Fertility & birth rates in Guatemala and Israel

Fertility rate in Guatemala vs Israel 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 2.85 in Israel in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Guatemala	Israel
1960	7	3.87
1961	6.98	3.86
1962	6.93	3.85
1963	6.9	3.84
1964	6.87	3.83
1965	6.84	3.81
1966	6.8	3.8
1967	6.76	3.79
1968	6.7	3.79
1969	6.65	3.78
1970	6.6	3.78
1971	6.55	3.77
1972	6.51	3.77
1973	6.49	3.7
1974	6.46	3.63
1975	6.41	3.55
1976	6.37	3.48
1977	6.32	3.41
1978	6.26	3.35
1979	6.22	3.3
1980	6.17	3.24
1981	6.12	3.19
1982	6.06	3.13
1983	5.98	3.11
1984	5.86	3.08
1985	5.73	3.06
1986	5.66	3.03
1987	5.64	3.01
1988	5.62	2.95
1989	5.56	2.89
1990	5.48	2.82
1991	5.38	2.76
1992	5.31	2.7
1993	5.25	2.8
1994	5.19	2.9
1995	5.11	2.9
1996	5.01	2.9
1997	4.91	2.94
1998	4.8	2.98
1999	4.69	2.97
2000	4.58	2.95
2001	4.5	2.92
2002	4.37	2.89
2003	4.25	2.95
2004	4.13	2.9
2005	3.97	2.84
2006	3.85	2.88
2007	3.72	2.9
2008	3.57	2.96
2009	3.47	2.96
2010	3.38	3.03
2011	3.29	2.98
2012	3.22	3.05
2013	3.15	3.03
2014	3.09	3.08
2015	3.03	3.09
2016	2.97	3.11
2017	2.86	3.11
2018	2.74	3.09
2019	2.59	3.01
2020	2.47	2.9
2021	2.39	3
2022	2.34	2.89
2023	2.31	2.85
2024	2.29	2.8
2025	2.26	2.77
2026	2.23	2.75
2027	2.2	2.72
2028	2.17	2.7
2029	2.15	2.67
2030	2.13	2.66
2031	2.11	2.64
2032	2.09	2.63
2033	2.08	2.6
2034	2.06	2.58
2035	2.05	2.56
2036	2.03	2.55
2037	2.02	2.53
2038	2	2.51
2039	1.99	2.49
2040	1.97	2.47
2041	1.96	2.46
2042	1.95	2.44
2043	1.93	2.42
2044	1.92	2.41
2045	1.92	2.39
2046	1.91	2.38
2047	1.9	2.36
2048	1.89	2.35
2049	1.89	2.34
2050	1.88	2.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guatemala	Israel
1960	46.7%	35.2%
1961	46.7%	34.9%
1962	46.8%	34.8%
1963	46.7%	34.9%
1964	46.6%	34.8%
1965	46.6%	34.6%
1966	46.5%	34.4%
1967	46.4%	34.1%
1968	46.2%	33.8%
1969	46.2%	33.5%
1970	46.1%	33.2%
1971	46%	32.9%
1972	46%	32.7%
1973	46%	32.6%
1974	45.9%	32.7%
1975	45.8%	32.7%
1976	45.7%	32.8%
1977	45.6%	32.9%
1978	45.6%	33%
1979	45.5%	33%
1980	45.5%	32.9%
1981	45.6%	32.8%
1982	45.6%	32.7%
1983	45.7%	32.7%
1984	45.7%	32.6%
1985	45.7%	32.5%
1986	45.7%	32.3%
1987	45.6%	32.1%
1988	45.6%	31.9%
1989	45.5%	31.7%
1990	45.4%	31.3%
1991	45.3%	30.7%
1992	45.2%	30.3%
1993	45.1%	30%
1994	44.9%	29.8%
1995	44.8%	29.6%
1996	44.7%	29.3%
1997	44.5%	29%
1998	44.3%	28.8%
1999	44.1%	28.5%
2000	43.8%	28.3%
2001	43.6%	28.1%
2002	43.3%	28%
2003	43%	27.9%
2004	42.5%	27.9%
2005	42.1%	27.9%
2006	41.6%	27.8%
2007	41%	27.8%
2008	40.5%	27.8%
2009	39.9%	27.9%
2010	39.3%	28%
2011	38.7%	28.1%
2012	38.1%	28.1%
2013	37.5%	28.2%
2014	36.9%	28.2%
2015	36.4%	28.2%
2016	35.9%	28.3%
2017	35.4%	28.2%
2018	34.9%	28.2%
2019	34.4%	28.1%
2020	33.8%	28%
2021	33.3%	27.9%
2022	32.7%	27.8%
2023	32.1%	27.6%
2024	31.6%	27.4%
2025	31%	27.2%
2026	30.5%	26.9%
2027	29.9%	26.6%
2028	29.4%	26.4%
2029	28.8%	26.1%
2030	28.3%	25.8%
2031	27.8%	25.5%
2032	27.3%	25.2%
2033	26.8%	25%
2034	26.4%	24.7%
2035	26%	24.6%
2036	25.7%	24.4%
2037	25.5%	24.2%
2038	25.2%	24.1%
2039	24.9%	24%
2040	24.6%	24%
2041	24.3%	23.9%
2042	24%	23.9%
2043	23.7%	23.8%
2044	23.4%	23.8%
2045	23.1%	23.8%
2046	22.8%	23.8%
2047	22.5%	23.7%
2048	22.2%	23.7%
2049	21.9%	23.6%
2050	21.6%	23.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.6% of the population in Guatemala and 27.4% in Israel in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 31.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guatemala and Israel compared.

