Fertility & birth rates in Myanmar and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Myanmar vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Myanmar was 2.12 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 Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Paraguay
1960	5.9	6.5
1961	5.9	6.49
1962	5.9	6.47
1963	5.91	6.45
1964	5.91	6.42
1965	5.91	6.35
1966	5.88	6.23
1967	5.84	6.1
1968	5.8	5.97
1969	5.75	5.84
1970	5.68	5.72
1971	5.62	5.59
1972	5.53	5.46
1973	5.44	5.35
1974	5.34	5.27
1975	5.25	5.18
1976	5.16	5.12
1977	5.07	5.08
1978	4.99	5.04
1979	4.9	5.06
1980	4.79	5.1
1981	4.69	5.15
1982	4.66	5.13
1983	4.63	5.09
1984	4.52	5.04
1985	4.32	4.97
1986	4.08	4.93
1987	3.86	4.85
1988	3.67	4.77
1989	3.59	4.68
1990	3.5	4.57
1991	3.43	4.48
1992	3.35	4.4
1993	3.28	4.28
1994	3.2	4.2
1995	3.13	4.11
1996	3.06	4.01
1997	2.99	3.91
1998	2.91	3.8
1999	2.85	3.67
2000	2.81	3.51
2001	2.79	3.36
2002	2.77	3.23
2003	2.68	3.12
2004	2.59	3.05
2005	2.52	2.97
2006	2.47	2.89
2007	2.45	2.82
2008	2.4	2.79
2009	2.37	2.76
2010	2.34	2.7
2011	2.31	2.67
2012	2.28	2.66
2013	2.26	2.64
2014	2.25	2.65
2015	2.27	2.65
2016	2.27	2.62
2017	2.25	2.59
2018	2.23	2.56
2019	2.21	2.53
2020	2.18	2.5
2021	2.16	2.47
2022	2.13	2.44
2023	2.12	2.42
2024	2.1	2.42
2025	2.08	2.39
2026	2.06	2.37
2027	2.04	2.35
2028	2.02	2.33
2029	2.01	2.31
2030	2	2.29
2031	1.98	2.27
2032	1.97	2.26
2033	1.96	2.24
2034	1.94	2.22
2035	1.93	2.21
2036	1.92	2.19
2037	1.92	2.17
2038	1.91	2.16
2039	1.9	2.14
2040	1.89	2.13
2041	1.89	2.12
2042	1.88	2.11
2043	1.87	2.09
2044	1.86	2.08
2045	1.86	2.07
2046	1.85	2.06
2047	1.85	2.05
2048	1.84	2.04
2049	1.83	2.03
2050	1.83	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Myanmar	Paraguay
1960	39.9%	46.3%
1961	40.2%	46.2%
1962	40.6%	46.1%
1963	40.9%	46%
1964	41%	46%
1965	41.1%	46%
1966	41.1%	46%
1967	41%	45.9%
1968	40.9%	45.8%
1969	40.8%	45.7%
1970	40.7%	45.5%
1971	40.6%	45.2%
1972	40.5%	45%
1973	40.3%	44.6%
1974	40.2%	44.2%
1975	40.1%	43.7%
1976	40%	43.3%
1977	39.8%	42.8%
1978	39.6%	42.4%
1979	39.4%	42%
1980	39.2%	41.6%
1981	39%	41.4%
1982	38.8%	41.2%
1983	38.6%	41.2%
1984	38.3%	41.2%
1985	38.1%	41.2%
1986	37.8%	41.3%
1987	37.4%	41.3%
1988	37%	41.4%
1989	36.6%	41.5%
1990	36.2%	41.5%
1991	35.8%	41.5%
1992	35.4%	41.5%
1993	35.1%	41.4%
1994	34.7%	41.3%
1995	34.2%	41.1%
1996	33.8%	40.8%
1997	33.3%	40.4%
1998	32.8%	40%
1999	32.3%	39.5%
2000	31.8%	39%
2001	31.4%	38.4%
2002	31%	37.9%
2003	30.7%	37.3%
2004	30.4%	36.6%
2005	30.1%	35.8%
2006	29.7%	35.1%
2007	29.4%	34.4%
2008	29%	33.8%
2009	28.6%	33.2%
2010	28.2%	32.5%
2011	27.9%	32%
2012	27.5%	31.4%
2013	27.1%	30.9%
2014	26.8%	30.5%
2015	26.5%	30.2%
2016	26.2%	29.9%
2017	25.9%	29.7%
2018	25.6%	29.5%
2019	25.4%	29.3%
2020	25.1%	29.1%
2021	24.9%	29%
2022	24.7%	28.9%
2023	24.5%	28.8%
2024	24.3%	28.6%
2025	24.1%	28.4%
2026	23.9%	28.1%
2027	23.6%	27.9%
2028	23.4%	27.6%
2029	23.2%	27.3%
2030	23%	26.9%
2031	22.7%	26.5%
2032	22.4%	26.1%
2033	22.2%	25.8%
2034	21.9%	25.4%
2035	21.7%	25%
2036	21.4%	24.7%
2037	21.2%	24.4%
2038	21%	24.1%
2039	20.8%	23.8%
2040	20.6%	23.5%
2041	20.4%	23.2%
2042	20.2%	23%
2043	20.1%	22.7%
2044	19.9%	22.5%
2045	19.8%	22.3%
2046	19.6%	22.1%
2047	19.5%	22%
2048	19.4%	21.8%
2049	19.2%	21.6%
2050	19.1%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.3% of the population in Myanmar and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 36.2% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Myanmar and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Myanmar vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.88% in Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Paraguay
