Fertility & birth rates in Paraguay and Turkey

Fertility rate in Paraguay vs Turkey 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 1.51 in Turkey in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Paraguay vs Turkey 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	Turkey
1960	6.5	6.38
1961	6.49	6.42
1962	6.47	6.38
1963	6.45	6.34
1964	6.42	6.29
1965	6.35	6.22
1966	6.23	6.15
1967	6.1	6.06
1968	5.97	5.96
1969	5.84	5.87
1970	5.72	5.78
1971	5.59	5.67
1972	5.46	5.55
1973	5.35	5.41
1974	5.27	5.24
1975	5.18	5.09
1976	5.12	4.93
1977	5.08	4.78
1978	5.04	4.69
1979	5.06	4.58
1980	5.1	4.45
1981	5.15	4.35
1982	5.13	4.21
1983	5.09	4.06
1984	5.04	3.91
1985	4.97	3.78
1986	4.93	3.66
1987	4.85	3.54
1988	4.77	3.45
1989	4.68	3.34
1990	4.57	3.11
1991	4.48	3
1992	4.4	2.94
1993	4.28	2.92
1994	4.2	2.87
1995	4.11	2.84
1996	4.01	2.78
1997	3.91	2.74
1998	3.8	2.71
1999	3.67	2.63
2000	3.51	2.49
2001	3.36	2.39
2002	3.23	2.27
2003	3.12	2.2
2004	3.05	2.2
2005	2.97	2.2
2006	2.89	2.19
2007	2.82	2.16
2008	2.79	2.15
2009	2.76	2.1
2010	2.7	2.08
2011	2.67	2.05
2012	2.66	2.11
2013	2.64	2.11
2014	2.65	2.19
2015	2.65	2.16
2016	2.62	2.11
2017	2.59	2.08
2018	2.56	2
2019	2.53	1.89
2020	2.5	1.77
2021	2.47	1.71
2022	2.44	1.63
2023	2.42	1.51
2024	2.42	1.51
2025	2.39	1.5
2026	2.37	1.5
2027	2.35	1.5
2028	2.33	1.5
2029	2.31	1.5
2030	2.29	1.5
2031	2.27	1.5
2032	2.26	1.5
2033	2.24	1.5
2034	2.22	1.5
2035	2.21	1.5
2036	2.19	1.5
2037	2.17	1.5
2038	2.16	1.5
2039	2.14	1.5
2040	2.13	1.5
2041	2.12	1.5
2042	2.11	1.5
2043	2.09	1.5
2044	2.08	1.5
2045	2.07	1.5
2046	2.06	1.5
2047	2.05	1.5
2048	2.04	1.5
2049	2.03	1.5
2050	2.02	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Paraguay	Turkey
1960	46.3%	42%
1961	46.2%	42.2%
1962	46.1%	42.4%
1963	46%	42.5%
1964	46%	42.7%
1965	46%	42.8%
1966	46%	42.8%
1967	45.9%	42.9%
1968	45.8%	42.9%
1969	45.7%	42.8%
1970	45.5%	42.7%
1971	45.2%	42.5%
1972	45%	42.3%
1973	44.6%	42.1%
1974	44.2%	41.8%
1975	43.7%	41.5%
1976	43.3%	41.1%
1977	42.8%	40.7%
1978	42.4%	40.4%
1979	42%	40.1%
1980	41.6%	39.8%
1981	41.4%	39.6%
1982	41.2%	39.3%
1983	41.2%	38.9%
1984	41.2%	38.5%
1985	41.2%	38.1%
1986	41.3%	37.6%
1987	41.3%	37.2%
1988	41.4%	36.7%
1989	41.5%	36.3%
1990	41.5%	35.8%
1991	41.5%	35.3%
1992	41.5%	34.8%
1993	41.4%	34.3%
1994	41.3%	33.8%
1995	41.1%	33.2%
1996	40.8%	32.6%
1997	40.4%	32%
1998	40%	31.4%
1999	39.5%	30.8%
2000	39%	30.2%
2001	38.4%	29.7%
2002	37.9%	29.2%
2003	37.3%	28.7%
2004	36.6%	28.3%
2005	35.8%	27.9%
2006	35.1%	27.5%
2007	34.4%	27.1%
2008	33.8%	26.7%
2009	33.2%	26.3%
2010	32.5%	25.9%
2011	32%	25.5%
2012	31.4%	25.1%
2013	30.9%	24.7%
2014	30.5%	24.3%
2015	30.2%	23.9%
2016	29.9%	23.6%
2017	29.7%	23.3%
2018	29.5%	23.1%
2019	29.3%	23%
2020	29.1%	22.8%
2021	29%	22.5%
2022	28.9%	22.2%
2023	28.8%	21.8%
2024	28.6%	21.4%
2025	28.4%	21%
2026	28.1%	20.6%
2027	27.9%	20.1%
2028	27.6%	19.6%
2029	27.3%	19.2%
2030	26.9%	18.7%
2031	26.5%	18.2%
2032	26.1%	17.8%
2033	25.8%	17.4%
2034	25.4%	17.1%
2035	25%	16.8%
2036	24.7%	16.5%
2037	24.4%	16.3%
2038	24.1%	16.2%
2039	23.8%	16.1%
2040	23.5%	16%
2041	23.2%	15.8%
2042	23%	15.7%
2043	22.7%	15.6%
2044	22.5%	15.5%
2045	22.3%	15.4%
2046	22.1%	15.3%
2047	22%	15.2%
2048	21.8%	15.1%
2049	21.6%	15%
2050	21.4%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.6% of the population in Paraguay and 21.4% in Turkey in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 35.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Paraguay and Turkey compared.

