Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Guatemala, 1956

Guatemala
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.98
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Guatemala was 6.98 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (330 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 183,599 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.98
Births
183,599
Births per 1,000 people
50.6
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.1%
Net reproduction rate
2.14
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.8
Population
3,631,182
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%1,896
15-19181.213.0%29,479
20-24329.523.6%51,572
25-29308.522.1%45,568
30-34244.917.5%28,771
35-39211.415.1%18,508
40-4488.46.3%6,399
45-4922.11.6%1,352
50-541.00.1%51