Fertility & birth rates in Guatemala and Morocco

Fertility rate in Guatemala vs Morocco 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 2.23 in Morocco in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guatemala vs Morocco 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	Morocco
1960	7	6.89
1961	6.98	6.97
1962	6.93	7.05
1963	6.9	7.01
1964	6.87	6.97
1965	6.84	6.93
1966	6.8	6.89
1967	6.76	6.85
1968	6.7	6.79
1969	6.65	6.73
1970	6.6	6.68
1971	6.55	6.62
1972	6.51	6.55
1973	6.49	6.48
1974	6.46	6.4
1975	6.41	6.3
1976	6.37	6.18
1977	6.32	6.04
1978	6.26	5.91
1979	6.22	5.85
1980	6.17	5.78
1981	6.12	5.71
1982	6.06	5.6
1983	5.98	5.41
1984	5.86	5.2
1985	5.73	4.99
1986	5.66	4.77
1987	5.64	4.58
1988	5.62	4.39
1989	5.56	4.22
1990	5.48	4.06
1991	5.38	3.95
1992	5.31	3.76
1993	5.25	3.55
1994	5.19	3.41
1995	5.11	3.3
1996	5.01	3.23
1997	4.91	3.15
1998	4.8	3.04
1999	4.69	2.88
2000	4.58	2.77
2001	4.5	2.69
2002	4.37	2.62
2003	4.25	2.61
2004	4.13	2.61
2005	3.97	2.61
2006	3.85	2.61
2007	3.72	2.62
2008	3.57	2.61
2009	3.47	2.62
2010	3.38	2.63
2011	3.29	2.6
2012	3.22	2.54
2013	3.15	2.48
2014	3.09	2.42
2015	3.03	2.41
2016	2.97	2.4
2017	2.86	2.38
2018	2.74	2.35
2019	2.59	2.34
2020	2.47	2.32
2021	2.39	2.29
2022	2.34	2.26
2023	2.31	2.23
2024	2.29	2.21
2025	2.26	2.18
2026	2.23	2.16
2027	2.2	2.14
2028	2.17	2.12
2029	2.15	2.1
2030	2.13	2.08
2031	2.11	2.06
2032	2.09	2.05
2033	2.08	2.03
2034	2.06	2.02
2035	2.05	2
2036	2.03	1.99
2037	2.02	1.98
2038	2	1.96
2039	1.99	1.95
2040	1.97	1.94
2041	1.96	1.93
2042	1.95	1.92
2043	1.93	1.91
2044	1.92	1.9
2045	1.92	1.89
2046	1.91	1.89
2047	1.9	1.88
2048	1.89	1.88
2049	1.89	1.87
2050	1.88	1.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guatemala	Morocco
1960	46.7%	44.9%
1961	46.7%	45.4%
1962	46.8%	45.9%
1963	46.7%	46.3%
1964	46.6%	46.5%
1965	46.6%	46.6%
1966	46.5%	46.8%
1967	46.4%	46.8%
1968	46.2%	46.9%
1969	46.2%	46.8%
1970	46.1%	46.7%
1971	46%	46.6%
1972	46%	46.4%
1973	46%	46.3%
1974	45.9%	46.1%
1975	45.8%	45.8%
1976	45.7%	45.6%
1977	45.6%	45.3%
1978	45.6%	44.9%
1979	45.5%	44.6%
1980	45.5%	44.3%
1981	45.6%	44%
1982	45.6%	43.7%
1983	45.7%	43.4%
1984	45.7%	43.1%
1985	45.7%	42.7%
1986	45.7%	42.3%
1987	45.6%	41.8%
1988	45.6%	41.3%
1989	45.5%	40.8%
1990	45.4%	40.2%
1991	45.3%	39.6%
1992	45.2%	39%
1993	45.1%	38.4%
1994	44.9%	37.7%
1995	44.8%	37%
1996	44.7%	36.4%
1997	44.5%	35.8%
1998	44.3%	35.2%
1999	44.1%	34.6%
2000	43.8%	34%
2001	43.6%	33.5%
2002	43.3%	32.9%
2003	43%	32.4%
2004	42.5%	31.8%
2005	42.1%	31.2%
2006	41.6%	30.7%
2007	41%	30.2%
2008	40.5%	29.8%
2009	39.9%	29.5%
2010	39.3%	29.2%
2011	38.7%	29%
2012	38.1%	28.7%
2013	37.5%	28.5%
2014	36.9%	28.3%
2015	36.4%	28.1%
2016	35.9%	27.8%
2017	35.4%	27.6%
2018	34.9%	27.4%
2019	34.4%	27.2%
2020	33.8%	27%
2021	33.3%	26.7%
2022	32.7%	26.4%
2023	32.1%	26%
2024	31.6%	25.6%
2025	31%	25.2%
2026	30.5%	24.8%
2027	29.9%	24.3%
2028	29.4%	23.9%
2029	28.8%	23.6%
2030	28.3%	23.2%
2031	27.8%	22.9%
2032	27.3%	22.5%
2033	26.8%	22.2%
2034	26.4%	21.9%
2035	26%	21.6%
2036	25.7%	21.3%
2037	25.5%	21.1%
2038	25.2%	20.8%
2039	24.9%	20.6%
2040	24.6%	20.4%
2041	24.3%	20.2%
2042	24%	20.1%
2043	23.7%	19.9%
2044	23.4%	19.7%
2045	23.1%	19.6%
2046	22.8%	19.4%
2047	22.5%	19.3%
2048	22.2%	19.1%
2049	21.9%	19%
2050	21.6%	18.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.6% of the population in Guatemala and 25.6% in Morocco in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guatemala and Morocco compared.

