Fertility & birth rates in Paraguay and Qatar

Fertility rate in Paraguay vs Qatar chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Paraguay was 2.42 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.73 in Qatar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Paraguay vs Qatar population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Paraguay	Qatar
1960	6.5	6.53
1961	6.49	6.53
1962	6.47	6.53
1963	6.45	6.53
1964	6.42	6.53
1965	6.35	6.53
1966	6.23	6.52
1967	6.1	6.46
1968	5.97	6.39
1969	5.84	6.31
1970	5.72	6.23
1971	5.59	6.15
1972	5.46	6.07
1973	5.35	6.01
1974	5.27	5.94
1975	5.18	5.86
1976	5.12	5.78
1977	5.08	5.69
1978	5.04	5.58
1979	5.06	5.46
1980	5.1	5.33
1981	5.15	5.2
1982	5.13	5.04
1983	5.09	4.9
1984	5.04	4.76
1985	4.97	4.64
1986	4.93	4.57
1987	4.85	4.54
1988	4.77	4.51
1989	4.68	4.41
1990	4.57	4.23
1991	4.48	3.99
1992	4.4	3.85
1993	4.28	3.77
1994	4.2	3.67
1995	4.11	3.56
1996	4.01	3.44
1997	3.91	3.33
1998	3.8	3.21
1999	3.67	3.12
2000	3.51	3.07
2001	3.36	3.08
2002	3.23	3.01
2003	3.12	2.93
2004	3.05	2.79
2005	2.97	2.64
2006	2.89	2.51
2007	2.82	2.44
2008	2.79	2.37
2009	2.76	2.25
2010	2.7	2.14
2011	2.67	2.07
2012	2.66	2.04
2013	2.64	2.03
2014	2.65	2.03
2015	2.65	1.98
2016	2.62	1.86
2017	2.59	1.83
2018	2.56	1.76
2019	2.53	1.73
2020	2.5	1.68
2021	2.47	1.61
2022	2.44	1.74
2023	2.42	1.73
2024	2.42	1.72
2025	2.39	1.7
2026	2.37	1.69
2027	2.35	1.68
2028	2.33	1.67
2029	2.31	1.66
2030	2.29	1.66
2031	2.27	1.65
2032	2.26	1.64
2033	2.24	1.64
2034	2.22	1.64
2035	2.21	1.63
2036	2.19	1.63
2037	2.17	1.63
2038	2.16	1.63
2039	2.14	1.63
2040	2.13	1.63
2041	2.12	1.63
2042	2.11	1.63
2043	2.09	1.63
2044	2.08	1.63
2045	2.07	1.63
2046	2.06	1.63
2047	2.05	1.63
2048	2.04	1.63
2049	2.03	1.62
2050	2.02	1.62

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Paraguay	Qatar
1960	46.3%	44.2%
1961	46.2%	42.5%
1962	46.1%	40.5%
1963	46%	38.7%
1964	46%	37.2%
1965	46%	36.2%
1966	46%	35.3%
1967	45.9%	34.7%
1968	45.8%	34.2%
1969	45.7%	33.9%
1970	45.5%	35.1%
1971	45.2%	36.9%
1972	45%	37.5%
1973	44.6%	37.4%
1974	44.2%	36.7%
1975	43.7%	35.7%
1976	43.3%	34.6%
1977	42.8%	33.3%
1978	42.4%	32.1%
1979	42%	31%
1980	41.6%	30%
1981	41.4%	29.2%
1982	41.2%	28.6%
1983	41.2%	28.1%
1984	41.2%	27.6%
1985	41.2%	27.2%
1986	41.3%	27%
1987	41.3%	27.2%
1988	41.4%	27.2%
1989	41.5%	27.1%
1990	41.5%	27%
1991	41.5%	26.8%
1992	41.5%	26.6%
1993	41.4%	26.4%
1994	41.3%	26.2%
1995	41.1%	26.1%
1996	40.8%	25.9%
1997	40.4%	25.5%
1998	40%	24.8%
1999	39.5%	24.1%
2000	39%	23.5%
2001	38.4%	23%
2002	37.9%	22.5%
2003	37.3%	22.2%
2004	36.6%	22.2%
2005	35.8%	22.5%
2006	35.1%	20.2%
2007	34.4%	16.4%
2008	33.8%	14.6%
2009	33.2%	14%
2010	32.5%	13.9%
2011	32%	14.2%
2012	31.4%	14.5%
2013	30.9%	14.6%
2014	30.5%	14.4%
2015	30.2%	13.9%
2016	29.9%	13.7%
2017	29.7%	13.7%
2018	29.5%	14%
2019	29.3%	14.6%
2020	29.1%	15.4%
2021	29%	15.5%
2022	28.9%	15.2%
2023	28.8%	15.2%
2024	28.6%	15.1%
2025	28.4%	15%
2026	28.1%	15%
2027	27.9%	15%
2028	27.6%	15.1%
2029	27.3%	15.2%
2030	26.9%	15.3%
2031	26.5%	15.4%
2032	26.1%	15.5%
2033	25.8%	15.6%
2034	25.4%	15.7%
2035	25%	15.9%
2036	24.7%	16.1%
2037	24.4%	16.2%
2038	24.1%	16.4%
2039	23.8%	16.5%
2040	23.5%	16.7%
2041	23.2%	16.8%
2042	23%	17%
2043	22.7%	17.1%
2044	22.5%	17.3%
2045	22.3%	17.4%
2046	22.1%	17.5%
2047	22%	17.6%
2048	21.8%	17.7%
2049	21.6%	17.7%
2050	21.4%	17.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.6% of the population in Paraguay and 15.1% in Qatar in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 27% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Paraguay and Qatar compared.

