Fertility & birth rates in Panama and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Panama vs Paraguay chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Panama 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 Panama 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
	Panama	Paraguay
1960	5.83	6.5
1961	5.87	6.49
1962	5.87	6.47
1963	5.87	6.45
1964	5.81	6.42
1965	5.73	6.35
1966	5.65	6.23
1967	5.53	6.1
1968	5.41	5.97
1969	5.29	5.84
1970	5.18	5.72
1971	5.05	5.59
1972	4.91	5.46
1973	4.74	5.35
1974	4.58	5.27
1975	4.41	5.18
1976	4.26	5.12
1977	4.12	5.08
1978	3.98	5.04
1979	3.88	5.06
1980	3.8	5.1
1981	3.72	5.15
1982	3.66	5.13
1983	3.6	5.09
1984	3.52	5.04
1985	3.43	4.97
1986	3.34	4.93
1987	3.25	4.85
1988	3.17	4.77
1989	3.12	4.68
1990	3.07	4.57
1991	3	4.48
1992	2.95	4.4
1993	2.91	4.28
1994	2.88	4.2
1995	2.85	4.11
1996	2.83	4.01
1997	2.81	3.91
1998	2.79	3.8
1999	2.77	3.67
2000	2.74	3.51
2001	2.72	3.36
2002	2.7	3.23
2003	2.68	3.12
2004	2.68	3.05
2005	2.64	2.97
2006	2.62	2.89
2007	2.61	2.82
2008	2.61	2.79
2009	2.59	2.76
2010	2.59	2.7
2011	2.6	2.67
2012	2.59	2.66
2013	2.57	2.64
2014	2.55	2.65
2015	2.53	2.65
2016	2.5	2.62
2017	2.46	2.59
2018	2.4	2.56
2019	2.29	2.53
2020	2.18	2.5
2021	2.15	2.47
2022	2.14	2.44
2023	2.12	2.42
2024	2.11	2.42
2025	2.09	2.39
2026	2.07	2.37
2027	2.06	2.35
2028	2.04	2.33
2029	2.02	2.31
2030	2.01	2.29
2031	2	2.27
2032	1.99	2.26
2033	1.97	2.24
2034	1.96	2.22
2035	1.95	2.21
2036	1.95	2.19
2037	1.94	2.17
2038	1.93	2.16
2039	1.92	2.14
2040	1.91	2.13
2041	1.91	2.12
2042	1.9	2.11
2043	1.89	2.09
2044	1.89	2.08
2045	1.88	2.07
2046	1.88	2.06
2047	1.87	2.05
2048	1.87	2.04
2049	1.86	2.03
2050	1.86	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Panama	Paraguay
1960	44.2%	46.3%
1961	44.3%	46.2%
1962	44.5%	46.1%
1963	44.6%	46%
1964	44.7%	46%
1965	44.8%	46%
1966	44.8%	46%
1967	44.8%	45.9%
1968	44.7%	45.8%
1969	44.6%	45.7%
1970	44.5%	45.5%
1971	44.3%	45.2%
1972	44.1%	45%
1973	43.9%	44.6%
1974	43.6%	44.2%
1975	43.3%	43.7%
1976	42.9%	43.3%
1977	42.4%	42.8%
1978	41.9%	42.4%
1979	41.4%	42%
1980	40.8%	41.6%
1981	40.3%	41.4%
1982	39.8%	41.2%
1983	39.3%	41.2%
1984	38.8%	41.2%
1985	38.3%	41.2%
1986	37.8%	41.3%
1987	37.4%	41.3%
1988	36.9%	41.4%
1989	36.5%	41.5%
1990	36.1%	41.5%
1991	35.7%	41.5%
1992	35.3%	41.5%
1993	34.9%	41.4%
1994	34.6%	41.3%
1995	34.2%	41.1%
1996	33.9%	40.8%
1997	33.5%	40.4%
1998	33.1%	40%
1999	32.8%	39.5%
2000	32.4%	39%
2001	32%	38.4%
2002	31.6%	37.9%
2003	31.3%	37.3%
2004	31%	36.6%
2005	30.6%	35.8%
2006	30.3%	35.1%
2007	30%	34.4%
2008	29.7%	33.8%
2009	29.5%	33.2%
2010	29.2%	32.5%
2011	28.9%	32%
2012	28.7%	31.4%
2013	28.4%	30.9%
2014	28.2%	30.5%
2015	27.9%	30.2%
2016	27.6%	29.9%
2017	27.4%	29.7%
2018	27.1%	29.5%
2019	26.7%	29.3%
2020	26.4%	29.1%
2021	26%	29%
2022	25.7%	28.9%
2023	25.3%	28.8%
2024	24.9%	28.6%
2025	24.5%	28.4%
2026	24.1%	28.1%
2027	23.8%	27.9%
2028	23.4%	27.6%
2029	23%	27.3%
2030	22.6%	26.9%
2031	22.2%	26.5%
2032	21.9%	26.1%
2033	21.6%	25.8%
2034	21.3%	25.4%
2035	21%	25%
2036	20.9%	24.7%
2037	20.7%	24.4%
2038	20.5%	24.1%
2039	20.3%	23.8%
2040	20.1%	23.5%
2041	20%	23.2%
2042	19.8%	23%
2043	19.6%	22.7%
2044	19.4%	22.5%
2045	19.3%	22.3%
2046	19.1%	22.1%
2047	18.9%	22%
2048	18.8%	21.8%
2049	18.6%	21.6%
