Fertility & birth rates in Paraguay and Senegal

Fertility rate in Paraguay vs Senegal 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 3.82 in Senegal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Paraguay vs Senegal 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	Senegal
1960	6.5	7
1961	6.49	7.04
1962	6.47	7.08
1963	6.45	7.12
1964	6.42	7.16
1965	6.35	7.19
1966	6.23	7.22
1967	6.1	7.24
1968	5.97	7.25
1969	5.84	7.26
1970	5.72	7.26
1971	5.59	7.26
1972	5.46	7.26
1973	5.35	7.26
1974	5.27	7.25
1975	5.18	7.25
1976	5.12	7.26
1977	5.08	7.27
1978	5.04	7.28
1979	5.06	7.29
1980	5.1	7.29
1981	5.15	7.28
1982	5.13	7.25
1983	5.09	7.19
1984	5.04	7.11
1985	4.97	7.01
1986	4.93	6.9
1987	4.85	6.79
1988	4.77	6.58
1989	4.68	6.48
1990	4.57	6.4
1991	4.48	6.27
1992	4.4	6.15
1993	4.28	6.05
1994	4.2	5.92
1995	4.11	5.82
1996	4.01	5.72
1997	3.91	5.64
1998	3.8	5.58
1999	3.67	5.57
2000	3.51	5.5
2001	3.36	5.4
2002	3.23	5.3
2003	3.12	5.25
2004	3.05	5.19
2005	2.97	5.13
2006	2.89	5.06
2007	2.82	5.02
2008	2.79	5.02
2009	2.76	5.03
2010	2.7	5.06
2011	2.67	5.1
2012	2.66	5.13
2013	2.64	5.05
2014	2.65	4.88
2015	2.65	4.75
2016	2.62	4.65
2017	2.59	4.49
2018	2.56	4.29
2019	2.53	4.1
2020	2.5	4
2021	2.47	3.94
2022	2.44	3.86
2023	2.42	3.82
2024	2.42	3.76
2025	2.39	3.71
2026	2.37	3.66
2027	2.35	3.61
2028	2.33	3.57
2029	2.31	3.53
2030	2.29	3.49
2031	2.27	3.44
2032	2.26	3.4
2033	2.24	3.35
2034	2.22	3.32
2035	2.21	3.28
2036	2.19	3.24
2037	2.17	3.22
2038	2.16	3.17
2039	2.14	3.15
2040	2.13	3.11
2041	2.12	3.08
2042	2.11	3.05
2043	2.09	3.02
2044	2.08	2.99
2045	2.07	2.96
2046	2.06	2.93
2047	2.05	2.9
2048	2.04	2.87
2049	2.03	2.85
2050	2.02	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Paraguay	Senegal
1960	46.3%	44.2%
1961	46.2%	44.3%
1962	46.1%	44.3%
1963	46%	44.3%
1964	46%	44.3%
1965	46%	44.3%
1966	46%	44.3%
1967	45.9%	44.3%
1968	45.8%	44.2%
1969	45.7%	44.2%
1970	45.5%	44.2%
1971	45.2%	44.2%
1972	45%	44.2%
1973	44.6%	44.3%
1974	44.2%	44.4%
1975	43.7%	44.6%
1976	43.3%	44.8%
1977	42.8%	45.2%
1978	42.4%	45.6%
1979	42%	46%
1980	41.6%	46.4%
1981	41.4%	46.7%
1982	41.2%	46.9%
1983	41.2%	47.1%
1984	41.2%	47.2%
1985	41.2%	47.3%
1986	41.3%	47.3%
1987	41.3%	47.2%
1988	41.4%	47%
1989	41.5%	46.9%
1990	41.5%	46.6%
1991	41.5%	46.4%
1992	41.5%	46.1%
1993	41.4%	45.8%
1994	41.3%	45.4%
1995	41.1%	45.1%
1996	40.8%	44.9%
1997	40.4%	44.6%
1998	40%	44.4%
1999	39.5%	44.2%
2000	39%	43.9%
2001	38.4%	43.7%
2002	37.9%	43.5%
2003	37.3%	43.2%
2004	36.6%	43.1%
2005	35.8%	42.9%
2006	35.1%	42.8%
2007	34.4%	42.7%
2008	33.8%	42.7%
2009	33.2%	42.7%
2010	32.5%	42.7%
2011	32%	42.7%
2012	31.4%	42.7%
2013	30.9%	42.7%
2014	30.5%	42.6%
2015	30.2%	42.4%
2016	29.9%	42.1%
2017	29.7%	41.8%
2018	29.5%	41.3%
2019	29.3%	40.9%
2020	29.1%	40.3%
2021	29%	39.8%
2022	28.9%	39.2%
2023	28.8%	38.6%
2024	28.6%	38.2%
2025	28.4%	37.7%
2026	28.1%	37.3%
2027	27.9%	36.9%
2028	27.6%	36.6%
2029	27.3%	36.2%
2030	26.9%	35.9%
2031	26.5%	35.6%
2032	26.1%	35.4%
2033	25.8%	35.1%
2034	25.4%	34.9%
2035	25%	34.6%
2036	24.7%	34.4%
2037	24.4%	34.1%
2038	24.1%	33.9%
2039	23.8%	33.5%
2040	23.5%	33.2%
2041	23.2%	32.9%
2042	23%	32.6%
2043	22.7%	32.2%
2044	22.5%	31.9%
2045	22.3%	31.5%
2046	22.1%	31.2%
2047	22%	30.8%
2048	21.8%	30.5%
2049	21.6%	30.2%
2050	21.4%	29.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.6% of the population in Paraguay and 38.2% in Senegal in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Paraguay and Senegal compared.

