Fertility & birth rates in India and Paraguay

Fertility rate in India vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in India was 1.98 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 India 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
	India	Paraguay
1960	5.92	6.5
1961	5.94	6.49
1962	5.95	6.47
1963	5.97	6.45
1964	5.98	6.42
1965	5.94	6.35
1966	5.88	6.23
1967	5.83	6.1
1968	5.76	5.97
1969	5.68	5.84
1970	5.62	5.72
1971	5.57	5.59
1972	5.48	5.46
1973	5.4	5.35
1974	5.33	5.27
1975	5.2	5.18
1976	5.13	5.12
1977	5.01	5.08
1978	4.89	5.04
1979	4.81	5.06
1980	4.78	5.1
1981	4.7	5.15
1982	4.62	5.13
1983	4.57	5.09
1984	4.52	5.04
1985	4.43	4.97
1986	4.4	4.93
1987	4.31	4.85
1988	4.22	4.77
1989	4.13	4.68
1990	4.05	4.57
1991	3.96	4.48
1992	3.88	4.4
1993	3.8	4.28
1994	3.72	4.2
1995	3.65	4.11
1996	3.58	4.01
1997	3.51	3.91
1998	3.45	3.8
1999	3.38	3.67
2000	3.35	3.51
2001	3.3	3.36
2002	3.22	3.23
2003	3.12	3.12
2004	3.05	3.05
2005	2.96	2.97
2006	2.87	2.89
2007	2.78	2.82
2008	2.71	2.79
2009	2.67	2.76
2010	2.6	2.7
2011	2.53	2.67
2012	2.47	2.66
2013	2.4	2.64
2014	2.29	2.65
2015	2.29	2.65
2016	2.28	2.62
2017	2.19	2.59
2018	2.18	2.56
2019	2.12	2.53
2020	2.05	2.5
2021	2.01	2.47
2022	1.99	2.44
2023	1.98	2.42
2024	1.96	2.42
2025	1.94	2.39
2026	1.93	2.37
2027	1.91	2.35
2028	1.9	2.33
2029	1.89	2.31
2030	1.88	2.29
2031	1.87	2.27
2032	1.86	2.26
2033	1.85	2.24
2034	1.84	2.22
2035	1.84	2.21
2036	1.83	2.19
2037	1.82	2.17
2038	1.81	2.16
2039	1.81	2.14
2040	1.8	2.13
2041	1.8	2.12
2042	1.79	2.11
2043	1.79	2.09
2044	1.78	2.08
2045	1.78	2.07
2046	1.78	2.06
2047	1.77	2.05
2048	1.77	2.04
2049	1.77	2.03
2050	1.76	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	India	Paraguay
1960	40.6%	46.3%
1961	40.9%	46.2%
1962	41.2%	46.1%
1963	41.5%	46%
1964	41.6%	46%
1965	41.7%	46%
1966	41.7%	46%
1967	41.6%	45.9%
1968	41.5%	45.8%
1969	41.5%	45.7%
1970	41.4%	45.5%
1971	41.2%	45.2%
1972	41.1%	45%
1973	41%	44.6%
1974	40.8%	44.2%
1975	40.7%	43.7%
1976	40.5%	43.3%
1977	40.3%	42.8%
1978	40.1%	42.4%
1979	40%	42%
1980	39.8%	41.6%
1981	39.7%	41.4%
1982	39.6%	41.2%
1983	39.5%	41.2%
1984	39.4%	41.2%
1985	39.3%	41.2%
1986	39.2%	41.3%
1987	39.1%	41.3%
1988	38.9%	41.4%
1989	38.8%	41.5%
1990	38.6%	41.5%
1991	38.4%	41.5%
1992	38.1%	41.5%
1993	37.9%	41.4%
1994	37.6%	41.3%
1995	37.3%	41.1%
1996	37%	40.8%
1997	36.7%	40.4%
1998	36.3%	40%
1999	35.9%	39.5%
2000	35.6%	39%
2001	35.2%	38.4%
2002	34.8%	37.9%
2003	34.4%	37.3%
2004	34%	36.6%
2005	33.6%	35.8%
2006	33.1%	35.1%
2007	32.7%	34.4%
2008	32.2%	33.8%
2009	31.8%	33.2%
2010	31.3%	32.5%
2011	30.9%	32%
2012	30.4%	31.4%
2013	29.9%	30.9%
2014	29.4%	30.5%
2015	28.9%	30.2%
2016	28.4%	29.9%
2017	27.8%	29.7%
2018	27.3%	29.5%
2019	26.8%	29.3%
2020	26.3%	29.1%
2021	25.9%	29%
2022	25.5%	28.9%
2023	25.1%	28.8%
2024	24.6%	28.6%
2025	24.2%	28.4%
2026	23.8%	28.1%
2027	23.4%	27.9%
2028	23%	27.6%
2029	22.7%	27.3%
2030	22.4%	26.9%
2031	22.1%	26.5%
2032	21.8%	26.1%
2033	21.5%	25.8%
2034	21.3%	25.4%
2035	21%	25%
2036	20.8%	24.7%
2037	20.6%	24.4%
2038	20.4%	24.1%
2039	20.2%	23.8%
2040	19.9%	23.5%
2041	19.7%	23.2%
2042	19.5%	23%
2043	19.3%	22.7%
2044	19.1%	22.5%
2045	18.8%	22.3%
2046	18.6%	22.1%
2047	18.4%	22%
2048	18.2%	21.8%
2049	18%	21.6%
2050	17.8%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in India and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 38.6% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of India and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in India vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.06% in India 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
