Fertility & birth rates in Guatemala and Rwanda

Fertility rate in Guatemala vs Rwanda 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 3.7 in Rwanda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guatemala vs Rwanda 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	Rwanda
1960	7	8.28
1961	6.98	8.28
1962	6.93	8.27
1963	6.9	8.27
1964	6.87	8.27
1965	6.84	8.25
1966	6.8	8.23
1967	6.76	8.21
1968	6.7	8.19
1969	6.65	8.18
1970	6.6	8.15
1971	6.55	8.09
1972	6.51	8.09
1973	6.49	8.09
1974	6.46	8.1
1975	6.41	8.1
1976	6.37	8.12
1977	6.32	8.14
1978	6.26	8.16
1979	6.22	8.13
1980	6.17	8.12
1981	6.12	8.1
1982	6.06	8.06
1983	5.98	8
1984	5.86	7.91
1985	5.73	7.79
1986	5.66	7.61
1987	5.64	7.43
1988	5.62	7.23
1989	5.56	7.03
1990	5.48	6.8
1991	5.38	6.62
1992	5.31	6.54
1993	5.25	6.48
1994	5.19	6.42
1995	5.11	6.35
1996	5.01	6.29
1997	4.91	6.24
1998	4.8	6.17
1999	4.69	6.06
2000	4.58	5.97
2001	4.5	5.89
2002	4.37	5.82
2003	4.25	5.74
2004	4.13	5.64
2005	3.97	5.5
2006	3.85	5.34
2007	3.72	5.14
2008	3.57	4.92
2009	3.47	4.71
2010	3.38	4.52
2011	3.29	4.33
2012	3.22	4.2
2013	3.15	4.14
2014	3.09	4.12
2015	3.03	4.11
2016	2.97	4.11
2017	2.86	4.08
2018	2.74	4.05
2019	2.59	3.99
2020	2.47	3.91
2021	2.39	3.84
2022	2.34	3.78
2023	2.31	3.7
2024	2.29	3.64
2025	2.26	3.59
2026	2.23	3.54
2027	2.2	3.49
2028	2.17	3.43
2029	2.15	3.38
2030	2.13	3.33
2031	2.11	3.28
2032	2.09	3.24
2033	2.08	3.19
2034	2.06	3.15
2035	2.05	3.11
2036	2.03	3.07
2037	2.02	3.03
2038	2	2.99
2039	1.99	2.95
2040	1.97	2.92
2041	1.96	2.89
2042	1.95	2.85
2043	1.93	2.81
2044	1.92	2.78
2045	1.92	2.75
2046	1.91	2.72
2047	1.9	2.69
2048	1.89	2.67
2049	1.89	2.64
2050	1.88	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guatemala	Rwanda
1960	46.7%	49.2%
1961	46.7%	49.7%
1962	46.8%	50.2%
1963	46.7%	50.6%
1964	46.6%	50.8%
1965	46.6%	50.6%
1966	46.5%	50.2%
1967	46.4%	49.7%
1968	46.2%	49.2%
1969	46.2%	48.7%
1970	46.1%	48.2%
1971	46%	47.9%
1972	46%	47.5%
1973	46%	47.2%
1974	45.9%	46.9%
1975	45.8%	46.6%
1976	45.7%	46.4%
1977	45.6%	46.4%
1978	45.6%	46.4%
1979	45.5%	46.5%
1980	45.5%	46.8%
1981	45.6%	47.1%
1982	45.6%	47.4%
1983	45.7%	47.7%
1984	45.7%	48.1%
1985	45.7%	48.3%
1986	45.7%	48.6%
1987	45.6%	48.8%
1988	45.6%	48.9%
1989	45.5%	48.9%
1990	45.4%	49%
1991	45.3%	48.9%
1992	45.2%	48.7%
1993	45.1%	48.4%
1994	44.9%	50.1%
1995	44.8%	52.4%
1996	44.7%	51.4%
1997	44.5%	50.5%
1998	44.3%	49.2%
1999	44.1%	47.8%
2000	43.8%	46.4%
2001	43.6%	45.2%
2002	43.3%	44.3%
2003	43%	43.7%
2004	42.5%	43.3%
2005	42.1%	43.1%
2006	41.6%	42.9%
2007	41%	42.9%
2008	40.5%	42.8%
2009	39.9%	42.6%
2010	39.3%	42.4%
2011	38.7%	42.2%
2012	38.1%	41.9%
2013	37.5%	41.7%
2014	36.9%	41.4%
2015	36.4%	41.1%
2016	35.9%	40.9%
2017	35.4%	40.5%
2018	34.9%	40.1%
2019	34.4%	39.7%
2020	33.8%	39.2%
2021	33.3%	38.6%
2022	32.7%	38.2%
2023	32.1%	37.7%
2024	31.6%	37.4%
2025	31%	37%
2026	30.5%	36.7%
2027	29.9%	36.4%
2028	29.4%	36%
2029	28.8%	35.7%
2030	28.3%	35.4%
2031	27.8%	35%
2032	27.3%	34.7%
2033	26.8%	34.4%
2034	26.4%	34.1%
2035	26%	33.7%
2036	25.7%	33.4%
2037	25.5%	33.1%
2038	25.2%	32.9%
2039	24.9%	32.6%
2040	24.6%	32.3%
2041	24.3%	32%
2042	24%	31.7%
2043	23.7%	31.4%
2044	23.4%	31.1%
2045	23.1%	30.8%
2046	22.8%	30.5%
2047	22.5%	30.2%
2048	22.2%	29.9%
2049	21.9%	29.7%
2050	21.6%	29.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.6% of the population in Guatemala and 37.4% in Rwanda in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 49% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guatemala and Rwanda compared.

