Fertility in Guatemala, 2026

Guatemala
2026
Total fertility rate: 2.23
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Guatemala is projected at 2.23 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 20-24 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.2 years old. In total, 380,396 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.23
Births
380,396
Births per 1,000 people
20.1
Mean age of mothers
27.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
16.4%
Net reproduction rate
1.06
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.0
Population
18,967,978
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
10-143.00.7%2,911
15-1966.414.9%62,474
20-24121.127.1%112,243
25-29106.123.8%93,431
30-3480.117.9%63,773
35-3950.911.4%34,984
40-4417.33.9%9,869
45-491.50.3%708
50-540.00.0%0