Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Guatemala, 1954

Guatemala
1954
Total fertility rate: 6.92
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Guatemala was 6.92 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (317 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 175,753 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.92
Births
175,753
Births per 1,000 people
51.1
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.8%
Net reproduction rate
2.07
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.6
Population
3,439,102
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
10-149.90.7%1,821
15-19185.813.4%29,507
20-24317.122.8%50,479
25-29302.821.8%42,444
30-34249.218.0%26,608
35-39208.115.0%17,093
40-4492.06.6%6,485
45-4922.01.6%1,271
50-541.00.1%47