Fertility & birth rates in Kenya and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Kenya vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Kenya was 3.21 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 Kenya 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
	Kenya	Paraguay
1960	7.65	6.5
1961	7.72	6.49
1962	7.77	6.47
1963	7.82	6.45
1964	7.87	6.42
1965	7.92	6.35
1966	7.96	6.23
1967	7.95	6.1
1968	7.95	5.97
1969	7.95	5.84
1970	7.94	5.72
1971	7.92	5.59
1972	7.89	5.46
1973	7.86	5.35
1974	7.82	5.27
1975	7.8	5.18
1976	7.77	5.12
1977	7.73	5.08
1978	7.67	5.04
1979	7.6	5.06
1980	7.53	5.1
1981	7.45	5.15
1982	7.35	5.13
1983	7.22	5.09
1984	7.08	5.04
1985	6.96	4.97
1986	6.84	4.93
1987	6.69	4.85
1988	6.52	4.77
1989	6.33	4.68
1990	6.14	4.57
1991	5.94	4.48
1992	5.74	4.4
1993	5.57	4.28
1994	5.44	4.2
1995	5.37	4.11
1996	5.31	4.01
1997	5.27	3.91
1998	5.24	3.8
1999	5.18	3.67
2000	5.14	3.51
2001	5.09	3.36
2002	5.03	3.23
2003	4.94	3.12
2004	4.86	3.05
2005	4.8	2.97
2006	4.75	2.89
2007	4.72	2.82
2008	4.66	2.79
2009	4.57	2.76
2010	4.45	2.7
2011	4.28	2.67
2012	4.12	2.66
2013	3.96	2.64
2014	3.84	2.65
2015	3.77	2.65
2016	3.69	2.62
2017	3.61	2.59
2018	3.54	2.56
2019	3.43	2.53
2020	3.36	2.5
2021	3.31	2.47
2022	3.26	2.44
2023	3.21	2.42
2024	3.17	2.42
2025	3.12	2.39
2026	3.07	2.37
2027	3.03	2.35
2028	2.99	2.33
2029	2.95	2.31
2030	2.92	2.29
2031	2.89	2.27
2032	2.85	2.26
2033	2.82	2.24
2034	2.78	2.22
2035	2.75	2.21
2036	2.72	2.19
2037	2.69	2.17
2038	2.66	2.16
2039	2.63	2.14
2040	2.61	2.13
2041	2.58	2.12
2042	2.55	2.11
2043	2.53	2.09
2044	2.5	2.08
2045	2.47	2.07
2046	2.44	2.06
2047	2.42	2.05
2048	2.4	2.04
2049	2.38	2.03
2050	2.36	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kenya	Paraguay
1960	48.7%	46.3%
1961	49.1%	46.2%
1962	49.4%	46.1%
1963	49.7%	46%
1964	49.8%	46%
1965	50.2%	46%
1966	50.6%	46%
1967	50.9%	45.9%
1968	51.2%	45.8%
1969	51.4%	45.7%
1970	51.6%	45.5%
1971	51.7%	45.2%
1972	51.9%	45%
1973	52%	44.6%
1974	52%	44.2%
1975	52%	43.7%
1976	52.1%	43.3%
1977	52%	42.8%
1978	51.9%	42.4%
1979	51.7%	42%
1980	51.5%	41.6%
1981	51.3%	41.4%
1982	51.1%	41.2%
1983	50.8%	41.2%
1984	50.6%	41.2%
1985	50.3%	41.2%
1986	50.1%	41.3%
1987	49.9%	41.3%
1988	49.7%	41.4%
1989	49.5%	41.5%
1990	49.2%	41.5%
1991	48.9%	41.5%
1992	48.7%	41.5%
1993	48.4%	41.4%
1994	48%	41.3%
1995	47.7%	41.1%
1996	47.4%	40.8%
1997	47.1%	40.4%
1998	46.8%	40%
1999	46.5%	39.5%
2000	46.1%	39%
2001	45.7%	38.4%
2002	45.3%	37.9%
2003	45%	37.3%
2004	44.6%	36.6%
2005	44.4%	35.8%
2006	44.2%	35.1%
2007	44%	34.4%
2008	43.9%	33.8%
2009	43.8%	33.2%
2010	43.6%	32.5%
2011	43.4%	32%
2012	43.2%	31.4%
2013	42.8%	30.9%
2014	42.4%	30.5%
2015	42%	30.2%
2016	41.5%	29.9%
2017	41%	29.7%
2018	40.5%	29.5%
2019	39.9%	29.3%
2020	39.3%	29.1%
2021	38.7%	29%
2022	38.1%	28.9%
2023	37.4%	28.8%
2024	36.8%	28.6%
2025	36.3%	28.4%
2026	35.7%	28.1%
2027	35.3%	27.9%
2028	34.9%	27.6%
2029	34.5%	27.3%
2030	34.2%	26.9%
2031	33.9%	26.5%
2032	33.6%	26.1%
2033	33.4%	25.8%
2034	33.2%	25.4%
2035	32.9%	25%
2036	32.7%	24.7%
2037	32.5%	24.4%
2038	32.2%	24.1%
2039	32%	23.8%
2040	31.7%	23.5%
2041	31.4%	23.2%
2042	31%	23%
2043	30.7%	22.7%
2044	30.4%	22.5%
2045	30%	22.3%
2046	29.7%	22.1%
2047	29.3%	22%
2048	28.9%	21.8%
2049	28.5%	21.6%
2050	28.2%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.8% of the population in Kenya and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 49.2% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kenya and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Kenya vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.16% in Kenya 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
