Fertility & birth rates in Guatemala and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Guatemala vs Paraguay 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 2.42 in Paraguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guatemala vs Paraguay 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	Paraguay
1960	7	6.5
1961	6.98	6.49
1962	6.93	6.47
1963	6.9	6.45
1964	6.87	6.42
1965	6.84	6.35
1966	6.8	6.23
1967	6.76	6.1
1968	6.7	5.97
1969	6.65	5.84
1970	6.6	5.72
1971	6.55	5.59
1972	6.51	5.46
1973	6.49	5.35
1974	6.46	5.27
1975	6.41	5.18
1976	6.37	5.12
1977	6.32	5.08
1978	6.26	5.04
1979	6.22	5.06
1980	6.17	5.1
1981	6.12	5.15
1982	6.06	5.13
1983	5.98	5.09
1984	5.86	5.04
1985	5.73	4.97
1986	5.66	4.93
1987	5.64	4.85
1988	5.62	4.77
1989	5.56	4.68
1990	5.48	4.57
1991	5.38	4.48
1992	5.31	4.4
1993	5.25	4.28
1994	5.19	4.2
1995	5.11	4.11
1996	5.01	4.01
1997	4.91	3.91
1998	4.8	3.8
1999	4.69	3.67
2000	4.58	3.51
2001	4.5	3.36
2002	4.37	3.23
2003	4.25	3.12
2004	4.13	3.05
2005	3.97	2.97
2006	3.85	2.89
2007	3.72	2.82
2008	3.57	2.79
2009	3.47	2.76
2010	3.38	2.7
2011	3.29	2.67
2012	3.22	2.66
2013	3.15	2.64
2014	3.09	2.65
2015	3.03	2.65
2016	2.97	2.62
2017	2.86	2.59
2018	2.74	2.56
2019	2.59	2.53
2020	2.47	2.5
2021	2.39	2.47
2022	2.34	2.44
2023	2.31	2.42
2024	2.29	2.42
2025	2.26	2.39
2026	2.23	2.37
2027	2.2	2.35
2028	2.17	2.33
2029	2.15	2.31
2030	2.13	2.29
2031	2.11	2.27
2032	2.09	2.26
2033	2.08	2.24
2034	2.06	2.22
2035	2.05	2.21
2036	2.03	2.19
2037	2.02	2.17
2038	2	2.16
2039	1.99	2.14
2040	1.97	2.13
2041	1.96	2.12
2042	1.95	2.11
2043	1.93	2.09
2044	1.92	2.08
2045	1.92	2.07
2046	1.91	2.06
2047	1.9	2.05
2048	1.89	2.04
2049	1.89	2.03
2050	1.88	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guatemala	Paraguay
1960	46.7%	46.3%
1961	46.7%	46.2%
1962	46.8%	46.1%
1963	46.7%	46%
1964	46.6%	46%
1965	46.6%	46%
1966	46.5%	46%
1967	46.4%	45.9%
1968	46.2%	45.8%
1969	46.2%	45.7%
1970	46.1%	45.5%
1971	46%	45.2%
1972	46%	45%
1973	46%	44.6%
1974	45.9%	44.2%
1975	45.8%	43.7%
1976	45.7%	43.3%
1977	45.6%	42.8%
1978	45.6%	42.4%
1979	45.5%	42%
1980	45.5%	41.6%
1981	45.6%	41.4%
1982	45.6%	41.2%
1983	45.7%	41.2%
1984	45.7%	41.2%
1985	45.7%	41.2%
1986	45.7%	41.3%
1987	45.6%	41.3%
1988	45.6%	41.4%
1989	45.5%	41.5%
1990	45.4%	41.5%
1991	45.3%	41.5%
1992	45.2%	41.5%
1993	45.1%	41.4%
1994	44.9%	41.3%
1995	44.8%	41.1%
1996	44.7%	40.8%
1997	44.5%	40.4%
1998	44.3%	40%
1999	44.1%	39.5%
2000	43.8%	39%
2001	43.6%	38.4%
2002	43.3%	37.9%
2003	43%	37.3%
2004	42.5%	36.6%
2005	42.1%	35.8%
2006	41.6%	35.1%
2007	41%	34.4%
2008	40.5%	33.8%
2009	39.9%	33.2%
2010	39.3%	32.5%
2011	38.7%	32%
2012	38.1%	31.4%
2013	37.5%	30.9%
2014	36.9%	30.5%
2015	36.4%	30.2%
2016	35.9%	29.9%
2017	35.4%	29.7%
2018	34.9%	29.5%
2019	34.4%	29.3%
2020	33.8%	29.1%
2021	33.3%	29%
2022	32.7%	28.9%
2023	32.1%	28.8%
2024	31.6%	28.6%
2025	31%	28.4%
2026	30.5%	28.1%
2027	29.9%	27.9%
2028	29.4%	27.6%
2029	28.8%	27.3%
2030	28.3%	26.9%
2031	27.8%	26.5%
2032	27.3%	26.1%
2033	26.8%	25.8%
2034	26.4%	25.4%
2035	26%	25%
2036	25.7%	24.7%
2037	25.5%	24.4%
2038	25.2%	24.1%
2039	24.9%	23.8%
2040	24.6%	23.5%
2041	24.3%	23.2%
2042	24%	23%
2043	23.7%	22.7%
2044	23.4%	22.5%
2045	23.1%	22.3%
2046	22.8%	22.1%
2047	22.5%	22%
2048	22.2%	21.8%
2049	21.9%	21.6%
