Fertility & birth rates in Kuwait and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Kuwait vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Kuwait was 1.52 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 Kuwait 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
	Kuwait	Paraguay
1960	7.22	6.5
1961	7.25	6.49
1962	7.25	6.47
1963	7.28	6.45
1964	7.29	6.42
1965	7.31	6.35
1966	7.34	6.23
1967	7.33	6.1
1968	7.28	5.97
1969	7.18	5.84
1970	7.03	5.72
1971	6.84	5.59
1972	6.64	5.46
1973	6.43	5.35
1974	6.23	5.27
1975	6.06	5.18
1976	5.9	5.12
1977	5.71	5.08
1978	5.52	5.04
1979	5.33	5.06
1980	5.18	5.1
1981	5.02	5.15
1982	4.85	5.13
1983	4.66	5.09
1984	4.45	5.04
1985	4.22	4.97
1986	4	4.93
1987	3.83	4.85
1988	3.7	4.77
1989	3.59	4.68
1990	3.49	4.57
1991	3.4	4.48
1992	3.35	4.4
1993	3.31	4.28
1994	3.27	4.2
1995	3.25	4.11
1996	3.22	4.01
1997	3.14	3.91
1998	3.04	3.8
1999	2.95	3.67
2000	2.89	3.51
2001	2.84	3.36
2002	2.8	3.23
2003	2.77	3.12
2004	2.76	3.05
2005	2.73	2.97
2006	2.59	2.89
2007	2.41	2.82
2008	2.27	2.79
2009	2.15	2.76
2010	2.04	2.7
2011	1.96	2.67
2012	1.99	2.66
2013	1.97	2.64
2014	2.06	2.65
2015	2.03	2.65
2016	2.06	2.62
2017	2.16	2.59
2018	2.12	2.56
2019	2.08	2.53
2020	2.03	2.5
2021	2.15	2.47
2022	1.55	2.44
2023	1.52	2.42
2024	1.51	2.42
2025	1.5	2.39
2026	1.49	2.37
2027	1.48	2.35
2028	1.48	2.33
2029	1.48	2.31
2030	1.48	2.29
2031	1.48	2.27
2032	1.48	2.26
2033	1.48	2.24
2034	1.48	2.22
2035	1.48	2.21
2036	1.48	2.19
2037	1.48	2.17
2038	1.48	2.16
2039	1.48	2.14
2040	1.48	2.13
2041	1.49	2.12
2042	1.49	2.11
2043	1.49	2.09
2044	1.5	2.08
2045	1.5	2.07
2046	1.5	2.06
2047	1.5	2.05
2048	1.5	2.04
2049	1.5	2.03
2050	1.5	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kuwait	Paraguay
1960	37.4%	46.3%
1961	37.8%	46.2%
1962	38.3%	46.1%
1963	39%	46%
1964	39.5%	46%
1965	40%	46%
1966	40.7%	46%
1967	41.5%	45.9%
1968	42.3%	45.8%
1969	43%	45.7%
1970	43.6%	45.5%
1971	43.9%	45.2%
1972	43.8%	45%
1973	43.6%	44.6%
1974	43.3%	44.2%
1975	43%	43.7%
1976	42.3%	43.3%
1977	41.4%	42.8%
1978	40.6%	42.4%
1979	39.9%	42%
1980	39.3%	41.6%
1981	38.8%	41.4%
1982	38.1%	41.2%
1983	37.5%	41.2%
1984	37.1%	41.2%
1985	36.8%	41.2%
1986	36.6%	41.3%
1987	36.7%	41.3%
1988	36.6%	41.4%
1989	36.5%	41.5%
1990	36%	41.5%
1991	35.1%	41.5%
1992	34.6%	41.5%
1993	33.8%	41.4%
1994	33.4%	41.3%
1995	33.4%	41.1%
1996	33%	40.8%
1997	32.3%	40.4%
1998	31.4%	40%
1999	30.4%	39.5%
2000	29.4%	39%
2001	28.3%	38.4%
2002	27.4%	37.9%
2003	26.4%	37.3%
2004	25.6%	36.6%
2005	24.9%	35.8%
2006	24.5%	35.1%
2007	24.1%	34.4%
2008	23.7%	33.8%
2009	23.3%	33.2%
2010	23%	32.5%
2011	22.5%	32%
2012	22.1%	31.4%
2013	22%	30.9%
2014	21.9%	30.5%
2015	21.8%	30.2%
2016	21.6%	29.9%
2017	21.4%	29.7%
2018	21.1%	29.5%
2019	20.8%	29.3%
2020	20.6%	29.1%
2021	20.1%	29%
2022	19.2%	28.9%
2023	18.6%	28.8%
2024	18.2%	28.6%
2025	18%	28.4%
2026	17.8%	28.1%
2027	17.6%	27.9%
2028	17.4%	27.6%
2029	17.3%	27.3%
2030	17.2%	26.9%
2031	17.1%	26.5%
2032	17.1%	26.1%
2033	17.1%	25.8%
2034	17.1%	25.4%
2035	17.2%	25%
2036	17.3%	24.7%
2037	17.3%	24.4%
2038	17.4%	24.1%
2039	17.4%	23.8%
2040	17.5%	23.5%
2041	17.5%	23.2%
2042	17.6%	23%
2043	17.6%	22.7%
2044	17.7%	22.5%
2045	17.7%	22.3%
2046	17.7%	22.1%
2047	17.7%	22%
2048	17.7%	21.8%
2049	17.7%	21.6%
