Fertility & birth rates in Guatemala and Tajikistan

Fertility rate in Guatemala vs Tajikistan 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 3.07 in Tajikistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guatemala vs Tajikistan 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	Tajikistan
1960	7	6.24
1961	6.98	6.35
1962	6.93	6.48
1963	6.9	6.62
1964	6.87	6.68
1965	6.84	6.74
1966	6.8	6.82
1967	6.76	6.89
1968	6.7	6.91
1969	6.65	6.91
1970	6.6	6.91
1971	6.55	6.91
1972	6.51	6.89
1973	6.49	6.84
1974	6.46	6.77
1975	6.41	6.69
1976	6.37	6.6
1977	6.32	6.49
1978	6.26	6.4
1979	6.22	6.31
1980	6.17	6.21
1981	6.12	6.12
1982	6.06	6.03
1983	5.98	5.98
1984	5.86	5.96
1985	5.73	5.94
1986	5.66	5.91
1987	5.64	5.84
1988	5.62	5.75
1989	5.56	5.61
1990	5.48	5.46
1991	5.38	5.28
1992	5.31	5.06
1993	5.25	4.92
1994	5.19	4.79
1995	5.11	4.66
1996	5.01	3.94
1997	4.91	4.06
1998	4.8	4.07
1999	4.69	3.85
2000	4.58	3.49
2001	4.5	3.49
2002	4.37	3.47
2003	4.25	3.42
2004	4.13	3.51
2005	3.97	3.4
2006	3.85	3.34
2007	3.72	3.37
2008	3.57	3.39
2009	3.47	3.43
2010	3.38	3.46
2011	3.29	3.46
2012	3.22	3.42
2013	3.15	3.43
2014	3.09	3.46
2015	3.03	3.46
2016	2.97	3.38
2017	2.86	3.29
2018	2.74	3.29
2019	2.59	3.28
2020	2.47	3.21
2021	2.39	3.17
2022	2.34	3.13
2023	2.31	3.07
2024	2.29	3.04
2025	2.26	2.99
2026	2.23	2.96
2027	2.2	2.93
2028	2.17	2.89
2029	2.15	2.86
2030	2.13	2.83
2031	2.11	2.8
2032	2.09	2.76
2033	2.08	2.73
2034	2.06	2.7
2035	2.05	2.68
2036	2.03	2.65
2037	2.02	2.63
2038	2	2.6
2039	1.99	2.58
2040	1.97	2.55
2041	1.96	2.53
2042	1.95	2.51
2043	1.93	2.49
2044	1.92	2.46
2045	1.92	2.44
2046	1.91	2.42
2047	1.9	2.4
2048	1.89	2.38
2049	1.89	2.37
2050	1.88	2.35

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guatemala	Tajikistan
1960	46.7%	40.2%
1961	46.7%	41.4%
1962	46.8%	42.5%
1963	46.7%	43.4%
1964	46.6%	44.1%
1965	46.6%	44.4%
1966	46.5%	44.6%
1967	46.4%	44.7%
1968	46.2%	44.7%
1969	46.2%	44.6%
1970	46.1%	44.6%
1971	46%	44.5%
1972	46%	44.4%
1973	46%	44.3%
1974	45.9%	44.2%
1975	45.8%	44%
1976	45.7%	43.8%
1977	45.6%	43.6%
1978	45.6%	43.4%
1979	45.5%	43.2%
1980	45.5%	43.2%
1981	45.6%	43.2%
1982	45.6%	43.2%
1983	45.7%	43.3%
1984	45.7%	43.3%
1985	45.7%	43.3%
1986	45.7%	43.1%
1987	45.6%	43.1%
1988	45.6%	43.2%
1989	45.5%	43.4%
1990	45.4%	43.7%
1991	45.3%	44%
1992	45.2%	44.3%
1993	45.1%	44.6%
1994	44.9%	44.8%
1995	44.8%	44.9%
1996	44.7%	44.7%
1997	44.5%	44.3%
1998	44.3%	43.7%
1999	44.1%	43%
2000	43.8%	42.3%
2001	43.6%	41.5%
2002	43.3%	40.7%
2003	43%	39.9%
2004	42.5%	39.3%
2005	42.1%	38.6%
2006	41.6%	38%
2007	41%	37.6%
2008	40.5%	37.3%
2009	39.9%	37%
2010	39.3%	36.8%
2011	38.7%	36.7%
2012	38.1%	36.7%
2013	37.5%	36.5%
2014	36.9%	36.4%
2015	36.4%	36.3%
2016	35.9%	36.3%
2017	35.4%	36.2%
2018	34.9%	36.2%
2019	34.4%	36.3%
2020	33.8%	36.4%
2021	33.3%	36.6%
2022	32.7%	36.6%
2023	32.1%	36.5%
2024	31.6%	36.3%
2025	31%	35.9%
2026	30.5%	35.4%
2027	29.9%	35%
2028	29.4%	34.5%
2029	28.8%	33.9%
2030	28.3%	33.2%
2031	27.8%	32.5%
2032	27.3%	32%
2033	26.8%	31.6%
2034	26.4%	31.2%
2035	26%	30.8%
2036	25.7%	30.4%
2037	25.5%	30.1%
2038	25.2%	29.8%
2039	24.9%	29.6%
2040	24.6%	29.4%
2041	24.3%	29.2%
2042	24%	29.1%
2043	23.7%	29%
2044	23.4%	28.9%
2045	23.1%	28.7%
2046	22.8%	28.6%
2047	22.5%	28.4%
2048	22.2%	28.1%
2049	21.9%	27.9%
2050	21.6%	27.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 31.6% of the population in Guatemala and 36.3% in Tajikistan in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guatemala and Tajikistan compared.

