Fertility & birth rates in Paraguay and Somalia

Fertility rate in Paraguay vs Somalia 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 6.13 in Somalia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Paraguay vs Somalia 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	Somalia
1960	6.5	7.25
1961	6.49	7.25
1962	6.47	7.26
1963	6.45	7.26
1964	6.42	7.26
1965	6.35	7.26
1966	6.23	7.26
1967	6.1	7.25
1968	5.97	7.23
1969	5.84	7.21
1970	5.72	7.18
1971	5.59	7.15
1972	5.46	7.12
1973	5.35	7.09
1974	5.27	7.06
1975	5.18	7.03
1976	5.12	7.02
1977	5.08	7
1978	5.04	7.13
1979	5.06	7.16
1980	5.1	7.18
1981	5.15	7.23
1982	5.13	7.25
1983	5.09	7.28
1984	5.04	7.3
1985	4.97	7.33
1986	4.93	7.35
1987	4.85	7.37
1988	4.77	7.4
1989	4.68	7.42
1990	4.57	7.44
1991	4.48	7.47
1992	4.4	7.5
1993	4.28	7.53
1994	4.2	7.54
1995	4.11	7.58
1996	4.01	7.62
1997	3.91	7.66
1998	3.8	7.66
1999	3.67	7.66
2000	3.51	7.65
2001	3.36	7.64
2002	3.23	7.63
2003	3.12	7.6
2004	3.05	7.57
2005	2.97	7.53
2006	2.89	7.49
2007	2.82	7.46
2008	2.79	7.42
2009	2.76	7.38
2010	2.7	7.32
2011	2.67	7.27
2012	2.66	7.21
2013	2.64	7.14
2014	2.65	7.06
2015	2.65	6.98
2016	2.62	6.88
2017	2.59	6.77
2018	2.56	6.66
2019	2.53	6.56
2020	2.5	6.45
2021	2.47	6.35
2022	2.44	6.26
2023	2.42	6.13
2024	2.42	6.01
2025	2.39	5.91
2026	2.37	5.8
2027	2.35	5.68
2028	2.33	5.58
2029	2.31	5.47
2030	2.29	5.35
2031	2.27	5.25
2032	2.26	5.14
2033	2.24	5.04
2034	2.22	4.94
2035	2.21	4.84
2036	2.19	4.74
2037	2.17	4.63
2038	2.16	4.52
2039	2.14	4.44
2040	2.13	4.35
2041	2.12	4.26
2042	2.11	4.16
2043	2.09	4.07
2044	2.08	3.99
2045	2.07	3.91
2046	2.06	3.84
2047	2.05	3.78
2048	2.04	3.71
2049	2.03	3.65
2050	2.02	3.6

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Paraguay	Somalia
1960	46.3%	44.4%
1961	46.2%	44.7%
1962	46.1%	44.8%
1963	46%	45%
1964	46%	45.1%
1965	46%	45.1%
1966	46%	44.9%
1967	45.9%	44.8%
1968	45.8%	44.7%
1969	45.7%	44.6%
1970	45.5%	44.5%
1971	45.2%	44.5%
1972	45%	44.4%
1973	44.6%	44.4%
1974	44.2%	44.4%
1975	43.7%	44.3%
1976	43.3%	44.3%
1977	42.8%	44.3%
1978	42.4%	44.4%
1979	42%	44.5%
1980	41.6%	44.6%
1981	41.4%	44.8%
1982	41.2%	45%
1983	41.2%	45.2%
1984	41.2%	45.4%
1985	41.2%	45.6%
1986	41.3%	45.8%
1987	41.3%	46%
1988	41.4%	46.3%
1989	41.5%	46.7%
1990	41.5%	47%
1991	41.5%	47%
1992	41.5%	46.5%
1993	41.4%	46.4%
1994	41.3%	46.5%
1995	41.1%	46.7%
1996	40.8%	46.9%
1997	40.4%	47%
1998	40%	47.1%
1999	39.5%	47.2%
2000	39%	47.4%
2001	38.4%	47.5%
2002	37.9%	47.6%
2003	37.3%	47.7%
2004	36.6%	47.9%
2005	35.8%	48.2%
2006	35.1%	48.6%
2007	34.4%	48.9%
2008	33.8%	48.9%
2009	33.2%	48.8%
2010	32.5%	48.7%
2011	32%	48.3%
2012	31.4%	47.9%
2013	30.9%	47.8%
2014	30.5%	47.7%
2015	30.2%	47.6%
2016	29.9%	47.5%
2017	29.7%	47.4%
2018	29.5%	47.3%
2019	29.3%	47.1%
2020	29.1%	47%
2021	29%	47%
2022	28.9%	46.8%
2023	28.8%	46.7%
2024	28.6%	46.6%
2025	28.4%	46.6%
2026	28.1%	46.5%
2027	27.9%	46.4%
2028	27.6%	46.1%
2029	27.3%	45.8%
2030	26.9%	45.4%
2031	26.5%	45.1%
2032	26.1%	44.7%
2033	25.8%	44.3%
2034	25.4%	43.9%
2035	25%	43.5%
2036	24.7%	43.1%
2037	24.4%	42.6%
2038	24.1%	42.1%
2039	23.8%	41.7%
2040	23.5%	41.2%
2041	23.2%	40.8%
2042	23%	40.3%
2043	22.7%	39.9%
2044	22.5%	39.4%
2045	22.3%	39%
2046	22.1%	38.6%
2047	22%	38.2%
2048	21.8%	37.8%
2049	21.6%	37.4%
2050	21.4%	37%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.6% of the population in Paraguay and 46.6% in Somalia in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 47% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Paraguay and Somalia compared.

