Fertility & birth rates in Paraguay and Venezuela

Fertility rate in Paraguay vs Venezuela 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 2.08 in Venezuela in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Paraguay vs Venezuela 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	Venezuela
1960	6.5	6.38
1961	6.49	6.3
1962	6.47	6.23
1963	6.45	6.16
1964	6.42	6.07
1965	6.35	5.98
1966	6.23	5.87
1967	6.1	5.75
1968	5.97	5.61
1969	5.84	5.47
1970	5.72	5.32
1971	5.59	5.17
1972	5.46	5.04
1973	5.35	4.91
1974	5.27	4.79
1975	5.18	4.69
1976	5.12	4.59
1977	5.08	4.49
1978	5.04	4.4
1979	5.06	4.3
1980	5.1	4.2
1981	5.15	4.1
1982	5.13	4.01
1983	5.09	3.93
1984	5.04	3.86
1985	4.97	3.79
1986	4.93	3.73
1987	4.85	3.67
1988	4.77	3.6
1989	4.68	3.52
1990	4.57	3.45
1991	4.48	3.37
1992	4.4	3.29
1993	4.28	3.22
1994	4.2	3.15
1995	4.11	3.08
1996	4.01	3.02
1997	3.91	2.97
1998	3.8	2.91
1999	3.67	2.86
2000	3.51	2.79
2001	3.36	2.78
2002	3.23	2.74
2003	3.12	2.7
2004	3.05	2.64
2005	2.97	2.63
2006	2.89	2.6
2007	2.82	2.52
2008	2.79	2.48
2009	2.76	2.42
2010	2.7	2.4
2011	2.67	2.4
2012	2.66	2.38
2013	2.64	2.33
2014	2.65	2.3
2015	2.65	2.25
2016	2.62	2.22
2017	2.59	2.18
2018	2.56	2.15
2019	2.53	2.13
2020	2.5	2.12
2021	2.47	2.11
2022	2.44	2.09
2023	2.42	2.08
2024	2.42	2.08
2025	2.39	2.06
2026	2.37	2.04
2027	2.35	2.03
2028	2.33	2.01
2029	2.31	2
2030	2.29	1.99
2031	2.27	1.98
2032	2.26	1.97
2033	2.24	1.96
2034	2.22	1.95
2035	2.21	1.94
2036	2.19	1.93
2037	2.17	1.92
2038	2.16	1.91
2039	2.14	1.91
2040	2.13	1.9
2041	2.12	1.89
2042	2.11	1.88
2043	2.09	1.87
2044	2.08	1.86
2045	2.07	1.86
2046	2.06	1.85
2047	2.05	1.84
2048	2.04	1.84
2049	2.03	1.83
2050	2.02	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Paraguay	Venezuela
1960	46.3%	46.8%
1961	46.2%	46.9%
1962	46.1%	47%
1963	46%	47%
1964	46%	47%
1965	46%	46.9%
1966	46%	46.8%
1967	45.9%	46.6%
1968	45.8%	46.3%
1969	45.7%	46%
1970	45.5%	45.6%
1971	45.2%	45.2%
1972	45%	44.7%
1973	44.6%	44.3%
1974	44.2%	43.8%
1975	43.7%	43.3%
1976	43.3%	42.9%
1977	42.8%	42.5%
1978	42.4%	42.1%
1979	42%	41.7%
1980	41.6%	41.3%
1981	41.4%	41%
1982	41.2%	40.6%
1983	41.2%	40.3%
1984	41.2%	39.9%
1985	41.2%	39.6%
1986	41.3%	39.3%
1987	41.3%	39%
1988	41.4%	38.7%
1989	41.5%	38.4%
1990	41.5%	38.1%
1991	41.5%	37.8%
1992	41.5%	37.4%
1993	41.4%	37%
1994	41.3%	36.6%
1995	41.1%	36.2%
1996	40.8%	35.8%
1997	40.4%	35.3%
1998	40%	34.9%
1999	39.5%	34.5%
2000	39%	34%
2001	38.4%	33.6%
2002	37.9%	33.1%
2003	37.3%	32.7%
2004	36.6%	32.2%
2005	35.8%	31.8%
2006	35.1%	31.4%
2007	34.4%	31%
2008	33.8%	30.6%
2009	33.2%	30.3%
2010	32.5%	29.9%
2011	32%	29.5%
2012	31.4%	29.2%
2013	30.9%	28.9%
2014	30.5%	28.5%
2015	30.2%	28.2%
2016	29.9%	27.9%
2017	29.7%	27.8%
2018	29.5%	27.9%
2019	29.3%	28%
2020	29.1%	27.8%
2021	29%	27.4%
2022	28.9%	26.8%
2023	28.8%	26.2%
2024	28.6%	25.5%
2025	28.4%	24.9%
2026	28.1%	24.3%
2027	27.9%	23.8%
2028	27.6%	23.2%
2029	27.3%	22.8%
2030	26.9%	22.4%
2031	26.5%	22%
2032	26.1%	21.7%
2033	25.8%	21.5%
2034	25.4%	21.4%
2035	25%	21.4%
2036	24.7%	21.4%
2037	24.4%	21.5%
2038	24.1%	21.5%
2039	23.8%	21.4%
2040	23.5%	21.4%
2041	23.2%	21.3%
2042	23%	21.2%
2043	22.7%	21.1%
2044	22.5%	20.9%
2045	22.3%	20.7%
2046	22.1%	20.5%
2047	22%	20.3%
2048	21.8%	20%
2049	21.6%	19.8%
2050	21.4%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.6% of the population in Paraguay and 25.5% in Venezuela in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 38.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Paraguay and Venezuela compared.

