Fertility & birth rates in Paraguay and Yemen

Fertility rate in Paraguay vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Paraguay vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	6.5	7.99
1961	6.49	8
1962	6.47	8.01
1963	6.45	8.03
1964	6.42	8.07
1965	6.35	8.1
1966	6.23	8.14
1967	6.1	8.17
1968	5.97	8.19
1969	5.84	8.22
1970	5.72	8.23
1971	5.59	8.26
1972	5.46	8.27
1973	5.35	8.29
1974	5.27	8.33
1975	5.18	8.37
1976	5.12	8.42
1977	5.08	8.47
1978	5.04	8.5
1979	5.06	8.67
1980	5.1	8.71
1981	5.15	8.75
1982	5.13	8.79
1983	5.09	8.83
1984	5.04	8.85
1985	4.97	8.86
1986	4.93	8.86
1987	4.85	8.83
1988	4.77	8.79
1989	4.68	8.71
1990	4.57	8.61
1991	4.48	8.46
1992	4.4	8.27
1993	4.28	8.05
1994	4.2	7.8
1995	4.11	7.53
1996	4.01	7
1997	3.91	6.82
1998	3.8	6.64
1999	3.67	6.49
2000	3.51	6.32
2001	3.36	6.14
2002	3.23	5.97
2003	3.12	5.84
2004	3.05	5.71
2005	2.97	5.56
2006	2.89	5.41
2007	2.82	5.26
2008	2.79	5.11
2009	2.76	5
2010	2.7	4.81
2011	2.67	4.63
2012	2.66	4.63
2013	2.64	4.62
2014	2.65	4.62
2015	2.65	4.62
2016	2.62	4.61
2017	2.59	4.61
2018	2.56	4.61
2019	2.53	4.6
2020	2.5	4.6
2021	2.47	4.6
2022	2.44	4.59
2023	2.42	4.59
2024	2.42	4.5
2025	2.39	4.41
2026	2.37	4.33
2027	2.35	4.23
2028	2.33	4.14
2029	2.31	4.06
2030	2.29	3.97
2031	2.27	3.87
2032	2.26	3.8
2033	2.24	3.73
2034	2.22	3.66
2035	2.21	3.59
2036	2.19	3.51
2037	2.17	3.44
2038	2.16	3.38
2039	2.14	3.32
2040	2.13	3.26
2041	2.12	3.21
2042	2.11	3.16
2043	2.09	3.12
2044	2.08	3.07
2045	2.07	3.02
2046	2.06	2.97
2047	2.05	2.93
2048	2.04	2.89
2049	2.03	2.85
2050	2.02	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Paraguay	Yemen
1960	46.3%	40.3%
1961	46.2%	40.4%
1962	46.1%	40.4%
1963	46%	40.6%
1964	46%	40.9%
1965	46%	41.3%
1966	46%	41.8%
1967	45.9%	42.3%
1968	45.8%	42.8%
1969	45.7%	43.3%
1970	45.5%	43.8%
1971	45.2%	44.3%
1972	45%	44.8%
1973	44.6%	45.3%
1974	44.2%	45.7%
1975	43.7%	46.2%
1976	43.3%	46.6%
1977	42.8%	47%
1978	42.4%	47.5%
1979	42%	47.9%
1980	41.6%	48.3%
1981	41.4%	48.7%
1982	41.2%	49.1%
1983	41.2%	49.4%
1984	41.2%	49.7%
1985	41.2%	50%
1986	41.3%	50.3%
1987	41.3%	50.5%
1988	41.4%	50.7%
1989	41.5%	50.9%
1990	41.5%	51.1%
1991	41.5%	51.2%
1992	41.5%	51.2%
1993	41.4%	51.2%
1994	41.3%	51.1%
1995	41.1%	50.9%
1996	40.8%	50.6%
1997	40.4%	50.3%
1998	40%	49.9%
1999	39.5%	49.5%
2000	39%	49%
2001	38.4%	48.6%
2002	37.9%	48.1%
2003	37.3%	47.6%
2004	36.6%	47.1%
2005	35.8%	46.5%
2006	35.1%	45.9%
2007	34.4%	45.3%
2008	33.8%	44.7%
2009	33.2%	44.1%
2010	32.5%	43.5%
2011	32%	43%
2012	31.4%	42.7%
2013	30.9%	42.3%
2014	30.5%	42.1%
2015	30.2%	41.8%
2016	29.9%	41.7%
2017	29.7%	41.6%
2018	29.5%	41.5%
2019	29.3%	41.4%
2020	29.1%	41.4%
2021	29%	41.4%
2022	28.9%	41.3%
2023	28.8%	41.2%
2024	28.6%	41.1%
2025	28.4%	41%
2026	28.1%	40.9%
2027	27.9%	40.8%
2028	27.6%	40.6%
2029	27.3%	40.3%
2030	26.9%	40%
2031	26.5%	39.6%
2032	26.1%	39.2%
2033	25.8%	38.7%
2034	25.4%	38.2%
2035	25%	37.7%
2036	24.7%	37.1%
2037	24.4%	36.5%
2038	24.1%	36%
2039	23.8%	35.4%
2040	23.5%	34.8%
2041	23.2%	34.3%
2042	23%	33.8%
2043	22.7%	33.4%
2044	22.5%	33%
2045	22.3%	32.6%
2046	22.1%	32.3%
2047	22%	32%
2048	21.8%	31.7%
2049	21.6%	31.4%
2050	21.4%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 28.6% of the population in Paraguay and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 41.5% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Paraguay and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Paraguay vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.56% in Paraguay and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	60,009	122,994
