Fertility & birth rates in Malawi and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Malawi vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malawi was 3.65 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 Malawi 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
	Malawi	Paraguay
1960	7.04	6.5
1961	7.07	6.49
1962	7.1	6.47
1963	7.13	6.45
1964	7.11	6.42
1965	7.13	6.35
1966	7.17	6.23
1967	7.21	6.1
1968	7.26	5.97
1969	7.27	5.84
1970	7.3	5.72
1971	7.31	5.59
1972	7.33	5.46
1973	7.34	5.35
1974	7.34	5.27
1975	7.36	5.18
1976	7.39	5.12
1977	7.41	5.08
1978	7.43	5.04
1979	7.47	5.06
1980	7.52	5.1
1981	7.49	5.15
1982	7.45	5.13
1983	7.36	5.09
1984	7.27	5.04
1985	7.17	4.97
1986	7.07	4.93
1987	6.97	4.85
1988	6.88	4.77
1989	6.8	4.68
1990	6.74	4.57
1991	6.68	4.48
1992	6.63	4.4
1993	6.57	4.28
1994	6.49	4.2
1995	6.39	4.11
1996	6.29	4.01
1997	6.23	3.91
1998	6.21	3.8
1999	6.12	3.67
2000	6	3.51
2001	5.94	3.36
2002	5.9	3.23
2003	5.88	3.12
2004	5.86	3.05
2005	5.85	2.97
2006	5.8	2.89
2007	5.72	2.82
2008	5.61	2.79
2009	5.45	2.76
2010	5.26	2.7
2011	5.08	2.67
2012	4.9	2.66
2013	4.76	2.64
2014	4.57	2.65
2015	4.38	2.65
2016	4.22	2.62
2017	4.11	2.59
2018	4.02	2.56
2019	3.95	2.53
2020	3.88	2.5
2021	3.79	2.47
2022	3.72	2.44
2023	3.65	2.42
2024	3.59	2.42
2025	3.53	2.39
2026	3.45	2.37
2027	3.39	2.35
2028	3.33	2.33
2029	3.29	2.31
2030	3.23	2.29
2031	3.18	2.27
2032	3.13	2.26
2033	3.09	2.24
2034	3.05	2.22
2035	3.01	2.21
2036	2.97	2.19
2037	2.93	2.17
2038	2.89	2.16
2039	2.86	2.14
2040	2.82	2.13
2041	2.79	2.12
2042	2.76	2.11
2043	2.73	2.09
2044	2.7	2.08
2045	2.67	2.07
2046	2.64	2.06
2047	2.61	2.05
2048	2.59	2.04
2049	2.57	2.03
2050	2.54	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malawi	Paraguay
1960	43.1%	46.3%
1961	42.9%	46.2%
1962	42.8%	46.1%
1963	42.9%	46%
1964	43%	46%
1965	43.2%	46%
1966	43.4%	46%
1967	43.7%	45.9%
1968	43.9%	45.8%
1969	44.2%	45.7%
1970	44.4%	45.5%
1971	44.6%	45.2%
1972	44.8%	45%
1973	44.9%	44.6%
1974	45.1%	44.2%
1975	45.2%	43.7%
1976	45.2%	43.3%
1977	45.3%	42.8%
1978	45.3%	42.4%
1979	45.3%	42%
1980	45.4%	41.6%
1981	45.4%	41.4%
1982	45.4%	41.2%
1983	45.5%	41.2%
1984	45.5%	41.2%
1985	45.4%	41.2%
1986	45.4%	41.3%
1987	45.1%	41.3%
1988	45%	41.4%
1989	45.2%	41.5%
1990	45.4%	41.5%
1991	45.6%	41.5%
1992	45.8%	41.5%
1993	46%	41.4%
1994	46.1%	41.3%
1995	46.1%	41.1%
1996	46.2%	40.8%
1997	46.2%	40.4%
1998	46.2%	40%
1999	46.2%	39.5%
2000	46.2%	39%
2001	46.1%	38.4%
2002	46.1%	37.9%
2003	46.1%	37.3%
2004	46%	36.6%
2005	46%	35.8%
2006	46.1%	35.1%
2007	46.1%	34.4%
2008	46.1%	33.8%
2009	46.2%	33.2%
2010	46.2%	32.5%
2011	46.2%	32%
2012	46.1%	31.4%
2013	46%	30.9%
2014	45.7%	30.5%
2015	45.4%	30.2%
2016	45.1%	29.9%
2017	44.6%	29.7%
2018	44.2%	29.5%
2019	43.7%	29.3%
2020	43.1%	29.1%
2021	42.5%	29%
2022	41.9%	28.9%
2023	41.3%	28.8%
2024	40.7%	28.6%
2025	40.1%	28.4%
2026	39.6%	28.1%
2027	39.1%	27.9%
2028	38.6%	27.6%
2029	38.1%	27.3%
2030	37.7%	26.9%
2031	37.4%	26.5%
2032	37%	26.1%
2033	36.7%	25.8%
2034	36.4%	25.4%
2035	36%	25%
2036	35.7%	24.7%
2037	35.3%	24.4%
2038	35%	24.1%
2039	34.6%	23.8%
2040	34.2%	23.5%
2041	33.9%	23.2%
2042	33.5%	23%
2043	33.1%	22.7%
2044	32.7%	22.5%
2045	32.3%	22.3%
2046	31.9%	22.1%
2047	31.5%	22%
2048	31.2%	21.8%
2049	30.8%	21.6%
2050	30.5%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 40.7% of the population in Malawi and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 45.4% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malawi and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Malawi vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.67% in Malawi 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
