Fertility & birth rates in Guatemala and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Guatemala vs Marshall Islands 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 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guatemala vs the Marshall Islands 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	Marshall Islands
1960	7	8.08
1961	6.98	8.12
1962	6.93	8.12
1963	6.9	8.12
1964	6.87	8.14
1965	6.84	8.16
1966	6.8	8.2
1967	6.76	8.17
1968	6.7	8.14
1969	6.65	8.11
1970	6.6	8.07
1971	6.55	8.04
1972	6.51	8
1973	6.49	7.95
1974	6.46	7.9
1975	6.41	7.83
1976	6.37	7.76
1977	6.32	7.67
1978	6.26	7.58
1979	6.22	7.47
1980	6.17	7.37
1981	6.12	7.27
1982	6.06	7.18
1983	5.98	7.08
1984	5.86	6.99
1985	5.73	6.87
1986	5.66	6.73
1987	5.64	6.57
1988	5.62	6.38
1989	5.56	6.18
1990	5.48	5.97
1991	5.38	5.76
1992	5.31	5.55
1993	5.25	5.38
1994	5.19	5.23
1995	5.11	5.09
1996	5.01	5.02
1997	4.91	4.96
1998	4.8	4.87
1999	4.69	4.78
2000	4.58	4.7
2001	4.5	4.58
2002	4.37	4.49
2003	4.25	4.42
2004	4.13	4.34
2005	3.97	4.28
2006	3.85	4.2
2007	3.72	4.09
2008	3.57	3.97
2009	3.47	3.83
2010	3.38	3.67
2011	3.29	3.53
2012	3.22	3.38
2013	3.15	3.25
2014	3.09	3.18
2015	3.03	3.13
2016	2.97	3.09
2017	2.86	3.06
2018	2.74	3.04
2019	2.59	3.01
2020	2.47	2.99
2021	2.39	2.96
2022	2.34	2.94
2023	2.31	2.92
2024	2.29	2.86
2025	2.26	2.82
2026	2.23	2.77
2027	2.2	2.73
2028	2.17	2.69
2029	2.15	2.65
2030	2.13	2.6
2031	2.11	2.57
2032	2.09	2.53
2033	2.08	2.5
2034	2.06	2.47
2035	2.05	2.44
2036	2.03	2.41
2037	2.02	2.38
2038	2	2.36
2039	1.99	2.34
2040	1.97	2.31
2041	1.96	2.29
2042	1.95	2.26
2043	1.93	2.24
2044	1.92	2.23
2045	1.92	2.21
2046	1.91	2.19
2047	1.9	2.17
2048	1.89	2.15
2049	1.89	2.13
2050	1.88	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guatemala	Marshall Islands
1960	46.7%	46.1%
1961	46.7%	46.7%
1962	46.8%	47.1%
1963	46.7%	47.4%
1964	46.6%	47.5%
1965	46.6%	47.5%
1966	46.5%	47.2%
1967	46.4%	46.7%
1968	46.2%	46.1%
1969	46.2%	45.3%
1970	46.1%	45%
1971	46%	45.6%
1972	46%	46.6%
1973	46%	47.3%
1974	45.9%	47.8%
1975	45.8%	48.2%
1976	45.7%	48.5%
1977	45.6%	49%
1978	45.6%	49.4%
1979	45.5%	49.8%
1980	45.5%	50.1%
1981	45.6%	50.3%
1982	45.6%	50.3%
1983	45.7%	50.4%
1984	45.7%	50.4%
1985	45.7%	50.6%
1986	45.7%	50.7%
1987	45.6%	50.8%
1988	45.6%	50.8%
1989	45.5%	50.6%
1990	45.4%	50.2%
1991	45.3%	49.7%
1992	45.2%	49.1%
1993	45.1%	48.4%
1994	44.9%	47.5%
1995	44.8%	46.6%
1996	44.7%	45.6%
1997	44.5%	44.7%
1998	44.3%	43.7%
1999	44.1%	42.8%
2000	43.8%	42%
2001	43.6%	41.3%
2002	43.3%	40.6%
2003	43%	39.9%
2004	42.5%	39.4%
2005	42.1%	39.1%
2006	41.6%	38.9%
2007	41%	39%
2008	40.5%	39.2%
2009	39.9%	39.4%
2010	39.3%	39.7%
2011	38.7%	39.7%
2012	38.1%	39.4%
2013	37.5%	38.8%
2014	36.9%	38.2%
2015	36.4%	37.5%
2016	35.9%	36.8%
2017	35.4%	36.2%
2018	34.9%	35.7%
2019	34.4%	35.1%
2020	33.8%	34.5%
2021	33.3%	34.4%
2022	32.7%	34.6%
2023	32.1%	34.7%
2024	31.6%	34.5%
2025	31%	33.9%
2026	30.5%	33.2%
2027	29.9%	32.6%
2028	29.4%	32%
2029	28.8%	31.4%
2030	28.3%	30.9%
2031	27.8%	30.3%
2032	27.3%	29.7%
2033	26.8%	29.2%
2034	26.4%	28.6%
2035	26%	28.1%
2036	25.7%	27.6%
2037	25.5%	27.3%
2038	25.2%	27.3%
2039	24.9%	27.4%
2040	24.6%	27.7%
2041	24.3%	28%
2042	24%	28.3%
2043	23.7%	28.6%
2044	23.4%	28.8%
2045	23.1%	29%
2046	22.8%	29.1%
2047	22.5%	29.1%
2048	22.2%	29%
2049	21.9%	28.8%
