Editing Demographics of Guatemala (section)

==Vital statistics==

===Registered births and deaths===
<ref>{{cite web |title=Demographic Yearbook System |url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/#statistics |website=United Nations Statistics Division - UNSD |access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Estadísticas vitales |url=https://www.ine.gob.gt/ine/estadisticas/bases-de-datos/vitales/ |website=Instituto Nacional de Estadística - INE |access-date=28 January 2020}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: right;"
!
! style="width:80pt;"|Average population
! style="width:80pt;"|Live births
! style="width:80pt;"|Deaths
! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change
! style="width:80pt;"|Crude birth rate (per 1,000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Death rate (per 1,000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change (per 1,000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Crude migration change (per 1,000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Fertility rate
|-
| 1930
|1,760,000
|100,000
| style="color:blue;"|43,500||56,500
| style="color:blue;"|56.8||24.7||32.1||
|-
| 1931
|1,810,000
|99,000
|44,000||55,000
|54.7||24.3||30.4||-2.8
|-
| 1932
|1,860,000
|93,600||43,900||49,700
|50.3||23.6||26.7||0.2
|-
| 1933
|1,910,000
| style="color:red;"|90,700
|52,100
|38,600
|47.5||27.3||20.2||6.1
|-
| 1934
|1,940,000
|92,205||60,051|| style="color:red;"|32,154
|47.5||31.0||16.6||-1.1
|-
| 1935
|1,980,000
|96,031||54,789||41,242
|48.5||27.7||20.8||-0.6
|-
| 1936
|2,020,000
|97,646||50,604||47,042
|48.3||25.1||23.3||-3.6
|-
| 1937
|2,070,000
|96,981||51,027||45,954
|46.9||24.7||22.2||2.0
|-
| 1938
|2,110,000
|98,906||56,131||42,775
|46.9||26.6||20.3||-1.3
|-
| 1939
|2,150,000
|102,908||64,117||38,791
|47.9||29.8||18.0||0.6
|-
| 1940
|2,200,000
|106,998||55,083||51,915
|48.6||25.0||23.6||-0.9
|-
| 1941
|2,250,000
|103,688||56,444||47,244
|46.1||25.1||21.0||1.3
|-
| 1942
|2,300,000
|107,519||72,477||35,042
|46.7|| style="color:red;"|31.5||15.2||6.6
|-
| 1943
|2,340,000
|112,407||72,837||39,570
|48.0||31.1||16.9||0.2
|-
| 1944
|2,390,000
|111,324||63,068||48,256
|46.6||26.4||20.2||0.7
|-
| 1945
|2,440,000
|118,912||59,732||59,180
|48.7||24.5||24.3||-3.8
|-
| 1946
|2,500,000
|120,525||61,641||58,884
|48.2||24.7||23.6||0.5
|-
| 1947
|2,570,000
|134,066||63,316||70,750
|52.2||24.6||27.5||-0.3
|-
| 1948
|2,641,000
|137,009||62,090||74,919
|51.9||23.5||28.4||-1.5
|-
| 1949
|2,724,000
|140,596||59,277||81,319
|51.6||21.8||29.9||0.6
|-
| 1950
|3,146,000
|142,673||61,234||81,439
|48.1||20.6||27.4||
|-
| 1951
|3,238,000
|151,416||56,550||94,866
|49.6||18.5||31.1||-0.9