Natural population change in Paraguay vs Somalia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.56% in Paraguay and +3.34% in Somalia. 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	Somalia
1960	60,009	73,850
1961	61,536	75,513
1962	63,079	77,737
1963	64,741	79,859
1964	65,681	82,042
1965	66,063	84,448
1966	66,002	86,930
1967	65,695	89,497
1968	65,575	92,208
1969	65,616	95,045
1970	65,905	98,025
1971	66,142	101,196
1972	66,625	104,493
1973	67,803	108,038
1974	69,059	104,813
1975	70,285	108,998
1976	71,973	113,319
1977	74,359	124,818
1978	76,691	132,689
1979	80,345	151,016
1980	84,568	174,790
1981	89,456	185,211
1982	92,917	182,793
1983	96,406	190,775
1984	99,937	199,017
1985	102,859	207,960
1986	105,776	218,416
1987	107,962	231,580
1988	110,348	215,599
1989	111,727	225,255
1990	112,864	225,162
1991	114,472	53,052
1992	115,442	57,495
1993	115,211	232,960
1994	115,662	246,950
1995	115,777	254,509
1996	115,623	264,807
1997	115,095	271,894
1998	114,122	284,779
1999	112,726	295,523
2000	109,979	306,651
2001	107,225	319,059
2002	104,658	331,215
2003	102,427	341,192
2004	101,896	351,959
2005	101,035	363,117
2006	99,808	372,597
2007	99,141	380,303
2008	99,821	394,258
2009	100,296	405,784
2010	99,456	385,571
2011	100,442	203,213
2012	102,508	399,468
2013	103,383	448,518
2014	105,585	464,481
2015	106,817	481,573
2016	106,804	495,132
2017	105,634	478,556
2018	104,908	514,244
2019	103,179	548,756
2020	98,667	561,311
2021	78,667	566,399
2022	94,627	551,450
2023	97,748	608,203

Maternal mortality chart: Paraguay vs Somalia

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 563 deaths in Somalia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Paraguay	Somalia
1985	237	1,465
1986	230	1,452
1987	225	1,393
1988	220	1,423
1989	209	1,395
1990	198	1,358
1991	192	1,431
1992	195	1,339
1993	197	1,195
1994	201	1,254
1995	202	1,210
1996	203	1,225
1997	205	1,206
1998	207	1,177
1999	207	1,170
2000	207	1,150
2001	207	1,129
2002	206	1,121
2003	203	1,111
2004	199	1,104
2005	194	1,086
2006	186	1,085
2007	177	1,074
2008	166	1,035
2009	152	995
2010	136	1,062
2011	120	972
2012	100	894
2013	84	855
2014	70	816
2015	64	784
2016	60	754
2017	58	716
2018	58	727
2019	58	656
2020	69	655
2021	140	726
2022	78	622
2023	58	563

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Paraguay and 10.4% in Somalia. 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	Somalia
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%	-
1970	7.79%	-
1971	7.73%	-
1972	7.66%	-
1973	7.57%	-
1974	7.46%	-
1975	7.34%	-
1976	7.21%	-
1977	7.06%	-
1978	6.91%	-
1979	6.74%	-
1980	6.55%	-
1981	6.35%	-
1982	6.14%	20.1%
1983	5.92%	19.8%
1984	5.71%	19.5%
1985	5.5%	19.3%
1986	5.3%	19%
1987	5.1%	18.8%
1988	4.92%	18.6%
1989	4.73%	18.3%
1990	4.55%	18%
1991	4.38%	44.3%
1992	4.23%	45.6%
1993	4.08%	17.3%
1994	3.95%	17.2%
1995	3.83%	17.2%
1996	3.72%	17.2%
1997	3.62%	17.2%
1998	3.53%	17.2%
1999	3.45%	17.2%
2000	3.36%	17.2%
2001	3.29%	17.2%
2002	3.22%	17.2%
2003	3.14%	17.2%
2004	3.07%	17.2%
2005	2.99%	17.2%
2006	2.91%	17.2%
2007	2.83%	17%
2008	2.75%	16.6%
2009	2.67%	16.2%
2010	2.59%	18.6%
2011	2.51%	35.9%
2012	2.44%	18.4%
2013	2.37%	14.3%
2014	2.3%	13.8%
2015	2.22%	13.4%
2016	2.15%	13%
2017	2.08%	15.5%
2018	2.01%	13.6%
2019	1.94%	11.8%
2020	1.88%	11.4%
2021	1.82%	11.1%
2022	1.76%	14.3%
2023	1.7%	10.4%