Fertility & birth rates in Paraguay and Uganda

Fertility rate in Paraguay vs Uganda 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 4.28 in Uganda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Paraguay vs Uganda 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	Uganda
1960	6.5	6.91
1961	6.49	6.93
1962	6.47	6.96
1963	6.45	6.98
1964	6.42	7.01
1965	6.35	7.04
1966	6.23	7.07
1967	6.1	7.1
1968	5.97	7.13
1969	5.84	7.12
1970	5.72	7.15
1971	5.59	7.18
1972	5.46	7.19
1973	5.35	7.19
1974	5.27	7.19
1975	5.18	7.2
1976	5.12	7.19
1977	5.08	7.18
1978	5.04	7.16
1979	5.06	7.14
1980	5.1	7.11
1981	5.15	7.12
1982	5.13	7.11
1983	5.09	7.07
1984	5.04	7.02
1985	4.97	7.04
1986	4.93	7.08
1987	4.85	7.12
1988	4.77	7.1
1989	4.68	7.05
1990	4.57	7.01
1991	4.48	6.94
1992	4.4	6.91
1993	4.28	6.89
1994	4.2	6.9
1995	4.11	6.87
1996	4.01	6.84
1997	3.91	6.86
1998	3.8	6.84
1999	3.67	6.83
2000	3.51	6.79
2001	3.36	6.76
2002	3.23	6.74
2003	3.12	6.67
2004	3.05	6.61
2005	2.97	6.53
2006	2.89	6.43
2007	2.82	6.33
2008	2.79	6.2
2009	2.76	6.12
2010	2.7	6.02
2011	2.67	5.89
2012	2.66	5.73
2013	2.64	5.56
2014	2.65	5.41
2015	2.65	5.25
2016	2.62	5.11
2017	2.59	4.99
2018	2.56	4.87
2019	2.53	4.74
2020	2.5	4.62
2021	2.47	4.51
2022	2.44	4.39
2023	2.42	4.28
2024	2.42	4.16
2025	2.39	4.06
2026	2.37	3.97
2027	2.35	3.87
2028	2.33	3.79
2029	2.31	3.69
2030	2.29	3.61
2031	2.27	3.53
2032	2.26	3.45
2033	2.24	3.38
2034	2.22	3.31
2035	2.21	3.25
2036	2.19	3.19
2037	2.17	3.14
2038	2.16	3.09
2039	2.14	3.04
2040	2.13	2.99
2041	2.12	2.94
2042	2.11	2.9
2043	2.09	2.86
2044	2.08	2.82
2045	2.07	2.78
2046	2.06	2.74
2047	2.05	2.71
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	Uganda
1960	46.3%	46.3%
1961	46.2%	46.6%
1962	46.1%	46.8%
1963	46%	46.9%
1964	46%	46.8%
1965	46%	46.7%
1966	46%	46.6%
1967	45.9%	46.6%
1968	45.8%	46.5%
1969	45.7%	46.5%
1970	45.5%	46.5%
1971	45.2%	46.7%
1972	45%	46.9%
1973	44.6%	47.1%
1974	44.2%	47.3%
1975	43.7%	47.4%
1976	43.3%	47.5%
1977	42.8%	47.5%
1978	42.4%	47.6%
1979	42%	47.7%
1980	41.6%	47.9%
1981	41.4%	48%
1982	41.2%	48%
1983	41.2%	48.1%
1984	41.2%	48%
1985	41.2%	48%
1986	41.3%	48%
1987	41.3%	48%
1988	41.4%	48.1%
1989	41.5%	48.1%
1990	41.5%	48.2%
1991	41.5%	48.3%
1992	41.5%	48.4%
1993	41.4%	48.5%
1994	41.3%	48.6%
1995	41.1%	49.1%
1996	40.8%	49.4%
1997	40.4%	49.7%
1998	40%	49.9%
1999	39.5%	50%
2000	39%	50.1%
2001	38.4%	50.1%
2002	37.9%	50.1%
2003	37.3%	50.1%
2004	36.6%	50.1%
2005	35.8%	50.1%
2006	35.1%	50%
2007	34.4%	50%
2008	33.8%	49.8%
2009	33.2%	49.7%
2010	32.5%	49.5%
2011	32%	49.3%
2012	31.4%	49.1%
2013	30.9%	48.8%
2014	30.5%	48.5%
2015	30.2%	48.1%
2016	29.9%	47.5%
2017	29.7%	46.9%
2018	29.5%	46.3%
2019	29.3%	45.8%
2020	29.1%	45.2%
2021	29%	44.7%
2022	28.9%	44.3%
2023	28.8%	43.9%
2024	28.6%	43.5%
2025	28.4%	43.1%
2026	28.1%	42.7%
2027	27.9%	42.2%
2028	27.6%	41.8%
2029	27.3%	41.3%
2030	26.9%	40.9%
2031	26.5%	40.5%
2032	26.1%	40%
2033	25.8%	39.5%
2034	25.4%	39%
2035	25%	38.4%
2036	24.7%	37.8%
2037	24.4%	37.3%
2038	24.1%	36.7%
2039	23.8%	36.1%
2040	23.5%	35.6%
2041	23.2%	35.1%
2042	23%	34.6%
2043	22.7%	34.1%
2044	22.5%	33.6%
2045	22.3%	33.1%
2046	22.1%	32.7%
2047	22%	32.3%
2048	21.8%	31.8%
2049	21.6%	31.5%
2050	21.4%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.6% of the population in Paraguay and 43.5% in Uganda in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 48.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Paraguay and Uganda compared.

