7%
1983	45.7%	43%
1984	45.7%	43.3%
1985	45.7%	43.5%
1986	45.7%	43.7%
1987	45.6%	43.9%
1988	45.6%	44%
1989	45.5%	44.2%
1990	45.4%	44.1%
1991	45.3%	43.9%
1992	45.2%	43.6%
1993	45.1%	43.6%
1994	44.9%	43.2%
1995	44.8%	42.1%
1996	44.7%	40.7%
1997	44.5%	39.1%
1998	44.3%	37.3%
1999	44.1%	35.4%
2000	43.8%	33.6%
2001	43.6%	31.7%
2002	43.3%	30.1%
2003	43%	28.7%
2004	42.5%	27.4%
2005	42.1%	26.2%
2006	41.6%	25.3%
2007	41%	24.6%
2008	40.5%	24%
2009	39.9%	23.7%
2010	39.3%	23.4%
2011	38.7%	23.3%
2012	38.1%	23.3%
2013	37.5%	23.3%
2014	36.9%	23.4%
2015	36.4%	23.6%
2016	35.9%	23.8%
2017	35.4%	23.9%
2018	34.9%	24%
2019	34.4%	23.9%
2020	33.8%	23.8%
2021	33.3%	23.6%
2022	32.7%	23.2%
2023	32.1%	22.8%
2024	31.6%	22.4%
2025	31%	22%
2026	30.5%	21.6%
2027	29.9%	21.1%
2028	29.4%	20.5%
2029	28.8%	19.9%
2030	28.3%	19.3%
2031	27.8%	18.6%
2032	27.3%	18%
2033	26.8%	17.4%
2034	26.4%	17%
2035	26%	16.7%
2036	25.7%	16.4%
2037	25.5%	16.2%
2038	25.2%	15.9%
2039	24.9%	15.8%
2040	24.6%	15.6%
2041	24.3%	15.5%
2042	24%	15.4%
2043	23.7%	15.3%
2044	23.4%	15.3%
2045	23.1%	15.2%
2046	22.8%	15.2%
2047	22.5%	15.2%
2048	22.2%	15.2%
2049	21.9%	15.1%
2050	21.6%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.6% of the population in Guatemala and 22.4% in Iran in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guatemala and Iran compared.

Natural population change in Guatemala vs Iran by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.83% in Guatemala and +1.1% in Iran. 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	Iran
1960	120,728	584,060
1961	123,753	594,674
1962	126,429	595,538
1963	129,065	620,126
1964	132,832	635,589
1965	135,997	663,029
1966	140,494	695,040
1967	143,859	727,276
1968	146,946	743,992
1969	149,516	780,660
1970	155,946	794,612
1971	165,104	805,830
1972	173,162	804,043
1973	179,871	831,880
1974	184,992	873,369
1975	188,501	929,481
1976	171,903	1,013,347
1977	203,299	1,091,542
1978	211,301	1,156,974
1979	216,810	1,294,306
1980	218,460	1,361,293
1981	221,044	1,376,830
1982	199,809	1,514,240
1983	238,059	1,573,612
1984	241,892	1,653,051
1985	246,119	1,661,750
1986	252,754	1,659,289
1987	261,746	1,639,644
1988	271,466	1,614,512
1989	276,736	1,609,739
1990	280,318	1,530,434
1991	283,917	1,495,594
1992	288,411	1,365,466
1993	295,515	1,219,658
1994	302,708	1,008,076
1995	309,236	879,648
1996	315,252	784,508
1997	320,087	726,574
1998	325,174	717,655
1999	328,890	723,237
2000	332,891	731,203
2001	335,503	743,658
2002	334,255	752,205
2003	333,539	732,600
2004	331,699	801,203
2005	325,816	837,305
2006	325,604	884,529
2007	326,298	919,254
2008	323,226	940,983
2009	323,320	958,322
2010	324,802	980,380
2011	328,548	1,023,925
2012	332,365	1,073,804
2013	331,321	1,119,533
2014	333,551	1,158,552
2015	335,072	1,178,317
2016	338,114	1,186,949
2017	332,838	1,140,549
2018	323,100	1,035,052
2019	307,389	893,063
2020	281,328	663,978
2021	255,145	645,725
2022	281,675	753,525
2023	289,635	750,150

Maternal mortality chart: Guatemala vs Iran

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 16 deaths in Iran.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guatemala	Iran
1985	301	160
1986	286	148
1987	277	136
1988	273	126
1989	271	113
1990	270	107
1991	268	94
1992	269	86
1993	262	80
1994	244	71
1995	229	65
1996	213	59
1997	198	55
1998	185	50
1999	174	46
2000	166	43
2001	162	40
2002	153	38
2003	150	37
2004	148	34
2005	153	33
2006	142	32
2007	135	31
2008	133	30
2009	130	28
2010	127	27
2011	120	26
2012	115	25
2013	111	24
2014	111	23
2015	112	22
2016	110	21
2017	107	20
2018	107	19
2019	106	18
2020	102	34
2021	125	51
2022	97	21
2023	94	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.14% in Guatemala and 1.18% in Iran. 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	Iran
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%	18.9%
1972	16.1%	18%
1973	15.6%	17.1%
1974	15.1%	16.2%
1975	14.6%	15.3%
1976	16.5%	14.4%
1977	13.6%	13.5%
1978	13.2%	12.6%
1979	12.7%	11.7%
1980	12.2%	10.8%
1981	11.8%	10%
1982	13.6%	9.3%
1983	10.9%	8.67%
1984	10.5%	8.13%
1985	10%	7.64%
1986	9.6%	7.2%
1987	9.19%	6.8%
1988	8.79%	6.42%
1989	8.41%	6.07%
1990	8.04%	5.76%
1991	7.68%	5.48%
1992	7.34%	5.22%
1993	7.02%	5%
1994	6.71%	4.79%
1995	6.42%	4.59%
1996	6.15%	4.4%
1997	5.89%	4.21%
1998	5.65%	4.02%
1999	5.42%	3.83%
2000	5.21%	3.63%
2001	5%	3.42%
2002	4.8%	3.22%
2003	4.61%	3.02%
2004	4.43%	2.83%
2005	4.26%	2.65%
2006	4.1%	2.48%
2007	3.93%	2.32%
2008	3.78%	2.17%
2009	3.62%	2.04%
2010	3.48%	1.93%
2011	3.33%	1.84%
2012	3.2%	1.75%
2013	3.07%	1.68%
2014	2.94%	1.61%
2015	2.83%	1.55%
2016	2.72%	1.5%
2017	2.63%	1.45%
2018	2.54%	1.39%
2019	2.45%	1.35%
2020	2.37%	1.3%
2021	2.28%	1.26%
2022	2.21%	1.22%
2023	2.14%	1.18%