Natural population change in Paraguay vs Venezuela by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.56% in Paraguay and +1% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	60,009	285,105
1961	61,536	292,109
1962	63,079	299,345
1963	64,741	307,279
1964	65,681	314,397
1965	66,063	321,695
1966	66,002	329,697
1967	65,695	335,813
1968	65,575	340,973
1969	65,616	343,596
1970	65,905	350,709
1971	66,142	355,212
1972	66,625	360,749
1973	67,803	367,612
1974	69,059	375,678
1975	70,285	385,045
1976	71,973	395,344
1977	74,359	405,315
1978	76,691	414,032
1979	80,345	421,256
1980	84,568	425,613
1981	89,456	432,059
1982	92,917	436,564
1983	96,406	443,569
1984	99,937	449,186
1985	102,859	455,517
1986	105,776	468,252
1987	107,962	474,204
1988	110,348	477,569
1989	111,727	478,053
1990	112,864	478,168
1991	114,472	477,917
1992	115,442	474,824
1993	115,211	473,189
1994	115,662	469,178
1995	115,777	469,267
1996	115,623	468,653
1997	115,095	472,002
1998	114,122	469,123
1999	112,726	463,787
2000	109,979	459,802
2001	107,225	451,487
2002	104,658	466,821
2003	102,427	456,902
2004	101,896	455,881
2005	101,035	463,260
2006	99,808	460,152
2007	99,141	452,482
2008	99,821	435,870
2009	100,296	427,257
2010	99,456	425,397
2011	100,442	425,958
2012	102,508	420,758
2013	103,383	408,930
2014	105,585	395,088
2015	106,817	384,560
2016	106,804	359,651
2017	105,634	340,222
2018	104,908	317,302
2019	103,179	274,826
2020	98,667	237,223
2021	78,667	207,746
2022	94,627	216,619
2023	97,748	213,020

Maternal mortality chart: Paraguay vs Venezuela

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 227 deaths in Venezuela.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Paraguay	Venezuela
1985	237	83
1986	230	81
1987	225	81
1988	220	80
1989	209	80
1990	198	83
1991	192	80
1992	195	82
1993	197	82
1994	201	84
1995	202	84
1996	203	86
1997	205	82
1998	207	82
1999	207	88
2000	207	86
2001	207	101
2002	206	87
2003	203	97
2004	199	94
2005	194	93
2006	186	96
2007	177	92
2008	166	103
2009	152	109
2010	136	110
2011	120	104
2012	100	113
2013	84	123
2014	70	133
2015	64	136
2016	60	162
2017	58	195
2018	58	205
2019	58	202
2020	69	207
2021	140	251
2022	78	219
2023	58	227

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.7% in Paraguay and 2.43% in Venezuela. 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	Venezuela
1960	8.18%	7.97%
1961	8.11%	7.72%
1962	8.06%	7.49%
1963	8.02%	7.3%
1964	7.99%	7.14%
1965	7.96%	7%
1966	7.94%	6.87%
1967	7.91%	6.75%
1968	7.88%	6.61%
1969	7.84%	6.47%
1970	7.79%	6.3%
1971	7.73%	6.12%
1972	7.66%	5.94%
1973	7.57%	5.75%
1974	7.46%	5.57%
1975	7.34%	5.38%
1976	7.21%	5.2%
1977	7.06%	5.01%
1978	6.91%	4.82%
1979	6.74%	4.62%
1980	6.55%	4.42%
1981	6.35%	4.24%
1982	6.14%	4.07%
1983	5.92%	3.91%
1984	5.71%	3.77%
1985	5.5%	3.64%
1986	5.3%	3.5%
1987	5.1%	3.37%
1988	4.92%	3.23%
1989	4.73%	3.09%
1990	4.55%	2.96%
1991	4.38%	2.86%
1992	4.23%	2.78%
1993	4.08%	2.73%
1994	3.95%	2.68%
1995	3.83%	2.63%
1996	3.72%	2.55%
1997	3.62%	2.45%
1998	3.53%	2.34%
1999	3.45%	2.24%
2000	3.36%	2.15%
2001	3.29%	2.09%
2002	3.22%	2.03%
2003	3.14%	1.98%
2004	3.07%	1.91%
2005	2.99%	1.85%
2006	2.91%	1.79%
2007	2.83%	1.74%
2008	2.75%	1.72%
2009	2.67%	1.71%
2010	2.59%	1.72%
2011	2.51%	1.73%
2012	2.44%	1.76%
2013	2.37%	1.79%
2014	2.3%	1.83%
2015	2.22%	1.92%
2016	2.15%	2.43%
2017	2.08%	2.43%
2018	2.01%	2.43%
2019	1.94%	2.43%
2020	1.88%	2.43%
2021	1.82%	2.43%
2022	1.76%	2.43%
2023	1.7%	2.43%