Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Paraguay

Total fertility rate in Paraguay in 2024 — 2.42 births. Ranked 80 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 62.8%.

2024 2.42 births −0.25% vs 2023
World rank 80of 217
Period maximum 6.5 births1960
Period minimum 2.42 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Paraguay, 1960–2024246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 6.5 births1962: 6.47 births1964: 6.42 births1966: 6.23 births1968: 5.97 births1970: 5.72 births1972: 5.46 births1974: 5.27 births1976: 5.12 births1978: 5.04 births1980: 5.1 births1982: 5.13 births1984: 5.04 births1986: 4.93 births1988: 4.77 births1990: 4.57 births1992: 4.4 births1994: 4.2 births1996: 4.01 births1998: 3.8 births2000: 3.51 births2002: 3.23 births2004: 3.05 births2006: 2.89 births2008: 2.79 births2010: 2.7 births2012: 2.66 births2014: 2.65 births2016: 2.62 births2018: 2.56 births2020: 2.5 births2022: 2.44 births2024: 2.42 births
Change over the period: −4.08 (−62.83%) Average annual rate: -1.53 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Paraguay

Paraguay 2.42 births
World 2.19 births
South America computed 1.69 births
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.44 births
Total fertility rate — Paraguay, by year Paraguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.42 −0.01 −0.25%
2023 2.42 −0.02 −0.9%
2022 2.44 −0.02 −1.01%
2021 2.47 −0.03 −1.12%
2020 2.5 −0.03 −1.11%
2019 2.53 −0.04 −1.41%
2018 2.56 −0.03 −1.16%
2017 2.59 −0.03 −1.26%
2016 2.62 −0.02 −0.79%
2015 2.65 −0 −0.04%
2014 2.65 +0.01 +0.38%
2013 2.64 −0.02 −0.83%
2012 2.66 −0.01 −0.34%
2011 2.67 −0.03 −1.04%
2010 2.7 −0.06 −2.25%
2009 2.76 −0.03 −1.25%
2008 2.79 −0.03 −1.1%
2007 2.82 −0.07 −2.28%
2006 2.89 −0.08 −2.83%
2005 2.97 −0.08 −2.62%
2004 3.05 −0.07 −2.24%
2003 3.12 −0.11 −3.4%
2002 3.23 −0.13 −3.81%
2001 3.36 −0.15 −4.19%
2000 3.51 −0.16 −4.41%
1999 3.67 −0.13 −3.37%
1998 3.8 −0.11 −2.89%
1997 3.91 −0.1 −2.57%
1996 4.01 −0.09 −2.29%
1995 4.11 −0.09 −2.1%
1994 4.2 −0.09 −2.01%
1993 4.28 −0.12 −2.73%
1992 4.4 −0.08 −1.76%
1991 4.48 −0.08 −1.84%
1990 4.57 −0.12 −2.48%
1989 4.68 −0.09 −1.95%
1988 4.77 −0.07 −1.51%
1987 4.85 −0.08 −1.66%
1986 4.93 −0.04 −0.9%
1985 4.97 −0.06 −1.25%
1984 5.04 −0.05 −0.98%
1983 5.09 −0.04 −0.76%
1982 5.13 −0.03 −0.52%
1981 5.15 +0.05 +1%
1980 5.1 +0.04 +0.79%
1979 5.06 +0.03 +0.52%
1978 5.04 −0.04 −0.83%
1977 5.08 −0.04 −0.76%
1976 5.12 −0.06 −1.16%
1975 5.18 −0.1 −1.8%
1974 5.27 −0.08 −1.48%
1973 5.35 −0.11 −1.96%
1972 5.46 −0.13 −2.38%
1971 5.59 −0.13 −2.22%
1970 5.72 −0.12 −2.04%
1969 5.84 −0.14 −2.26%
1968 5.97 −0.13 −2.05%
1967 6.1 −0.13 −2.15%
1966 6.23 −0.11 −1.8%
1965 6.35 −0.08 −1.18%
1964 6.42 −0.03 −0.4%
1963 6.45 −0.03 −0.39%
1962 6.47 −0.02 −0.26%
1961 6.49 −0.01 −0.17%
1960 6.5

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.