Fertility & birth rates in Guyana and Palestine

Fertility rate in Guyana vs Palestine chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Guyana was 2.41 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Guyana vs Palestine population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Guyana	Palestine
1960	6.33	-
1961	6.34	-
1962	6.33	-
1963	6.31	-
1964	6.23	-
1965	6.14	-
1966	6.02	-
1967	5.89	-
1968	5.75	-
1969	5.58	-
1970	5.41	-
1971	5.26	-
1972	5.08	-
1973	4.87	-
1974	4.64	-
1975	4.45	-
1976	4.28	-
1977	4.12	-
1978	3.97	-
1979	3.86	-
1980	3.77	-
1981	3.72	-
1982	3.68	-
1983	3.64	-
1984	3.54	-
1985	3.47	-
1986	3.38	-
1987	3.31	-
1988	3.23	-
1989	3.19	-
1990	3.18	6.81
1991	3.18	6.75
1992	3.19	6.65
1993	3.2	6.5
1994	3.23	6.33
1995	3.24	6.16
1996	3.23	5.99
1997	3.22	5.82
1998	3.18	5.69
1999	3.13	5.58
2000	3.06	5.46
2001	2.96	5.34
2002	2.84	5.22
2003	2.75	5.06
2004	2.68	4.97
2005	2.65	4.87
2006	2.66	4.74
2007	2.68	4.63
2008	2.7	4.51
2009	2.69	4.44
2010	2.68	4.43
2011	2.69	4.31
2012	2.7	4.15
2013	2.71	4.05
2014	2.7	4
2015	2.67	3.98
2016	2.63	3.89
2017	2.59	3.77
2018	2.55	3.67
2019	2.52	3.59
2020	2.49	3.51
2021	2.46	3.44
2022	2.44	3.38
2023	2.41	3.31
2024	2.39	3.25
2025	2.37	3.19
2026	2.35	3.13
2027	2.32	3.07
2028	2.3	3.02
2029	2.28	2.97
2030	2.26	2.93
2031	2.23	2.89
2032	2.21	2.85
2033	2.2	2.81
2034	2.18	2.78
2035	2.16	2.75
2036	2.15	2.71
2037	2.13	2.68
2038	2.12	2.65
2039	2.11	2.62
2040	2.1	2.59
2041	2.09	2.56
2042	2.07	2.53
2043	2.06	2.51
2044	2.05	2.48
2045	2.03	2.45
2046	2.02	2.43
2047	2.01	2.41
2048	2	2.38
2049	1.98	2.36
2050	1.98	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guyana	Palestine
1960	46.8%	-
1961	47%	-
1962	47.4%	-
1963	47.6%	-
1964	47.7%	-
1965	47.8%	-
1966	47.7%	-
1967	47.5%	-
1968	47.3%	-
1969	46.9%	-
1970	46.6%	-
1971	46.3%	-
1972	46%	-
1973	45.7%	-
1974	45.3%	-
1975	44.9%	-
1976	44.4%	-
1977	43.9%	-
1978	43.4%	-
1979	42.9%	-
1980	42.5%	-
1981	41.9%	-
1982	41.2%	-
1983	40.5%	-
1984	39.9%	-
1985	39.2%	-
1986	38.6%	-
1987	38%	-
1988	37.5%	-
1989	37.2%	-
1990	36.9%	49.1%
1991	36.7%	49.1%
1992	36.5%	49%
1993	36.4%	49%
1994	36.4%	48.9%
1995	36.4%	48.8%
1996	36.4%	48.6%
1997	36.5%	48.4%
1998	36.6%	48.1%
1999	36.6%	47.8%
2000	36.6%	47.4%
2001	36.5%	47.1%
2002	36.4%	46.6%
2003	36.1%	46.1%
2004	35.8%	45.6%
2005	35.3%	45%
2006	34.7%	44.3%
2007	34.1%	43.7%
2008	33.5%	43%
2009	32.9%	42.4%
2010	32.2%	41.9%
2011	31.6%	41.5%
2012	31.1%	41.1%
2013	30.8%	40.7%
2014	30.5%	40.4%
2015	30.3%	40.1%
2016	30.1%	39.9%
2017	30%	39.7%
2018	29.5%	39.6%
2019	29.3%	39.5%
2020	29.5%	39.3%
2021	29.4%	39%
2022	29.4%	38.7%
2023	29.3%	38.4%
2024	29.2%	38%
2025	28.9%	37.6%
2026	28.7%	37%
2027	28.4%	36.5%
2028	28.1%	35.9%
2029	27.8%	35.3%
2030	27.4%	34.7%
2031	27%	34%
2032	26.7%	33.4%
2033	26.3%	32.8%
2034	26%	32.3%
2035	25.6%	31.8%
2036	25.2%	31.4%
2037	24.9%	31%
2038	24.6%	30.6%
2039	24.3%	30.3%
2040	24.1%	30%
2041	23.9%	29.7%
2042	23.6%	29.4%
2043	23.4%	29.2%
2044	23.3%	28.9%
2045	23.1%	28.6%
2046	22.9%	28.4%
2047	22.7%	28.1%
2048	22.6%	27.8%
2049	22.4%	27.5%