|-
| 1952
|3,331,000
|151,865||71,994||79,871
|48.3||22.9||25.4||4.1
|-
| 1953
|3,426,000
|156,377||70,794||85,583
|48.3||21.9||26.4||2.8
|-
| 1954
|3,521,000
|162,773||58,132||104,641
|48.9||17.4||31.4||-2.8
|-
| 1955
|3,619,000
|158,856||67,088||91,768
|46.3||19.6||26.7||1.8
|-
| 1956
|3,719,000
|163,301||66,280||97,021
|46.2||18.8||27.5||0.8
|-
| 1957
|3,820,000
|170,381||70,933||99,448
|46.9||19.5||27.4||0.4
|-
| 1958
|3,924,000
|172,745||75,634||97,111
|46.2||20.2||26.0||1.8
|-
| 1959
|4,031,000
|181,740||63,010||118,730
|47.2||16.4||30.8||
|-
| 1960
|4,141,000
|186,476||65,805||120,671
|47.1||16.6||30.4||-2.6
|-
| 1961
|4,253,000
|193,833||63,287||130,546
|47.5||15.5||32.0||-4.5
|-
| 1962
|4,369,000
|191,420||69,287||122,133
|45.6||16.5||29.1||-1.4
|-
| 1963
|4,488,000
|197,671||71,449||126,222
|45.8||16.6||29.2||-1.7
|-
| 1964
|4,610,000
|196,386||68,278||128,108
|44.2||15.4||28.9||-1.4
|-
| 1965
|4,736,000
|201,059||74,830||126,229
|44.0||16.4||27.6||0
|-
| 1966
|4,864,000
|206,520||75,774||130,746
|44.0||16.1||27.8||-0.6
|-
| 1967
|4,996,000
|201,816||71,191||130,625
|41.8||14.8||27.1||0.3
|-
| 1968
|5,132,000
|211,679||79,421||132,258
|42.7||16.0||26.7||0.7
|-
| 1969
|5,271,000
|215,397||85,174||130,223
|42.2||16.7||25.5||1.7
|-
| 1970
|5,416,000
|212,151||77,333||134,818
|40.5||14.7||25.7||1.9
|-
| 1971
|5,565,000
|229,674||75,223||154,451
|42.6||14.0||28.6||-1.0
|-
| 1972
|5,719,000
|241,593||67,989||173,604
|43.6||12.3||31.3||-3.5
|-
| 1973
|5,877,000
|238,498||69,454||169,044
|41.8||12.2||29.6||-1.9
|-
| 1974
|6,036,000
|252,203||69,820||182,383
|43.0||11.9||31.1||-4.0
|-
| 1975
|6,194,000
|249,332||78,708||170,624
|41.4||13.1||28.4||-2.1
|-
| 1976
|6,352,000
|266,728||81,627||185,101
|43.2||13.2||30.0||-4.4
|-
| 1977
|6,510,000
|284,747||71,777||212,970
|45.0||11.3||33.6||
|-
| 1978
|6,669,000
|286,415||66,844||219,571
|44.1||10.3||33.8||-9.3
|-
| 1979
|6,832,000
|295,972||72,274||223,698
|44.5||10.9||33.6||-9.1
|-
| 1980
|7,001,000
|303,643||71,352||232,291
|44.5||10.5||style="color: blue" |34.1||-9.3
|-
| 1981
|7,177,000
|308,413||75,658||232,755
|44.1||10.8||33.3||-8.1
|-
| 1982
|7,358,000
|312,047||76,267||235,780
|43.5||10.6||32.9||
|-
| 1983
|7,543,000
|306,827||74,462||232,365
|41.7||10.1||31.6||-6.4
|-
| 1984
|7,731,000
|312,094||75,462||236,632
|41.3||10.0||31.4||-6.4
|-
| 1985
|7,920,000
|326,849||69,455||257,394
|42.2||9.0||33.3||-8.8
|-
| 1986
|8,109,000
|318,340||66,328||252,012
|40.1||8.4||31.8||-8.0
|-
| 1987
|8,299,000
|319,942||66,404||253,538
|39.4||8.2||31.2||-7.8
|-
| 1988
|8,492,000
|337,396||64,100||273,296
|40.5||7.7||32.8||-9.7
|-
| 1989
|8,688,000
|340,807||61,548||279,259
|39.9||7.2||32.7||-9.8