Natural population change in Paraguay vs Qatar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.56% in Paraguay and +0.92% in Qatar. 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
	Paraguay	Qatar
1960	60,009	1,220
1961	61,536	1,357
1962	63,079	1,589
1963	64,741	1,854
1964	65,681	2,150
1965	66,063	2,472
1966	66,002	2,811
1967	65,695	3,167
1968	65,575	3,547
1969	65,616	3,941
1970	65,905	4,346
1971	66,142	4,433
1972	66,625	4,581
1973	67,803	4,780
1974	69,059	5,015
1975	70,285	5,289
1976	71,973	5,598
1977	74,359	5,925
1978	76,691	6,246
1979	80,345	6,579
1980	84,568	6,894
1981	89,456	7,202
1982	92,917	7,489
1983	96,406	7,765
1984	99,937	7,997
1985	102,859	8,212
1986	105,776	8,439
1987	107,962	8,806
1988	110,348	9,198
1989	111,727	9,407
1990	112,864	9,388
1991	114,472	9,182
1992	115,442	9,189
1993	115,211	9,250
1994	115,662	9,257
1995	115,777	9,186
1996	115,623	9,049
1997	115,095	8,846
1998	114,122	9,055
1999	112,726	9,431
2000	109,979	9,974
2001	107,225	10,683
2002	104,658	11,062
2003	102,427	11,291
2004	101,896	11,242
2005	101,035	11,392
2006	99,808	10,225
2007	99,141	11,351
2008	99,821	14,062
2009	100,296	15,595
2010	99,456	16,225
2011	100,442	16,543
2012	102,508	17,681
2013	103,383	19,669
2014	105,585	21,699
2015	106,817	22,568
2016	106,804	22,416
2017	105,634	23,244
2018	104,908	23,340
2019	103,179	24,112
2020	98,667	25,128
2021	78,667	21,297
2022	94,627	24,360
2023	97,748	23,845

Maternal mortality chart: Paraguay vs Qatar

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 58 deaths per 100,000 live births in Paraguay, compared to 4 deaths in Qatar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Paraguay	Qatar
1985	237	17
1986	230	16
1987	225	15
1988	220	15
1989	209	14
1990	198	13
1991	192	13
1992	195	13
1993	197	13
1994	201	13
1995	202	13
1996	203	13
1997	205	13
1998	207	12
1999	207	12
2000	207	11
2001	207	12
2002	206	11
2003	203	11
2004	199	11
2005	194	11
2006	186	10
2007	177	9
2008	166	9
2009	152	8
2010	136	8
2011	120	7
2012	100	7
2013	84	6
2014	70	6
2015	64	6
2016	60	5
2017	58	5
2018	58	5
2019	58	5
2020	69	6
2021	140	7
2022	78	8
2023	58	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Paraguay and 0.6% in Qatar. 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
	Paraguay	Qatar
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	7.88%	-
1969	7.84%	7.07%
1970	7.79%	6.6%
1971	7.73%	6.16%
1972	7.66%	5.77%
1973	7.57%	5.4%
1974	7.46%	5.06%
1975	7.34%	4.75%
1976	7.21%	4.48%
1977	7.06%	4.24%
1978	6.91%	4.02%
1979	6.74%	3.81%
1980	6.55%	3.62%
1981	6.35%	3.45%
1982	6.14%	3.29%
1983	5.92%	3.13%
1984	5.71%	2.98%
1985	5.5%	2.82%
1986	5.3%	2.68%
1987	5.1%	2.52%
1988	4.92%	2.37%
1989	4.73%	2.23%
1990	4.55%	2.08%
1991	4.38%	1.94%
1992	4.23%	1.82%
1993	4.08%	1.71%
1994	3.95%	1.61%
1995	3.83%	1.53%
1996	3.72%	1.46%
1997	3.62%	1.4%
1998	3.53%	1.34%
1999	3.45%	1.29%
2000	3.36%	1.25%
2001	3.29%	1.2%
2002	3.22%	1.16%
2003	3.14%	1.12%
2004	3.07%	1.08%
2005	2.99%	1.04%
2006	2.91%	1.01%
2007	2.83%	0.98%
2008	2.75%	0.96%
2009	2.67%	0.93%
2010	2.59%	0.91%
2011	2.51%	0.89%
2012	2.44%	0.87%
2013	2.37%	0.84%
2014	2.3%	0.82%
2015	2.22%	0.79%
2016	2.15%	0.75%
2017	2.08%	0.72%
2018	2.01%	0.69%
2019	1.94%	0.67%
2020	1.88%	0.64%
2021	1.82%	0.63%
2022	1.76%	0.61%
2023	1.7%	0.6%