Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Guatemala, 1952

Guatemala
1952
Total fertility rate: 6.88
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1952  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Guatemala was 6.88 children per woman in 1952 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (309 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 167,244 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.88
Births
167,244
Births per 1,000 people
51.3
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.00
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
3,261,652
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-149.50.7%1,639
15-19179.213.0%28,959
20-24308.722.4%48,874
25-29302.321.9%39,034
30-34253.118.3%24,470
35-39212.315.4%16,754
40-4492.56.7%6,258
45-4922.01.6%1,212
50-541.00.1%45