Fertility in Guatemala, 2005

Guatemala
2005
Total fertility rate: 3.97
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Guatemala was 3.97 children per woman in 2005 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (193 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 402,792 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.97
Births
402,792
Births per 1,000 people
30.8
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.8%
Net reproduction rate
1.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.1
Population
13,087,628
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
10-144.40.6%3,741
15-1996.712.2%71,598
20-24193.224.3%120,557
25-29185.023.3%93,592
30-34149.718.8%60,513
35-39107.313.5%36,125
40-4450.66.4%14,696
45-497.71.0%1,916
50-540.30.0%54