Natural population change in Guatemala vs Tajikistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.83% in Guatemala and +2.42% in Tajikistan. 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	Tajikistan
1960	120,728	65,415
1961	123,753	68,182
1962	126,429	70,700
1963	129,065	73,065
1964	132,832	74,030
1965	135,997	75,139
1966	140,494	76,702
1967	143,859	78,733
1968	146,946	80,698
1969	149,516	82,931
1970	155,946	85,645
1971	165,104	88,618
1972	173,162	91,677
1973	179,871	94,523
1974	184,992	97,481
1975	188,501	100,604
1976	171,903	103,777
1977	203,299	106,920
1978	211,301	110,564
1979	216,810	114,496
1980	218,460	117,888
1981	221,044	121,418
1982	199,809	127,838
1983	238,059	133,280
1984	241,892	139,145
1985	246,119	145,720
1986	252,754	155,987
1987	261,746	163,611
1988	271,466	172,805
1989	276,736	179,212
1990	280,318	178,429
1991	283,917	177,585
1992	288,411	163,652
1993	295,515	157,975
1994	302,708	167,590
1995	309,236	168,934
1996	315,252	138,287
1997	320,087	149,825
1998	325,174	153,508
1999	328,890	147,622
2000	332,891	136,549
2001	335,503	142,276
2002	334,255	146,492
2003	333,539	150,391
2004	331,699	161,201
2005	325,816	160,189
2006	325,604	164,046
2007	326,298	173,200
2008	323,226	182,337
2009	323,320	192,851
2010	324,802	201,389
2011	328,548	208,429
2012	332,365	213,078
2013	331,321	220,693
2014	333,551	227,304
2015	335,072	230,903
2016	338,114	228,547
2017	332,838	224,396
2018	323,100	228,597
2019	307,389	231,817
2020	281,328	219,467
2021	255,145	222,850
2022	281,675	228,336
2023	289,635	223,828

Maternal mortality chart: Guatemala vs Tajikistan

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 14 deaths in Tajikistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guatemala	Tajikistan
1985	301	98
1986	286	91
1987	277	91
1988	273	83
1989	271	85
1990	270	80
1991	268	79
1992	269	84
1993	262	84
1994	244	85
1995	229	81
1996	213	82
1997	198	76
1998	185	72
1999	174	64
2000	166	58
2001	162	58
2002	153	48
2003	150	39
2004	148	36
2005	153	36
2006	142	35
2007	135	30
2008	133	29
2009	130	29
2010	127	26
2011	120	25
2012	115	23
2013	111	21
2014	111	21
2015	112	20
2016	110	20
2017	107	17
2018	107	16
2019	106	16
2020	102	25
2021	125	25
2022	97	14
2023	94	14

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.14% in Guatemala and 2.73% in Tajikistan. 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	Tajikistan
1960	22.2%	-
1961	21.6%	-
1962	21.1%	-
1963	20.6%	-
1964	20.1%	-
1965	19.6%	-
1966	19.1%	-
1967	18.6%	-
1968	18.1%	-
1969	17.6%	-
1970	17.1%	-
1971	16.6%	-
1972	16.1%	15.5%
1973	15.6%	15%
1974	15.1%	14.4%
1975	14.6%	14%
1976	16.5%	13.5%
1977	13.6%	13.2%
1978	13.2%	13%
1979	12.7%	12.8%
1980	12.2%	12.7%
1981	11.8%	12.6%
1982	13.6%	12.5%
1983	10.9%	12.3%
1984	10.5%	12%
1985	10%	11.6%
1986	9.6%	11.1%
1987	9.19%	10.5%
1988	8.79%	10.1%
1989	8.41%	9.88%
1990	8.04%	9.92%
1991	7.68%	10.2%
1992	7.34%	10.6%
1993	7.02%	10.9%
1994	6.71%	11%
1995	6.42%	10.8%
1996	6.15%	10.4%
1997	5.89%	9.86%
1998	5.65%	9.26%
1999	5.42%	8.62%
2000	5.21%	7.97%
2001	5%	7.34%
2002	4.8%	6.75%
2003	4.61%	6.18%
2004	4.43%	5.67%
2005	4.26%	5.22%
2006	4.1%	4.82%
2007	3.93%	4.47%
2008	3.78%	4.17%
2009	3.62%	3.92%
2010	3.48%	3.7%
2011	3.33%	3.52%
2012	3.2%	3.36%
2013	3.07%	3.23%
2014	2.94%	3.12%
2015	2.83%	3.02%
2016	2.72%	2.94%
2017	2.63%	2.88%
2018	2.54%	2.83%
2019	2.45%	2.81%
2020	2.37%	2.8%
2021	2.28%	2.79%
2022	2.21%	2.77%
2023	2.14%	2.73%