2050	22.2%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Guyana and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 36.9% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guyana and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Guyana vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.36% in Guyana and +2.64% in Palestine. 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
	Guyana	Palestine
1960	17,867	-
1961	18,092	-
1962	18,344	-
1963	18,606	-
1964	18,729	-
1965	18,791	-
1966	18,862	-
1967	18,933	-
1968	19,035	-
1969	19,133	-
1970	19,233	-
1971	19,273	-
1972	19,219	-
1973	18,991	-
1974	18,589	-
1975	18,317	-
1976	18,083	-
1977	17,805	-
1978	17,539	-
1979	17,402	-
1980	17,298	-
1981	17,471	-
1982	17,644	-
1983	17,753	-
1984	17,466	-
1985	17,292	-
1986	16,940	-
1987	16,600	-
1988	16,189	-
1989	15,947	-
1990	15,917	76,163
1991	15,896	79,444
1992	15,990	82,865
1993	16,099	86,434
1994	16,185	90,156
1995	15,991	94,037
1996	15,768	98,085
1997	15,568	102,307
1998	15,292	103,566
1999	14,763	104,823
2000	14,128	106,367
2001	13,307	107,320
2002	12,218	108,560
2003	11,344	109,162
2004	10,767	110,045
2005	10,455	110,569
2006	10,525	111,728
2007	10,741	112,453
2008	10,792	108,395
2009	10,758	111,724
2010	10,652	117,674
2011	10,713	119,021
2012	10,633	119,185
2013	10,887	120,503
2014	11,143	120,724
2015	11,199	126,189
2016	11,168	126,698
2017	11,108	125,688
2018	10,946	124,791
2019	11,665	124,508
2020	10,307	122,416
2021	8,125	120,396
2022	11,042	123,987
2023	10,716	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Guyana vs Palestine

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 75 deaths per 100,000 live births in Guyana, compared to 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guyana	Palestine
1985	241	102
1986	238	96
1987	234	87
1988	230	85
1989	227	82
1990	224	78
1991	219	75
1992	208	73
1993	205	69
1994	204	66
1995	207	64
1996	202	61
1997	195	60
1998	184	59
1999	178	58
2000	171	59
2001	163	60
2002	164	58
2003	164	56
2004	162	55
2005	166	52
2006	167	51
2007	158	49
2008	153	49
2009	146	48
2010	141	42
2011	135	39
2012	133	36
2013	128	32
2014	121	29
2015	117	26
2016	114	23
2017	110	21
2018	105	19
2019	107	18
2020	109	20
2021	189	29
2022	83	17
2023	75	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.57% in Guyana and 2.63% in Palestine. 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
	Guyana	Palestine
1960	9.19%	-
1961	8.81%	-
1962	8.49%	-
1963	8.21%	-
1964	7.99%	-
1965	7.8%	-
1966	7.66%	-
1967	7.56%	-
1968	7.48%	-
1969	7.43%	-
1970	7.39%	-
1971	7.37%	-
1972	7.35%	-
1973	7.33%	-
1974	7.31%	-
1975	7.27%	10.8%
1976	7.24%	10.2%
1977	7.19%	9.55%
1978	7.14%	8.98%
1979	7.08%	8.45%
1980	7.02%	7.95%
1981	6.96%	7.48%
1982	6.89%	7.04%
1983	6.82%	6.63%
1984	6.74%	6.25%
1985	6.66%	5.89%
1986	6.57%	5.56%
1987	6.47%	5.25%
1988	6.35%	4.97%
1989	6.22%	4.72%
1990	6.08%	4.49%
1991	5.92%	4.28%
1992	5.77%	4.09%
1993	5.6%	3.92%
1994	5.45%	3.77%
1995	5.3%	3.62%
1996	5.16%	3.49%
1997	5.02%	3.36%
1998	4.89%	3.24%
1999	4.77%	3.13%
2000	4.65%	3.03%
2001	4.53%	2.94%
2002	4.42%	2.85%
2003	4.32%	2.77%
2004	4.23%	2.68%
2005	4.14%	2.6%
2006	4.05%	2.52%
2007	3.97%	2.43%
2008	3.89%	2.35%
2009	3.81%	2.28%
2010	3.73%	2.2%
2011	3.65%	2.12%
2012	3.58%	2.04%
2013	3.49%	1.97%
2014	3.4%	2.2%
2015	3.31%	1.83%
2016	3.21%	1.76%
2017	3.11%	1.69%
2018	3.02%	1.63%
2019	2.93%	1.57%
2020	2.84%	1.52%
2021	2.75%	1.47%
2022	2.66%	1.42%
2023	2.57%	2.63%