Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Guatemala, 1973

Guatemala
1973
Total fertility rate: 6.49
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Year

-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Guatemala was 6.49 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (300 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 257,743 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.49
Births
257,743
Births per 1,000 people
44.2
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.46
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
5,831,631
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
10-146.30.5%2,306
15-19137.710.6%43,873
20-24289.322.3%75,123
25-29299.523.1%58,689
30-34260.520.1%38,740
35-39207.016.0%26,932
40-4479.76.2%10,383
45-4915.01.2%1,650
50-540.60.0%47