Fertility & birth rates in Guatemala and Niger

Fertility rate in Guatemala vs Niger 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 6.06 in Niger in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guatemala vs Niger 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	Niger
1960	7	7.53
1961	6.98	7.51
1962	6.93	7.5
1963	6.9	7.49
1964	6.87	7.48
1965	6.84	7.47
1966	6.8	7.48
1967	6.76	7.49
1968	6.7	7.5
1969	6.65	7.51
1970	6.6	7.51
1971	6.55	7.52
1972	6.51	7.52
1973	6.49	7.53
1974	6.46	7.54
1975	6.41	7.54
1976	6.37	7.56
1977	6.32	7.6
1978	6.26	7.66
1979	6.22	7.72
1980	6.17	7.78
1981	6.12	7.82
1982	6.06	7.86
1983	5.98	7.9
1984	5.86	7.92
1985	5.73	7.93
1986	5.66	7.9
1987	5.64	7.87
1988	5.62	7.84
1989	5.56	7.82
1990	5.48	7.81
1991	5.38	7.8
1992	5.31	7.8
1993	5.25	7.79
1994	5.19	7.79
1995	5.11	7.78
1996	5.01	7.78
1997	4.91	7.8
1998	4.8	7.84
1999	4.69	7.84
2000	4.58	7.83
2001	4.5	7.81
2002	4.37	7.8
2003	4.25	7.79
2004	4.13	7.78
2005	3.97	7.77
2006	3.85	7.74
2007	3.72	7.73
2008	3.57	7.7
2009	3.47	7.68
2010	3.38	7.64
2011	3.29	7.59
2012	3.22	7.53
2013	3.15	7.45
2014	3.09	7.34
2015	3.03	7.22
2016	2.97	7.04
2017	2.86	6.87
2018	2.74	6.71
2019	2.59	6.54
2020	2.47	6.37
2021	2.39	6.2
2022	2.34	6.14
2023	2.31	6.06
2024	2.29	5.93
2025	2.26	5.79
2026	2.23	5.64
2027	2.2	5.49
2028	2.17	5.35
2029	2.15	5.22
2030	2.13	5.08
2031	2.11	4.93
2032	2.09	4.8
2033	2.08	4.69
2034	2.06	4.55
2035	2.05	4.44
2036	2.03	4.32
2037	2.02	4.21
2038	2	4.1
2039	1.99	4
2040	1.97	3.91
2041	1.96	3.82
2042	1.95	3.74
2043	1.93	3.66
2044	1.92	3.59
2045	1.92	3.53
2046	1.91	3.46
2047	1.9	3.39
2048	1.89	3.34
2049	1.89	3.28
2050	1.88	3.22

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guatemala	Niger
1960	46.7%	49%
1961	46.7%	48.9%
1962	46.8%	48.8%
1963	46.7%	48.8%
1964	46.6%	48.8%
1965	46.6%	48.7%
1966	46.5%	48.6%
1967	46.4%	48.5%
1968	46.2%	48.4%
1969	46.2%	48.3%
1970	46.1%	48.1%
1971	46%	48%
1972	46%	47.9%
1973	46%	47.7%
1974	45.9%	47.6%
1975	45.8%	47.4%
1976	45.7%	47.3%
1977	45.6%	47.1%
1978	45.6%	47%
1979	45.5%	47%
1980	45.5%	47%
1981	45.6%	47%
1982	45.6%	47%
1983	45.7%	47%
1984	45.7%	47%
1985	45.7%	47%
1986	45.7%	47%
1987	45.6%	47%
1988	45.6%	47%
1989	45.5%	46.9%
1990	45.4%	46.8%
1991	45.3%	46.8%
1992	45.2%	46.7%
1993	45.1%	46.7%
1994	44.9%	46.7%
1995	44.8%	46.7%
1996	44.7%	46.7%
1997	44.5%	46.8%
1998	44.3%	46.9%
1999	44.1%	47.1%
2000	43.8%	47.3%
2001	43.6%	47.5%
2002	43.3%	47.8%
2003	43%	48%
2004	42.5%	48.2%
2005	42.1%	48.5%
2006	41.6%	48.7%
2007	41%	48.9%
2008	40.5%	49.1%
2009	39.9%	49.3%
2010	39.3%	49.4%
2011	38.7%	49.5%
2012	38.1%	49.5%
2013	37.5%	49.4%
2014	36.9%	49.3%
2015	36.4%	49.2%
2016	35.9%	49%
2017	35.4%	48.8%
2018	34.9%	48.6%
2019	34.4%	48.3%
2020	33.8%	48%
2021	33.3%	47.7%
2022	32.7%	47.3%
2023	32.1%	47%
2024	31.6%	46.6%
2025	31%	46.2%
2026	30.5%	45.8%
2027	29.9%	45.5%
2028	29.4%	45%
2029	28.8%	44.6%
2030	28.3%	44.2%
2031	27.8%	43.8%
2032	27.3%	43.4%
2033	26.8%	43%
2034	26.4%	42.6%
2035	26%	42.2%
2036	25.7%	41.8%
2037	25.5%	41.3%
2038	25.2%	40.9%
2039	24.9%	40.4%
2040	24.6%	39.9%
2041	24.3%	39.4%
2042	24%	38.9%
2043	23.7%	38.4%
2044	23.4%	37.9%
2045	23.1%	37.4%
2046	22.8%	36.9%
2047	22.5%	36.4%
2048	22.2%	35.9%
2049	21.9%	35.5%
2050	21.6%	35%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.6% of the population in Guatemala and 46.6% in Niger in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guatemala and Niger compared.

