Fertility & birth rates in Honduras and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Honduras vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Honduras was 2.5 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.42 in Paraguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Honduras vs Paraguay population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Honduras	Paraguay
1960	7.46	6.5
1961	7.45	6.49
1962	7.44	6.47
1963	7.44	6.45
1964	7.44	6.42
1965	7.44	6.35
1966	7.41	6.23
1967	7.36	6.1
1968	7.3	5.97
1969	7.23	5.84
1970	7.17	5.72
1971	7.11	5.59
1972	7.06	5.46
1973	6.99	5.35
1974	6.91	5.27
1975	6.87	5.18
1976	6.81	5.12
1977	6.73	5.08
1978	6.63	5.04
1979	6.53	5.06
1980	6.42	5.1
1981	6.3	5.15
1982	6.18	5.13
1983	6.06	5.09
1984	5.94	5.04
1985	5.82	4.97
1986	5.7	4.93
1987	5.58	4.85
1988	5.47	4.77
1989	5.35	4.68
1990	5.27	4.57
1991	5.19	4.48
1992	5.11	4.4
1993	5.03	4.28
1994	4.93	4.2
1995	4.84	4.11
1996	4.71	4.01
1997	4.59	3.91
1998	4.47	3.8
1999	4.37	3.67
2000	4.29	3.51
2001	4.15	3.36
2002	4	3.23
2003	3.84	3.12
2004	3.71	3.05
2005	3.58	2.97
2006	3.45	2.89
2007	3.35	2.82
2008	3.26	2.79
2009	3.17	2.76
2010	3.08	2.7
2011	3	2.67
2012	2.93	2.66
2013	2.86	2.64
2014	2.79	2.65
2015	2.75	2.65
2016	2.7	2.62
2017	2.66	2.59
2018	2.65	2.56
2019	2.61	2.53
2020	2.58	2.5
2021	2.55	2.47
2022	2.52	2.44
2023	2.5	2.42
2024	2.48	2.42
2025	2.45	2.39
2026	2.42	2.37
2027	2.4	2.35
2028	2.38	2.33
2029	2.35	2.31
2030	2.32	2.29
2031	2.3	2.27
2032	2.28	2.26
2033	2.26	2.24
2034	2.24	2.22
2035	2.22	2.21
2036	2.2	2.19
2037	2.18	2.17
2038	2.16	2.16
2039	2.15	2.14
2040	2.13	2.13
2041	2.12	2.12
2042	2.1	2.11
2043	2.09	2.09
2044	2.07	2.08
2045	2.06	2.07
2046	2.05	2.06
2047	2.03	2.05
2048	2.02	2.04
2049	2.01	2.03
2050	2	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Honduras	Paraguay
1960	47%	46.3%
1961	47.3%	46.2%
1962	47.6%	46.1%
1963	47.8%	46%
1964	47.9%	46%
1965	48%	46%
1966	48%	46%
1967	48%	45.9%
1968	48%	45.8%
1969	48%	45.7%
1970	47.9%	45.5%
1971	47.9%	45.2%
1972	47.9%	45%
1973	47.9%	44.6%
1974	47.8%	44.2%
1975	47.6%	43.7%
1976	47.5%	43.3%
1977	47.4%	42.8%
1978	47.4%	42.4%
1979	47.3%	42%
1980	47.3%	41.6%
1981	47.2%	41.4%
1982	47.1%	41.2%
1983	47.1%	41.2%
1984	47%	41.2%
1985	46.8%	41.2%
1986	46.7%	41.3%
1987	46.5%	41.3%
1988	46.4%	41.4%
1989	46.3%	41.5%
1990	46.1%	41.5%
1991	45.9%	41.5%
1992	45.7%	41.5%
1993	45.4%	41.4%
1994	45.1%	41.3%
1995	44.8%	41.1%
1996	44.5%	40.8%
1997	44.2%	40.4%
1998	43.8%	40%
1999	43.4%	39.5%
2000	43.1%	39%
2001	42.7%	38.4%
2002	42.3%	37.9%
2003	41.9%	37.3%
2004	41.5%	36.6%
2005	41%	35.8%
2006	40.4%	35.1%
2007	39.9%	34.4%
2008	39.3%	33.8%
2009	38.7%	33.2%
2010	38.1%	32.5%
2011	37.4%	32%
2012	36.8%	31.4%
2013	36.2%	30.9%
2014	35.6%	30.5%
2015	34.9%	30.2%
2016	34.3%	29.9%
2017	33.7%	29.7%
2018	33.1%	29.5%
2019	32.6%	29.3%
2020	32.2%	29.1%
2021	31.8%	29%
2022	31.4%	28.9%
2023	31%	28.8%
2024	30.6%	28.6%
2025	30.3%	28.4%
2026	29.9%	28.1%
2027	29.6%	27.9%
2028	29.3%	27.6%
2029	28.9%	27.3%
2030	28.6%	26.9%
2031	28.3%	26.5%
2032	28%	26.1%
2033	27.6%	25.8%
2034	27.3%	25.4%
2035	26.9%	25%
2036	26.6%	24.7%
2037	26.2%	24.4%
2038	25.9%	24.1%
2039	25.5%	23.8%
2040	25.2%	23.5%
2041	24.8%	23.2%
2042	24.5%	23%
2043	24.2%	22.7%
2044	23.9%	22.5%
2045	23.6%	22.3%
2046	23.3%	22.1%
2047	23%	22%
2048	22.7%	21.8%
2049	22.5%	21.6%
