Fertility & birth rates in Guatemala and Iraq

Fertility rate in Guatemala vs Iraq 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 3.25 in Iraq in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guatemala vs Iraq 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	Iraq
1960	7	5.3
1961	6.98	5.8
1962	6.93	6.99
1963	6.9	7.01
1964	6.87	7.01
1965	6.84	7.02
1966	6.8	7.02
1967	6.76	7.03
1968	6.7	7.06
1969	6.65	7.08
1970	6.6	7.07
1971	6.55	7.06
1972	6.51	7.02
1973	6.49	6.99
1974	6.46	6.95
1975	6.41	6.91
1976	6.37	6.86
1977	6.32	6.8
1978	6.26	6.73
1979	6.22	6.66
1980	6.17	6.59
1981	6.12	6.53
1982	6.06	6.46
1983	5.98	6.39
1984	5.86	6.32
1985	5.73	6.25
1986	5.66	6.18
1987	5.64	6.11
1988	5.62	6.05
1989	5.56	5.99
1990	5.48	5.93
1991	5.38	5.83
1992	5.31	5.72
1993	5.25	5.61
1994	5.19	5.49
1995	5.11	5.36
1996	5.01	5.25
1997	4.91	5.19
1998	4.8	5.11
1999	4.69	5.04
2000	4.58	4.92
2001	4.5	4.8
2002	4.37	4.67
2003	4.25	4.58
2004	4.13	4.53
2005	3.97	4.45
2006	3.85	4.46
2007	3.72	4.4
2008	3.57	4.37
2009	3.47	4.38
2010	3.38	4.46
2011	3.29	4.59
2012	3.22	4.54
2013	3.15	4.44
2014	3.09	4.31
2015	3.03	4.08
2016	2.97	3.84
2017	2.86	3.64
2018	2.74	3.55
2019	2.59	3.48
2020	2.47	3.42
2021	2.39	3.36
2022	2.34	3.29
2023	2.31	3.25
2024	2.29	3.22
2025	2.26	3.17
2026	2.23	3.13
2027	2.2	3.09
2028	2.17	3.05
2029	2.15	3.01
2030	2.13	2.97
2031	2.11	2.94
2032	2.09	2.89
2033	2.08	2.86
2034	2.06	2.83
2035	2.05	2.79
2036	2.03	2.77
2037	2.02	2.74
2038	2	2.71
2039	1.99	2.69
2040	1.97	2.66
2041	1.96	2.64
2042	1.95	2.61
2043	1.93	2.59
2044	1.92	2.57
2045	1.92	2.54
2046	1.91	2.52
2047	1.9	2.5
2048	1.89	2.48
2049	1.89	2.47
2050	1.88	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guatemala	Iraq
1960	46.7%	39.8%
1961	46.7%	39.9%
1962	46.8%	40.4%
1963	46.7%	41%
1964	46.6%	41.5%
1965	46.6%	42.1%
1966	46.5%	42.5%
1967	46.4%	42.8%
1968	46.2%	43%
1969	46.2%	43.3%
1970	46.1%	43.6%
1971	46%	44.1%
1972	46%	44.7%
1973	46%	45.5%
1974	45.9%	46.2%
1975	45.8%	46.7%
1976	45.7%	47.2%
1977	45.6%	47.3%
1978	45.6%	47.1%
1979	45.5%	47%
1980	45.5%	46.8%
1981	45.6%	46.7%
1982	45.6%	46.6%
1983	45.7%	46.5%
1984	45.7%	46.3%
1985	45.7%	46.2%
1986	45.7%	46%
1987	45.6%	45.8%
1988	45.6%	45.6%
1989	45.5%	45.4%
1990	45.4%	45.2%
1991	45.3%	45%
1992	45.2%	44.9%
1993	45.1%	44.7%
1994	44.9%	44.6%
1995	44.8%	44.4%
1996	44.7%	44.3%
1997	44.5%	44.1%
1998	44.3%	44%
1999	44.1%	43.8%
2000	43.8%	43.7%
2001	43.6%	43.5%
2002	43.3%	43.3%
2003	43%	43.1%
2004	42.5%	42.9%
2005	42.1%	42.6%
2006	41.6%	42.3%
2007	41%	42.1%
2008	40.5%	41.8%
2009	39.9%	41.5%
2010	39.3%	41.2%
2011	38.7%	41.1%
2012	38.1%	41%
2013	37.5%	40.8%
2014	36.9%	40.6%
2015	36.4%	40.4%
2016	35.9%	40.1%
2017	35.4%	39.7%
2018	34.9%	39.3%
2019	34.4%	38.9%
2020	33.8%	38.5%
2021	33.3%	38.1%
2022	32.7%	37.6%
2023	32.1%	37.1%
2024	31.6%	36.6%
2025	31%	36%
2026	30.5%	35.4%
2027	29.9%	34.7%
2028	29.4%	34.1%
2029	28.8%	33.4%
2030	28.3%	32.9%
2031	27.8%	32.5%
2032	27.3%	32.1%
2033	26.8%	31.8%
2034	26.4%	31.6%
2035	26%	31.3%
2036	25.7%	31.1%
2037	25.5%	30.9%
2038	25.2%	30.6%
2039	24.9%	30.4%
2040	24.6%	30.1%
2041	24.3%	29.9%
2042	24%	29.7%
2043	23.7%	29.4%
2044	23.4%	29.1%
2045	23.1%	28.8%
2046	22.8%	28.6%
2047	22.5%	28.3%
2048	22.2%	28%
2049	21.9%	27.7%
2050	21.6%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.6% of the population in Guatemala and 36.6% in Iraq in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 45.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guatemala and Iraq compared.

