Fertility & birth rates in Paraguay and Rwanda

Fertility rate in Paraguay vs Rwanda 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 3.7 in Rwanda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Paraguay vs Rwanda 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	Rwanda
1960	6.5	8.28
1961	6.49	8.28
1962	6.47	8.27
1963	6.45	8.27
1964	6.42	8.27
1965	6.35	8.25
1966	6.23	8.23
1967	6.1	8.21
1968	5.97	8.19
1969	5.84	8.18
1970	5.72	8.15
1971	5.59	8.09
1972	5.46	8.09
1973	5.35	8.09
1974	5.27	8.1
1975	5.18	8.1
1976	5.12	8.12
1977	5.08	8.14
1978	5.04	8.16
1979	5.06	8.13
1980	5.1	8.12
1981	5.15	8.1
1982	5.13	8.06
1983	5.09	8
1984	5.04	7.91
1985	4.97	7.79
1986	4.93	7.61
1987	4.85	7.43
1988	4.77	7.23
1989	4.68	7.03
1990	4.57	6.8
1991	4.48	6.62
1992	4.4	6.54
1993	4.28	6.48
1994	4.2	6.42
1995	4.11	6.35
1996	4.01	6.29
1997	3.91	6.24
1998	3.8	6.17
1999	3.67	6.06
2000	3.51	5.97
2001	3.36	5.89
2002	3.23	5.82
2003	3.12	5.74
2004	3.05	5.64
2005	2.97	5.5
2006	2.89	5.34
2007	2.82	5.14
2008	2.79	4.92
2009	2.76	4.71
2010	2.7	4.52
2011	2.67	4.33
2012	2.66	4.2
2013	2.64	4.14
2014	2.65	4.12
2015	2.65	4.11
2016	2.62	4.11
2017	2.59	4.08
2018	2.56	4.05
2019	2.53	3.99
2020	2.5	3.91
2021	2.47	3.84
2022	2.44	3.78
2023	2.42	3.7
2024	2.42	3.64
2025	2.39	3.59
2026	2.37	3.54
2027	2.35	3.49
2028	2.33	3.43
2029	2.31	3.38
2030	2.29	3.33
2031	2.27	3.28
2032	2.26	3.24
2033	2.24	3.19
2034	2.22	3.15
2035	2.21	3.11
2036	2.19	3.07
2037	2.17	3.03
2038	2.16	2.99
2039	2.14	2.95
2040	2.13	2.92
2041	2.12	2.89
2042	2.11	2.85
2043	2.09	2.81
2044	2.08	2.78
2045	2.07	2.75
2046	2.06	2.72
2047	2.05	2.69
2048	2.04	2.67
2049	2.03	2.64
2050	2.02	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Paraguay	Rwanda
1960	46.3%	49.2%
1961	46.2%	49.7%
1962	46.1%	50.2%
1963	46%	50.6%
1964	46%	50.8%
1965	46%	50.6%
1966	46%	50.2%
1967	45.9%	49.7%
1968	45.8%	49.2%
1969	45.7%	48.7%
1970	45.5%	48.2%
1971	45.2%	47.9%
1972	45%	47.5%
1973	44.6%	47.2%
1974	44.2%	46.9%
1975	43.7%	46.6%
1976	43.3%	46.4%
1977	42.8%	46.4%
1978	42.4%	46.4%
1979	42%	46.5%
1980	41.6%	46.8%
1981	41.4%	47.1%
1982	41.2%	47.4%
1983	41.2%	47.7%
1984	41.2%	48.1%
1985	41.2%	48.3%
1986	41.3%	48.6%
1987	41.3%	48.8%
1988	41.4%	48.9%
1989	41.5%	48.9%
1990	41.5%	49%
1991	41.5%	48.9%
1992	41.5%	48.7%
1993	41.4%	48.4%
1994	41.3%	50.1%
1995	41.1%	52.4%
1996	40.8%	51.4%
1997	40.4%	50.5%
1998	40%	49.2%
1999	39.5%	47.8%
2000	39%	46.4%
2001	38.4%	45.2%
2002	37.9%	44.3%
2003	37.3%	43.7%
2004	36.6%	43.3%
2005	35.8%	43.1%
2006	35.1%	42.9%
2007	34.4%	42.9%
2008	33.8%	42.8%
2009	33.2%	42.6%
2010	32.5%	42.4%
2011	32%	42.2%
2012	31.4%	41.9%
2013	30.9%	41.7%
2014	30.5%	41.4%
2015	30.2%	41.1%
2016	29.9%	40.9%
2017	29.7%	40.5%
2018	29.5%	40.1%
2019	29.3%	39.7%
2020	29.1%	39.2%
2021	29%	38.6%
2022	28.9%	38.2%
2023	28.8%	37.7%
2024	28.6%	37.4%
2025	28.4%	37%
2026	28.1%	36.7%
2027	27.9%	36.4%
2028	27.6%	36%
2029	27.3%	35.7%
2030	26.9%	35.4%
2031	26.5%	35%
2032	26.1%	34.7%
2033	25.8%	34.4%
2034	25.4%	34.1%
2035	25%	33.7%
2036	24.7%	33.4%
2037	24.4%	33.1%
2038	24.1%	32.9%
2039	23.8%	32.6%
2040	23.5%	32.3%
2041	23.2%	32%
2042	23%	31.7%
2043	22.7%	31.4%
2044	22.5%	31.1%
2045	22.3%	30.8%
2046	22.1%	30.5%
2047	22%	30.2%
2048	21.8%	29.9%
2049	21.6%	29.7%
2050	21.4%	29.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.6% of the population in Paraguay and 37.4% in Rwanda in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 49% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Paraguay and Rwanda compared.