Natural population change in Paraguay vs Senegal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.56% in Paraguay and +2.55% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	60,009	84,735
1961	61,536	87,322
1962	63,079	89,937
1963	64,741	92,264
1964	65,681	94,797
1965	66,063	97,912
1966	66,002	101,359
1967	65,695	104,824
1968	65,575	108,240
1969	65,616	112,393
1970	65,905	117,264
1971	66,142	122,511
1972	66,625	128,024
1973	67,803	133,834
1974	69,059	139,974
1975	70,285	147,311
1976	71,973	154,776
1977	74,359	161,636
1978	76,691	167,744
1979	80,345	173,425
1980	84,568	179,707
1981	89,456	185,917
1982	92,917	191,309
1983	96,406	197,673
1984	99,937	203,125
1985	102,859	208,218
1986	105,776	212,887
1987	107,962	218,522
1988	110,348	221,772
1989	111,727	227,797
1990	112,864	234,155
1991	114,472	237,713
1992	115,442	241,482
1993	115,211	245,742
1994	115,662	249,115
1995	115,777	252,552
1996	115,623	255,418
1997	115,095	261,200
1998	114,122	267,404
1999	112,726	277,944
2000	109,979	283,946
2001	107,225	289,690
2002	104,658	298,842
2003	102,427	308,856
2004	101,896	317,286
2005	101,035	323,908
2006	99,808	331,364
2007	99,141	339,963
2008	99,821	351,661
2009	100,296	362,238
2010	99,456	372,934
2011	100,442	387,290
2012	102,508	402,243
2013	103,383	406,582
2014	105,585	405,019
2015	106,817	407,008
2016	106,804	411,480
2017	105,634	410,366
2018	104,908	405,454
2019	103,179	399,436
2020	98,667	400,910
2021	78,667	403,019
2022	94,627	415,507
2023	97,748	431,006

Maternal mortality chart: Paraguay vs Senegal

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 237 deaths in Senegal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Paraguay	Senegal
1985	237	899
1986	230	820
1987	225	760
1988	220	709
1989	209	662
1990	198	640
1991	192	616
1992	195	598
1993	197	589
1994	201	579
1995	202	586
1996	203	601
1997	205	599
1998	207	605
1999	207	602
2000	207	581
2001	207	560
2002	206	531
2003	203	520
2004	199	501
2005	194	488
2006	186	462
2007	177	457
2008	166	463
2009	152	441
2010	136	436
2011	120	415
2012	100	405
2013	84	385
2014	70	373
2015	64	357
2016	60	345
2017	58	325
2018	58	305
2019	58	286
2020	69	252
2021	140	263
2022	78	228
2023	58	237

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Paraguay and 3.85% in Senegal. 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	Senegal
1960	8.18%	29.3%
1961	8.11%	29.4%
1962	8.06%	29.5%
1963	8.02%	29.6%
1964	7.99%	29.7%
1965	7.96%	29.7%
1966	7.94%	29.7%
1967	7.91%	29.6%
1968	7.88%	29.4%
1969	7.84%	29.2%
1970	7.79%	28.8%
1971	7.73%	28.4%
1972	7.66%	27.8%
1973	7.57%	27%
1974	7.46%	26.2%
1975	7.34%	25.3%
1976	7.21%	24.2%
1977	7.06%	23.1%
1978	6.91%	22.1%
1979	6.74%	21.2%
1980	6.55%	20.4%
1981	6.35%	19.7%
1982	6.14%	19.1%
1983	5.92%	18.5%
1984	5.71%	17.9%
1985	5.5%	17.1%
1986	5.3%	16.3%
1987	5.1%	15.4%
1988	4.92%	14.7%
1989	4.73%	14.1%
1990	4.55%	13.7%
1991	4.38%	13.6%
1992	4.23%	13.5%
1993	4.08%	13.6%
1994	3.95%	13.7%
1995	3.83%	13.8%
1996	3.72%	13.8%
1997	3.62%	13.9%
1998	3.53%	13.7%
1999	3.45%	13.4%
2000	3.36%	12.9%
2001	3.29%	12.2%
2002	3.22%	11.4%
2003	3.14%	10.5%
2004	3.07%	9.59%
2005	2.99%	8.8%
2006	2.91%	8.11%
2007	2.83%	7.52%
2008	2.75%	7.03%
2009	2.67%	6.63%
2010	2.59%	6.3%
2011	2.51%	6.01%
2012	2.44%	5.77%
2013	2.37%	5.57%
2014	2.3%	5.39%
2015	2.22%	5.24%
2016	2.15%	5.11%
2017	2.08%	4.97%
2018	2.01%	4.82%
2019	1.94%	4.65%
2020	1.88%	4.46%
2021	1.82%	4.25%
2022	1.76%	4.04%
2023	1.7%	3.85%