Fertility & birth rates in Japan and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Japan vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Japan was 1.2 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 Japan 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
	Japan	Paraguay
1960	2	6.5
1961	1.96	6.49
1962	1.98	6.47
1963	2	6.45
1964	2.05	6.42
1965	2.14	6.35
1966	1.58	6.23
1967	2.23	6.1
1968	2.13	5.97
1969	2.13	5.84
1970	2.13	5.72
1971	2.16	5.59
1972	2.14	5.46
1973	2.14	5.35
1974	2.05	5.27
1975	1.91	5.18
1976	1.85	5.12
1977	1.8	5.08
1978	1.79	5.04
1979	1.77	5.06
1980	1.75	5.1
1981	1.74	5.15
1982	1.77	5.13
1983	1.8	5.09
1984	1.81	5.04
1985	1.76	4.97
1986	1.72	4.93
1987	1.69	4.85
1988	1.66	4.77
1989	1.57	4.68
1990	1.54	4.57
1991	1.53	4.48
1992	1.5	4.4
1993	1.46	4.28
1994	1.5	4.2
1995	1.42	4.11
1996	1.43	4.01
1997	1.39	3.91
1998	1.38	3.8
1999	1.34	3.67
2000	1.36	3.51
2001	1.33	3.36
2002	1.32	3.23
2003	1.29	3.12
2004	1.29	3.05
2005	1.26	2.97
2006	1.32	2.89
2007	1.34	2.82
2008	1.37	2.79
2009	1.37	2.76
2010	1.39	2.7
2011	1.39	2.67
2012	1.41	2.66
2013	1.43	2.64
2014	1.42	2.65
2015	1.45	2.65
2016	1.44	2.62
2017	1.43	2.59
2018	1.42	2.56
2019	1.36	2.53
2020	1.33	2.5
2021	1.3	2.47
2022	1.26	2.44
2023	1.2	2.42
2024	1.21	2.42
2025	1.22	2.39
2026	1.22	2.37
2027	1.23	2.35
2028	1.24	2.33
2029	1.25	2.31
2030	1.25	2.29
2031	1.26	2.27
2032	1.26	2.26
2033	1.27	2.24
2034	1.28	2.22
2035	1.28	2.21
2036	1.29	2.19
2037	1.29	2.17
2038	1.3	2.16
2039	1.3	2.14
2040	1.3	2.13
2041	1.31	2.12
2042	1.31	2.11
2043	1.31	2.09
2044	1.32	2.08
2045	1.32	2.07
2046	1.33	2.06
2047	1.33	2.05
2048	1.33	2.04
2049	1.34	2.03
2050	1.34	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Japan	Paraguay
1960	29.8%	46.3%
1961	29.1%	46.2%
1962	28%	46.1%
1963	26.8%	46%
1964	25.8%	46%
1965	25.1%	46%
1966	24.4%	46%
1967	23.8%	45.9%
1968	23.5%	45.8%
1969	23.4%	45.7%
1970	23.3%	45.5%
1971	23.3%	45.2%
1972	23.4%	45%
1973	23.6%	44.6%
1974	23.8%	44.2%
1975	23.8%	43.7%
1976	23.9%	43.3%
1977	23.9%	42.8%
1978	23.8%	42.4%
1979	23.7%	42%
1980	23.4%	41.6%
1981	23.3%	41.4%
1982	23.1%	41.2%
1983	22.6%	41.2%
1984	22.2%	41.2%
1985	21.7%	41.2%
1986	21%	41.3%
1987	20.3%	41.3%
1988	19.5%	41.4%
1989	18.8%	41.5%
1990	18%	41.5%
1991	17.4%	41.5%
1992	16.9%	41.5%
1993	16.4%	41.4%
1994	16%	41.3%
1995	15.6%	41.1%
1996	15.3%	40.8%
1997	15.1%	40.4%
1998	14.8%	40%
1999	14.6%	39.5%
2000	14.4%	39%
2001	14.2%	38.4%
2002	14.1%	37.9%
2003	13.9%	37.3%
2004	13.8%	36.6%
2005	13.8%	35.8%
2006	13.7%	35.1%
2007	13.6%	34.4%
2008	13.5%	33.8%
2009	13.5%	33.2%
2010	13.4%	32.5%
2011	13.3%	32%
2012	13.2%	31.4%
2013	13.1%	30.9%
2014	13%	30.5%
2015	12.8%	30.2%
2016	12.7%	29.9%
2017	12.6%	29.7%
2018	12.5%	29.5%
2019	12.4%	29.3%
2020	12.2%	29.1%
2021	12%	29%
2022	11.9%	28.9%
2023	11.6%	28.8%
2024	11.4%	28.6%
2025	11.2%	28.4%
2026	11%	28.1%
2027	10.9%	27.9%
2028	10.7%	27.6%
2029	10.5%	27.3%
2030	10.4%	26.9%
2031	10.3%	26.5%
2032	10.2%	26.1%
2033	10.1%	25.8%
2034	10.1%	25.4%
2035	10.1%	25%
2036	10.1%	24.7%
2037	10.1%	24.4%
2038	10.2%	24.1%
2039	10.3%	23.8%
2040	10.4%	23.5%
2041	10.5%	23.2%
2042	10.6%	23%
2043	10.7%	22.7%
2044	10.8%	22.5%
2045	10.9%	22.3%
2046	11%	22.1%
2047	11.1%	22%
2048	11.2%	21.8%
2049	11.2%	21.6%