1960	465,049	60,009
1961	474,818	61,536
1962	487,925	63,079
1963	501,548	64,741
1964	516,334	65,681
1965	533,443	66,063
1966	546,378	66,002
1967	559,577	65,695
1968	571,123	65,575
1969	584,979	65,616
1970	595,337	65,905
1971	608,784	66,142
1972	616,411	66,625
1973	624,619	67,803
1974	628,458	69,059
1975	635,005	70,285
1976	642,829	71,973
1977	649,915	74,359
1978	658,068	76,691
1979	669,338	80,345
1980	673,815	84,568
1981	679,851	89,456
1982	701,212	92,917
1983	719,710	96,406
1984	723,623	99,937
1985	705,905	102,859
1986	679,467	105,776
1987	652,960	107,962
1988	630,392	110,348
1989	636,610	111,727
1990	636,081	112,864
1991	637,622	114,472
1992	634,484	115,442
1993	633,576	115,211
1994	626,411	115,662
1995	620,376	115,777
1996	619,488	115,623
1997	613,103	115,095
1998	606,110	114,122
1999	597,916	112,726
2000	596,979	109,979
2001	601,524	107,225
2002	602,873	104,658
2003	582,173	102,427
2004	556,494	101,896
2005	537,429	101,035
2006	527,165	99,808
2007	523,745	99,141
2008	373,287	99,821
2009	505,144	100,296
2010	497,745	99,456
2011	492,271	100,442
2012	487,210	102,508
2013	487,648	103,383
2014	488,114	105,585
2015	495,769	106,817
2016	499,508	106,804
2017	492,276	105,634
2018	482,316	104,908
2019	469,924	103,179
2020	448,626	98,667
2021	394,104	78,667
2022	415,647	94,627
2023	408,331	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Myanmar vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 185 deaths per 100,000 live births in Myanmar, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Myanmar	Paraguay
1985	674	237
1986	652	230
1987	631	225
1988	616	220
1989	603	209
1990	586	198
1991	566	192
1992	542	195
1993	522	197
1994	498	201
1995	472	202
1996	442	203
1997	416	205
1998	398	207
1999	388	207
2000	375	207
2001	361	207
2002	347	206
2003	335	203
2004	324	199
2005	312	194
2006	301	186
2007	290	177
2008	286	166
2009	268	152
2010	259	136
2011	249	120
2012	243	100
2013	237	84
2014	228	70
2015	222	64
2016	215	60
2017	209	58
2018	201	58
2019	195	58
2020	198	69
2021	231	140
2022	193	78
2023	185	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.87% in Myanmar 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
	Myanmar	Paraguay
1960	-	8.18%
1961	-	8.11%
1962	-	8.06%
1963	-	8.02%
1964	-	7.99%
1965	-	7.96%
1966	-	7.94%
1967	-	7.91%
1968	18%	7.88%
1969	17.7%	7.84%
1970	17.4%	7.79%
1971	17%	7.73%
1972	16.7%	7.66%
1973	16.3%	7.57%
1974	16%	7.46%
1975	15.6%	7.34%
1976	15.3%	7.21%
1977	14.9%	7.06%
1978	14.6%	6.91%
1979	14.3%	6.74%
1980	14%	6.55%
1981	13.7%	6.35%
1982	13.4%	6.14%
1983	13.1%	5.92%
1984	12.9%	5.71%
1985	12.7%	5.5%
1986	12.5%	5.3%
1987	12.2%	5.1%
1988	12%	4.92%
1989	11.8%	4.73%
1990	11.5%	4.55%
1991	11.3%	4.38%
1992	11%	4.23%
1993	10.7%	4.08%
1994	10.5%	3.95%
1995	10.2%	3.83%
1996	9.94%	3.72%
1997	9.68%	3.62%
1998	9.43%	3.53%
1999	9.19%	3.45%
2000	8.95%	3.36%
2001	8.71%	3.29%
2002	8.47%	3.22%
2003	8.22%	3.14%
2004	7.97%	3.07%
2005	7.71%	2.99%
2006	7.44%	2.91%
2007	7.16%	2.83%
2008	10.1%	2.75%
2009	6.6%	2.67%
2010	6.32%	2.59%
2011	6.05%	2.51%
2012	5.8%	2.44%
2013	5.56%	2.37%
2014	5.34%	2.3%
2015	5.13%	2.22%
2016	4.95%	2.15%
2017	4.77%	2.08%
2018	4.6%	2.01%
2019	4.44%	1.94%
2020	4.29%	1.88%
2021	4.14%	1.82%
2022	4%	1.76%
2023	3.87%	1.7%