Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Marshall Islands was 2.92 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 the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Paraguay
1960	8.08	6.5
1961	8.12	6.49
1962	8.12	6.47
1963	8.12	6.45
1964	8.14	6.42
1965	8.16	6.35
1966	8.2	6.23
1967	8.17	6.1
1968	8.14	5.97
1969	8.11	5.84
1970	8.07	5.72
1971	8.04	5.59
1972	8	5.46
1973	7.95	5.35
1974	7.9	5.27
1975	7.83	5.18
1976	7.76	5.12
1977	7.67	5.08
1978	7.58	5.04
1979	7.47	5.06
1980	7.37	5.1
1981	7.27	5.15
1982	7.18	5.13
1983	7.08	5.09
1984	6.99	5.04
1985	6.87	4.97
1986	6.73	4.93
1987	6.57	4.85
1988	6.38	4.77
1989	6.18	4.68
1990	5.97	4.57
1991	5.76	4.48
1992	5.55	4.4
1993	5.38	4.28
1994	5.23	4.2
1995	5.09	4.11
1996	5.02	4.01
1997	4.96	3.91
1998	4.87	3.8
1999	4.78	3.67
2000	4.7	3.51
2001	4.58	3.36
2002	4.49	3.23
2003	4.42	3.12
2004	4.34	3.05
2005	4.28	2.97
2006	4.2	2.89
2007	4.09	2.82
2008	3.97	2.79
2009	3.83	2.76
2010	3.67	2.7
2011	3.53	2.67
2012	3.38	2.66
2013	3.25	2.64
2014	3.18	2.65
2015	3.13	2.65
2016	3.09	2.62
2017	3.06	2.59
2018	3.04	2.56
2019	3.01	2.53
2020	2.99	2.5
2021	2.96	2.47
2022	2.94	2.44
2023	2.92	2.42
2024	2.86	2.42
2025	2.82	2.39
2026	2.77	2.37
2027	2.73	2.35
2028	2.69	2.33
2029	2.65	2.31
2030	2.6	2.29
2031	2.57	2.27
2032	2.53	2.26
2033	2.5	2.24
2034	2.47	2.22
2035	2.44	2.21
2036	2.41	2.19
2037	2.38	2.17
2038	2.36	2.16
2039	2.34	2.14
2040	2.31	2.13
2041	2.29	2.12
2042	2.26	2.11
2043	2.24	2.09
2044	2.23	2.08
2045	2.21	2.07
2046	2.19	2.06
2047	2.17	2.05
2048	2.15	2.04
2049	2.13	2.03
2050	2.11	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Paraguay
1960	46.1%	46.3%
1961	46.7%	46.2%
1962	47.1%	46.1%
1963	47.4%	46%
1964	47.5%	46%
1965	47.5%	46%
1966	47.2%	46%
1967	46.7%	45.9%
1968	46.1%	45.8%
1969	45.3%	45.7%
1970	45%	45.5%
1971	45.6%	45.2%
1972	46.6%	45%
1973	47.3%	44.6%
1974	47.8%	44.2%
1975	48.2%	43.7%
1976	48.5%	43.3%
1977	49%	42.8%
1978	49.4%	42.4%
1979	49.8%	42%
1980	50.1%	41.6%
1981	50.3%	41.4%
1982	50.3%	41.2%
1983	50.4%	41.2%
1984	50.4%	41.2%
1985	50.6%	41.2%
1986	50.7%	41.3%
1987	50.8%	41.3%
1988	50.8%	41.4%
1989	50.6%	41.5%
1990	50.2%	41.5%
1991	49.7%	41.5%
1992	49.1%	41.5%
1993	48.4%	41.4%
1994	47.5%	41.3%
1995	46.6%	41.1%
1996	45.6%	40.8%
1997	44.7%	40.4%
1998	43.7%	40%
1999	42.8%	39.5%
2000	42%	39%
2001	41.3%	38.4%
2002	40.6%	37.9%
2003	39.9%	37.3%
2004	39.4%	36.6%
2005	39.1%	35.8%
2006	38.9%	35.1%
2007	39%	34.4%
2008	39.2%	33.8%
2009	39.4%	33.2%
2010	39.7%	32.5%
2011	39.7%	32%
2012	39.4%	31.4%
2013	38.8%	30.9%
2014	38.2%	30.5%
2015	37.5%	30.2%
2016	36.8%	29.9%
2017	36.2%	29.7%
2018	35.7%	29.5%
2019	35.1%	29.3%
2020	34.5%	29.1%
2021	34.4%	29%
2022	34.6%	28.9%
2023	34.7%	28.8%
2024	34.5%	28.6%
2025	33.9%	28.4%
2026	33.2%	28.1%
2027	32.6%	27.9%
2028	32%	27.6%
2029	31.4%	27.3%
2030	30.9%	26.9%
2031	30.3%	26.5%
2032	29.7%	26.1%
2033	29.2%	25.8%
2034	28.6%	25.4%
2035	28.1%	25%
2036	27.6%	24.7%
2037	27.3%	24.4%
2038	27.3%	24.1%
2039	27.4%	23.8%
2040	27.7%	23.5%
2041	28%	23.2%
2042	28.3%	23%
2043	28.6%	22.7%
2044	28.8%	22.5%
2045	29%	22.3%
2046	29.1%	22.1%
2047	29.1%	22%
