Fertility & birth rates in Paraguay and South Africa

Fertility rate in Paraguay vs South Africa 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 2.22 in South Africa in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Paraguay vs South Africa 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	South Africa
1960	6.5	6.11
1961	6.49	6.08
1962	6.47	6.05
1963	6.45	6.01
1964	6.42	5.96
1965	6.35	5.89
1966	6.23	5.91
1967	6.1	5.85
1968	5.97	5.78
1969	5.84	5.72
1970	5.72	5.63
1971	5.59	5.57
1972	5.46	5.49
1973	5.35	5.41
1974	5.27	5.3
1975	5.18	5.19
1976	5.12	5.07
1977	5.08	4.94
1978	5.04	4.85
1979	5.06	4.82
1980	5.1	4.78
1981	5.15	4.71
1982	5.13	4.7
1983	5.09	4.63
1984	5.04	4.57
1985	4.97	4.5
1986	4.93	4.41
1987	4.85	4.35
1988	4.77	4.18
1989	4.68	3.98
1990	4.57	3.72
1991	4.48	3.62
1992	4.4	3.48
1993	4.28	3.37
1994	4.2	3.26
1995	4.11	3.17
1996	4.01	2.99
1997	3.91	2.73
1998	3.8	2.63
1999	3.67	2.56
2000	3.51	2.41
2001	3.36	2.37
2002	3.23	2.32
2003	3.12	2.36
2004	3.05	2.44
2005	2.97	2.51
2006	2.89	2.55
2007	2.82	2.55
2008	2.79	2.68
2009	2.76	2.5
2010	2.7	2.44
2011	2.67	2.44
2012	2.66	2.45
2013	2.64	2.43
2014	2.65	2.42
2015	2.65	2.36
2016	2.62	2.26
2017	2.59	2.28
2018	2.56	2.27
2019	2.53	2.26
2020	2.5	2.26
2021	2.47	2.25
2022	2.44	2.23
2023	2.42	2.22
2024	2.42	2.21
2025	2.39	2.19
2026	2.37	2.17
2027	2.35	2.15
2028	2.33	2.13
2029	2.31	2.12
2030	2.29	2.1
2031	2.27	2.09
2032	2.26	2.07
2033	2.24	2.06
2034	2.22	2.05
2035	2.21	2.04
2036	2.19	2.03
2037	2.17	2.02
2038	2.16	2
2039	2.14	1.99
2040	2.13	1.98
2041	2.12	1.98
2042	2.11	1.97
2043	2.09	1.96
2044	2.08	1.95
2045	2.07	1.94
2046	2.06	1.93
2047	2.05	1.92
2048	2.04	1.91
2049	2.03	1.9
2050	2.02	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Paraguay	South Africa
1960	46.3%	42.1%
1961	46.2%	42.1%
1962	46.1%	42.1%
1963	46%	42.1%
1964	46%	42.1%
1965	46%	42.1%
1966	46%	42.1%
1967	45.9%	42.2%
1968	45.8%	42.2%
1969	45.7%	42.2%
1970	45.5%	42.3%
1971	45.2%	42.2%
1972	45%	42.2%
1973	44.6%	42.1%
1974	44.2%	42%
1975	43.7%	41.9%
1976	43.3%	41.8%
1977	42.8%	41.7%
1978	42.4%	41.5%
1979	42%	41.3%
1980	41.6%	40.9%
1981	41.4%	40.5%
1982	41.2%	40.1%
1983	41.2%	39.8%
1984	41.2%	39.5%
1985	41.2%	39.2%
1986	41.3%	38.9%
1987	41.3%	38.7%
1988	41.4%	38.4%
1989	41.5%	38.1%
1990	41.5%	37.7%
1991	41.5%	37.5%
1992	41.5%	37.6%
1993	41.4%	37.3%
1994	41.3%	37.2%
1995	41.1%	37.5%
1996	40.8%	37.5%
1997	40.4%	37.2%
1998	40%	36.5%
1999	39.5%	35.7%
2000	39%	34.9%
2001	38.4%	34%
2002	37.9%	33.2%
2003	37.3%	32.3%
2004	36.6%	31.6%
2005	35.8%	31.1%
2006	35.1%	30.6%
2007	34.4%	30.2%
2008	33.8%	29.9%
2009	33.2%	29.7%
2010	32.5%	29.4%
2011	32%	29.1%
2012	31.4%	28.9%
2013	30.9%	28.7%
2014	30.5%	28.5%
2015	30.2%	28.3%
2016	29.9%	28.3%
2017	29.7%	28.3%
2018	29.5%	27.9%
2019	29.3%	27.4%
2020	29.1%	27%
2021	29%	26.6%
2022	28.9%	26.3%
2023	28.8%	26.1%
2024	28.6%	25.9%
2025	28.4%	25.7%
2026	28.1%	25.6%
2027	27.9%	25.4%
2028	27.6%	25.3%
2029	27.3%	25.2%
2030	26.9%	25.2%
2031	26.5%	25.1%
2032	26.1%	25%
2033	25.8%	24.8%
2034	25.4%	24.5%
2035	25%	24.3%
2036	24.7%	23.9%
2037	24.4%	23.6%
2038	24.1%	23.4%
2039	23.8%	23.1%
2040	23.5%	22.9%
2041	23.2%	22.7%
2042	23%	22.5%
2043	22.7%	22.4%
2044	22.5%	22.2%
2045	22.3%	22.1%
2046	22.1%	21.9%
2047	22%	21.8%
2048	21.8%	21.7%
2049	21.6%	21.6%
2050	21.4%	21.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.6% of the population in Paraguay and 25.9% in South Africa in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 37.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Paraguay and South Africa compared.