Natural population change in Guatemala vs Morocco by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.83% in Guatemala and +1.25% in Morocco. 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	Morocco
1960	120,728	323,499
1961	123,753	348,650
1962	126,429	363,843
1963	129,065	369,250
1964	132,832	375,835
1965	135,997	383,989
1966	140,494	391,881
1967	143,859	400,594
1968	146,946	407,437
1969	149,516	414,931
1970	155,946	426,015
1971	165,104	435,104
1972	173,162	446,449
1973	179,871	455,699
1974	184,992	464,147
1975	188,501	474,631
1976	171,903	482,130
1977	203,299	489,173
1978	211,301	498,834
1979	216,810	515,554
1980	218,460	534,448
1981	221,044	552,936
1982	199,809	564,904
1983	238,059	566,301
1984	241,892	564,159
1985	246,119	560,810
1986	252,754	558,105
1987	261,746	553,005
1988	271,466	545,800
1989	276,736	538,996
1990	280,318	535,506
1991	283,917	539,850
1992	288,411	525,680
1993	295,515	507,707
1994	302,708	501,426
1995	309,236	496,573
1996	315,252	501,499
1997	320,087	500,807
1998	325,174	492,604
1999	328,890	473,071
2000	332,891	461,341
2001	335,503	452,621
2002	334,255	446,147
2003	333,539	452,650
2004	331,699	461,756
2005	325,816	474,285
2006	325,604	483,200
2007	326,298	493,526
2008	323,226	499,766
2009	323,320	509,386
2010	324,802	515,804
2011	328,548	513,305
2012	332,365	504,698
2013	331,321	492,284
2014	333,551	481,295
2015	335,072	477,654
2016	338,114	474,637
2017	332,838	471,011
2018	323,100	464,375
2019	307,389	457,307
2020	281,328	415,999
2021	255,145	407,829
2022	281,675	427,903
2023	289,635	417,213

Maternal mortality chart: Guatemala vs Morocco

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 70 deaths in Morocco.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guatemala	Morocco
1985	301	752
1986	286	697
1987	277	650
1988	273	602
1989	271	559
1990	270	522
1991	268	490
1992	269	458
1993	262	428
1994	244	401
1995	229	378
1996	213	354
1997	198	333
1998	185	313
1999	174	291
2000	166	271
2001	162	254
2002	153	238
2003	150	224
2004	148	213
2005	153	196
2006	142	182
2007	135	169
2008	133	158
2009	130	148
2010	127	140
2011	120	130
2012	115	121
2013	111	113
2014	111	106
2015	112	100
2016	110	94
2017	107	88
2018	107	83
2019	106	79
2020	102	81
2021	125	92
2022	97	71
2023	94	70

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.14% in Guatemala and 1.66% in Morocco. 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	Morocco
1960	22.2%	24.4%
1961	21.6%	23.9%
1962	21.1%	23.4%
1963	20.6%	22.9%
1964	20.1%	22.3%
1965	19.6%	21.8%
1966	19.1%	21.2%
1967	18.6%	20.6%
1968	18.1%	20.1%
1969	17.6%	19.6%
1970	17.1%	19.1%
1971	16.6%	18.7%
1972	16.1%	18.3%
1973	15.6%	17.8%
1974	15.1%	17.4%
1975	14.6%	16.8%
1976	16.5%	16.2%
1977	13.6%	15.6%
1978	13.2%	14.9%
1979	12.7%	14.2%
1980	12.2%	13.5%
1981	11.8%	12.8%
1982	13.6%	12.1%
1983	10.9%	11.5%
1984	10.5%	10.9%
1985	10%	10.3%
1986	9.6%	9.79%
1987	9.19%	9.3%
1988	8.79%	8.86%
1989	8.41%	8.45%
1990	8.04%	8.08%
1991	7.68%	7.73%
1992	7.34%	7.4%
1993	7.02%	7.09%
1994	6.71%	6.78%
1995	6.42%	6.49%
1996	6.15%	6.21%
1997	5.89%	5.94%
1998	5.65%	5.69%
1999	5.42%	5.45%
2000	5.21%	5.22%
2001	5%	5.01%
2002	4.8%	4.79%
2003	4.61%	4.57%
2004	4.43%	4.36%
2005	4.26%	4.13%
2006	4.1%	3.91%
2007	3.93%	3.7%
2008	3.78%	3.49%
2009	3.62%	3.29%
2010	3.48%	3.11%
2011	3.33%	2.93%
2012	3.2%	2.77%
2013	3.07%	2.62%
2014	2.94%	2.47%
2015	2.83%	2.34%
2016	2.72%	2.22%
2017	2.63%	2.11%
2018	2.54%	2.02%
2019	2.45%	1.94%
2020	2.37%	1.86%
2021	2.28%	1.79%
2022	2.21%	1.72%
2023	2.14%	1.66%