Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Guatemala, 1996

Guatemala
1996
Total fertility rate: 5.01
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Year

-5 -1   1996  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Guatemala was 5.01 children per woman in 1996 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (241 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 393,124 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
5.01
Births
393,124
Births per 1,000 people
37.1
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.24
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
10,583,526
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
10-145.50.5%3,696
15-19118.611.8%68,763
20-24241.324.1%113,965
25-29225.122.5%87,142
30-34186.418.6%61,424
35-39144.014.4%40,343
40-4468.56.8%15,615
45-4911.91.2%2,115
50-540.50.0%61