|-
| 1990
|8,890,000
|347,207||73,344||273,863
|39.7||8.4||31.3||-8.3
|-
| 1991
|9,099,000
|359,904||72,896||287,008
|39.6||8.0||31.5||-8.8
|-
| 1992
|9,313,000
|363,648||73,124||290,524
|39.0||7.9||31.2||-8.4
|-
| 1993
|9,533,000
|370,138||73,870||296,268
|38.8||7.7||31.1||-8.2
|-
| 1994
|9,756,000
|381,497||74,761||306,736
|39.1||7.7||31.4||-8.8
|-
| 1995
|9,984,000
|371,091||65,159||305,932
|37.2||6.5||30.6||-8.0
|-
| 1996
|10,215,000
|377,723||60,618||317,105
|37.0||5.9||31.0||-8.6
|-
| 1997
|10,450,000
|387,862||67,691||320,171
|37.1||6.5||30.6||-8.3
|-
| 1998
|10,691,000
|400,133||69,847||330,286
|37.4||6.5||30.9||-8.5
|-
| 1999
|10,942,000
|409,034||65,139||343,895
|37.4||6.0||31.4||-8.7
|-
| 2000
|11,204,000
|style="color:blue;"|425,410
|67,284||style="color: blue" |358,126
|38.0||6.0||32.0||-8.8
|-
| 2001
|11,479,000
|415,338||68,041||347,297
|36.2||5.9||30.3||-6.5
|-
| 2002
|11,766,000
|387,287||66,089||321,198
|32.9||5.6||27.3||-3.0
|-
| 2003
|12,063,000
|375,092||66,695||308,397
|31.1||5.5||25.6||-1.0
|-
| 2004
|12,368,000
|383,704||66,991||316,713
|31.0||5.4||25.6||-1.0
|-
| 2005
|12,679,000
|374,066||71,039||303,027
|29.5||5.6||23.9||0.6||3.80
|-
| 2006
|12,995,000
|368,399||69,756||298,643
|28.3||5.4||22.9||1.4||3.62
|-
| 2007
|13,318,000
|366,128||70,030||296,098
|27.4||5.2||22.2||2.1||3.46
|-
| 2008
|13,678,000
|369,769||70,233||299,536
|27.0||5.1||21.9||4.5|| 3.39
|-
| 2009
|14,000,190
|351,628||71,707||279,921
|25.1||5.1||20.0||3.1||3.12
|-
| 2010
|14,259,687
|361,906||72,748||289,158
|25.4||5.1||20.3||-2.1||3.09
|-
| 2011
|14,521,515
|373,692||72,354||301,338
|25.7||5.0||20.7||-2.8||3.09
|-
| 2012
|14,781,942
|388,613||72,657||315,956
|26.3||style="color: blue" |4.8||21.5||-3.8||3.10
|-
| 2013
|15,043,981
|387,342||76,639||310,703
|25.7||5.1||20.6||-3.3||3.05
|-
| 2014
|15,306,316
|386,195||77,807||308,388
|25.2||5.1||20.1||-3.1|| 3.05
|-
| 2015
|15,567,419
|391,425||80,876||310,549
|25.1||5.2||19.9||-3.2||2.90
|-
| 2016
|15,827,690
|390,382||82,585||307,797
|24.7||5.2||19.5||-3.1||2.80
|-
| 2017
|16,087,418
|381,664||81,726||299,938
|23.7||5.1||18.6||-2.5||2.66
|-
| 2018 
|16,346,950 (C)
|383,263||83,071||300,192
|23.4||5.1||18.3||-2.5||2.62
|-
| 2019
|16,604,026
|366,855||85,600||281,255
|22.1||5.2||16.9||-1.5||2.46
|-
| 2020
|16,858,333
|341,212
|96,001||245,211
|20.2||5.7||14.5||0.5||2.27
|-
| 2021
|17,109,746
|345,149
|style="color:red;"|118,465||226,684
|20.2||6.8||style="color: red" |13.4||1.5||2.26
|-
| 2022
|17,357,886
|345,869
|95,386||250,483
|19.9||5.5||14.4||-0.1||2.24
|-
| 2023
| style="color:blue;"|17,602,431
|342,694
|95,948||246,743
|style="color: red"|19.5||5.5||14.0||-0.1||style="color: blue"|2.20
|}