2050	11.2%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.4% of the population in Japan and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 18% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Japan and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Japan vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.41% in Japan 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
	Japan	Paraguay
1960	894,874	60,009
1961	893,522	61,536
1962	901,864	63,079
1963	987,770	64,741
1964	1,046,553	65,681
1965	1,126,448	66,063
1966	682,072	66,002
1967	1,258,475	65,695
1968	1,191,930	65,575
1969	1,195,962	65,616
1970	1,230,496	65,905
1971	1,331,782	66,142
1972	1,372,006	66,625
1973	1,391,449	67,803
1974	1,332,960	69,059
1975	1,204,989	70,285
1976	1,127,750	71,973
1977	1,070,397	74,359
1978	1,011,234	76,691
1979	950,298	80,345
1980	864,372	84,568
1981	811,861	89,456
1982	805,664	92,917
1983	775,495	96,406
1984	756,523	99,937
1985	676,687	102,859
1986	631,706	105,776
1987	598,138	107,962
1988	527,085	110,348
1989	467,662	111,727
1990	407,478	112,864
1991	396,685	114,472
1992	360,833	115,442
1993	312,073	115,211
1994	363,017	115,662
1995	276,039	115,777
1996	314,392	115,623
1997	277,325	115,095
1998	265,440	114,122
1999	202,610	112,726
2000	228,317	109,979
2001	203,438	107,225
2002	178,423	104,658
2003	114,946	102,427
2004	76,656	101,896
2005	-25,554	101,035
2006	12,785	99,808
2007	-25,600	99,141
2008	-51,225	99,821
2009	-76,828	100,296
2010	-128,070	99,456
2011	-204,533	100,442
2012	-229,733	102,508
2013	-242,146	103,383
2014	-267,279	105,585
2015	-292,424	106,817
2016	-343,106	106,804
2017	-406,310	105,634
2018	-456,520	104,908
2019	-531,858	103,179
2020	-542,923	98,667
2021	-640,976	78,667
2022	-825,825	94,627
2023	-871,617	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Japan vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Japan, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Japan	Paraguay
1985	19	237
1986	18	230
1987	17	225
1988	16	220
1989	15	209
1990	14	198
1991	13	192
1992	13	195
1993	12	197
1994	11	201
1995	11	202
1996	11	203
1997	10	205
1998	10	207
1999	9	207
2000	9	207
2001	8	207
2002	8	206
2003	8	203
2004	7	199
2005	7	194
2006	7	186
2007	6	177
2008	6	166
2009	6	152
2010	6	136
2011	6	120
2012	6	100
2013	5	84
2014	5	70
2015	5	64
2016	5	60
2017	5	58
2018	5	58
2019	5	58
2020	4	69
2021	4	140
2022	5	78
2023	3	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Japan 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
	Japan	Paraguay
1960	3.97%	8.18%
1961	3.62%	8.11%
1962	3.29%	8.06%
1963	2.98%	8.02%
1964	2.7%	7.99%
1965	2.46%	7.96%
1966	2.26%	7.94%
1967	2.1%	7.91%
1968	1.96%	7.88%
1969	1.85%	7.84%
1970	1.75%	7.79%
1971	1.65%	7.73%
1972	1.57%	7.66%
1973	1.49%	7.57%
1974	1.41%	7.46%
1975	1.33%	7.34%
1976	1.25%	7.21%
1977	1.18%	7.06%
1978	1.11%	6.91%
1979	1.05%	6.74%
1980	0.99%	6.55%
1981	0.93%	6.35%
1982	0.88%	6.14%
1983	0.83%	5.92%
1984	0.79%	5.71%
1985	0.75%	5.5%
1986	0.71%	5.3%
1987	0.68%	5.1%
1988	0.66%	4.92%
1989	0.64%	4.73%
1990	0.63%	4.55%
1991	0.62%	4.38%
1992	0.61%	4.23%
1993	0.6%	4.08%
1994	0.59%	3.95%
1995	0.57%	3.83%
1996	0.55%	3.72%
1997	0.52%	3.62%
1998	0.5%	3.53%
1999	0.47%	3.45%
2000	0.45%	3.36%
2001	0.43%	3.29%
2002	0.41%	3.22%
2003	0.4%	3.14%
2004	0.39%	3.07%
2005	0.37%	2.99%
2006	0.36%	2.91%
2007	0.35%	2.83%
2008	0.34%	2.75%
2009	0.34%	2.67%
2010	0.33%	2.59%
2011	0.33%	2.51%
2012	0.31%	2.44%
2013	0.3%	2.37%
2014	0.29%	2.3%
2015	0.28%	2.22%
2016	0.27%	2.15%
2017	0.26%	2.08%
2018	0.25%	2.01%
2019	0.25%	1.94%
2020	0.24%	1.88%
2021	0.24%	1.82%
2022	0.24%	1.76%
2023	0.24%	1.7%