Fertility & birth rates in Guatemala and Libya

Fertility rate in Guatemala vs Libya 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 2.36 in Libya in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guatemala vs Libya 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	Libya
1960	7	7.51
1961	6.98	7.56
1962	6.93	7.61
1963	6.9	7.69
1964	6.87	7.75
1965	6.84	7.82
1966	6.8	7.89
1967	6.76	7.93
1968	6.7	7.97
1969	6.65	8.01
1970	6.6	8.05
1971	6.55	8.1
1972	6.51	8.07
1973	6.49	8.05
1974	6.46	8.02
1975	6.41	7.98
1976	6.37	7.93
1977	6.32	7.87
1978	6.26	7.79
1979	6.22	7.68
1980	6.17	7.54
1981	6.12	7.37
1982	6.06	7.16
1983	5.98	6.91
1984	5.86	6.62
1985	5.73	6.33
1986	5.66	6.02
1987	5.64	5.72
1988	5.62	5.41
1989	5.56	5.09
1990	5.48	4.78
1991	5.38	4.46
1992	5.31	4.16
1993	5.25	3.88
1994	5.19	3.65
1995	5.11	3.44
1996	5.01	3.26
1997	4.91	3.13
1998	4.8	3.04
1999	4.69	2.97
2000	4.58	2.91
2001	4.5	2.87
2002	4.37	2.83
2003	4.25	2.8
2004	4.13	2.77
2005	3.97	2.77
2006	3.85	2.7
2007	3.72	2.65
2008	3.57	2.6
2009	3.47	2.56
2010	3.38	2.6
2011	3.29	2.65
2012	3.22	2.68
2013	3.15	2.72
2014	3.09	2.75
2015	3.03	2.71
2016	2.97	2.67
2017	2.86	2.63
2018	2.74	2.58
2019	2.59	2.54
2020	2.47	2.51
2021	2.39	2.46
2022	2.34	2.4
2023	2.31	2.36
2024	2.29	2.3
2025	2.26	2.25
2026	2.23	2.21
2027	2.2	2.18
2028	2.17	2.14
2029	2.15	2.11
2030	2.13	2.08
2031	2.11	2.06
2032	2.09	2.03
2033	2.08	2.01
2034	2.06	1.99
2035	2.05	1.97
2036	2.03	1.95
2037	2.02	1.94
2038	2	1.92
2039	1.99	1.91
2040	1.97	1.9
2041	1.96	1.89
2042	1.95	1.88
2043	1.93	1.87
2044	1.92	1.86
2045	1.92	1.85
2046	1.91	1.84
2047	1.9	1.83
2048	1.89	1.83
2049	1.89	1.82
2050	1.88	1.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guatemala	Libya
1960	46.7%	43.6%
1961	46.7%	44.2%
1962	46.8%	44.8%
1963	46.7%	45.5%
1964	46.6%	46.1%
1965	46.6%	47%
1966	46.5%	48.4%
1967	46.4%	49.5%
1968	46.2%	50.3%
1969	46.2%	50.7%
1970	46.1%	50.9%
1971	46%	50.9%
1972	46%	50.9%
1973	46%	50.2%
1974	45.9%	49.3%
1975	45.8%	48.9%
1976	45.7%	48.6%
1977	45.6%	48.2%
1978	45.6%	48%
1979	45.5%	47.9%
1980	45.5%	47.7%
1981	45.6%	47.5%
1982	45.6%	47.3%
1983	45.7%	46.8%
1984	45.7%	46.1%
1985	45.7%	45.5%
1986	45.7%	44.8%
1987	45.6%	44.1%
1988	45.6%	43.4%
1989	45.5%	42.6%
1990	45.4%	41.7%
1991	45.3%	40.7%
1992	45.2%	39.7%
1993	45.1%	38.6%
1994	44.9%	37.4%
1995	44.8%	36.3%
1996	44.7%	35.2%
1997	44.5%	34.2%
1998	44.3%	33.3%
1999	44.1%	32.5%
2000	43.8%	32%
2001	43.6%	31.7%
2002	43.3%	31.5%
2003	43%	31.3%
2004	42.5%	31.2%
2005	42.1%	31.1%
2006	41.6%	30.9%
2007	41%	30.6%
2008	40.5%	30.3%
2009	39.9%	30.1%
2010	39.3%	29.9%
2011	38.7%	30.7%
2012	38.1%	31.5%
2013	37.5%	31.3%
2014	36.9%	31.1%
2015	36.4%	31%
2016	35.9%	30.9%
2017	35.4%	30.6%
2018	34.9%	30.3%
2019	34.4%	29.9%
2020	33.8%	29.5%
2021	33.3%	29%
2022	32.7%	28.5%
2023	32.1%	28%
2024	31.6%	27.4%
2025	31%	26.8%
2026	30.5%	26.2%
2027	29.9%	25.6%
2028	29.4%	25.1%
2029	28.8%	24.5%
2030	28.3%	23.9%
2031	27.8%	23.4%
2032	27.3%	23%
2033	26.8%	22.5%
2034	26.4%	22.1%
2035	26%	21.8%
2036	25.7%	21.5%
2037	25.5%	21.3%
2038	25.2%	21%
2039	24.9%	20.9%
2040	24.6%	20.7%
2041	24.3%	20.6%
2042	24%	20.5%
2043	23.7%	20.4%
2044	23.4%	20.3%
2045	23.1%	20.2%
2046	22.8%	20.1%
2047	22.5%	20%
2048	22.2%	19.9%
2049	21.9%	19.8%
2050	21.6%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.6% of the population in Guatemala and 27.4% in Libya in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 41.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guatemala and Libya compared.

