Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Guatemala, 1976

Guatemala
1976
Total fertility rate: 6.37
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Year

-5 -1   1976  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Guatemala was 6.37 children per woman in 1976 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (287 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 275,756 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.37
Births
275,756
Births per 1,000 people
44.0
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.20
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
6,262,404
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
10-146.50.5%2,549
15-19141.311.1%48,188
20-24284.022.3%81,120
25-29286.522.5%63,513
30-34247.719.5%40,940
35-39212.416.7%27,786
40-4480.06.3%10,042
45-4913.21.0%1,579
50-540.40.0%40