Natural population change in Paraguay vs Turkey by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.56% in Paraguay and +0.91% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	60,009	773,009
1961	61,536	816,911
1962	63,079	837,473
1963	64,741	862,626
1964	65,681	884,152
1965	66,063	904,016
1966	66,002	925,790
1967	65,695	936,727
1968	65,575	950,778
1969	65,616	970,958
1970	65,905	991,950
1971	66,142	1,014,165
1972	66,625	1,023,781
1973	67,803	1,025,675
1974	69,059	1,020,053
1975	70,285	1,012,904
1976	71,973	1,009,999
1977	74,359	1,023,779
1978	76,691	1,054,863
1979	80,345	1,076,707
1980	84,568	1,090,538
1981	89,456	1,100,082
1982	92,917	1,091,863
1983	96,406	1,095,106
1984	99,937	1,096,529
1985	102,859	1,098,846
1986	105,776	1,102,660
1987	107,962	1,099,042
1988	110,348	1,101,266
1989	111,727	1,094,036
1990	112,864	1,044,467
1991	114,472	1,041,229
1992	115,442	1,039,125
1993	115,211	1,064,168
1994	115,662	1,078,208
1995	115,777	1,090,630
1996	115,623	1,091,827
1997	115,095	1,099,738
1998	114,122	1,103,242
1999	112,726	1,063,312
2000	109,979	1,020,515
2001	107,225	980,560
2002	104,658	922,927
2003	102,427	893,683
2004	101,896	896,025
2005	101,035	898,650
2006	99,808	897,351
2007	99,141	876,626
2008	99,821	868,749
2009	100,296	900,491
2010	99,456	892,334
2011	100,442	875,839
2012	102,508	917,145
2013	103,383	921,386
2014	105,585	957,055
2015	106,817	930,799
2016	106,804	895,841
2017	105,634	875,408
2018	104,908	830,353
2019	103,179	751,472
2020	98,667	608,708
2021	78,667	521,713
2022	94,627	535,373
2023	97,748	426,630

Maternal mortality chart: Paraguay vs Turkey

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 15 deaths in Turkey.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Paraguay	Turkey
1985	237	56
1986	230	53
1987	225	50
1988	220	47
1989	209	44
1990	198	42
1991	192	41
1992	195	40
1993	197	39
1994	201	38
1995	202	37
1996	203	36
1997	205	35
1998	207	34
1999	207	34
2000	207	32
2001	207	31
2002	206	30
2003	203	29
2004	199	28
2005	194	27
2006	186	26
2007	177	25
2008	166	24
2009	152	23
2010	136	23
2011	120	23
2012	100	21
2013	84	20
2014	70	20
2015	64	19
2016	60	19
2017	58	18
2018	58	17
2019	58	17
2020	69	19
2021	140	20
2022	78	21
2023	58	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Paraguay and 1.28% in Turkey. 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	Turkey
1960	8.18%	25.8%
1961	8.11%	25%
1962	8.06%	24.1%
1963	8.02%	23.3%
1964	7.99%	22.5%
1965	7.96%	21.7%
1966	7.94%	21%
1967	7.91%	20.4%
1968	7.88%	19.7%
1969	7.84%	19.2%
1970	7.79%	18.6%
1971	7.73%	18%
1972	7.66%	17.5%
1973	7.57%	16.9%
1974	7.46%	16.3%
1975	7.34%	15.7%
1976	7.21%	15.1%
1977	7.06%	14.5%
1978	6.91%	13.9%
1979	6.74%	13.3%
1980	6.55%	12.7%
1981	6.35%	12.1%
1982	6.14%	11.5%
1983	5.92%	10.9%
1984	5.71%	10.3%
1985	5.5%	9.79%
1986	5.3%	9.27%
1987	5.1%	8.77%
1988	4.92%	8.29%
1989	4.73%	7.83%
1990	4.55%	7.38%
1991	4.38%	6.95%
1992	4.23%	6.52%
1993	4.08%	6.11%
1994	3.95%	5.73%
1995	3.83%	5.35%
1996	3.72%	5%
1997	3.62%	4.66%
1998	3.53%	4.33%
1999	3.45%	4.03%
2000	3.36%	3.74%
2001	3.29%	3.47%
2002	3.22%	3.22%
2003	3.14%	2.99%
2004	3.07%	2.77%
2005	2.99%	2.57%
2006	2.91%	2.38%
2007	2.83%	2.21%
2008	2.75%	2.06%
2009	2.67%	1.92%
2010	2.59%	1.79%
2011	2.51%	1.68%
2012	2.44%	1.58%
2013	2.37%	1.49%
2014	2.3%	1.4%
2015	2.22%	1.33%
2016	2.15%	1.26%
2017	2.08%	1.2%
2018	2.01%	1.15%
2019	1.94%	1.1%
2020	1.88%	1.05%
2021	1.82%	1.01%
2022	1.76%	0.96%
2023	1.7%	1.28%