Fertility & birth rates in Guatemala and Samoa

Fertility rate in Guatemala vs Samoa 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 3.83 in Samoa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guatemala vs Samoa 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	Samoa
1960	7	7.78
1961	6.98	7.77
1962	6.93	7.76
1963	6.9	7.73
1964	6.87	7.7
1965	6.84	7.65
1966	6.8	7.6
1967	6.76	7.55
1968	6.7	7.5
1969	6.65	7.43
1970	6.6	7.34
1971	6.55	7.22
1972	6.51	7.07
1973	6.49	6.91
1974	6.46	6.75
1975	6.41	6.61
1976	6.37	6.47
1977	6.32	6.31
1978	6.26	6.15
1979	6.22	5.99
1980	6.17	5.86
1981	6.12	5.75
1982	6.06	5.68
1983	5.98	5.62
1984	5.86	5.55
1985	5.73	5.49
1986	5.66	5.42
1987	5.64	5.32
1988	5.62	5.21
1989	5.56	5.11
1990	5.48	5.01
1991	5.38	4.91
1992	5.31	4.87
1993	5.25	4.83
1994	5.19	4.79
1995	5.11	4.77
1996	5.01	4.74
1997	4.91	4.7
1998	4.8	4.64
1999	4.69	4.57
2000	4.58	4.52
2001	4.5	4.48
2002	4.37	4.44
2003	4.25	4.39
2004	4.13	4.34
2005	3.97	4.32
2006	3.85	4.32
2007	3.72	4.36
2008	3.57	4.42
2009	3.47	4.47
2010	3.38	4.52
2011	3.29	4.56
2012	3.22	4.55
2013	3.15	4.49
2014	3.09	4.42
2015	3.03	4.34
2016	2.97	4.26
2017	2.86	4.2
2018	2.74	4.14
2019	2.59	4.06
2020	2.47	4
2021	2.39	3.94
2022	2.34	3.88
2023	2.31	3.83
2024	2.29	3.8
2025	2.26	3.75
2026	2.23	3.7
2027	2.2	3.66
2028	2.17	3.62
2029	2.15	3.58
2030	2.13	3.54
2031	2.11	3.5
2032	2.09	3.46
2033	2.08	3.42
2034	2.06	3.39
2035	2.05	3.35
2036	2.03	3.31
2037	2.02	3.27
2038	2	3.24
2039	1.99	3.21
2040	1.97	3.17
2041	1.96	3.13
2042	1.95	3.1
2043	1.93	3.06
2044	1.92	3.04
2045	1.92	3.01
2046	1.91	2.98
2047	1.9	2.95
2048	1.89	2.92
2049	1.89	2.89
2050	1.88	2.86

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guatemala	Samoa
1960	46.7%	50.1%
1961	46.7%	50.2%
1962	46.8%	50.6%
1963	46.7%	50.9%
1964	46.6%	51.2%
1965	46.6%	51.3%
1966	46.5%	51.3%
1967	46.4%	51.4%
1968	46.2%	51.4%
1969	46.2%	51.4%
1970	46.1%	51.2%
1971	46%	51%
1972	46%	50.8%
1973	46%	50.4%
1974	45.9%	49.9%
1975	45.8%	49.3%
1976	45.7%	48.6%
1977	45.6%	48%
1978	45.6%	47.4%
1979	45.5%	46.9%
1980	45.5%	46.4%
1981	45.6%	45.9%
1982	45.6%	45.2%
1983	45.7%	44.4%
1984	45.7%	43.7%
1985	45.7%	43.1%
1986	45.7%	42.6%
1987	45.6%	42.2%
1988	45.6%	42%
1989	45.5%	41.8%
1990	45.4%	41.5%
1991	45.3%	41.2%
1992	45.2%	40.8%
1993	45.1%	40.3%
1994	44.9%	40%
1995	44.8%	39.9%
1996	44.7%	39.9%
1997	44.5%	40.1%
1998	44.3%	40.2%
1999	44.1%	40.3%
2000	43.8%	40.5%
2001	43.6%	40.7%
2002	43.3%	40.5%
2003	43%	40.2%
2004	42.5%	39.9%
2005	42.1%	39.6%
2006	41.6%	39.4%
2007	41%	39%
2008	40.5%	38.7%
2009	39.9%	38.5%
2010	39.3%	38.4%
2011	38.7%	38.4%
2012	38.1%	38.3%
2013	37.5%	38.1%
2014	36.9%	38.1%
2015	36.4%	38.1%
2016	35.9%	38.1%
2017	35.4%	38.2%
2018	34.9%	38.3%
2019	34.4%	38.5%
2020	33.8%	38.6%
2021	33.3%	38.7%
2022	32.7%	38.8%
2023	32.1%	38.7%
2024	31.6%	38.5%
2025	31%	38.1%
2026	30.5%	37.5%
2027	29.9%	36.9%
2028	29.4%	36.3%
2029	28.8%	35.8%
2030	28.3%	35.2%
2031	27.8%	34.7%
2032	27.3%	34.2%
2033	26.8%	33.7%
2034	26.4%	33.3%
2035	26%	33%
2036	25.7%	32.7%
2037	25.5%	32.6%
2038	25.2%	32.6%
2039	24.9%	32.7%
2040	24.6%	32.7%
2041	24.3%	32.8%
2042	24%	32.9%
2043	23.7%	33%
2044	23.4%	33.1%
2045	23.1%	33.1%
2046	22.8%	33.1%
2047	22.5%	33%
2048	22.2%	32.9%
2049	21.9%	32.7%
2050	21.6%	32.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.6% of the population in Guatemala and 38.5% in Samoa in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guatemala and Samoa compared.