Natural population change in Paraguay vs Rwanda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.56% in Paraguay and +2.45% in Rwanda. 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	Rwanda
1960	60,009	100,627
1961	61,536	102,051
1962	63,079	102,548
1963	64,741	94,296
1964	65,681	102,562
1965	66,063	103,422
1966	66,002	105,128
1967	65,695	108,053
1968	65,575	111,422
1969	65,616	115,394
1970	65,905	119,273
1971	66,142	122,567
1972	66,625	126,403
1973	67,803	131,021
1974	69,059	135,743
1975	70,285	140,596
1976	71,973	147,665
1977	74,359	155,011
1978	76,691	163,779
1979	80,345	174,477
1980	84,568	184,988
1981	89,456	195,769
1982	92,917	205,147
1983	96,406	212,750
1984	99,937	219,337
1985	102,859	223,794
1986	105,776	225,526
1987	107,962	225,744
1988	110,348	223,759
1989	111,727	217,632
1990	112,864	207,895
1991	114,472	196,431
1992	115,442	188,025
1993	115,211	183,926
1994	115,662	-719,479
1995	115,777	121,137
1996	115,623	140,455
1997	115,095	174,687
1998	114,122	197,185
1999	112,726	210,518
2000	109,979	221,276
2001	107,225	230,845
2002	104,658	239,036
2003	102,427	251,243
2004	101,896	265,273
2005	101,035	275,121
2006	99,808	282,149
2007	99,141	285,791
2008	99,821	287,334
2009	100,296	287,034
2010	99,456	286,848
2011	100,442	282,922
2012	102,508	282,584
2013	103,383	286,331
2014	105,585	292,779
2015	106,817	299,114
2016	106,804	305,549
2017	105,634	310,323
2018	104,908	312,512
2019	103,179	313,525
2020	98,667	312,692
2021	78,667	309,895
2022	94,627	312,145
2023	97,748	312,762

Maternal mortality chart: Paraguay vs Rwanda

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 229 deaths in Rwanda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Paraguay	Rwanda
1985	237	1,116
1986	230	1,126
1987	225	1,145
1988	220	1,188
1989	209	1,238
1990	198	1,309
1991	192	1,386
1992	195	1,530
1993	197	1,619
1994	201	5,721
1995	202	1,505
1996	203	1,295
1997	205	1,318
1998	207	1,268
1999	207	1,073
2000	207	885
2001	207	769
2002	206	677
2003	203	551
2004	199	460
2005	194	465
2006	186	494
2007	177	494
2008	166	454
2009	152	418
2010	136	393
2011	120	358
2012	100	331
2013	84	317
2014	70	301
2015	64	292
2016	60	278
2017	58	275
2018	58	269
2019	58	261
2020	69	252
2021	140	254
2022	78	234
2023	58	229

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Paraguay and 4% in Rwanda. 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	Rwanda
1960	8.18%	22.4%
1961	8.11%	21.9%
1962	8.06%	21.5%
1963	8.02%	21.3%
1964	7.99%	21.1%
1965	7.96%	21.1%
1966	7.94%	21.2%
1967	7.91%	21.4%
1968	7.88%	21.7%
1969	7.84%	22%
1970	7.79%	22.3%
1971	7.73%	22.6%
1972	7.66%	23%
1973	7.57%	23.4%
1974	7.46%	24%
1975	7.34%	24.6%
1976	7.21%	25.1%
1977	7.06%	25.1%
1978	6.91%	24.6%
1979	6.74%	23.4%
1980	6.55%	21.8%
1981	6.35%	20.1%
1982	6.14%	18.6%
1983	5.92%	17.4%
1984	5.71%	16.6%
1985	5.5%	16.1%
1986	5.3%	15.6%
1987	5.1%	15.2%
1988	4.92%	14.8%
1989	4.73%	14.8%
1990	4.55%	15.1%
1991	4.38%	16%
1992	4.23%	17.5%
1993	4.08%	19.3%
1994	3.95%	38.9%
1995	3.83%	21.8%
1996	3.72%	22.2%
1997	3.62%	22.2%
1998	3.53%	21.5%
1999	3.45%	20.2%
2000	3.36%	18.5%
2001	3.29%	16.7%
2002	3.22%	14.9%
2003	3.14%	13.3%
2004	3.07%	11.8%
2005	2.99%	10.5%
2006	2.91%	9.37%
2007	2.83%	8.45%
2008	2.75%	7.62%
2009	2.67%	6.92%
2010	2.59%	6.33%
2011	2.51%	5.81%
2012	2.44%	5.45%
2013	2.37%	5.17%
2014	2.3%	4.96%
2015	2.22%	4.78%
2016	2.15%	4.63%
2017	2.08%	4.52%
2018	2.01%	4.43%
2019	1.94%	4.34%
2020	1.88%	4.25%
2021	1.82%	4.16%
2022	1.76%	4.08%
2023	1.7%	4%