Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Guatemala, 1998

Guatemala
1998
Total fertility rate: 4.80
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Guatemala was 4.80 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (234 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.5 years old. In total, 399,995 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
4.80
Births
399,995
Births per 1,000 people
35.9
Mean age of mothers
28.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.4
Population
11,139,145
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
10-145.40.6%3,815
15-19116.112.1%71,701
20-24234.124.4%117,935
25-29217.722.7%88,483
30-34177.318.5%60,822
35-39135.414.1%39,686
40-4462.66.5%15,323
45-4911.21.2%2,164
50-540.50.0%66