	Kenya	Paraguay
1960	280,032	60,009
1961	298,463	61,536
1962	315,797	63,079
1963	332,763	64,741
1964	349,322	65,681
1965	366,444	66,063
1966	382,891	66,002
1967	396,920	65,695
1968	411,948	65,575
1969	427,819	65,616
1970	443,065	65,905
1971	459,897	66,142
1972	472,557	66,625
1973	485,556	67,803
1974	500,008	69,059
1975	517,579	70,285
1976	536,740	71,973
1977	554,124	74,359
1978	574,695	76,691
1979	595,390	80,345
1980	616,390	84,568
1981	642,379	89,456
1982	663,109	92,917
1983	684,587	96,406
1984	709,639	99,937
1985	732,739	102,859
1986	755,606	105,776
1987	775,124	107,962
1988	785,652	110,348
1989	795,622	111,727
1990	789,087	112,864
1991	790,030	114,472
1992	785,018	115,442
1993	788,579	115,211
1994	792,702	115,662
1995	812,391	115,777
1996	827,326	115,623
1997	847,493	115,095
1998	875,511	114,122
1999	898,484	112,726
2000	928,357	109,979
2001	963,721	107,225
2002	992,044	104,658
2003	1,018,182	102,427
2004	1,048,590	101,896
2005	1,080,446	101,035
2006	1,113,357	99,808
2007	1,147,063	99,141
2008	1,174,818	99,821
2009	1,193,598	100,296
2010	1,199,786	99,456
2011	1,185,863	100,442
2012	1,161,548	102,508
2013	1,136,006	103,383
2014	1,123,333	105,585
2015	1,119,200	106,817
2016	1,108,801	106,804
2017	1,105,769	105,634
2018	1,097,075	104,908
2019	1,071,777	103,179
2020	1,036,253	98,667
2021	1,037,082	78,667
2022	1,092,102	94,627
2023	1,100,970	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Kenya vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 149 deaths per 100,000 live births in Kenya, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kenya	Paraguay
1985	1,375	237
1986	1,059	230
1987	960	225
1988	756	220
1989	663	209
1990	586	198
1991	493	192
1992	419	195
1993	363	197
1994	342	201
1995	308	202
1996	275	203
1997	253	205
1998	250	207
1999	217	207
2000	206	207
2001	188	207
2002	182	206
2003	177	203
2004	177	199
2005	178	194
2006	188	186
2007	198	177
2008	197	166
2009	208	152
2010	210	136
2011	209	120
2012	214	100
2013	206	84
2014	203	70
2015	203	64
2016	196	60
2017	186	58
2018	183	58
2019	176	58
2020	184	69
2021	183	140
2022	155	78
2023	149	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.99% in Kenya 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
	Kenya	Paraguay
1960	19.6%	8.18%
1961	18.8%	8.11%
1962	18.1%	8.06%
1963	17.5%	8.02%
1964	17%	7.99%
1965	16.6%	7.96%
1966	16.3%	7.94%
1967	16%	7.91%
1968	15.7%	7.88%
1969	15.4%	7.84%
1970	15%	7.79%
1971	14.7%	7.73%
1972	14.3%	7.66%
1973	14%	7.57%
1974	13.5%	7.46%
1975	13.1%	7.34%
1976	12.7%	7.21%
1977	12.2%	7.06%
1978	11.8%	6.91%
1979	11.4%	6.74%
1980	11%	6.55%
1981	10.6%	6.35%
1982	10.3%	6.14%
1983	9.98%	5.92%
1984	9.74%	5.71%
1985	9.57%	5.5%
1986	9.49%	5.3%
1987	9.51%	5.1%
1988	9.63%	4.92%
1989	9.85%	4.73%
1990	10.1%	4.55%
1991	10.5%	4.38%
1992	10.7%	4.23%
1993	10.9%	4.08%
1994	11%	3.95%
1995	11%	3.83%
1996	10.9%	3.72%
1997	10.7%	3.62%
1998	10.4%	3.53%
1999	10.1%	3.45%
2000	9.63%	3.36%
2001	9.16%	3.29%
2002	8.66%	3.22%
2003	8.16%	3.14%
2004	7.66%	3.07%
2005	7.15%	2.99%
2006	6.71%	2.91%
2007	6.32%	2.83%
2008	5.82%	2.75%
2009	5.54%	2.67%
2010	5.35%	2.59%
2011	5.22%	2.51%
2012	5.12%	2.44%
2013	5%	2.37%
2014	4.88%	2.3%
2015	4.74%	2.22%
2016	4.6%	2.15%
2017	4.53%	2.08%
2018	4.43%	2.01%
2019	4.33%	1.94%
2020	4.28%	1.88%
2021	4.19%	1.82%
2022	4.11%	1.76%
2023	3.99%	1.7%