2050	22.2%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.6% of the population in Honduras and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Honduras and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Honduras vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.85% in Honduras and +1.56% in Paraguay. 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
	Honduras	Paraguay
1960	62,602	60,009
1961	64,672	61,536
1962	67,332	63,079
1963	69,883	64,741
1964	72,756	65,681
1965	75,622	66,063
1966	78,369	66,002
1967	81,131	65,695
1968	84,070	65,575
1969	87,273	65,616
1970	90,875	65,905
1971	94,597	66,142
1972	98,634	66,625
1973	99,553	67,803
1974	98,141	69,059
1975	111,469	70,285
1976	115,754	71,973
1977	119,333	74,359
1978	122,593	76,691
1979	125,957	80,345
1980	128,856	84,568
1981	131,789	89,456
1982	134,629	92,917
1983	137,597	96,406
1984	139,851	99,937
1985	142,190	102,859
1986	144,500	105,776
1987	146,750	107,962
1988	149,130	110,348
1989	152,266	111,727
1990	156,537	112,864
1991	160,933	114,472
1992	165,434	115,442
1993	169,358	115,211
1994	173,437	115,662
1995	177,309	115,777
1996	180,083	115,623
1997	182,308	115,095
1998	169,632	114,122
1999	186,816	112,726
2000	190,308	109,979
2001	190,636	107,225
2002	189,653	104,658
2003	187,854	102,427
2004	186,774	101,896
2005	185,216	101,035
2006	183,381	99,808
2007	183,052	99,141
2008	182,607	99,821
2009	182,250	100,296
2010	180,318	99,456
2011	180,164	100,442
2012	180,384	102,508
2013	179,999	103,383
2014	180,075	105,585
2015	181,098	106,817
2016	182,243	106,804
2017	182,731	105,634
2018	184,953	104,908
2019	185,200	103,179
2020	179,553	98,667
2021	172,890	78,667
2022	186,257	94,627
2023	186,125	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Honduras vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Honduras, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Honduras	Paraguay
1985	199	237
1986	191	230
1987	183	225
1988	177	220
1989	169	209
1990	159	198
1991	148	192
1992	138	195
1993	128	197
1994	119	201
1995	109	202
1996	101	203
1997	96	205
1998	91	207
1999	86	207
2000	82	207
2001	78	207
2002	75	206
2003	75	203
2004	74	199
2005	73	194
2006	72	186
2007	72	177
2008	72	166
2009	71	152
2010	72	136
2011	68	120
2012	64	100
2013	62	84
2014	60	70
2015	57	64
2016	55	60
2017	53	58
2018	52	58
2019	51	58
2020	57	69
2021	88	140
2022	48	78
2023	47	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.55% in Honduras and 1.7% in Paraguay. 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
	Honduras	Paraguay
1960	20.7%	8.18%
1961	20%	8.11%
1962	19.4%	8.06%
1963	18.7%	8.02%
1964	18.1%	7.99%
1965	17.5%	7.96%
1966	16.9%	7.94%
1967	16.3%	7.91%
1968	15.7%	7.88%
1969	15.2%	7.84%
1970	14.6%	7.79%
1971	14%	7.73%
1972	13.5%	7.66%
1973	12.9%	7.57%
1974	14.9%	7.46%
1975	11.9%	7.34%
1976	11.4%	7.21%
1977	10.9%	7.06%
1978	10.4%	6.91%
1979	9.94%	6.74%
1980	9.48%	6.55%
1981	9.05%	6.35%
1982	8.62%	6.14%
1983	8.2%	5.92%
1984	7.81%	5.71%
1985	7.43%	5.5%
1986	7.07%	5.3%
1987	6.73%	5.1%
1988	6.4%	4.92%
1989	6.1%	4.73%
1990	5.81%	4.55%
1991	5.54%	4.38%
1992	5.29%	4.23%
1993	5.06%	4.08%
1994	4.84%	3.95%
1995	4.64%	3.83%
1996	4.44%	3.72%
1997	4.25%	3.62%
1998	6.49%	3.53%
1999	3.9%	3.45%
2000	3.73%	3.36%
2001	3.57%	3.29%
2002	3.41%	3.22%
2003	3.26%	3.14%
2004	3.11%	3.07%
2005	2.98%	2.99%
2006	2.86%	2.91%
2007	2.75%	2.83%
2008	2.65%	2.75%
2009	2.55%	2.67%
2010	2.46%	2.59%
2011	2.37%	2.51%
2012	2.28%	2.44%
2013	2.2%	2.37%
2014	2.12%	2.3%
2015	2.05%	2.22%
2016	1.98%	2.15%
2017	1.91%	2.08%
2018	1.84%	2.01%
2019	1.78%	1.94%
2020	1.72%	1.88%
2021	1.66%	1.82%
2022	1.6%	1.76%
2023	1.55%	1.7%