(C) = Census results.

====Current vital statistics====

{| class="wikitable"  style="text-align:center;"
|+
|-
! Period
! Live births
! Deaths
! Natural increase
|-
| '''January – March 2023'''
| 79,935
| 22,791
| +57,144
|-
| '''January – March 2024'''
| 68,391
| 23,279
| +45,112
|-
| '''Difference'''
| {{decrease}} -11,544 (-14.4%)
| {{increasenegative}} +488 (+2.1%)
| {{decrease}} -12,032
|}

===Demographic and Health Surveys===
Total fertility rate (TFR) (wanted fertility rate) and crude birth rate (CBR):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/PR57/PR57.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222081651/http://www.dhsprogram.com/pubs/pdf/PR57/PR57.pdf |archive-date=2015-12-22 |url-status=live|title=The DHS Program - Page Not Found|website=www.dhsprogram.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhsprogram.com/What-We-Do/Survey-Search.cfm|title=The DHS Program - Survey Search|website=www.dhsprogram.com}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! style="width:50pt;"| Year
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (total)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (total)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (urban)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (urban)
! style="width:50pt;"| CBR (rural)
! style="width:50pt;"| TFR (rural)
|-
| 1987
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.6 (4.9)
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.1 (3.5)
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.5 (5.8)
|-
| 1995
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.1 (4.0)
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.8 (3.0)
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.2 (4.8)
|-
| 1998–99
| style="text-align:right;"| 38.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.0 (4.1)
| style="text-align:right;"| 34.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.1 (3.4)
| style="text-align:right;"| 40.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.8 (4.6)
|-
| 2002
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.2
|-
| 2008–09
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.2
|-
| 2014–15
| style="text-align:right;"| 27.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.1 (2.6)
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.5 (2.0)
| style="text-align:right;"| 31.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.7 (3.0)
|-
|}

=== Marriage and childbearing ===
The legal age for females to get married in Guatemala was 14, but was raised to 16 with parental consent and 18 without in November 2015. This phenomenon, known as [[child marriage]], is prevalent in Central America; in rural areas of Guatemala, 53% of 20 to 24-year-old women married before their 18th birthday. Once married, young girls are likely to abandon their education and are exposed to domestic and sexual violence. They are no longer seen as girls; their husbands, who are often older men, see them as servants. Frequently births are at home. Most of these women are isolated without networks of support.<ref name=ProQuest1652674639/>

In most cases, motherhood comes after marriage. However, due to the fact that these young women' bodies are not entirely developed, many pregnancies result in high complications and high risks for both the mother and baby, during and after labor.<ref name=ProQuest1652674639>{{cite news |id={{ProQuest|1652674639}} |last1=Sinclair |first1=Stephanie |title=Child, Bride, Mother |work=New York Times |date=8 February 2015 |page=SR.6 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/02/08/opinion/sunday/exposures-child-bride-mother-stephanie-sinclair.html }}</ref>  Because there is limited access to health services, women in Guatemala choose a different alternative when it comes to the care during and after child delivery. Pregnancies before marriage are on the rise and unmarried women make their decision based on their image more than their safety.<ref name=jstor41487854>{{cite journal |last1=Wong |first1=Po Yin |title=Mothers' Marital Status and Type of Delivery Medical Care in Guatemala |journal=Population Research and Policy Review |date=2011 |volume=30 |issue=1 |pages=43–57 |doi=10.1007/s11113-010-9177-y |jstor=41487854 |s2cid=154606821 }}</ref> Single Guatemalan women may choose [[Midwife|midwives]] as their health care provider during pregnancy and delivery to avoid feeling ashamed.<ref name=jstor41487854/> Other women know the midwives in the community personally so they opt for a private healthcare provider.<ref name=jstor41487854/> Throughout the country, midwives are known as the providers of choice for approximately 80% of the births even though they are not professionally trained.<ref name=jstor41487854/> This contributes to the increasing infant mortality rate of 100 per 1,000 births as reported in some Guatemalan communities.<ref name=jstor41487854/>