2050	21.6%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.6% of the population in Guatemala and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guatemala and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Guatemala vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.83% in Guatemala and +1.56% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	120,728	60,009
1961	123,753	61,536
1962	126,429	63,079
1963	129,065	64,741
1964	132,832	65,681
1965	135,997	66,063
1966	140,494	66,002
1967	143,859	65,695
1968	146,946	65,575
1969	149,516	65,616
1970	155,946	65,905
1971	165,104	66,142
1972	173,162	66,625
1973	179,871	67,803
1974	184,992	69,059
1975	188,501	70,285
1976	171,903	71,973
1977	203,299	74,359
1978	211,301	76,691
1979	216,810	80,345
1980	218,460	84,568
1981	221,044	89,456
1982	199,809	92,917
1983	238,059	96,406
1984	241,892	99,937
1985	246,119	102,859
1986	252,754	105,776
1987	261,746	107,962
1988	271,466	110,348
1989	276,736	111,727
1990	280,318	112,864
1991	283,917	114,472
1992	288,411	115,442
1993	295,515	115,211
1994	302,708	115,662
1995	309,236	115,777
1996	315,252	115,623
1997	320,087	115,095
1998	325,174	114,122
1999	328,890	112,726
2000	332,891	109,979
2001	335,503	107,225
2002	334,255	104,658
2003	333,539	102,427
2004	331,699	101,896
2005	325,816	101,035
2006	325,604	99,808
2007	326,298	99,141
2008	323,226	99,821
2009	323,320	100,296
2010	324,802	99,456
2011	328,548	100,442
2012	332,365	102,508
2013	331,321	103,383
2014	333,551	105,585
2015	335,072	106,817
2016	338,114	106,804
2017	332,838	105,634
2018	323,100	104,908
2019	307,389	103,179
2020	281,328	98,667
2021	255,145	78,667
2022	281,675	94,627
2023	289,635	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Guatemala vs Paraguay

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 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guatemala	Paraguay
1985	301	237
1986	286	230
1987	277	225
1988	273	220
1989	271	209
1990	270	198
1991	268	192
1992	269	195
1993	262	197
1994	244	201
1995	229	202
1996	213	203
1997	198	205
1998	185	207
1999	174	207
2000	166	207
2001	162	207
2002	153	206
2003	150	203
2004	148	199
2005	153	194
2006	142	186
2007	135	177
2008	133	166
2009	130	152
2010	127	136
2011	120	120
2012	115	100
2013	111	84
2014	111	70
2015	112	64
2016	110	60
2017	107	58
2018	107	58
2019	106	58
2020	102	69
2021	125	140
2022	97	78
2023	94	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.14% in Guatemala and 1.7% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	22.2%	8.18%
1961	21.6%	8.11%
1962	21.1%	8.06%
1963	20.6%	8.02%
1964	20.1%	7.99%
1965	19.6%	7.96%
1966	19.1%	7.94%
1967	18.6%	7.91%
1968	18.1%	7.88%
1969	17.6%	7.84%
1970	17.1%	7.79%
1971	16.6%	7.73%
1972	16.1%	7.66%
1973	15.6%	7.57%
1974	15.1%	7.46%
1975	14.6%	7.34%
1976	16.5%	7.21%
1977	13.6%	7.06%
1978	13.2%	6.91%
1979	12.7%	6.74%
1980	12.2%	6.55%
1981	11.8%	6.35%
1982	13.6%	6.14%
1983	10.9%	5.92%
1984	10.5%	5.71%
1985	10%	5.5%
1986	9.6%	5.3%
1987	9.19%	5.1%
1988	8.79%	4.92%
1989	8.41%	4.73%
1990	8.04%	4.55%
1991	7.68%	4.38%
1992	7.34%	4.23%
1993	7.02%	4.08%
1994	6.71%	3.95%
1995	6.42%	3.83%
1996	6.15%	3.72%
1997	5.89%	3.62%
1998	5.65%	3.53%
1999	5.42%	3.45%
2000	5.21%	3.36%
2001	5%	3.29%
2002	4.8%	3.22%
2003	4.61%	3.14%
2004	4.43%	3.07%
2005	4.26%	2.99%
2006	4.1%	2.91%
2007	3.93%	2.83%
2008	3.78%	2.75%
2009	3.62%	2.67%
2010	3.48%	2.59%
2011	3.33%	2.51%
2012	3.2%	2.44%
2013	3.07%	2.37%
2014	2.94%	2.3%
2015	2.83%	2.22%
2016	2.72%	2.15%
2017	2.63%	2.08%
2018	2.54%	2.01%
2019	2.45%	1.94%
2020	2.37%	1.88%
2021	2.28%	1.82%
2022	2.21%	1.76%
2023	2.14%	1.7%