Natural population change in Paraguay vs South Africa by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.56% in Paraguay and +1.05% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
1960	60,009	421,263
1961	61,536	437,851
1962	63,079	455,634
1963	64,741	473,821
1964	65,681	490,606
1965	66,063	506,632
1966	66,002	534,862
1967	65,695	553,741
1968	65,575	571,841
1969	65,616	590,794
1970	65,905	605,102
1971	66,142	624,761
1972	66,625	638,754
1973	67,803	651,596
1974	69,059	658,438
1975	70,285	667,862
1976	71,973	675,011
1977	74,359	680,929
1978	76,691	694,341
1979	80,345	716,541
1980	84,568	738,415
1981	89,456	767,833
1982	92,917	807,550
1983	96,406	837,013
1984	99,937	869,011
1985	102,859	893,889
1986	105,776	903,644
1987	107,962	922,330
1988	110,348	909,221
1989	111,727	884,629
1990	112,864	835,421
1991	114,472	827,296
1992	115,442	794,415
1993	115,211	789,220
1994	115,662	698,609
1995	115,777	743,488
1996	115,623	710,868
1997	115,095	667,969
1998	114,122	627,027
1999	112,726	594,643
2000	109,979	526,963
2001	107,225	484,801
2002	104,658	430,926
2003	102,427	415,018
2004	101,896	442,540
2005	101,035	464,464
2006	99,808	487,584
2007	99,141	503,567
2008	99,821	595,332
2009	100,296	554,115
2010	99,456	566,834
2011	100,442	601,708
2012	102,508	643,723
2013	103,383	652,427
2014	105,585	674,754
2015	106,817	668,771
2016	106,804	641,365
2017	105,634	645,975
2018	104,908	648,319
2019	103,179	652,130
2020	98,667	595,873
2021	78,667	456,411
2022	94,627	603,636
2023	97,748	602,793

Maternal mortality chart: Paraguay vs South Africa

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 118 deaths in South Africa.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Paraguay	South Africa
1985	237	208
1986	230	200
1987	225	192
1988	220	184
1989	209	177
1990	198	170
1991	192	162
1992	195	152
1993	197	145
1994	201	133
1995	202	125
1996	203	150
1997	205	152
1998	207	152
1999	207	151
2000	207	175
2001	207	192
2002	206	225
2003	203	245
2004	199	259
2005	194	279
2006	186	283
2007	177	272
2008	166	272
2009	152	241
2010	136	226
2011	120	202
2012	100	194
2013	84	180
2014	70	162
2015	64	150
2016	60	141
2017	58	134
2018	58	128
2019	58	119
2020	69	118
2021	140	191
2022	78	129
2023	58	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Paraguay and 3.47% in South Africa. 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	South Africa
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%	13.2%
1975	7.34%	12.5%
1976	7.21%	11.8%
1977	7.06%	11.1%
1978	6.91%	10.5%
1979	6.74%	9.88%
1980	6.55%	9.35%
1981	6.35%	8.84%
1982	6.14%	8.39%
1983	5.92%	7.98%
1984	5.71%	7.6%
1985	5.5%	7.24%
1986	5.3%	6.89%
1987	5.1%	6.56%
1988	4.92%	6.26%
1989	4.73%	6.01%
1990	4.55%	5.82%
1991	4.38%	5.7%
1992	4.23%	5.66%
1993	4.08%	5.7%
1994	3.95%	5.82%
1995	3.83%	5.95%
1996	3.72%	6.11%
1997	3.62%	6.29%
1998	3.53%	6.56%
1999	3.45%	6.85%
2000	3.36%	7.11%
2001	3.29%	7.43%
2002	3.22%	7.69%
2003	3.14%	7.93%
2004	3.07%	8.1%
2005	2.99%	8.03%
2006	2.91%	7.75%
2007	2.83%	7.19%
2008	2.75%	6.42%
2009	2.67%	5.7%
2010	2.59%	5%
2011	2.51%	4.5%
2012	2.44%	4.25%
2013	2.37%	4.1%
2014	2.3%	3.96%
2015	2.22%	3.82%
2016	2.15%	3.68%
2017	2.08%	3.58%
2018	2.01%	3.49%
2019	1.94%	3.45%
2020	1.88%	3.41%
2021	1.82%	3.41%
2022	1.76%	3.44%
2023	1.7%	3.47%