Fertility & birth rates in Guatemala and Namibia

Fertility rate in Guatemala vs Namibia 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 3.21 in Namibia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guatemala vs Namibia 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	Namibia
1960	7	6.24
1961	6.98	6.29
1962	6.93	6.35
1963	6.9	6.41
1964	6.87	6.43
1965	6.84	6.45
1966	6.8	6.47
1967	6.76	6.49
1968	6.7	6.5
1969	6.65	6.51
1970	6.6	6.52
1971	6.55	6.52
1972	6.51	6.53
1973	6.49	6.54
1974	6.46	6.55
1975	6.41	6.53
1976	6.37	6.49
1977	6.32	6.44
1978	6.26	6.38
1979	6.22	6.31
1980	6.17	6.24
1981	6.12	6.16
1982	6.06	6.08
1983	5.98	6
1984	5.86	5.94
1985	5.73	5.88
1986	5.66	5.79
1987	5.64	5.7
1988	5.62	5.61
1989	5.56	5.52
1990	5.48	5.4
1991	5.38	5.29
1992	5.31	5.11
1993	5.25	4.91
1994	5.19	4.68
1995	5.11	4.42
1996	5.01	4.2
1997	4.91	4.17
1998	4.8	4.18
1999	4.69	4.14
2000	4.58	3.99
2001	4.5	3.83
2002	4.37	3.69
2003	4.25	3.58
2004	4.13	3.55
2005	3.97	3.57
2006	3.85	3.6
2007	3.72	3.61
2008	3.57	3.62
2009	3.47	3.63
2010	3.38	3.66
2011	3.29	3.66
2012	3.22	3.68
2013	3.15	3.65
2014	3.09	3.64
2015	3.03	3.6
2016	2.97	3.57
2017	2.86	3.51
2018	2.74	3.46
2019	2.59	3.4
2020	2.47	3.35
2021	2.39	3.3
2022	2.34	3.25
2023	2.31	3.21
2024	2.29	3.21
2025	2.26	3.17
2026	2.23	3.13
2027	2.2	3.09
2028	2.17	3.06
2029	2.15	3.02
2030	2.13	2.98
2031	2.11	2.94
2032	2.09	2.91
2033	2.08	2.88
2034	2.06	2.84
2035	2.05	2.81
2036	2.03	2.78
2037	2.02	2.75
2038	2	2.72
2039	1.99	2.68
2040	1.97	2.66
2041	1.96	2.63
2042	1.95	2.6
2043	1.93	2.58
2044	1.92	2.56
2045	1.92	2.53
2046	1.91	2.51
2047	1.9	2.49
2048	1.89	2.47
2049	1.89	2.45
2050	1.88	2.43

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guatemala	Namibia
1960	46.7%	42.2%
1961	46.7%	42.4%
1962	46.8%	42.6%
1963	46.7%	42.7%
1964	46.6%	42.9%
1965	46.6%	43%
1966	46.5%	43.2%
1967	46.4%	43.3%
1968	46.2%	43.5%
1969	46.2%	43.6%
1970	46.1%	43.8%
1971	46%	43.9%
1972	46%	44.1%
1973	46%	44.3%
1974	45.9%	44.6%
1975	45.8%	44.8%
1976	45.7%	45%
1977	45.6%	45.3%
1978	45.6%	45.9%
1979	45.5%	46.3%
1980	45.5%	46.6%
1981	45.6%	47.1%
1982	45.6%	47.2%
1983	45.7%	46.9%
1984	45.7%	46.6%
1985	45.7%	46.2%
1986	45.7%	45.8%
1987	45.6%	45.3%
1988	45.6%	44.8%
1989	45.5%	43.4%
1990	45.4%	42.3%
1991	45.3%	42.2%
1992	45.2%	42.2%
1993	45.1%	42.2%
1994	44.9%	42.2%
1995	44.8%	42.1%
1996	44.7%	42%
1997	44.5%	41.9%
1998	44.3%	41.8%
1999	44.1%	41.7%
2000	43.8%	41.5%
2001	43.6%	41.3%
2002	43.3%	41%
2003	43%	40.5%
2004	42.5%	40%
2005	42.1%	39.4%
2006	41.6%	38.7%
2007	41%	38.1%
2008	40.5%	37.5%
2009	39.9%	37.1%
2010	39.3%	36.8%
2011	38.7%	36.7%
2012	38.1%	36.6%
2013	37.5%	36.6%
2014	36.9%	36.5%
2015	36.4%	36.5%
2016	35.9%	36.5%
2017	35.4%	36.7%
2018	34.9%	36.8%
2019	34.4%	37%
2020	33.8%	37.1%
2021	33.3%	37.4%
2022	32.7%	37.5%
2023	32.1%	37.3%
2024	31.6%	37%
2025	31%	36.7%
2026	30.5%	36.3%
2027	29.9%	35.9%
2028	29.4%	35.5%
2029	28.8%	35.1%
2030	28.3%	34.6%
2031	27.8%	34%
2032	27.3%	33.5%
2033	26.8%	32.9%
2034	26.4%	32.4%
2035	26%	31.8%
2036	25.7%	31.1%
2037	25.5%	30.6%
2038	25.2%	30.3%
2039	24.9%	30%
2040	24.6%	29.7%
2041	24.3%	29.5%
2042	24%	29.2%
2043	23.7%	29%
2044	23.4%	28.8%
2045	23.1%	28.5%
2046	22.8%	28.3%
2047	22.5%	28.1%
2048	22.2%	27.9%
2049	21.9%	27.7%
2050	21.6%	27.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.6% of the population in Guatemala and 37% in Namibia in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 42.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guatemala and Namibia compared.

