Data / Live births / Guatemala

Live births in Guatemala

Live births in Guatemala was 377,167 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is up 0.3% from 2022. That is the 64th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

2023, count377,167 Estimated
Change on 2022+0.3%
Rank64th of 236Countries ranked
Series high422,2852016
Series low157,0671950
Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Live births in Guatemala, 1950 to 2023

100K200K300K400K500K19501961197219831994200520231950: 157,067 count1951: 162,233 count1952: 167,244 count1953: 171,661 count1954: 175,753 count1955: 179,709 count1956: 183,599 count1957: 187,778 count1958: 190,704 count1959: 193,823 count1960: 197,264 count1961: 201,002 count1962: 204,338 count1963: 208,288 count1964: 212,632 count1965: 217,185 count1966: 222,670 count1967: 227,197 count1968: 231,972 count1969: 237,189 count1970: 242,197 count1971: 247,467 count1972: 252,539 count1973: 257,743 count1974: 264,035 count1975: 270,169 count1976: 275,756 count1977: 280,992 count1978: 286,924 count1979: 293,549 count1980: 300,936 count1981: 307,074 count1982: 312,547 count1983: 317,489 count1984: 319,389 count1985: 322,733 count1986: 329,176 count1987: 337,857 count1988: 347,598 count1989: 354,068 count1990: 359,438 count1991: 364,033 count1992: 370,052 count1993: 377,256 count1994: 384,161 count1995: 389,365 count1996: 393,124 count1997: 396,352 count1998: 399,995 count1999: 402,371 count2000: 406,001 count2001: 408,833 count2002: 407,419 count2003: 406,709 count2004: 406,322 count2005: 402,792 count2006: 401,350 count2007: 401,667 count2008: 399,639 count2009: 400,873 count2010: 403,407 count2011: 407,013 count2012: 410,910 count2013: 411,093 count2014: 415,053 count2015: 418,818 count2016: 422,285 count2017: 417,021 count2018: 409,597 count2019: 394,906 count2020: 382,615 count2021: 376,735 count2022: 375,923 count2023: 377,167 count100K200K300K400K500K19501975200020232023: 377,167 count
count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodcount
2023377,167 Estimated
2022375,923 Estimated
2021376,735 Estimated
2020382,615 Estimated
2019394,906 Estimated
2018409,597 Estimated
2017417,021 Estimated
2016422,285 Estimated
2015418,818 Estimated
2014415,053 Estimated
2013411,093 Estimated
2012410,910 Estimated
2011407,013 Estimated
2010403,407 Estimated
2009400,873 Estimated
2008399,639 Estimated
2007401,667 Estimated
2006401,350 Estimated
2005402,792 Estimated
2004406,322 Estimated
2003406,709 Estimated
2002407,419 Estimated
2001408,833 Estimated
2000406,001 Estimated
1999402,371 Estimated
1998399,995 Estimated
1997396,352 Estimated
1996393,124 Estimated
1995389,365 Estimated
1994384,161 Estimated
1993377,256 Estimated
1992370,052 Estimated
1991364,033 Estimated
1990359,438 Estimated
1989354,068 Estimated
1988347,598 Estimated
1987337,857 Estimated
1986329,176 Estimated
1985322,733 Estimated
1984319,389 Estimated
1983317,489 Estimated
1982312,547 Estimated
1981307,074 Estimated
1980300,936 Estimated
1979293,549 Estimated
1978286,924 Estimated
1977280,992 Estimated
1976275,756 Estimated
1975270,169 Estimated
1974264,035 Estimated
1973257,743 Estimated
1972252,539 Estimated
1971247,467 Estimated
1970242,197 Estimated
1969237,189 Estimated
1968231,972 Estimated
1967227,197 Estimated
1966222,670 Estimated
1965217,185 Estimated
1964212,632 Estimated
1963208,288 Estimated
1962204,338 Estimated
1961201,002 Estimated
1960197,264 Estimated
1959193,823 Estimated
1958190,704 Estimated
1957187,778 Estimated
1956183,599 Estimated
1955179,709 Estimated
1954175,753 Estimated
1953171,661 Estimated
1952167,244 Estimated
1951162,233 Estimated
1950157,067 Estimated