Natural population change in Guatemala vs Libya by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.83% in Guatemala and +1.43% in Libya. 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	Libya
1960	120,728	38,391
1961	123,753	42,167
1962	126,429	46,252
1963	129,065	50,421
1964	132,832	55,227
1965	135,997	59,134
1966	140,494	60,394
1967	143,859	61,889
1968	146,946	63,971
1969	149,516	66,782
1970	155,946	70,488
1971	165,104	74,934
1972	173,162	77,864
1973	179,871	81,256
1974	184,992	89,337
1975	188,501	94,862
1976	171,903	101,146
1977	203,299	107,769
1978	211,301	114,669
1979	216,810	121,469
1980	218,460	128,034
1981	221,044	130,233
1982	199,809	133,511
1983	238,059	122,183
1984	241,892	110,028
1985	246,119	110,194
1986	252,754	109,325
1987	261,746	107,761
1988	271,466	105,469
1989	276,736	102,823
1990	280,318	99,898
1991	283,917	96,582
1992	288,411	93,568
1993	295,515	90,553
1994	302,708	88,765
1995	309,236	87,661
1996	315,252	86,945
1997	320,087	86,899
1998	325,174	87,613
1999	328,890	88,743
2000	332,891	89,814
2001	335,503	93,370
2002	334,255	97,598
2003	333,539	102,144
2004	331,699	107,144
2005	325,816	112,823
2006	325,604	115,645
2007	326,298	116,704
2008	323,226	117,481
2009	323,320	118,102
2010	324,802	122,926
2011	328,548	121,016
2012	332,365	108,855
2013	331,321	110,772
2014	333,551	110,420
2015	335,072	108,096
2016	338,114	105,265
2017	332,838	103,891
2018	323,100	101,619
2019	307,389	97,842
2020	281,328	92,950
2021	255,145	88,005
2022	281,675	91,951
2023	289,635	75,760

Maternal mortality chart: Guatemala vs Libya

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 59 deaths in Libya.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guatemala	Libya
1985	301	86
1986	286	82
1987	277	77
1988	273	74
1989	271	70
1990	270	67
1991	268	64
1992	269	61
1993	262	60
1994	244	59
1995	229	59
1996	213	61
1997	198	64
1998	185	67
1999	174	69
2000	166	71
2001	162	71
2002	153	69
2003	150	68
2004	148	67
2005	153	66
2006	142	66
2007	135	67
2008	133	68
2009	130	70
2010	127	71
2011	120	81
2012	115	74
2013	111	75
2014	111	77
2015	112	76
2016	110	74
2017	107	69
2018	107	66
2019	106	65
2020	102	71
2021	125	98
2022	97	60
2023	94	59

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.14% in Guatemala and 3.08% in Libya. 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	Libya
1960	22.2%	27.7%
1961	21.6%	26%
1962	21.1%	24.3%
1963	20.6%	22.7%
1964	20.1%	21.2%
1965	19.6%	19.7%
1966	19.1%	18.3%
1967	18.6%	17%
1968	18.1%	15.8%
1969	17.6%	14.7%
1970	17.1%	13.6%
1971	16.6%	12.6%
1972	16.1%	11.7%
1973	15.6%	10.9%
1974	15.1%	10.2%
1975	14.6%	9.5%
1976	16.5%	8.91%
1977	13.6%	8.39%
1978	13.2%	7.92%
1979	12.7%	7.5%
1980	12.2%	7.11%
1981	11.8%	6.76%
1982	13.6%	6.42%
1983	10.9%	6.1%
1984	10.5%	5.79%
1985	10%	5.5%
1986	9.6%	5.21%
1987	9.19%	4.94%
1988	8.79%	4.67%
1989	8.41%	4.42%
1990	8.04%	4.19%
1991	7.68%	3.98%
1992	7.34%	3.78%
1993	7.02%	3.61%
1994	6.71%	3.46%
1995	6.42%	3.32%
1996	6.15%	3.2%
1997	5.89%	3.09%
1998	5.65%	2.99%
1999	5.42%	2.9%
2000	5.21%	2.81%
2001	5%	2.73%
2002	4.8%	2.65%
2003	4.61%	2.55%
2004	4.43%	2.44%
2005	4.26%	2.31%
2006	4.1%	2.17%
2007	3.93%	2.02%
2008	3.78%	1.88%
2009	3.62%	1.76%
2010	3.48%	1.66%
2011	3.33%	1.96%
2012	3.2%	1.51%
2013	3.07%	1.45%
2014	2.94%	1.39%
2015	2.83%	1.33%
2016	2.72%	1.28%
2017	2.63%	1.24%
2018	2.54%	1.19%
2019	2.45%	1.16%
2020	2.37%	1.12%
2021	2.28%	1.08%
2022	2.21%	1.05%
2023	2.14%	3.08%