Natural population change in Guatemala vs Iraq by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.83% in Guatemala and +2.37% in Iraq. 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	Iraq
1960	120,728	155,651
1961	123,753	184,792
1962	126,429	247,520
1963	129,065	254,046
1964	132,832	262,825
1965	135,997	274,551
1966	140,494	285,507
1967	143,859	298,192
1968	146,946	310,644
1969	149,516	324,792
1970	155,946	338,030
1971	165,104	351,464
1972	173,162	362,334
1973	179,871	373,191
1974	184,992	376,197
1975	188,501	385,916
1976	171,903	402,260
1977	203,299	410,229
1978	211,301	418,756
1979	216,810	428,458
1980	218,460	419,653
1981	221,044	416,998
1982	199,809	428,336
1983	238,059	439,800
1984	241,892	455,740
1985	246,119	467,445
1986	252,754	474,348
1987	261,746	488,742
1988	271,466	476,778
1989	276,736	496,852
1990	280,318	518,575
1991	283,917	550,146
1992	288,411	591,886
1993	295,515	606,700
1994	302,708	634,344
1995	309,236	642,977
1996	315,252	652,866
1997	320,087	667,582
1998	325,174	684,152
1999	328,890	702,170
2000	332,891	715,771
2001	335,503	729,704
2002	334,255	739,419
2003	333,539	746,159
2004	331,699	761,563
2005	325,816	776,603
2006	325,604	797,342
2007	326,298	784,119
2008	323,226	802,382
2009	323,320	855,096
2010	324,802	906,369
2011	328,548	971,082
2012	332,365	999,987
2013	331,321	1,026,036
2014	333,551	1,040,726
2015	335,072	1,007,561
2016	338,114	946,968
2017	332,838	924,507
2018	323,100	938,310
2019	307,389	942,972
2020	281,328	919,953
2021	255,145	941,924
2022	281,675	962,501
2023	289,635	973,420

Maternal mortality chart: Guatemala vs Iraq

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 66 deaths in Iraq.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guatemala	Iraq
1985	301	152
1986	286	147
1987	277	145
1988	273	174
1989	271	190
1990	270	195
1991	268	157
1992	269	126
1993	262	132
1994	244	142
1995	229	152
1996	213	158
1997	198	165
1998	185	163
1999	174	156
2000	166	146
2001	162	137
2002	153	128
2003	150	125
2004	148	122
2005	153	118
2006	142	120
2007	135	117
2008	133	109
2009	130	107
2010	127	107
2011	120	105
2012	115	100
2013	111	96
2014	111	90
2015	112	86
2016	110	87
2017	107	81
2018	107	76
2019	106	74
2020	102	63
2021	125	77
2022	97	59
2023	94	66

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.14% in Guatemala and 2.26% in Iraq. 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	Iraq
1960	22.2%	19%
1961	21.6%	17.9%
1962	21.1%	16.9%
1963	20.6%	16%
1964	20.1%	15.1%
1965	19.6%	14.4%
1966	19.1%	13.6%
1967	18.6%	13%
1968	18.1%	12.4%
1969	17.6%	11.8%
1970	17.1%	11.2%
1971	16.6%	10.7%
1972	16.1%	10.3%
1973	15.6%	9.79%
1974	15.1%	9.35%
1975	14.6%	8.93%
1976	16.5%	8.54%
1977	13.6%	8.17%
1978	13.2%	7.83%
1979	12.7%	7.52%
1980	12.2%	7.23%
1981	11.8%	6.96%
1982	13.6%	6.71%
1983	10.9%	6.49%
1984	10.5%	6.28%
1985	10%	6.09%
1986	9.6%	5.91%
1987	9.19%	5.75%
1988	8.79%	6.92%
1989	8.41%	8.12%
1990	8.04%	7.97%
1991	7.68%	6.49%
1992	7.34%	5.17%
1993	7.02%	5.07%
1994	6.71%	4.98%
1995	6.42%	4.89%
1996	6.15%	4.8%
1997	5.89%	4.71%
1998	5.65%	4.61%
1999	5.42%	4.52%
2000	5.21%	4.43%
2001	5%	4.33%
2002	4.8%	4.24%
2003	4.61%	4.16%
2004	4.43%	4.07%
2005	4.26%	3.97%
2006	4.1%	3.88%
2007	3.93%	3.78%
2008	3.78%	3.67%
2009	3.62%	3.56%
2010	3.48%	3.46%
2011	3.33%	3.35%
2012	3.2%	3.24%
2013	3.07%	3.14%
2014	2.94%	3.04%
2015	2.83%	2.94%
2016	2.72%	2.84%
2017	2.63%	2.75%
2018	2.54%	2.66%
2019	2.45%	2.57%
2020	2.37%	2.49%
2021	2.28%	2.41%
2022	2.21%	2.33%
2023	2.14%	2.26%