Natural population change in Guatemala vs Namibia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.83% in Guatemala and +2.04% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	120,728	14,307
1961	123,753	14,936
1962	126,429	15,656
1963	129,065	16,430
1964	132,832	17,134
1965	135,997	17,902
1966	140,494	18,635
1967	143,859	19,498
1968	146,946	20,470
1969	149,516	21,387
1970	155,946	22,414
1971	165,104	23,467
1972	173,162	24,606
1973	179,871	25,754
1974	184,992	26,844
1975	188,501	27,882
1976	171,903	28,785
1977	203,299	29,241
1978	211,301	29,821
1979	216,810	28,930
1980	218,460	28,142
1981	221,044	27,938
1982	199,809	27,474
1983	238,059	28,307
1984	241,892	29,395
1985	246,119	30,575
1986	252,754	31,764
1987	261,746	33,340
1988	271,466	34,798
1989	276,736	37,715
1990	280,318	43,956
1991	283,917	44,523
1992	288,411	43,945
1993	295,515	42,861
1994	302,708	41,316
1995	309,236	39,119
1996	315,252	37,177
1997	320,087	37,256
1998	325,174	37,500
1999	328,890	37,233
2000	332,891	35,280
2001	335,503	32,942
2002	334,255	31,947
2003	333,539	31,115
2004	331,699	31,478
2005	325,816	32,909
2006	325,604	34,690
2007	326,298	36,430
2008	323,226	38,147
2009	323,320	39,942
2010	324,802	42,046
2011	328,548	43,557
2012	332,365	46,204
2013	331,321	47,801
2014	333,551	49,581
2015	335,072	50,846
2016	338,114	52,228
2017	332,838	52,975
2018	323,100	53,970
2019	307,389	54,769
2020	281,328	55,034
2021	255,145	50,160
2022	281,675	54,534
2023	289,635	58,435

Maternal mortality chart: Guatemala vs Namibia

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 139 deaths in Namibia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guatemala	Namibia
1985	301	354
1986	286	348
1987	277	336
1988	273	342
1989	271	306
1990	270	325
1991	268	337
1992	269	346
1993	262	354
1994	244	367
1995	229	369
1996	213	387
1997	198	383
1998	185	396
1999	174	371
2000	166	384
2001	162	376
2002	153	313
2003	150	290
2004	148	282
2005	153	344
2006	142	408
2007	135	489
2008	133	537
2009	130	547
2010	127	531
2011	120	498
2012	115	439
2013	111	402
2014	111	369
2015	112	307
2016	110	250
2017	107	213
2018	107	198
2019	106	175
2020	102	143
2021	125	254
2022	97	127
2023	94	139

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.14% in Guatemala and 4.07% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	22.2%	-
1961	21.6%	-
1962	21.1%	-
1963	20.6%	-
1964	20.1%	-
1965	19.6%	-
1966	19.1%	-
1967	18.6%	9.66%
1968	18.1%	9.64%
1969	17.6%	9.65%
1970	17.1%	9.65%
1971	16.6%	9.67%
1972	16.1%	9.68%
1973	15.6%	9.73%
1974	15.1%	9.79%
1975	14.6%	9.89%
1976	16.5%	10%
1977	13.6%	10.2%
1978	13.2%	10.3%
1979	12.7%	10.3%
1980	12.2%	10.3%
1981	11.8%	10.2%
1982	13.6%	9.93%
1983	10.9%	9.61%
1984	10.5%	9.22%
1985	10%	8.81%
1986	9.6%	8.43%
1987	9.19%	8.09%
1988	8.79%	7.81%
1989	8.41%	7.57%
1990	8.04%	7.39%
1991	7.68%	7.24%
1992	7.34%	7.14%
1993	7.02%	7.1%
1994	6.71%	7.13%
1995	6.42%	7.24%
1996	6.15%	7.39%
1997	5.89%	7.56%
1998	5.65%	7.7%
1999	5.42%	7.79%
2000	5.21%	7.79%
2001	5%	7.71%
2002	4.8%	7.61%
2003	4.61%	7.51%
2004	4.43%	7.41%
2005	4.26%	7.05%
2006	4.1%	6.49%
2007	3.93%	6.06%
2008	3.78%	5.64%
2009	3.62%	5.29%
2010	3.48%	5.08%
2011	3.33%	5.16%
2012	3.2%	5.51%
2013	3.07%	5.4%
2014	2.94%	5.31%
2015	2.83%	5.5%
2016	2.72%	5.42%
2017	2.63%	5.19%
2018	2.54%	5.01%
2019	2.45%	4.78%
2020	2.37%	4.57%
2021	2.28%	4.38%
2022	2.21%	4.2%
2023	2.14%	4.07%