Natural population change in Guatemala vs Israel by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.83% in Guatemala and +1.5% in Israel. 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	Israel
1960	120,728	44,818
1961	123,753	42,170
1962	126,429	43,337
1963	129,065	44,964
1964	132,832	48,015
1965	135,997	49,979
1966	140,494	50,477
1967	143,859	47,488
1968	146,946	51,014
1969	149,516	53,800
1970	155,946	56,506
1971	165,104	64,449
1972	173,162	62,960
1973	179,871	65,560
1974	184,992	68,891
1975	188,501	70,828
1976	171,903	74,899
1977	203,299	70,092
1978	211,301	67,158
1979	216,810	68,148
1980	218,460	68,253
1981	221,044	67,647
1982	199,809	68,931
1983	238,059	70,196
1984	241,892	70,703
1985	246,119	71,538
1986	252,754	70,073
1987	261,746	69,904
1988	271,466	71,072
1989	276,736	68,674
1990	280,318	71,764
1991	283,917	73,740
1992	288,411	77,357
1993	295,515	77,337
1994	302,708	79,365
1995	309,236	82,066
1996	315,252	86,518
1997	320,087	88,707
1998	325,174	93,744
1999	328,890	94,325
2000	332,891	98,737
2001	335,503	99,160
2002	334,255	101,178
2003	333,539	106,366
2004	331,699	106,901
2005	325,816	105,338
2006	325,604	109,332
2007	326,298	111,292
2008	323,226	117,672
2009	323,320	122,015
2010	324,802	126,552
2011	328,548	125,030
2012	332,365	128,941
2013	331,321	129,758
2014	333,551	133,916
2015	335,072	134,082
2016	338,114	136,736
2017	332,838	138,541
2018	323,100	140,348
2019	307,389	135,810
2020	281,328	128,089
2021	255,145	134,011
2022	281,675	129,982
2023	289,635	131,977

Maternal mortality chart: Guatemala vs Israel

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 2 deaths in Israel.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guatemala	Israel
1985	301	36
1986	286	36
1987	277	30
1988	273	31
1989	271	30
1990	270	29
1991	268	28
1992	269	27
1993	262	25
1994	244	24
1995	229	22
1996	213	20
1997	198	17
1998	185	14
1999	174	11
2000	166	9
2001	162	7
2002	153	7
2003	150	5
2004	148	5
2005	153	4
2006	142	4
2007	135	4
2008	133	4
2009	130	4
2010	127	3
2011	120	3
2012	115	3
2013	111	3
2014	111	3
2015	112	3
2016	110	3
2017	107	3
2018	107	3
2019	106	3
2020	102	3
2021	125	3
2022	97	3
2023	94	2

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.14% in Guatemala and 0.34% in Israel. 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	Israel
1960	22.2%	4.71%
1961	21.6%	4.48%
1962	21.1%	4.26%
1963	20.6%	4.06%
1964	20.1%	3.86%
1965	19.6%	3.68%
1966	19.1%	3.52%
1967	18.6%	3.36%
1968	18.1%	3.23%
1969	17.6%	3.11%
1970	17.1%	3.01%
1971	16.6%	2.91%
1972	16.1%	2.82%
1973	15.6%	2.72%
1974	15.1%	2.61%
1975	14.6%	2.48%
1976	16.5%	2.33%
1977	13.6%	2.19%
1978	13.2%	2.05%
1979	12.7%	1.93%
1980	12.2%	1.82%
1981	11.8%	1.74%
1982	13.6%	1.66%
1983	10.9%	1.59%
1984	10.5%	1.51%
1985	10%	1.44%
1986	9.6%	1.37%
1987	9.19%	1.31%
1988	8.79%	1.26%
1989	8.41%	1.21%
1990	8.04%	1.15%
1991	7.68%	1.1%
1992	7.34%	1.04%
1993	7.02%	0.98%
1994	6.71%	0.92%
1995	6.42%	0.87%
1996	6.15%	0.82%
1997	5.89%	0.78%
1998	5.65%	0.75%
1999	5.42%	0.72%
2000	5.21%	0.69%
2001	5%	0.66%
2002	4.8%	0.63%
2003	4.61%	0.61%
2004	4.43%	0.58%
2005	4.26%	0.56%
2006	4.1%	0.53%
2007	3.93%	0.51%
2008	3.78%	0.49%
2009	3.62%	0.47%
2010	3.48%	0.46%
2011	3.33%	0.44%
2012	3.2%	0.43%
2013	3.07%	0.41%
2014	2.94%	0.4%
2015	2.83%	0.39%
2016	2.72%	0.38%
2017	2.63%	0.37%
2018	2.54%	0.37%
2019	2.45%	0.36%
2020	2.37%	0.35%
2021	2.28%	0.35%
2022	2.21%	0.34%
2023	2.14%	0.34%