Natural population change in Guatemala vs Rwanda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.83% in Guatemala and +2.45% in Rwanda. 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	Rwanda
1960	120,728	100,627
1961	123,753	102,051
1962	126,429	102,548
1963	129,065	94,296
1964	132,832	102,562
1965	135,997	103,422
1966	140,494	105,128
1967	143,859	108,053
1968	146,946	111,422
1969	149,516	115,394
1970	155,946	119,273
1971	165,104	122,567
1972	173,162	126,403
1973	179,871	131,021
1974	184,992	135,743
1975	188,501	140,596
1976	171,903	147,665
1977	203,299	155,011
1978	211,301	163,779
1979	216,810	174,477
1980	218,460	184,988
1981	221,044	195,769
1982	199,809	205,147
1983	238,059	212,750
1984	241,892	219,337
1985	246,119	223,794
1986	252,754	225,526
1987	261,746	225,744
1988	271,466	223,759
1989	276,736	217,632
1990	280,318	207,895
1991	283,917	196,431
1992	288,411	188,025
1993	295,515	183,926
1994	302,708	-719,479
1995	309,236	121,137
1996	315,252	140,455
1997	320,087	174,687
1998	325,174	197,185
1999	328,890	210,518
2000	332,891	221,276
2001	335,503	230,845
2002	334,255	239,036
2003	333,539	251,243
2004	331,699	265,273
2005	325,816	275,121
2006	325,604	282,149
2007	326,298	285,791
2008	323,226	287,334
2009	323,320	287,034
2010	324,802	286,848
2011	328,548	282,922
2012	332,365	282,584
2013	331,321	286,331
2014	333,551	292,779
2015	335,072	299,114
2016	338,114	305,549
2017	332,838	310,323
2018	323,100	312,512
2019	307,389	313,525
2020	281,328	312,692
2021	255,145	309,895
2022	281,675	312,145
2023	289,635	312,762

Maternal mortality chart: Guatemala vs Rwanda

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 229 deaths in Rwanda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guatemala	Rwanda
1985	301	1,116
1986	286	1,126
1987	277	1,145
1988	273	1,188
1989	271	1,238
1990	270	1,309
1991	268	1,386
1992	269	1,530
1993	262	1,619
1994	244	5,721
1995	229	1,505
1996	213	1,295
1997	198	1,318
1998	185	1,268
1999	174	1,073
2000	166	885
2001	162	769
2002	153	677
2003	150	551
2004	148	460
2005	153	465
2006	142	494
2007	135	494
2008	133	454
2009	130	418
2010	127	393
2011	120	358
2012	115	331
2013	111	317
2014	111	301
2015	112	292
2016	110	278
2017	107	275
2018	107	269
2019	106	261
2020	102	252
2021	125	254
2022	97	234
2023	94	229

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.14% in Guatemala and 4% in Rwanda. 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	Rwanda
1960	22.2%	22.4%
1961	21.6%	21.9%
1962	21.1%	21.5%
1963	20.6%	21.3%
1964	20.1%	21.1%
1965	19.6%	21.1%
1966	19.1%	21.2%
1967	18.6%	21.4%
1968	18.1%	21.7%
1969	17.6%	22%
1970	17.1%	22.3%
1971	16.6%	22.6%
1972	16.1%	23%
1973	15.6%	23.4%
1974	15.1%	24%
1975	14.6%	24.6%
1976	16.5%	25.1%
1977	13.6%	25.1%
1978	13.2%	24.6%
1979	12.7%	23.4%
1980	12.2%	21.8%
1981	11.8%	20.1%
1982	13.6%	18.6%
1983	10.9%	17.4%
1984	10.5%	16.6%
1985	10%	16.1%
1986	9.6%	15.6%
1987	9.19%	15.2%
1988	8.79%	14.8%
1989	8.41%	14.8%
1990	8.04%	15.1%
1991	7.68%	16%
1992	7.34%	17.5%
1993	7.02%	19.3%
1994	6.71%	38.9%
1995	6.42%	21.8%
1996	6.15%	22.2%
1997	5.89%	22.2%
1998	5.65%	21.5%
1999	5.42%	20.2%
2000	5.21%	18.5%
2001	5%	16.7%
2002	4.8%	14.9%
2003	4.61%	13.3%
2004	4.43%	11.8%
2005	4.26%	10.5%
2006	4.1%	9.37%
2007	3.93%	8.45%
2008	3.78%	7.62%
2009	3.62%	6.92%
2010	3.48%	6.33%
2011	3.33%	5.81%
2012	3.2%	5.45%
2013	3.07%	5.17%
2014	2.94%	4.96%
2015	2.83%	4.78%
2016	2.72%	4.63%
2017	2.63%	4.52%
2018	2.54%	4.43%
2019	2.45%	4.34%
2020	2.37%	4.25%
2021	2.28%	4.16%
2022	2.21%	4.08%
2023	2.14%	4%