Fertility rate: births per woman in Guatemala
Guatemala: Fertility rate: births per woman was 2.31 live births per woman in 2023. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate: births per woman in Guatemala, 1950–2023
Source: Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per woman.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fertility rate: births per woman in Guatemala is 2.31 live births per woman, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate: births per woman in Guatemala peaked at 7.01 live births per woman in 1957 and was at its lowest, 2.31 live births per woman, in 2023.
Guatemala ranks 89th of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.93 live births per woman | 6.8 live births per woman | 7.01 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.84 live births per woman | 6.65 live births per woman | 7 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 6.42 live births per woman | 6.22 live births per woman | 6.6 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.84 live births per woman | 5.56 live births per woman | 6.17 live births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.11 live births per woman | 4.69 live births per woman | 5.48 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.04 live births per woman | 3.46 live births per woman | 4.58 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.03 live births per woman | 2.59 live births per woman | 3.38 live births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.38 live births per woman | 2.31 live births per woman | 2.47 live births per woman | 4 |
Countries ranked near Guatemala
- 86 Guyana 2.41 live births per woman compare
- 87 Libya 2.35 live births per woman compare
- 88 Northern Mariana Islands 2.35 live births per woman compare
- 90 American Samoa 2.29 live births per woman compare
- 91 Fiji 2.28 live births per woman compare
- 92 Saudi Arabia 2.28 live births per woman compare
More reference data data for Guatemala
- Number of child deaths per woman 0.0535 under-five deaths per woman (2024)
- Fertility rate: births per woman 2.31 live births per woman (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.31 live births per woman (2023)
- Human Development Index 0.662 (2023)
- Rule of Law - Governance estimate -0.9623 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Rule of Law - Governance score 40.4 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance score 48.61 0-100 (2024)
- Voice and Accountability - Governance estimate -0.4708 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance estimate -0.2098 approx. -2.5 to +2.5 (2024)
- Political Stability - Governance score 62.31 0-100 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate: births per woman in Guatemala?
- Fertility rate: births per woman in Guatemala was 2.31 live births per woman in 2023, according to Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 7.01 live births per woman in 1957.
- What is the lowest fertility rate: births per woman recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.31 live births per woman in 2023.
- How does Guatemala rank for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Guatemala ranks 89th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is fertility rate: births per woman rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guatemala data come from?
- The figures come from Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.