Fertility & birth rates in Guatemala and Russia

Fertility rate in Guatemala vs Russia 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 1.41 in Russia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guatemala vs Russia 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	Russia
1960	7	2.52
1961	6.98	2.45
1962	6.93	2.36
1963	6.9	2.27
1964	6.87	2.18
1965	6.84	2.13
1966	6.8	2.1
1967	6.76	2.04
1968	6.7	1.99
1969	6.65	1.97
1970	6.6	1.99
1971	6.55	2.03
1972	6.51	2.04
1973	6.49	2.01
1974	6.46	2
1975	6.41	1.98
1976	6.37	1.97
1977	6.32	1.95
1978	6.26	1.92
1979	6.22	1.9
1980	6.17	1.89
1981	6.12	1.91
1982	6.06	2.04
1983	5.98	2.11
1984	5.86	2.06
1985	5.73	2.05
1986	5.66	2.15
1987	5.64	2.22
1988	5.62	2.12
1989	5.56	2.01
1990	5.48	1.89
1991	5.38	1.73
1992	5.31	1.55
1993	5.25	1.39
1994	5.19	1.4
1995	5.11	1.34
1996	5.01	1.27
1997	4.91	1.22
1998	4.8	1.23
1999	4.69	1.16
2000	4.58	1.2
2001	4.5	1.22
2002	4.37	1.29
2003	4.25	1.32
2004	4.13	1.34
2005	3.97	1.29
2006	3.85	1.31
2007	3.72	1.42
2008	3.57	1.5
2009	3.47	1.54
2010	3.38	1.57
2011	3.29	1.58
2012	3.22	1.69
2013	3.15	1.71
2014	3.09	1.75
2015	3.03	1.78
2016	2.97	1.76
2017	2.86	1.62
2018	2.74	1.58
2019	2.59	1.5
2020	2.47	1.51
2021	2.39	1.51
2022	2.34	1.42
2023	2.31	1.41
2024	2.29	1.42
2025	2.26	1.43
2026	2.23	1.43
2027	2.2	1.43
2028	2.17	1.44
2029	2.15	1.44
2030	2.13	1.45
2031	2.11	1.45
2032	2.09	1.45
2033	2.08	1.46
2034	2.06	1.46
2035	2.05	1.46
2036	2.03	1.47
2037	2.02	1.47
2038	2	1.47
2039	1.99	1.47
2040	1.97	1.48
2041	1.96	1.48
2042	1.95	1.48
2043	1.93	1.48
2044	1.92	1.49
2045	1.92	1.49
2046	1.91	1.49
2047	1.9	1.49
2048	1.89	1.5
2049	1.89	1.5
2050	1.88	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guatemala	Russia
1960	46.7%	30.5%
1961	46.7%	30.9%
1962	46.8%	30.8%
1963	46.7%	30.6%
1964	46.6%	30.2%
1965	46.6%	29.5%
1966	46.5%	28.9%
1967	46.4%	28.3%
1968	46.2%	27.6%
1969	46.2%	26.9%
1970	46.1%	26.1%
1971	46%	25.4%
1972	46%	24.8%
1973	46%	24.2%
1974	45.9%	23.6%
1975	45.8%	23%
1976	45.7%	22.5%
1977	45.6%	22.1%
1978	45.6%	21.8%
1979	45.5%	21.7%
1980	45.5%	21.7%
1981	45.6%	21.7%
1982	45.6%	21.9%
1983	45.7%	22.1%
1984	45.7%	22.4%
1985	45.7%	22.6%
1986	45.7%	22.8%
1987	45.6%	22.9%
1988	45.6%	23%
1989	45.5%	23%
1990	45.4%	22.9%
1991	45.3%	22.7%
1992	45.2%	22.4%
1993	45.1%	22%
1994	44.9%	21.6%
1995	44.8%	21.2%
1996	44.7%	20.7%
1997	44.5%	20.2%
1998	44.3%	19.5%
1999	44.1%	18.8%
2000	43.8%	18%
2001	43.6%	17.3%
2002	43.3%	16.6%
2003	43%	16%
2004	42.5%	15.6%
2005	42.1%	15.2%
2006	41.6%	14.9%
2007	41%	14.8%
2008	40.5%	14.9%
2009	39.9%	15%
2010	39.3%	15.2%
2011	38.7%	15.4%
2012	38.1%	15.7%
2013	37.5%	16.1%
2014	36.9%	16.5%
2015	36.4%	16.9%
2016	35.9%	17.2%
2017	35.4%	17.5%
2018	34.9%	17.6%
2019	34.4%	17.6%
2020	33.8%	17.7%
2021	33.3%	17.7%
2022	32.7%	17.7%
2023	32.1%	17.5%
2024	31.6%	17.3%
2025	31%	17%
2026	30.5%	16.7%
2027	29.9%	16.3%
2028	29.4%	15.9%
2029	28.8%	15.5%
2030	28.3%	15%
2031	27.8%	14.6%
2032	27.3%	14.2%
2033	26.8%	14%
2034	26.4%	13.8%
2035	26%	13.7%
2036	25.7%	13.6%
2037	25.5%	13.6%
2038	25.2%	13.6%
2039	24.9%	13.7%
2040	24.6%	13.9%
2041	24.3%	14%
2042	24%	14.2%
2043	23.7%	14.4%
2044	23.4%	14.6%
2045	23.1%	14.8%
2046	22.8%	15%
2047	22.5%	15.2%
2048	22.2%	15.4%
2049	21.9%	15.5%
2050	21.6%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.6% of the population in Guatemala and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guatemala and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Guatemala vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.83% in Guatemala and -0.24% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	120,728	1,962,834