Natural population change in Guatemala vs Niger by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.83% in Guatemala and +3.43% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	120,728	105,081
1961	123,753	107,693
1962	126,429	110,280
1963	129,065	113,072
1964	132,832	115,386
1965	135,997	116,963
1966	140,494	119,314
1967	143,859	121,358
1968	146,946	123,301
1969	149,516	125,389
1970	155,946	128,184
1971	165,104	128,223
1972	173,162	133,813
1973	179,871	137,695
1974	184,992	142,606
1975	188,501	147,962
1976	171,903	154,489
1977	203,299	161,792
1978	211,301	171,614
1979	216,810	180,632
1980	218,460	189,251
1981	221,044	195,938
1982	199,809	202,012
1983	238,059	207,962
1984	241,892	213,111
1985	246,119	219,206
1986	252,754	224,365
1987	261,746	231,371
1988	271,466	237,296
1989	276,736	245,278
1990	280,318	256,594
1991	283,917	266,527
1992	288,411	278,690
1993	295,515	292,135
1994	302,708	306,026
1995	309,236	323,630
1996	315,252	341,223
1997	320,087	358,745
1998	325,174	377,120
1999	328,890	394,212
2000	332,891	410,779
2001	335,503	428,417
2002	334,255	446,767
2003	333,539	467,295
2004	331,699	488,328
2005	325,816	511,167
2006	325,604	533,374
2007	326,298	556,808
2008	323,226	579,727
2009	323,320	602,671
2010	324,802	624,685
2011	328,548	645,175
2012	332,365	664,009
2013	331,321	686,070
2014	333,551	704,609
2015	335,072	721,630
2016	338,114	738,999
2017	332,838	752,384
2018	323,100	763,536
2019	307,389	775,474
2020	281,328	784,437
2021	255,145	793,428
2022	281,675	829,651
2023	289,635	864,139

Maternal mortality chart: Guatemala vs Niger

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 350 deaths in Niger.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guatemala	Niger
1985	301	1,137
1986	286	1,107
1987	277	1,074
1988	273	1,040
1989	271	1,010
1990	270	983
1991	268	957
1992	269	926
1993	262	903
1994	244	883
1995	229	865
1996	213	854
1997	198	841
1998	185	839
1999	174	841
2000	166	845
2001	162	843
2002	153	835
2003	150	813
2004	148	790
2005	153	764
2006	142	737
2007	135	704
2008	133	669
2009	130	647
2010	127	621
2011	120	585
2012	115	554
2013	111	526
2014	111	497
2015	112	473
2016	110	450
2017	107	433
2018	107	420
2019	106	406
2020	102	388
2021	125	396
2022	97	361
2023	94	350

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.14% in Guatemala and 11.5% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	22.2%	-
1961	21.6%	-
1962	21.1%	-
1963	20.6%	-
1964	20.1%	-
1965	19.6%	-
1966	19.1%	-
1967	18.6%	31.9%
1968	18.1%	32.3%
1969	17.6%	32.7%
1970	17.1%	33.2%
1971	16.6%	33.6%
1972	16.1%	34%
1973	15.6%	34.2%
1974	15.1%	34.3%
1975	14.6%	34.2%
1976	16.5%	33.9%
1977	13.6%	33.5%
1978	13.2%	33%
1979	12.7%	32.6%
1980	12.2%	32.3%
1981	11.8%	32.3%
1982	13.6%	32.5%
1983	10.9%	32.9%
1984	10.5%	33.3%
1985	10%	33.7%
1986	9.6%	34%
1987	9.19%	34.1%
1988	8.79%	34%
1989	8.41%	33.7%
1990	8.04%	33.2%
1991	7.68%	32.5%
1992	7.34%	31.7%
1993	7.02%	30.6%
1994	6.71%	29.4%
1995	6.42%	28.1%
1996	6.15%	26.9%
1997	5.89%	25.7%
1998	5.65%	24.7%
1999	5.42%	23.7%
2000	5.21%	22.8%
2001	5%	21.8%
2002	4.8%	20.6%
2003	4.61%	19.4%
2004	4.43%	18.3%
2005	4.26%	17.2%
2006	4.1%	16.2%
2007	3.93%	15.4%
2008	3.78%	14.7%
2009	3.62%	14.1%
2010	3.48%	13.7%
2011	3.33%	13.3%
2012	3.2%	13.1%
2013	3.07%	12.9%
2014	2.94%	12.7%
2015	2.83%	12.6%
2016	2.72%	12.5%
2017	2.63%	12.4%
2018	2.54%	12.3%
2019	2.45%	12.2%
2020	2.37%	12.1%
2021	2.28%	11.9%
2022	2.21%	11.7%
2023	2.14%	11.5%