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How many babies are born in Guatemala?

380 thousand babies born in Guatemala in 2026. That is 0.29% of all births worldwide, and the 63rd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Guatemala: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Guatemala’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~6.1K ~150K 40.9 Modelled estimate
1000 ~25K ~600K 41.8 Modelled estimate
1500 ~31K ~800K 39.3 Modelled estimate
1800 ~20.7K ~463K 44.7 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~60.4K ~1.35M 44.7 Historical reconstruction
1950 157K 3.1M 50.7 UN estimate
2000 406K 11.7M 34.7 UN estimate
2023 377K 18.1M 20.8 UN estimate
2026 380K 19M 20.1 UN projection
2050 343K 24.7M 13.9 UN projection
2075 292K 27.1M 10.8 UN projection
2100 245K 25.9M 9.5 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Guatemala among estimates through 2023 were in 2016, at about 422K. That is roughly 69 times the estimated ~6.12K births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.23 children per woman, fertility in Guatemala is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Guatemala each year?

An estimated 380 thousand babies are born in Guatemala in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 1,040 a day and 0.29% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Guatemala?

Guatemala has an estimated 20.1 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.23 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.