1961	123,753	1,810,538
1962	126,429	1,573,701
1963	129,065	1,436,077
1964	132,832	1,233,520
1965	135,997	1,059,335
1966	140,494	989,279
1967	143,859	854,554
1968	146,946	787,621
1969	149,516	753,088
1970	155,946	785,554
1971	165,104	854,999
1972	173,162	872,050
1973	179,871	846,561
1974	184,992	883,186
1975	188,501	843,850
1976	171,903	852,237
1977	203,299	832,932
1978	211,301	812,766
1979	216,810	690,135
1980	218,460	681,149
1981	221,044	713,700
1982	199,809	830,855
1983	238,059	906,676
1984	241,892	756,548
1985	246,119	762,447
1986	252,754	985,279
1987	261,746	977,583
1988	271,466	778,343
1989	276,736	576,112
1990	280,318	325,533
1991	283,917	103,876
1992	288,411	-222,808
1993	295,515	-757,140
1994	302,708	-920,129
1995	309,236	-845,742
1996	315,252	-785,248
1997	320,087	-769,159
1998	325,174	-694,053
1999	328,890	-927,453
2000	332,891	-967,540
2001	335,503	-963,445
2002	334,255	-944,492
2003	333,539	-896,822
2004	331,699	-792,370
2005	325,816	-846,761
2006	325,604	-686,638
2007	326,298	-471,257
2008	323,226	-356,856
2009	323,320	-257,014
2010	324,802	-242,844
2011	328,548	-128,716
2012	332,365	0
2013	331,321	28,761
2014	333,551	28,848
2015	335,072	43,392
2016	338,114	0
2017	332,838	-130,764
2018	323,100	-232,637
2019	307,389	-319,997
2020	281,328	-697,177
2021	255,145	-1,027,702
2022	281,675	-576,948
2023	289,635	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Guatemala vs Russia

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 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guatemala	Russia
1985	301	81
1986	286	69
1987	277	65
1988	273	63
1989	271	61
1990	270	58
1991	268	57
1992	269	62
1993	262	76
1994	244	85
1995	229	82
1996	213	69
1997	198	59
1998	185	53
1999	174	53
2000	166	51
2001	162	48
2002	153	47
2003	150	45
2004	148	41
2005	153	38
2006	142	32
2007	135	29
2008	133	27
2009	130	24
2010	127	23
2011	120	19
2012	115	18
2013	111	16
2014	111	16
2015	112	15
2016	110	14
2017	107	12
2018	107	12
2019	106	12
2020	102	19
2021	125	21
2022	97	13
2023	94	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.14% in Guatemala and 0.45% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	22.2%	4.55%
1961	21.6%	4.26%
1962	21.1%	3.99%
1963	20.6%	3.76%
1964	20.1%	3.55%
1965	19.6%	3.38%
1966	19.1%	3.23%
1967	18.6%	3.11%
1968	18.1%	3.02%
1969	17.6%	2.94%
1970	17.1%	2.88%
1971	16.6%	2.84%
1972	16.1%	2.81%
1973	15.6%	2.78%
1974	15.1%	2.77%
1975	14.6%	2.76%
1976	16.5%	2.76%
1977	13.6%	2.76%
1978	13.2%	2.76%
1979	12.7%	2.75%
1980	12.2%	2.73%
1981	11.8%	2.7%
1982	13.6%	2.66%
1983	10.9%	2.62%
1984	10.5%	2.56%
1985	10%	2.5%
1986	9.6%	2.42%
1987	9.19%	2.34%
1988	8.79%	2.26%
1989	8.41%	2.2%
1990	8.04%	2.17%
1991	7.68%	2.16%
1992	7.34%	2.17%
1993	7.02%	2.19%
1994	6.71%	2.2%
1995	6.42%	2.2%
1996	6.15%	2.17%
1997	5.89%	2.13%
1998	5.65%	2.08%
1999	5.42%	2.02%
2000	5.21%	1.94%
2001	5%	1.84%
2002	4.8%	1.73%
2003	4.61%	1.61%
2004	4.43%	1.5%
2005	4.26%	1.39%
2006	4.1%	1.29%
2007	3.93%	1.2%
2008	3.78%	1.13%
2009	3.62%	1.07%
2010	3.48%	1.04%
2011	3.33%	1.02%
2012	3.2%	0.99%
2013	3.07%	0.95%
2014	2.94%	0.89%
2015	2.83%	0.82%
2016	2.72%	0.75%
2017	2.63%	0.69%
2018	2.54%	0.63%
2019	2.45%	0.58%
2020	2.37%	0.54%
2021	2.28%	0.51%
2022	2.21%	0.47%
2023	2.14%	0.45%