Guyana vs Paraguay: Fertility rate: births per woman

Guyana
2.41 live births per woman
in 2023
Paraguay
2.42 live births per woman
in 2023
Guyana rank
86th
Paraguay rank
84th

Fertility rate: births per woman over time

  • Guyana
  • Paraguay
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How they compare

Paraguay currently reports 2.42 live births per woman against 2.41 live births per woman in Guyana, a difference of 0.01 live births per woman.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Paraguay ahead.

Guyana ranks 86th and Paraguay ranks 84th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 1 and Paraguay in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guyana Paraguay Difference Ahead
1950s 6.14 live births per woman 6.5 live births per woman 0.3653 live births per woman Paraguay
1960s 6.09 live births per woman 6.28 live births per woman 0.1893 live births per woman Paraguay
1970s 4.59 live births per woman 5.29 live births per woman 0.6938 live births per woman Paraguay
1980s 3.49 live births per woman 4.97 live births per woman 1.48 live births per woman Paraguay
1990s 3.2 live births per woman 4.14 live births per woman 0.9454 live births per woman Paraguay
2000s 2.77 live births per woman 3.05 live births per woman 0.2843 live births per woman Paraguay
2010s 2.65 live births per woman 2.62 live births per woman 0.0205 live births per woman Guyana
2020s 2.45 live births per woman 2.46 live births per woman 0.0075 live births per woman Paraguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Guyana or Paraguay?
Paraguay, at 2.42 live births per woman against 2.41 live births per woman in Guyana as of 2023.
What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Guyana and Paraguay?
0.01 live births per woman, with Paraguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Paraguay?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Guyana and Paraguay rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
Guyana ranks 86th and Paraguay ranks 84th 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

Indicator
Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit
live births per woman
Source
Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
Last refreshed

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.