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
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
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.