2050	17.7%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.2% of the population in Kuwait and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 36% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kuwait and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Kuwait vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.12% in Kuwait 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
	Kuwait	Paraguay
1960	11,054	60,009
1961	12,327	61,536
1962	13,730	63,079
1963	15,357	64,741
1964	17,064	65,681
1965	18,952	66,063
1966	20,914	66,002
1967	23,520	65,695
1968	26,161	65,575
1969	28,774	65,616
1970	30,789	65,905
1971	32,339	66,142
1972	34,045	66,625
1973	35,741	67,803
1974	37,425	69,059
1975	39,295	70,285
1976	41,439	71,973
1977	42,922	74,359
1978	44,277	76,691
1979	45,569	80,345
1980	47,096	84,568
1981	48,098	89,456
1982	49,981	92,917
1983	51,460	96,406
1984	52,539	99,937
1985	51,772	102,859
1986	51,824	105,776
1987	50,690	107,962
1988	50,037	110,348
1989	49,390	111,727
1990	46,720	112,864
1991	21,867	114,472
1992	32,016	115,442
1993	33,239	115,211
1994	36,533	115,662
1995	39,198	115,777
1996	39,920	115,623
1997	39,581	115,095
1998	39,324	114,122
1999	39,342	112,726
2000	39,811	109,979
2001	40,662	107,225
2002	41,651	104,658
2003	42,934	102,427
2004	44,341	101,896
2005	45,243	101,035
2006	45,911	99,808
2007	46,539	99,141
2008	47,505	99,821
2009	48,879	100,296
2010	49,838	99,456
2011	50,733	100,442
2012	53,181	102,508
2013	52,666	103,383
2014	54,673	105,585
2015	52,127	106,817
2016	51,397	106,804
2017	51,498	105,634
2018	47,222	104,908
2019	46,268	103,179
2020	41,083	98,667
2021	42,057	78,667
2022	41,752	94,627
2023	42,568	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Kuwait vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Kuwait, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kuwait	Paraguay
1985	11	237
1986	11	230
1987	10	225
1988	10	220
1989	10	209
1990	16	198
1991	8	192
1992	10	195
1993	10	197
1994	10	201
1995	10	202
1996	11	203
1997	11	205
1998	11	207
1999	11	207
2000	11	207
2001	11	207
2002	11	206
2003	11	203
2004	11	199
2005	10	194
2006	10	186
2007	10	177
2008	9	166
2009	9	152
2010	9	136
2011	8	120
2012	8	100
2013	8	84
2014	8	70
2015	8	64
2016	8	60
2017	8	58
2018	8	58
2019	7	58
2020	33	69
2021	75	140
2022	8	78
2023	8	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.88% in Kuwait 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
	Kuwait	Paraguay
1960	14.2%	8.18%
1961	13.2%	8.11%
1962	12.3%	8.06%
1963	11.4%	8.02%
1964	10.6%	7.99%
1965	9.86%	7.96%
1966	9.17%	7.94%
1967	8.55%	7.91%
1968	7.98%	7.88%
1969	7.47%	7.84%
1970	7%	7.79%
1971	6.57%	7.73%
1972	6.17%	7.66%
1973	5.8%	7.57%
1974	5.45%	7.46%
1975	5.12%	7.34%
1976	4.8%	7.21%
1977	4.49%	7.06%
1978	4.19%	6.91%
1979	3.89%	6.74%
1980	3.59%	6.55%
1981	3.29%	6.35%
1982	3%	6.14%
1983	2.72%	5.92%
1984	2.48%	5.71%
1985	2.3%	5.5%
1986	2.16%	5.3%
1987	2.04%	5.1%
1988	1.93%	4.92%
1989	1.83%	4.73%
1990	1.73%	4.55%
1991	1.64%	4.38%
1992	1.57%	4.23%
1993	1.52%	4.08%
1994	1.49%	3.95%
1995	1.46%	3.83%
1996	1.42%	3.72%
1997	1.38%	3.62%
1998	1.34%	3.53%
1999	1.3%	3.45%
2000	1.27%	3.36%
2001	1.25%	3.29%
2002	1.23%	3.22%
2003	1.21%	3.14%
2004	1.19%	3.07%
2005	1.17%	2.99%
2006	1.16%	2.91%
2007	1.14%	2.83%
2008	1.12%	2.75%
2009	1.1%	2.67%
2010	1.07%	2.59%
2011	1.03%	2.51%
2012	0.99%	2.44%
2013	0.96%	2.37%
2014	0.93%	2.3%
2015	0.91%	2.22%
2016	0.9%	2.15%
2017	0.89%	2.08%
2018	0.89%	2.01%
2019	0.89%	1.94%
2020	0.89%	1.88%
2021	0.89%	1.82%
2022	0.88%	1.76%
2023	0.88%	1.7%