Fertility & birth rates in Nicaragua and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Nicaragua vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Nicaragua was 2.22 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 Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Paraguay
1960	7.16	6.5
1961	7.11	6.49
1962	7.1	6.47
1963	7.08	6.45
1964	7.06	6.42
1965	7.03	6.35
1966	6.99	6.23
1967	6.94	6.1
1968	6.89	5.97
1969	6.83	5.84
1970	6.77	5.72
1971	6.71	5.59
1972	6.65	5.46
1973	6.59	5.35
1974	6.52	5.27
1975	6.45	5.18
1976	6.37	5.12
1977	6.28	5.08
1978	6.16	5.04
1979	6.07	5.06
1980	5.96	5.1
1981	5.84	5.15
1982	5.74	5.13
1983	5.61	5.09
1984	5.49	5.04
1985	5.36	4.97
1986	5.22	4.93
1987	5.07	4.85
1988	4.93	4.77
1989	4.76	4.68
1990	4.6	4.57
1991	4.43	4.48
1992	4.27	4.4
1993	4.1	4.28
1994	3.94	4.2
1995	3.78	4.11
1996	3.62	4.01
1997	3.47	3.91
1998	3.34	3.8
1999	3.22	3.67
2000	3.12	3.51
2001	3	3.36
2002	2.89	3.23
2003	2.83	3.12
2004	2.78	3.05
2005	2.77	2.97
2006	2.73	2.89
2007	2.7	2.82
2008	2.66	2.79
2009	2.63	2.76
2010	2.6	2.7
2011	2.56	2.67
2012	2.53	2.66
2013	2.49	2.64
2014	2.46	2.65
2015	2.43	2.65
2016	2.41	2.62
2017	2.38	2.59
2018	2.35	2.56
2019	2.32	2.53
2020	2.3	2.5
2021	2.27	2.47
2022	2.24	2.44
2023	2.22	2.42
2024	2.21	2.42
2025	2.18	2.39
2026	2.16	2.37
2027	2.14	2.35
2028	2.11	2.33
2029	2.09	2.31
2030	2.07	2.29
2031	2.05	2.27
2032	2.04	2.26
2033	2.02	2.24
2034	2.01	2.22
2035	2	2.21
2036	1.98	2.19
2037	1.97	2.17
2038	1.96	2.16
2039	1.95	2.14
2040	1.94	2.13
2041	1.93	2.12
2042	1.92	2.11
2043	1.91	2.09
2044	1.9	2.08
2045	1.89	2.07
2046	1.89	2.06
2047	1.88	2.05
2048	1.87	2.04
2049	1.87	2.03
2050	1.86	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Nicaragua	Paraguay
1960	47.6%	46.3%
1961	47.8%	46.2%
1962	48%	46.1%
1963	48.2%	46%
1964	48.2%	46%
1965	48.1%	46%
1966	47.9%	46%
1967	47.8%	45.9%
1968	47.7%	45.8%
1969	47.6%	45.7%
1970	47.5%	45.5%
1971	47.5%	45.2%
1972	47.4%	45%
1973	47.4%	44.6%
1974	47.3%	44.2%
1975	47.3%	43.7%
1976	47.3%	43.3%
1977	47.2%	42.8%
1978	47.3%	42.4%
1979	47.3%	42%
1980	47.3%	41.6%
1981	47.3%	41.4%
1982	47.3%	41.2%
1983	47.2%	41.2%
1984	47.2%	41.2%
1985	47.1%	41.2%
1986	47%	41.3%
1987	46.9%	41.3%
1988	46.7%	41.4%
1989	46.4%	41.5%
1990	46.1%	41.5%
1991	45.7%	41.5%
1992	45.2%	41.5%
1993	44.8%	41.4%
1994	44.3%	41.3%
1995	43.7%	41.1%
1996	43.1%	40.8%
1997	42.4%	40.4%
1998	41.7%	40%
1999	41%	39.5%
2000	40.3%	39%
2001	39.6%	38.4%
2002	38.9%	37.9%
2003	38.2%	37.3%
2004	37.5%	36.6%
2005	36.8%	35.8%
2006	36.2%	35.1%
2007	35.7%	34.4%
2008	35.2%	33.8%
2009	34.7%	33.2%
2010	34.2%	32.5%
2011	33.8%	32%
2012	33.3%	31.4%
2013	32.9%	30.9%
2014	32.6%	30.5%
2015	32.2%	30.2%
2016	31.8%	29.9%
2017	31.5%	29.7%
2018	31.1%	29.5%
2019	30.8%	29.3%
2020	30.4%	29.1%
2021	30.1%	29%
2022	29.6%	28.9%
2023	29.2%	28.8%
2024	28.8%	28.6%
2025	28.3%	28.4%
2026	27.9%	28.1%
2027	27.4%	27.9%
2028	27%	27.6%
2029	26.6%	27.3%
2030	26.2%	26.9%
2031	25.8%	26.5%
2032	25.4%	26.1%
2033	25%	25.8%
2034	24.7%	25.4%
2035	24.4%	25%
2036	24%	24.7%
2037	23.7%	24.4%
2038	23.4%	24.1%
2039	23.1%	23.8%
2040	22.8%	23.5%
2041	22.5%	23.2%
2042	22.2%	23%
2043	22%	22.7%
2044	21.7%	22.5%
2045	21.4%	22.3%
2046	21.2%	22.1%
2047	20.9%	22%
2048	20.7%	21.8%
2049	20.5%	21.6%
2050	20.2%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.8% of the population in Nicaragua and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 46.1% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Nicaragua and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Nicaragua vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.58% in Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Paraguay
