Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Guatemala, 1974

Guatemala
1974
Total fertility rate: 6.46
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Year

-5 -1   1974  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Guatemala was 6.46 children per woman in 1974 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (297 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 264,035 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.46
Births
264,035
Births per 1,000 people
44.1
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.46
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
5,981,197
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
10-146.70.5%2,529
15-19142.111.0%46,372
20-24285.122.1%76,358
25-29296.823.0%60,758
30-34255.619.8%39,172
35-39210.116.3%26,967
40-4478.86.1%10,195
45-4914.31.1%1,640
50-540.50.0%44