Guatemala vs Guyana: Fertility rate: births per woman
Guatemala
2.31 live births per woman
in 2023
Guyana
2.41 live births per woman
in 2023
Guatemala rank
89th
Guyana rank
86th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Guatemala
- Guyana
How they compare
Guyana currently reports 2.41 live births per woman against 2.31 live births per woman in Guatemala, a difference of 0.1 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Guatemala ahead.
Guatemala ranks 89th and Guyana ranks 86th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Guatemala averaged higher in 7 and Guyana in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guatemala | Guyana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.93 live births per woman | 6.14 live births per woman | 0.7913 live births per woman | Guatemala |
| 1960s | 6.84 live births per woman | 6.09 live births per woman | 0.7505 live births per woman | Guatemala |
| 1970s | 6.42 live births per woman | 4.59 live births per woman | 1.83 live births per woman | Guatemala |
| 1980s | 5.84 live births per woman | 3.49 live births per woman | 2.35 live births per woman | Guatemala |
| 1990s | 5.11 live births per woman | 3.2 live births per woman | 1.91 live births per woman | Guatemala |
| 2000s | 4.04 live births per woman | 2.77 live births per woman | 1.27 live births per woman | Guatemala |
| 2010s | 3.03 live births per woman | 2.65 live births per woman | 0.3867 live births per woman | Guatemala |
| 2020s | 2.38 live births per woman | 2.45 live births per woman | 0.0725 live births per woman | Guyana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Guatemala or Guyana?
- Guyana, at 2.41 live births per woman against 2.31 live births per woman in Guatemala as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Guatemala and Guyana?
- 0.1 live births per woman, with Guyana ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Guyana?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Guatemala and Guyana rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Guatemala ranks 89th and Guyana ranks 86th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.