2050	18.4%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.9% of the population in Panama and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 36.1% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Panama and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Panama vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in Panama 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
	Panama	Paraguay
1960	35,431	60,009
1961	37,100	61,536
1962	38,537	63,079
1963	39,872	64,741
1964	40,806	65,681
1965	41,604	66,063
1966	42,457	66,002
1967	43,054	65,695
1968	43,641	65,575
1969	44,278	65,616
1970	45,075	65,905
1971	45,867	66,142
1972	46,311	66,625
1973	46,540	67,803
1974	46,932	69,059
1975	47,149	70,285
1976	47,307	71,973
1977	47,438	74,359
1978	47,694	76,691
1979	48,362	80,345
1980	49,077	84,568
1981	50,018	89,456
1982	50,858	92,917
1983	51,880	96,406
1984	52,436	99,937
1985	52,573	102,859
1986	52,681	105,776
1987	52,690	107,962
1988	52,767	110,348
1989	52,295	111,727
1990	53,451	112,864
1991	53,079	114,472
1992	53,186	115,442
1993	53,591	115,211
1994	53,845	115,662
1995	54,069	115,777
1996	54,512	115,623
1997	55,060	115,095
1998	55,482	114,122
1999	55,911	112,726
2000	56,236	109,979
2001	56,654	107,225
2002	57,011	104,658
2003	57,458	102,427
2004	58,281	101,896
2005	58,014	101,035
2006	58,067	99,808
2007	58,454	99,141
2008	58,961	99,821
2009	59,168	100,296
2010	59,418	99,456
2011	60,411	100,442
2012	60,471	102,508
2013	60,295	103,383
2014	60,227	105,585
2015	59,896	106,817
2016	59,454	106,804
2017	58,607	105,634
2018	57,508	104,908
2019	54,420	103,179
2020	46,599	98,667
2021	46,747	78,667
2022	50,556	94,627
2023	50,197	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Panama vs Paraguay

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 37 deaths per 100,000 live births in Panama, compared to 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Panama	Paraguay
1985	95	237
1986	94	230
1987	93	225
1988	93	220
1989	96	209
1990	89	198
1991	87	192
1992	85	195
1993	81	197
1994	78	201
1995	77	202
1996	73	203
1997	70	205
1998	68	207
1999	65	207
2000	64	207
2001	62	207
2002	59	206
2003	58	203
2004	57	199
2005	57	194
2006	56	186
2007	55	177
2008	55	166
2009	55	152
2010	56	136
2011	55	120
2012	53	100
2013	52	84
2014	49	70
2015	48	64
2016	47	60
2017	47	58
2018	43	58
2019	41	58
2020	74	69
2021	59	140
2022	40	78
2023	37	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.33% in Panama 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
	Panama	Paraguay
1960	9.31%	8.18%
1961	9.04%	8.11%
1962	8.78%	8.06%
1963	8.52%	8.02%
1964	8.28%	7.99%
1965	8.05%	7.96%
1966	7.83%	7.94%
1967	7.62%	7.91%
1968	7.38%	7.88%
1969	7.1%	7.84%
1970	6.78%	7.79%
1971	6.43%	7.73%
1972	6.07%	7.66%
1973	5.72%	7.57%
1974	5.41%	7.46%
1975	5.15%	7.34%
1976	4.93%	7.21%
1977	4.76%	7.06%
1978	4.61%	6.91%
1979	4.47%	6.74%
1980	4.34%	6.55%
1981	4.19%	6.35%
1982	4.05%	6.14%
1983	3.9%	5.92%
1984	3.75%	5.71%
1985	3.61%	5.5%
1986	3.47%	5.3%
1987	3.35%	5.1%
1988	3.24%	4.92%
1989	3.14%	4.73%
1990	3.05%	4.55%
1991	2.97%	4.38%
1992	2.91%	4.23%
1993	2.87%	4.08%
1994	2.83%	3.95%
1995	2.8%	3.83%
1996	2.77%	3.72%
1997	2.73%	3.62%
1998	2.68%	3.53%
1999	2.63%	3.45%
2000	2.56%	3.36%
2001	2.49%	3.29%
2002	2.41%	3.22%
2003	2.33%	3.14%
2004	2.25%	3.07%
2005	2.17%	2.99%
2006	2.1%	2.91%
2007	2.03%	2.83%
2008	1.97%	2.75%
2009	1.91%	2.67%
2010	1.86%	2.59%
2011	1.81%	2.51%
2012	1.77%	2.44%
2013	1.75%	2.37%
2014	1.73%	2.3%
2015	1.72%	2.22%
2016	1.7%	2.15%
2017	1.68%	2.08%
2018	1.65%	2.01%
2019	1.59%	1.94%
2020	1.52%	1.88%
2021	1.45%	1.82%
2022	1.39%	1.76%
2023	1.33%	1.7%