Natural population change in Paraguay vs Uganda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.56% in Paraguay and +3.17% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	60,009	225,080
1961	61,536	232,894
1962	63,079	241,513
1963	64,741	250,885
1964	65,681	260,733
1965	66,063	271,830
1966	66,002	282,225
1967	65,695	296,692
1968	65,575	309,725
1969	65,616	320,486
1970	65,905	333,202
1971	66,142	328,294
1972	66,625	335,935
1973	67,803	340,780
1974	69,059	345,773
1975	70,285	354,278
1976	71,973	359,458
1977	74,359	365,216
1978	76,691	371,930
1979	80,345	381,626
1980	84,568	370,287
1981	89,456	380,028
1982	92,917	390,820
1983	96,406	404,940
1984	99,937	421,241
1985	102,859	462,534
1986	105,776	487,693
1987	107,962	527,397
1988	110,348	547,759
1989	111,727	565,367
1990	112,864	587,291
1991	114,472	602,740
1992	115,442	627,139
1993	115,211	650,032
1994	115,662	675,092
1995	115,777	697,218
1996	115,623	699,707
1997	115,095	727,523
1998	114,122	741,175
1999	112,726	775,166
2000	109,979	803,069
2001	107,225	836,751
2002	104,658	868,756
2003	102,427	901,374
2004	101,896	938,623
2005	101,035	969,096
2006	99,808	999,958
2007	99,141	1,029,893
2008	99,821	1,055,935
2009	100,296	1,090,600
2010	99,456	1,121,564
2011	100,442	1,147,263
2012	102,508	1,167,473
2013	103,383	1,184,250
2014	105,585	1,201,599
2015	106,817	1,224,839
2016	106,804	1,249,565
2017	105,634	1,290,658
2018	104,908	1,332,600
2019	103,179	1,367,044
2020	98,667	1,397,288
2021	78,667	1,423,377
2022	94,627	1,455,576
2023	97,748	1,477,166

Maternal mortality chart: Paraguay vs Uganda

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 170 deaths in Uganda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Paraguay	Uganda
1985	237	842
1986	230	781
1987	225	709
1988	220	655
1989	209	609
1990	198	575
1991	192	549
1992	195	530
1993	197	515
1994	201	507
1995	202	514
1996	203	513
1997	205	522
1998	207	523
1999	207	504
2000	207	475
2001	207	440
2002	206	416
2003	203	395
2004	199	384
2005	194	417
2006	186	409
2007	177	345
2008	166	324
2009	152	322
2010	136	304
2011	120	295
2012	100	285
2013	84	308
2014	70	311
2015	64	299
2016	60	272
2017	58	246
2018	58	232
2019	58	219
2020	69	209
2021	140	216
2022	78	184
2023	58	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Paraguay and 3.88% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	8.18%	22.3%
1961	8.11%	21.9%
1962	8.06%	21.6%
1963	8.02%	21.3%
1964	7.99%	20.9%
1965	7.96%	20.6%
1966	7.94%	20.3%
1967	7.91%	19.9%
1968	7.88%	19.7%
1969	7.84%	19.4%
1970	7.79%	19.3%
1971	7.73%	19.3%
1972	7.66%	19.4%
1973	7.57%	19.6%
1974	7.46%	19.9%
1975	7.34%	20.3%
1976	7.21%	20.7%
1977	7.06%	21.2%
1978	6.91%	21.6%
1979	6.74%	21.8%
1980	6.55%	22%
1981	6.35%	21.9%
1982	6.14%	21.4%
1983	5.92%	20.9%
1984	5.71%	20.3%
1985	5.5%	19.9%
1986	5.3%	19.5%
1987	5.1%	19.2%
1988	4.92%	18.9%
1989	4.73%	18.7%
1990	4.55%	18.3%
1991	4.38%	17.9%
1992	4.23%	17.4%
1993	4.08%	17%
1994	3.95%	16.7%
1995	3.83%	16.5%
1996	3.72%	16.2%
1997	3.62%	16%
1998	3.53%	15.6%
1999	3.45%	15.2%
2000	3.36%	14.6%
2001	3.29%	13.9%
2002	3.22%	13.1%
2003	3.14%	12.3%
2004	3.07%	11.5%
2005	2.99%	10.7%
2006	2.91%	9.97%
2007	2.83%	9.3%
2008	2.75%	8.69%
2009	2.67%	8.14%
2010	2.59%	7.61%
2011	2.51%	7.1%
2012	2.44%	6.67%
2013	2.37%	6.24%
2014	2.3%	5.91%
2015	2.22%	5.58%
2016	2.15%	5.25%
2017	2.08%	4.98%
2018	2.01%	4.74%
2019	1.94%	4.53%
2020	1.88%	4.35%
2021	1.82%	4.18%
2022	1.76%	4.05%
2023	1.7%	3.88%