Guatemala vs Suriname: Fertility rate, total

Guatemala
2.29 births per woman
in 2024
Suriname
2.23 births per woman
in 2024
Guatemala rank
86th
Suriname rank
89th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Guatemala
  • Suriname
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How they compare

Guatemala currently reports 2.29 births per woman against 2.23 births per woman in Suriname, a difference of 0.06 births per woman.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Guatemala has been ahead every year.

Guatemala ranks 86th and Suriname ranks 89th of 218 countries.

Guatemala has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Guatemala Suriname Difference Ahead
1960s 6.84 births per woman 6.28 births per woman 0.5628 births per woman Guatemala
1970s 6.42 births per woman 4.72 births per woman 1.7 births per woman Guatemala
1980s 5.84 births per woman 3.67 births per woman 2.17 births per woman Guatemala
1990s 5.11 births per woman 2.99 births per woman 2.12 births per woman Guatemala
2000s 4.04 births per woman 2.82 births per woman 1.22 births per woman Guatemala
2010s 3.03 births per woman 2.55 births per woman 0.4796 births per woman Guatemala
2020s 2.36 births per woman 2.27 births per woman 0.0872 births per woman Guatemala

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Guatemala or Suriname?
Guatemala, at 2.29 births per woman against 2.23 births per woman in Suriname as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Guatemala and Suriname?
0.06 births per woman, with Guatemala ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guatemala and Suriname?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Guatemala and Suriname rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Guatemala ranks 86th and Suriname ranks 89th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,258 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.