	Malawi	Paraguay
1960	85,718	60,009
1961	89,091	61,536
1962	92,463	63,079
1963	95,933	64,741
1964	97,658	65,681
1965	100,040	66,063
1966	103,512	66,002
1967	106,668	65,695
1968	110,329	65,575
1969	113,120	65,616
1970	116,822	65,905
1971	121,015	66,142
1972	125,728	66,625
1973	131,529	67,803
1974	137,819	69,059
1975	145,254	70,285
1976	153,422	71,973
1977	161,930	74,359
1978	172,503	76,691
1979	182,123	80,345
1980	192,746	84,568
1981	199,436	89,456
1982	205,386	92,917
1983	209,422	96,406
1984	212,146	99,937
1985	216,179	102,859
1986	218,519	105,776
1987	220,566	107,962
1988	226,911	110,348
1989	237,967	111,727
1990	250,159	112,864
1991	260,193	114,472
1992	269,066	115,442
1993	276,538	115,211
1994	275,439	115,662
1995	266,745	115,777
1996	270,048	115,623
1997	277,433	115,095
1998	285,407	114,122
1999	295,629	112,726
2000	300,439	109,979
2001	310,833	107,225
2002	322,863	104,658
2003	341,133	102,427
2004	361,133	101,896
2005	381,130	101,035
2006	397,123	99,808
2007	410,290	99,141
2008	421,781	99,821
2009	434,811	100,296
2010	444,468	99,456
2011	454,149	100,442
2012	460,684	102,508
2013	470,293	103,383
2014	472,418	105,585
2015	472,484	106,817
2016	474,779	106,804
2017	484,655	105,634
2018	494,348	104,908
2019	506,104	103,179
2020	514,659	98,667
2021	517,400	78,667
2022	533,450	94,627
2023	549,096	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Malawi vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 225 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malawi, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malawi	Paraguay
1985	1,115	237
1986	1,118	230
1987	1,123	225
1988	1,154	220
1989	1,136	209
1990	1,112	198
1991	1,080	192
1992	1,042	195
1993	1,000	197
1994	912	201
1995	782	202
1996	713	203
1997	672	205
1998	658	207
1999	576	207
2000	506	207
2001	447	207
2002	404	206
2003	346	203
2004	304	199
2005	283	194
2006	286	186
2007	333	177
2008	430	166
2009	512	152
2010	517	136
2011	486	120
2012	447	100
2013	410	84
2014	367	70
2015	354	64
2016	312	60
2017	284	58
2018	267	58
2019	260	58
2020	256	69
2021	286	140
2022	239	78
2023	225	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.83% in Malawi 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
	Malawi	Paraguay
1960	-	8.18%
1961	35.9%	8.11%
1962	35.8%	8.06%
1963	35.7%	8.02%
1964	35.5%	7.99%
1965	35.4%	7.96%
1966	35.3%	7.94%
1967	35.1%	7.91%
1968	35%	7.88%
1969	34.7%	7.84%
1970	34.4%	7.79%
1971	33.9%	7.73%
1972	33.2%	7.66%
1973	32.4%	7.57%
1974	31.5%	7.46%
1975	30.6%	7.34%
1976	29.7%	7.21%
1977	28.7%	7.06%
1978	27.6%	6.91%
1979	26.5%	6.74%
1980	25.6%	6.55%
1981	24.9%	6.35%
1982	24.5%	6.14%
1983	24.5%	5.92%
1984	24.8%	5.71%
1985	25.1%	5.5%
1986	25.4%	5.3%
1987	25.5%	5.1%
1988	25.3%	4.92%
1989	24.9%	4.73%
1990	24.3%	4.55%
1991	23.6%	4.38%
1992	22.8%	4.23%
1993	22%	4.08%
1994	21.3%	3.95%
1995	20.7%	3.83%
1996	20.2%	3.72%
1997	19.7%	3.62%
1998	19.2%	3.53%
1999	18.4%	3.45%
2000	17.3%	3.36%
2001	16%	3.29%
2002	14.6%	3.22%
2003	13.2%	3.14%
2004	11.9%	3.07%
2005	11%	2.99%
2006	10.3%	2.91%
2007	9.83%	2.83%
2008	9.31%	2.75%
2009	8.81%	2.67%
2010	8.3%	2.59%
2011	7.67%	2.51%
2012	6.98%	2.44%
2013	6.4%	2.37%
2014	6.02%	2.3%
2015	5.67%	2.22%
2016	5.35%	2.15%
2017	5.06%	2.08%
2018	4.75%	2.01%
2019	4.55%	1.94%
2020	4.31%	1.88%
2021	4.15%	1.82%
2022	3.99%	1.76%
2023	3.83%	1.7%