Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Guatemala, 1997

Guatemala
1997
Total fertility rate: 4.91
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Guatemala was 4.91 children per woman in 1997 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (238 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.6 years old. In total, 396,352 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.91
Births
396,352
Births per 1,000 people
36.5
Mean age of mothers
28.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.21
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.5
Population
10,857,754
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%3,702
15-19116.411.9%69,723
20-24238.024.3%116,021
25-29221.122.5%87,553
30-34182.018.5%61,198
35-39141.114.4%40,472
40-4465.56.7%15,494
45-4911.51.2%2,126
50-540.40.0%62