1960	55,664	60,009
1961	57,499	61,536
1962	59,547	63,079
1963	61,738	64,741
1964	64,227	65,681
1965	67,056	66,063
1966	69,883	66,002
1967	72,722	65,695
1968	75,458	65,575
1969	78,237	65,616
1970	81,127	65,905
1971	84,139	66,142
1972	76,906	66,625
1973	89,662	67,803
1974	92,505	69,059
1975	95,230	70,285
1976	98,100	71,973
1977	100,498	74,359
1978	98,419	76,691
1979	96,429	80,345
1980	108,604	84,568
1981	110,421	89,456
1982	112,468	92,917
1983	110,618	96,406
1984	110,133	99,937
1985	110,949	102,859
1986	113,054	105,776
1987	112,885	107,962
1988	117,299	110,348
1989	120,128	111,727
1990	120,677	112,864
1991	121,787	114,472
1992	121,204	115,442
1993	120,469	115,211
1994	119,565	115,662
1995	118,325	115,777
1996	116,849	115,623
1997	114,415	115,095
1998	108,862	114,122
1999	110,217	112,726
2000	109,192	109,979
2001	107,109	107,225
2002	105,805	104,658
2003	106,142	102,427
2004	106,904	101,896
2005	108,984	101,035
2006	110,073	99,808
2007	110,341	99,141
2008	110,395	99,821
2009	110,213	100,296
2010	110,475	99,456
2011	110,026	100,442
2012	110,065	102,508
2013	109,032	103,383
2014	108,420	105,585
2015	107,344	106,817
2016	106,585	106,804
2017	105,468	105,634
2018	104,814	104,908
2019	102,817	103,179
2020	90,515	98,667
2021	89,213	78,667
2022	100,987	94,627
2023	100,921	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Nicaragua vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 60 deaths per 100,000 live births in Nicaragua, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Nicaragua	Paraguay
1985	319	237
1986	313	230
1987	316	225
1988	301	220
1989	286	209
1990	281	198
1991	273	192
1992	272	195
1993	265	197
1994	256	201
1995	251	202
1996	244	203
1997	236	205
1998	239	207
1999	228	207
2000	213	207
2001	194	207
2002	170	206
2003	154	203
2004	140	199
2005	124	194
2006	113	186
2007	106	177
2008	101	166
2009	99	152
2010	96	136
2011	93	120
2012	88	100
2013	86	84
2014	83	70
2015	81	64
2016	77	60
2017	72	58
2018	67	58
2019	69	58
2020	87	69
2021	124	140
2022	61	78
2023	60	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.34% in Nicaragua 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
	Nicaragua	Paraguay
1960	19.8%	8.18%
1961	19.6%	8.11%
1962	19.4%	8.06%
1963	19.2%	8.02%
1964	19%	7.99%
1965	18.7%	7.96%
1966	18.4%	7.94%
1967	18.1%	7.91%
1968	17.8%	7.88%
1969	17.4%	7.84%
1970	17.1%	7.79%
1971	16.6%	7.73%
1972	18.7%	7.66%
1973	15.6%	7.57%
1974	15%	7.46%
1975	14.4%	7.34%
1976	13.7%	7.21%
1977	12.9%	7.06%
1978	12.2%	6.91%
1979	11.5%	6.74%
1980	10.8%	6.55%
1981	10.2%	6.35%
1982	9.58%	6.14%
1983	9.07%	5.92%
1984	8.62%	5.71%
1985	8.21%	5.5%
1986	7.85%	5.3%
1987	7.53%	5.1%
1988	7.22%	4.92%
1989	6.92%	4.73%
1990	6.62%	4.55%
1991	6.31%	4.38%
1992	6%	4.23%
1993	5.69%	4.08%
1994	5.39%	3.95%
1995	5.09%	3.83%
1996	4.81%	3.72%
1997	4.54%	3.62%
1998	5.01%	3.53%
1999	4.04%	3.45%
2000	3.82%	3.36%
2001	3.62%	3.29%
2002	3.43%	3.22%
2003	3.26%	3.14%
2004	3.1%	3.07%
2005	2.95%	2.99%
2006	2.81%	2.91%
2007	2.68%	2.83%
2008	2.55%	2.75%
2009	2.44%	2.67%
2010	2.33%	2.59%
2011	2.22%	2.51%
2012	2.13%	2.44%
2013	2.03%	2.37%
2014	1.94%	2.3%
2015	1.86%	2.22%
2016	1.78%	2.15%
2017	1.71%	2.08%
2018	1.64%	2.01%
2019	1.57%	1.94%
2020	1.51%	1.88%
2021	1.45%	1.82%
2022	1.39%	1.76%
2023	1.34%	1.7%