Natural population change in Guatemala vs Samoa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.83% in Guatemala and +2.18% in Samoa. 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	Samoa
1960	120,728	4,298
1961	123,753	4,399
1962	126,429	4,498
1963	129,065	4,544
1964	132,832	4,326
1965	135,997	4,605
1966	140,494	4,593
1967	143,859	4,621
1968	146,946	4,605
1969	149,516	4,592
1970	155,946	4,567
1971	165,104	4,534
1972	173,162	4,487
1973	179,871	4,446
1974	184,992	4,411
1975	188,501	4,465
1976	171,903	4,519
1977	203,299	4,555
1978	211,301	4,587
1979	216,810	4,624
1980	218,460	4,672
1981	221,044	4,720
1982	199,809	4,808
1983	238,059	4,914
1984	241,892	4,979
1985	246,119	4,998
1986	252,754	4,983
1987	261,746	4,909
1988	271,466	4,889
1989	276,736	4,845
1990	280,318	4,759
1991	283,917	4,655
1992	288,411	4,652
1993	295,515	4,769
1994	302,708	4,880
1995	309,236	4,976
1996	315,252	5,038
1997	320,087	5,053
1998	325,174	5,022
1999	328,890	4,937
2000	332,891	4,855
2001	335,503	4,759
2002	334,255	4,672
2003	333,539	4,622
2004	331,699	4,554
2005	325,816	4,503
2006	325,604	4,473
2007	326,298	4,480
2008	323,226	4,581
2009	323,320	4,525
2010	324,802	4,779
2011	328,548	4,860
2012	332,365	4,863
2013	331,321	4,875
2014	333,551	4,849
2015	335,072	4,795
2016	338,114	4,720
2017	332,838	4,661
2018	323,100	4,637
2019	307,389	4,495
2020	281,328	4,442
2021	255,145	4,379
2022	281,675	4,288
2023	289,635	4,170

Maternal mortality chart: Guatemala vs Samoa

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 101 deaths in Samoa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guatemala	Samoa
1985	301	160
1986	286	153
1987	277	147
1988	273	143
1989	271	136
1990	270	135
1991	268	131
1992	269	124
1993	262	117
1994	244	112
1995	229	105
1996	213	103
1997	198	98
1998	185	96
1999	174	94
2000	166	93
2001	162	93
2002	153	89
2003	150	87
2004	148	86
2005	153	87
2006	142	86
2007	135	85
2008	133	87
2009	130	94
2010	127	92
2011	120	93
2012	115	101
2013	111	100
2014	111	106
2015	112	108
2016	110	108
2017	107	111
2018	107	110
2019	106	111
2020	102	114
2021	125	115
2022	97	110
2023	94	101

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.14% in Guatemala and 1.57% in Samoa. 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	Samoa
1960	22.2%	10.7%
1961	21.6%	10.3%
1962	21.1%	9.93%
1963	20.6%	9.56%
1964	20.1%	11.1%
1965	19.6%	8.9%
1966	19.1%	8.57%
1967	18.6%	8.23%
1968	18.1%	7.89%
1969	17.6%	7.53%
1970	17.1%	7.19%
1971	16.6%	6.85%
1972	16.1%	6.52%
1973	15.6%	6.2%
1974	15.1%	5.9%
1975	14.6%	5.62%
1976	16.5%	5.34%
1977	13.6%	5.07%
1978	13.2%	4.82%
1979	12.7%	4.59%
1980	12.2%	4.38%
1981	11.8%	4.19%
1982	13.6%	4.01%
1983	10.9%	3.85%
1984	10.5%	3.7%
1985	10%	3.56%
1986	9.6%	3.42%
1987	9.19%	3.3%
1988	8.79%	3.18%
1989	8.41%	3.08%
1990	8.04%	2.98%
1991	7.68%	2.89%
1992	7.34%	2.8%
1993	7.02%	2.7%
1994	6.71%	2.61%
1995	6.42%	2.52%
1996	6.15%	2.44%
1997	5.89%	2.35%
1998	5.65%	2.27%
1999	5.42%	2.19%
2000	5.21%	2.12%
2001	5%	2.06%
2002	4.8%	2%
2003	4.61%	1.97%
2004	4.43%	1.94%
2005	4.26%	1.93%
2006	4.1%	1.93%
2007	3.93%	1.93%
2008	3.78%	1.93%
2009	3.62%	2.54%
2010	3.48%	1.93%
2011	3.33%	1.92%
2012	3.2%	1.91%
2013	3.07%	1.89%
2014	2.94%	1.87%
2015	2.83%	1.85%
2016	2.72%	1.83%
2017	2.63%	1.81%
2018	2.54%	1.78%
2019	2.45%	2.02%
2020	2.37%	1.7%
2021	2.28%	1.66%
2022	2.21%	1.62%
2023	2.14%	1.57%