1961	61,536	129,787
1962	63,079	131,262
1963	64,741	133,781
1964	65,681	147,299
1965	66,063	155,398
1966	66,002	164,091
1967	65,695	173,637
1968	65,575	182,518
1969	65,616	196,305
1970	65,905	207,613
1971	66,142	219,095
1972	66,625	229,322
1973	67,803	240,235
1974	69,059	252,737
1975	70,285	266,815
1976	71,973	281,078
1977	74,359	296,115
1978	76,691	312,439
1979	80,345	336,378
1980	84,568	355,767
1981	89,456	374,482
1982	92,917	392,302
1983	96,406	414,823
1984	99,937	434,674
1985	102,859	455,576
1986	105,776	464,665
1987	107,962	493,337
1988	110,348	513,296
1989	111,727	530,464
1990	112,864	549,654
1991	114,472	565,837
1992	115,442	582,072
1993	115,211	595,459
1994	115,662	602,363
1995	115,777	607,966
1996	115,623	588,786
1997	115,095	604,443
1998	114,122	615,488
1999	112,726	633,166
2000	109,979	646,694
2001	107,225	658,704
2002	104,658	672,494
2003	102,427	694,457
2004	101,896	710,493
2005	101,035	726,708
2006	99,808	750,082
2007	99,141	764,780
2008	99,821	779,123
2009	100,296	798,911
2010	99,456	803,246
2011	100,442	806,359
2012	102,508	845,645
2013	103,383	884,929
2014	105,585	920,330
2015	106,817	939,922
2016	106,804	975,697
2017	105,634	1,006,725
2018	104,908	1,020,238
2019	103,179	1,056,432
2020	98,667	1,086,322
2021	78,667	1,103,622
2022	94,627	1,153,375
2023	97,748	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Paraguay vs Yemen

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 Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Paraguay	Yemen
1985	237	430
1986	230	430
1987	225	400
1988	220	388
1989	209	371
1990	198	359
1991	192	341
1992	195	330
1993	197	319
1994	201	311
1995	202	296
1996	203	282
1997	205	271
1998	207	260
1999	207	250
2000	207	241
2001	207	231
2002	206	218
2003	203	205
2004	199	194
2005	194	181
2006	186	171
2007	177	161
2008	166	153
2009	152	149
2010	136	144
2011	120	140
2012	100	137
2013	84	135
2014	70	134
2015	64	135
2016	60	134
2017	58	142
2018	58	134
2019	58	131
2020	69	135
2021	140	156
2022	78	125
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 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	8.18%	42.9%
1961	8.11%	42.2%
1962	8.06%	41.5%
1963	8.02%	40.8%
1964	7.99%	40%
1965	7.96%	39%
1966	7.94%	38%
1967	7.91%	36.8%
1968	7.88%	35.6%
1969	7.84%	34.3%
1970	7.79%	33%
1971	7.73%	31.8%
1972	7.66%	30.6%
1973	7.57%	29.5%
1974	7.46%	28.4%
1975	7.34%	27.2%
1976	7.21%	26%
1977	7.06%	24.7%
1978	6.91%	23.4%
1979	6.74%	22.1%
1980	6.55%	20.8%
1981	6.35%	19.6%
1982	6.14%	18.4%
1983	5.92%	17.2%
1984	5.71%	16.2%
1985	5.5%	15.3%
1986	5.3%	14.6%
1987	5.1%	14%
1988	4.92%	13.4%
1989	4.73%	12.9%
1990	4.55%	12.5%
1991	4.38%	12.1%
1992	4.23%	11.8%
1993	4.08%	11.6%
1994	3.95%	11.3%
1995	3.83%	11.1%
1996	3.72%	10.8%
1997	3.62%	10.5%
1998	3.53%	10.2%
1999	3.45%	9.77%
2000	3.36%	9.32%
2001	3.29%	8.84%
2002	3.22%	8.36%
2003	3.14%	7.9%
2004	3.07%	7.47%
2005	2.99%	7.06%
2006	2.91%	6.68%
2007	2.83%	6.33%
2008	2.75%	6.02%
2009	2.67%	5.74%
2010	2.59%	5.49%
2011	2.51%	5.3%
2012	2.44%	5.14%
2013	2.37%	4.95%
2014	2.3%	4.84%
2015	2.22%	4.9%
2016	2.15%	4.77%
2017	2.08%	4.66%
2018	2.01%	4.7%
2019	1.94%	4.59%
2020	1.88%	4.32%
2021	1.82%	4.24%
2022	1.76%	4.08%
2023	1.7%	3.93%