Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Guatemala, 1987

Guatemala
1987
Total fertility rate: 5.64
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1987  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Guatemala was 5.64 children per woman in 1987 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (263 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.0 years old. In total, 337,857 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.64
Births
337,857
Births per 1,000 people
40.7
Mean age of mothers
29.0
Births to mothers aged 15–19
15.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.41
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.1
Population
8,296,484
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
10-145.30.5%2,726
15-19119.510.6%51,677
20-24263.423.3%97,932
25-29257.222.8%81,056
30-34215.819.1%55,451
35-39170.215.1%34,445
40-4481.37.2%12,617
45-4915.91.4%1,882
50-540.70.1%68