2050	21.6%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.6% of the population in Guatemala and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guatemala and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Guatemala vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.83% in Guatemala and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	120,728	452
1961	123,753	469
1962	126,429	488
1963	129,065	509
1964	132,832	536
1965	135,997	566
1966	140,494	603
1967	143,859	636
1968	146,946	685
1969	149,516	747
1970	155,946	819
1971	165,104	877
1972	173,162	913
1973	179,871	954
1974	184,992	1,000
1975	188,501	1,055
1976	171,903	1,109
1977	203,299	1,160
1978	211,301	1,207
1979	216,810	1,250
1980	218,460	1,287
1981	221,044	1,328
1982	199,809	1,375
1983	238,059	1,422
1984	241,892	1,470
1985	246,119	1,511
1986	252,754	1,544
1987	261,746	1,566
1988	271,466	1,575
1989	276,736	1,574
1990	280,318	1,556
1991	283,917	1,540
1992	288,411	1,525
1993	295,515	1,524
1994	302,708	1,524
1995	309,236	1,522
1996	315,252	1,542
1997	320,087	1,564
1998	325,174	1,576
1999	328,890	1,590
2000	332,891	1,592
2001	335,503	1,596
2002	334,255	1,594
2003	333,539	1,600
2004	331,699	1,595
2005	325,816	1,586
2006	325,604	1,556
2007	326,298	1,507
2008	323,226	1,443
2009	323,320	1,365
2010	324,802	1,273
2011	328,548	1,185
2012	332,365	1,097
2013	331,321	1,014
2014	333,551	959
2015	335,072	912
2016	338,114	866
2017	332,838	826
2018	323,100	785
2019	307,389	746
2020	281,328	689
2021	255,145	653
2022	281,675	606
2023	289,635	550

Maternal mortality chart: Guatemala vs Marshall Islands

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 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guatemala	Marshall Islands
1985	301	254
1986	286	274
1987	277	282
1988	273	276
1989	271	299
1990	270	311
1991	268	297
1992	269	322
1993	262	320
1994	244	303
1995	229	303
1996	213	292
1997	198	274
1998	185	259
1999	174	250
2000	166	251
2001	162	231
2002	153	223
2003	150	221
2004	148	238
2005	153	234
2006	142	233
2007	135	229
2008	133	226
2009	130	224
2010	127	212
2011	120	209
2012	115	207
2013	111	201
2014	111	199
2015	112	184
2016	110	183
2017	107	179
2018	107	167
2019	106	168
2020	102	178
2021	125	206
2022	97	174
2023	94	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.14% in Guatemala and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	22.2%	12.2%
1961	21.6%	11.6%
1962	21.1%	11%
1963	20.6%	10.5%
1964	20.1%	10.1%
1965	19.6%	9.64%
1966	19.1%	9.25%
1967	18.6%	8.88%
1968	18.1%	8.53%
1969	17.6%	8.19%
1970	17.1%	7.87%
1971	16.6%	7.58%
1972	16.1%	7.33%
1973	15.6%	7.13%
1974	15.1%	6.97%
1975	14.6%	6.86%
1976	16.5%	6.77%
1977	13.6%	6.69%
1978	13.2%	6.61%
1979	12.7%	6.52%
1980	12.2%	6.42%
1981	11.8%	6.29%
1982	13.6%	6.15%
1983	10.9%	6%
1984	10.5%	5.83%
1985	10%	5.66%
1986	9.6%	5.49%
1987	9.19%	5.31%
1988	8.79%	5.13%
1989	8.41%	4.95%
1990	8.04%	4.76%
1991	7.68%	4.59%
1992	7.34%	4.43%
1993	7.02%	4.29%
1994	6.71%	4.2%
1995	6.42%	4.15%
1996	6.15%	4.14%
1997	5.89%	4.15%
1998	5.65%	4.19%
1999	5.42%	4.23%
2000	5.21%	4.25%
2001	5%	4.25%
2002	4.8%	4.24%
2003	4.61%	4.21%
2004	4.43%	4.18%
2005	4.26%	4.14%
2006	4.1%	4.1%
2007	3.93%	4.06%
2008	3.78%	4.02%
2009	3.62%	3.97%
2010	3.48%	3.94%
2011	3.33%	3.89%
2012	3.2%	3.82%
2013	3.07%	3.75%
2014	2.94%	3.66%
2015	2.83%	3.57%
2016	2.72%	3.48%
2017	2.63%	3.38%
2018	2.54%	3.29%
2019	2.45%	3.19%
2020	2.37%	3.1%
2021	2.28%	3%
2022	2.21%	2.91%
2023	2.14%	2.82%