Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Guatemala, 1983

Guatemala
1983
Total fertility rate: 5.98
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Year

-5 -1   1983  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Guatemala was 5.98 children per woman in 1983 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (277 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 317,489 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.98
Births
317,489
Births per 1,000 people
42.8
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
2.47
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
7,419,642
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
10-145.80.5%2,654
15-19132.111.0%52,073
20-24276.623.1%93,745
25-29265.222.2%74,208
30-34230.019.2%50,498
35-39183.115.3%31,056
40-4488.87.4%11,534
45-4914.91.2%1,655
50-540.60.0%64