Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Guatemala, 2006

Guatemala
2006
Total fertility rate: 3.84
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2006  +1 +5

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Guatemala was 3.84 children per woman in 2006 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (186 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.4 years old. In total, 401,350 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.84
Births
401,350
Births per 1,000 people
30.0
Mean age of mothers
28.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.9%
Net reproduction rate
1.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
103.2
Population
13,367,458
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%3,750
15-1994.312.3%71,816
20-24185.924.2%118,882
25-29180.023.4%94,339
30-34145.118.9%60,649
35-39103.713.5%35,680
40-4448.36.3%14,325
45-497.30.9%1,856
50-540.20.0%52