Fertility & birth rates in Paraguay and Uruguay

Fertility rate in Paraguay vs Uruguay 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 1.41 in Uruguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Paraguay vs Uruguay 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	Uruguay
1960	6.5	2.83
1961	6.49	2.85
1962	6.47	2.87
1963	6.45	2.88
1964	6.42	2.86
1965	6.35	2.84
1966	6.23	2.82
1967	6.1	2.78
1968	5.97	2.77
1969	5.84	2.77
1970	5.72	2.77
1971	5.59	2.77
1972	5.46	2.78
1973	5.35	2.86
1974	5.27	2.96
1975	5.18	3.02
1976	5.12	3.01
1977	5.08	2.9
1978	5.04	2.83
1979	5.06	2.71
1980	5.1	2.59
1981	5.15	2.53
1982	5.13	2.51
1983	5.09	2.49
1984	5.04	2.47
1985	4.97	2.47
1986	4.93	2.47
1987	4.85	2.49
1988	4.77	2.5
1989	4.68	2.5
1990	4.57	2.48
1991	4.48	2.45
1992	4.4	2.43
1993	4.28	2.41
1994	4.2	2.42
1995	4.11	2.4
1996	4.01	2.36
1997	3.91	2.33
1998	3.8	2.27
1999	3.67	2.25
2000	3.51	2.2
2001	3.36	2.16
2002	3.23	2.16
2003	3.12	2.12
2004	3.05	2.09
2005	2.97	2.1
2006	2.89	2.07
2007	2.82	2.05
2008	2.79	2.03
2009	2.76	2.02
2010	2.7	2.01
2011	2.67	1.99
2012	2.66	2.01
2013	2.64	2.03
2014	2.65	2.03
2015	2.65	2.04
2016	2.62	1.97
2017	2.59	1.82
2018	2.56	1.68
2019	2.53	1.57
2020	2.5	1.5
2021	2.47	1.45
2022	2.44	1.43
2023	2.42	1.41
2024	2.42	1.4
2025	2.39	1.39
2026	2.37	1.38
2027	2.35	1.38
2028	2.33	1.38
2029	2.31	1.38
2030	2.29	1.38
2031	2.27	1.39
2032	2.26	1.39
2033	2.24	1.39
2034	2.22	1.39
2035	2.21	1.4
2036	2.19	1.4
2037	2.17	1.4
2038	2.16	1.4
2039	2.14	1.41
2040	2.13	1.41
2041	2.12	1.41
2042	2.11	1.42
2043	2.09	1.42
2044	2.08	1.42
2045	2.07	1.42
2046	2.06	1.42
2047	2.05	1.43
2048	2.04	1.43
2049	2.03	1.43
2050	2.02	1.44

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Paraguay	Uruguay
1960	46.3%	27.6%
1961	46.2%	27.6%
1962	46.1%	27.7%
1963	46%	27.8%
1964	46%	27.9%
1965	46%	27.9%
1966	46%	28%
1967	45.9%	28%
1968	45.8%	27.9%
1969	45.7%	27.8%
1970	45.5%	27.8%
1971	45.2%	27.7%
1972	45%	27.5%
1973	44.6%	27.4%
1974	44.2%	27.4%
1975	43.7%	27.4%
1976	43.3%	27.4%
1977	42.8%	27.3%
1978	42.4%	27.3%
1979	42%	27.2%
1980	41.6%	27%
1981	41.4%	26.9%
1982	41.2%	26.7%
1983	41.2%	26.6%
1984	41.2%	26.5%
1985	41.2%	26.4%
1986	41.3%	26.2%
1987	41.3%	26.1%
1988	41.4%	26%
1989	41.5%	25.8%
1990	41.5%	25.6%
1991	41.5%	25.3%
1992	41.5%	25.1%
1993	41.4%	24.9%
1994	41.3%	24.7%
1995	41.1%	24.7%
1996	40.8%	24.6%
1997	40.4%	24.6%
1998	40%	24.5%
1999	39.5%	24.5%
2000	39%	24.4%
2001	38.4%	24.2%
2002	37.9%	24.1%
2003	37.3%	23.9%
2004	36.6%	23.7%
2005	35.8%	23.5%
2006	35.1%	23.3%
2007	34.4%	23.1%
2008	33.8%	22.8%
2009	33.2%	22.6%
2010	32.5%	22.3%
2011	32%	22%
2012	31.4%	21.7%
2013	30.9%	21.5%
2014	30.5%	21.3%
2015	30.2%	21.1%
2016	29.9%	21%
2017	29.7%	20.8%
2018	29.5%	20.5%
2019	29.3%	20.2%
2020	29.1%	19.8%
2021	29%	19.4%
2022	28.9%	19.1%
2023	28.8%	18.7%
2024	28.6%	18.3%
2025	28.4%	17.9%
2026	28.1%	17.5%
2027	27.9%	17.1%
2028	27.6%	16.7%
2029	27.3%	16.3%
2030	26.9%	15.8%
2031	26.5%	15.4%
2032	26.1%	15.1%
2033	25.8%	14.8%
2034	25.4%	14.7%
2035	25%	14.6%
2036	24.7%	14.5%
2037	24.4%	14.5%
2038	24.1%	14.4%
2039	23.8%	14.4%
2040	23.5%	14.3%
2041	23.2%	14.3%
2042	23%	14.3%
2043	22.7%	14.2%
2044	22.5%	14.1%
2045	22.3%	14.1%
2046	22.1%	14%
2047	22%	13.9%
2048	21.8%	13.8%
2049	21.6%	13.7%
2050	21.4%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.6% of the population in Paraguay and 18.3% in Uruguay in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Paraguay and Uruguay compared.