2048	29%	21.8%
2049	28.8%	21.6%
2050	28.5%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Paraguay
1960	452	60,009
1961	469	61,536
1962	488	63,079
1963	509	64,741
1964	536	65,681
1965	566	66,063
1966	603	66,002
1967	636	65,695
1968	685	65,575
1969	747	65,616
1970	819	65,905
1971	877	66,142
1972	913	66,625
1973	954	67,803
1974	1,000	69,059
1975	1,055	70,285
1976	1,109	71,973
1977	1,160	74,359
1978	1,207	76,691
1979	1,250	80,345
1980	1,287	84,568
1981	1,328	89,456
1982	1,375	92,917
1983	1,422	96,406
1984	1,470	99,937
1985	1,511	102,859
1986	1,544	105,776
1987	1,566	107,962
1988	1,575	110,348
1989	1,574	111,727
1990	1,556	112,864
1991	1,540	114,472
1992	1,525	115,442
1993	1,524	115,211
1994	1,524	115,662
1995	1,522	115,777
1996	1,542	115,623
1997	1,564	115,095
1998	1,576	114,122
1999	1,590	112,726
2000	1,592	109,979
2001	1,596	107,225
2002	1,594	104,658
2003	1,600	102,427
2004	1,595	101,896
2005	1,586	101,035
2006	1,556	99,808
2007	1,507	99,141
2008	1,443	99,821
2009	1,365	100,296
2010	1,273	99,456
2011	1,185	100,442
2012	1,097	102,508
2013	1,014	103,383
2014	959	105,585
2015	912	106,817
2016	866	106,804
2017	826	105,634
2018	785	104,908
2019	746	103,179
2020	689	98,667
2021	653	78,667
2022	606	94,627
2023	550	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Marshall Islands, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Paraguay
1985	254	237
1986	274	230
1987	282	225
1988	276	220
1989	299	209
1990	311	198
1991	297	192
1992	322	195
1993	320	197
1994	303	201
1995	303	202
1996	292	203
1997	274	205
1998	259	207
1999	250	207
2000	251	207
2001	231	207
2002	223	206
2003	221	203
2004	238	199
2005	234	194
2006	233	186
2007	229	177
2008	226	166
2009	224	152
2010	212	136
2011	209	120
2012	207	100
2013	201	84
2014	199	70
2015	184	64
2016	183	60
2017	179	58
2018	167	58
2019	168	58
2020	178	69
2021	206	140
2022	174	78
2023	155	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands 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
	Marshall Islands	Paraguay
1960	12.2%	8.18%
1961	11.6%	8.11%
1962	11%	8.06%
1963	10.5%	8.02%
1964	10.1%	7.99%
1965	9.64%	7.96%
1966	9.25%	7.94%
1967	8.88%	7.91%
1968	8.53%	7.88%
1969	8.19%	7.84%
1970	7.87%	7.79%
1971	7.58%	7.73%
1972	7.33%	7.66%
1973	7.13%	7.57%
1974	6.97%	7.46%
1975	6.86%	7.34%
1976	6.77%	7.21%
1977	6.69%	7.06%
1978	6.61%	6.91%
1979	6.52%	6.74%
1980	6.42%	6.55%
1981	6.29%	6.35%
1982	6.15%	6.14%
1983	6%	5.92%
1984	5.83%	5.71%
1985	5.66%	5.5%
1986	5.49%	5.3%
1987	5.31%	5.1%
1988	5.13%	4.92%
1989	4.95%	4.73%
1990	4.76%	4.55%
1991	4.59%	4.38%
1992	4.43%	4.23%
1993	4.29%	4.08%
1994	4.2%	3.95%
1995	4.15%	3.83%
1996	4.14%	3.72%
1997	4.15%	3.62%
1998	4.19%	3.53%
1999	4.23%	3.45%
2000	4.25%	3.36%
2001	4.25%	3.29%
2002	4.24%	3.22%
2003	4.21%	3.14%
2004	4.18%	3.07%
2005	4.14%	2.99%
2006	4.1%	2.91%
2007	4.06%	2.83%
2008	4.02%	2.75%
2009	3.97%	2.67%
2010	3.94%	2.59%
2011	3.89%	2.51%
2012	3.82%	2.44%
2013	3.75%	2.37%
2014	3.66%	2.3%
2015	3.57%	2.22%
2016	3.48%	2.15%
2017	3.38%	2.08%
2018	3.29%	2.01%
2019	3.19%	1.94%
2020	3.1%	1.88%
2021	3%	1.82%
2022	2.91%	1.76%
2023	2.82%	1.7%