	India	Paraguay
1960	10,237,489	60,009
1961	10,468,816	61,536
1962	10,743,409	63,079
1963	11,016,705	64,741
1964	11,285,378	65,681
1965	10,925,714	66,063
1966	11,089,894	66,002
1967	11,279,897	65,695
1968	12,006,807	65,575
1969	12,167,671	65,616
1970	12,417,866	65,905
1971	12,787,104	66,142
1972	13,041,792	66,625
1973	13,412,707	67,803
1974	13,795,836	69,059
1975	13,958,642	70,285
1976	14,435,504	71,973
1977	14,575,662	74,359
1978	14,898,145	76,691
1979	15,392,957	80,345
1980	16,018,786	84,568
1981	16,422,159	89,456
1982	16,790,507	92,917
1983	17,219,127	96,406
1984	17,698,810	99,937
1985	17,968,697	102,859
1986	18,455,495	105,776
1987	18,496,213	107,962
1988	18,702,916	110,348
1989	18,848,915	111,727
1990	18,893,588	112,864
1991	19,049,524	114,472
1992	19,132,757	115,442
1993	19,152,399	115,211
1994	19,310,798	115,662
1995	19,396,161	115,777
1996	19,442,699	115,623
1997	19,494,098	115,095
1998	19,569,575	114,122
1999	19,648,424	112,726
2000	19,984,160	109,979
2001	20,182,573	107,225
2002	20,024,621	104,658
2003	19,720,507	102,427
2004	19,469,758	101,896
2005	19,034,839	101,035
2006	18,641,737	99,808
2007	18,331,648	99,141
2008	18,234,926	99,821
2009	18,286,055	100,296
2010	17,991,935	99,456
2011	17,793,362	100,442
2012	17,552,365	102,508
2013	17,107,541	103,383
2014	16,165,943	105,585
2015	16,211,195	106,817
2016	16,202,593	106,804
2017	15,394,041	105,634
2018	15,451,168	104,908
2019	14,859,846	103,179
2020	13,366,946	98,667
2021	10,227,523	78,667
2022	13,912,130	94,627
2023	13,711,993	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: India vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 80 deaths per 100,000 live births in India, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	India	Paraguay
1985	658	237
1986	624	230
1987	592	225
1988	562	220
1989	538	209
1990	516	198
1991	498	192
1992	482	195
1993	467	197
1994	451	201
1995	437	202
1996	422	203
1997	407	205
1998	393	207
1999	378	207
2000	362	207
2001	349	207
2002	330	206
2003	313	203
2004	296	199
2005	277	194
2006	258	186
2007	240	177
2008	223	166
2009	205	152
2010	188	136
2011	173	120
2012	160	100
2013	148	84
2014	137	70
2015	129	64
2016	121	60
2017	113	58
2018	107	58
2019	101	58
2020	101	69
2021	155	140
2022	90	78
2023	80	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.77% in India 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
	India	Paraguay
1960	24.1%	8.18%
1961	23.8%	8.11%
1962	23.5%	8.06%
1963	23.2%	8.02%
1964	22.9%	7.99%
1965	22.7%	7.96%
1966	22.4%	7.94%
1967	22.2%	7.91%
1968	22%	7.88%
1969	21.7%	7.84%
1970	21.5%	7.79%
1971	21.2%	7.73%
1972	20.8%	7.66%
1973	20.5%	7.57%
1974	20.1%	7.46%
1975	19.6%	7.34%
1976	19.1%	7.21%
1977	18.6%	7.06%
1978	18%	6.91%
1979	17.5%	6.74%
1980	16.9%	6.55%
1981	16.4%	6.35%
1982	15.9%	6.14%
1983	15.5%	5.92%
1984	15%	5.71%
1985	14.6%	5.5%
1986	14.2%	5.3%
1987	13.8%	5.1%
1988	13.4%	4.92%
1989	13%	4.73%
1990	12.7%	4.55%
1991	12.3%	4.38%
1992	12%	4.23%
1993	11.6%	4.08%
1994	11.3%	3.95%
1995	11%	3.83%
1996	10.6%	3.72%
1997	10.3%	3.62%
1998	9.89%	3.53%
1999	9.53%	3.45%
2000	9.16%	3.36%
2001	8.8%	3.29%
2002	8.45%	3.22%
2003	8.11%	3.14%
2004	7.77%	3.07%
2005	7.44%	2.99%
2006	7.11%	2.91%
2007	6.79%	2.83%
2008	6.46%	2.75%
2009	6.14%	2.67%
2010	5.82%	2.59%
2011	5.5%	2.51%
2012	5.2%	2.44%
2013	4.91%	2.37%
2014	4.63%	2.3%
2015	4.36%	2.22%
2016	4.11%	2.15%
2017	3.87%	2.08%
2018	3.64%	2.01%
2019	3.43%	1.94%
2020	3.24%	1.88%
2021	3.06%	1.82%
2022	2.91%	1.76%
2023	2.77%	1.7%