Natural population change in Paraguay vs Uruguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.56% in Paraguay and +0.19% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	60,009	30,438
1961	61,536	30,975
1962	63,079	31,441
1963	64,741	31,824
1964	65,681	31,340
1965	66,063	30,807
1966	66,002	30,293
1967	65,695	29,514
1968	65,575	29,103
1969	65,616	28,805
1970	65,905	28,737
1971	66,142	28,584
1972	66,625	28,896
1973	67,803	30,213
1974	69,059	32,221
1975	70,285	33,393
1976	71,973	33,199
1977	74,359	31,321
1978	76,691	30,076
1979	80,345	27,456
1980	84,568	25,451
1981	89,456	24,968
1982	92,917	25,224
1983	96,406	24,146
1984	99,937	23,684
1985	102,859	23,988
1986	105,776	24,505
1987	107,962	24,469
1988	110,348	25,071
1989	111,727	25,322
1990	112,864	25,699
1991	114,472	25,422
1992	115,442	24,847
1993	115,211	24,212
1994	115,662	24,637
1995	115,777	24,872
1996	115,623	24,635
1997	115,095	23,737
1998	114,122	22,114
1999	112,726	21,844
2000	109,979	21,060
2001	107,225	20,729
2002	104,658	20,073
2003	102,427	18,628
2004	101,896	18,067
2005	101,035	18,926
2006	99,808	17,783
2007	99,141	17,422
2008	99,821	16,838
2009	100,296	16,947
2010	99,456	16,231
2011	100,442	14,934
2012	102,508	15,520
2013	103,383	16,318
2014	105,585	16,238
2015	106,817	16,194
2016	106,804	14,008
2017	105,634	10,907
2018	104,908	7,322
2019	103,179	3,873
2020	98,667	4,048
2021	78,667	-5,621
2022	94,627	-2,964
2023	97,748	298

Maternal mortality chart: Paraguay vs Uruguay

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 Uruguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Paraguay	Uruguay
1985	237	41
1986	230	41
1987	225	41
1988	220	39
1989	209	36
1990	198	35
1991	192	33
1992	195	33
1993	197	31
1994	201	30
1995	202	29
1996	203	28
1997	205	27
1998	207	25
1999	207	24
2000	207	23
2001	207	24
2002	206	23
2003	203	23
2004	199	21
2005	194	20
2006	186	20
2007	177	19
2008	166	19
2009	152	18
2010	136	17
2011	120	17
2012	100	16
2013	84	16
2014	70	16
2015	64	16
2016	60	16
2017	58	16
2018	58	16
2019	58	16
2020	69	20
2021	140	49
2022	78	20
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 0.67% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	8.18%	6.33%
1961	8.11%	6.21%
1962	8.06%	6.06%
1963	8.02%	5.93%
1964	7.99%	5.83%
1965	7.96%	5.77%
1966	7.94%	5.74%
1967	7.91%	5.7%
1968	7.88%	5.64%
1969	7.84%	5.53%
1970	7.79%	5.4%
1971	7.73%	5.33%
1972	7.66%	5.34%
1973	7.57%	5.39%
1974	7.46%	5.46%
1975	7.34%	5.49%
1976	7.21%	5.41%
1977	7.06%	5.18%
1978	6.91%	4.83%
1979	6.74%	4.41%
1980	6.55%	3.98%
1981	6.35%	3.6%
1982	6.14%	3.31%
1983	5.92%	3.1%
1984	5.71%	2.95%
1985	5.5%	2.84%
1986	5.3%	2.74%
1987	5.1%	2.62%
1988	4.92%	2.51%
1989	4.73%	2.42%
1990	4.55%	2.37%
1991	4.38%	2.32%
1992	4.23%	2.29%
1993	4.08%	2.25%
1994	3.95%	2.19%
1995	3.83%	2.12%
1996	3.72%	2.03%
1997	3.62%	1.93%
1998	3.53%	1.84%
1999	3.45%	1.76%
2000	3.36%	1.7%
2001	3.29%	1.66%
2002	3.22%	1.62%
2003	3.14%	1.58%
2004	3.07%	1.52%
2005	2.99%	1.44%
2006	2.91%	1.35%
2007	2.83%	1.27%
2008	2.75%	1.19%
2009	2.67%	1.13%
2010	2.59%	1.08%
2011	2.51%	1.04%
2012	2.44%	1%
2013	2.37%	0.97%
2014	2.3%	0.93%
2015	2.22%	0.89%
2016	2.15%	0.85%
2017	2.08%	0.81%
2018	2.01%	0.77%
2019	1.94%	0.74%
2020	1.88%	0.71%
2021	1.82%	0.7%
2022	1.76%	0.68%
2023	1.7%	0.67%