Guatemala compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 104,015 countAfghanistan: 1,469,029 countAntigua and Barbuda: 1,106 countAlbania: 28,803 countArmenia: 34,668 countAngola: 1,381,370 countArgentina: 503,823 countAustria: 77,054 countAustralia: 304,340 countAzerbaijan: 125,136 countBosnia and Herzegovina: 24,569 countBangladesh: 3,489,953 countBelgium: 101,686 countBurkina Faso: 728,612 countBulgaria: 62,645 countBurundi: 460,882 countBenin: 478,062 countBrunei: 6,237 countBolivia: 260,151 countBrazil: 2,601,670 countBahamas: 4,335 countBhutan: 9,958 countBotswana: 61,294 countBelarus: 65,050 countBelize: 7,410 countCanada: 356,745 countDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 4,369,683 countCentral African Republic: 238,858 countRepublic of the Congo: 189,365 countSwitzerland: 83,702 countCôte d’Ivoire: 997,001 countChile: 176,196 countCameroon: 957,392 countChina: 8,899,881 countColombia: 705,009 countCosta Rica: 51,969 countCuba: 95,938 countCape Verde: 6,440 countCyprus: 14,524 countCzechia: 91,845 countGermany: 719,249 countDjibouti: 23,946 countDenmark: 57,810 countDominican Republic: 203,183 countAlgeria: 905,981 countEcuador: 270,300 countEstonia: 11,036 countEgypt: 2,405,717 countWestern Sahara: 8,987 countEritrea: 99,058 countSpain: 336,821 countEthiopia: 4,105,685 countFinland: 43,556 countFiji: 16,631 countFalkland Islands: 39 countFaroe Islands: 690 countFrance: 638,891 countGabon: 68,745 countUnited Kingdom: 688,388 countGeorgia: 43,765 countGhana: 888,947 countGreenland: 789 countGambia: 82,092 countGuinea: 487,595 countEquatorial Guinea: 54,694 countGreece: 73,661 countGuatemala: 377,167 countGuinea-Bissau: 64,679 countGuyana: 16,764 countHong Kong: 41,294 countHonduras: 233,793 countCroatia: 31,446 countHaiti: 258,348 countHungary: 85,373 countIndonesia: 4,482,359 countIreland: 53,268 countIsrael: 172,312 countIsle of Man: 702 countIndia: 23,219,489 countIraq: 1,159,682 countIran: 1,173,463 countIceland: 4,347 countItaly: 384,627 countJamaica: 33,007 countJordan: 235,776 countJapan: 749,884 countKenya: 1,499,998 countKyrgyzstan: 150,759 countCambodia: 361,586 countKiribati: 3,421 countNorth Korea: 342,038 countSouth Korea: 236,394 countKuwait: 49,342 countCayman Islands: 865 countKazakhstan: 409,417 countLaos: 163,043 countLebanon: 93,205 countSri Lanka: 324,102 countLiberia: 170,065 countLesotho: 55,728 countLithuania: 21,434 countLuxembourg: 6,946 countLatvia: 14,250 countLibya: 124,371 countMorocco: 629,832 countMoldova: 32,986 countMontenegro: 6,981 countMadagascar: 1,001,244 countNorth Macedonia: 16,878 countMali: 951,445 countMyanmar: 903,822 countMongolia: 65,019 countMauritania: 172,885 countMauritius: 11,804 countMalawi: 662,289 countMexico: 2,037,689 countMalaysia: 435,989 countMozambique: 1,260,855 countNamibia: 76,715 countNew Caledonia: 4,134 countNiger: 1,095,892 countNigeria: 7,509,758 countNicaragua: 132,214 countNetherlands: 167,842 countNorway: 51,545 countNepal: 574,297 countNew Zealand: 59,236 countOman: 85,065 countPanama: 71,469 countPeru: 539,623 countFrench Polynesia: 3,066 countPapua New Guinea: 255,331 countPhilippines: 1,840,477 countPakistan: 6,882,058 countPoland: 317,916 countPuerto Rico: 18,851 countPalestine: 146,384 countPortugal: 86,646 countPalau: 193 countParaguay: 136,778 countQatar: 29,516 countRomania: 183,623 countSerbia: 59,840 countRussia: 1,297,207 countRwanda: 395,578 countSaudi Arabia: 546,038 countSolomon Islands: 21,548 countSudan: 1,682,049 countSweden: 97,915 countSingapore: 47,472 countSlovenia: 17,902 countSlovakia: 52,271 countSierra Leone: 258,903 countSenegal: 531,890 countSomalia: 788,763 countSuriname: 10,879 countSouth Sudan: 328,308 countEl Salvador: 99,428 countSyria: 521,601 countEswatini: 29,622 countChad: 819,054 countTogo: 289,759 countThailand: 591,200 countTajikistan: 271,420 countTimor-Leste: 30,561 countTurkmenistan: 160,100 countTunisia: 167,729 countTürkiye: 1,072,014 countTrinidad and Tobago: 16,094 countTaiwan: 132,404 countTanzania: 2,346,391 countUkraine: 212,231 countUganda: 1,712,750 countUnited States: 3,657,476 countUruguay: 33,443 countUzbekistan: 943,547 countVenezuela: 426,984 countVietnam: 1,387,961 countVanuatu: 8,988 countSamoa: 5,503 countYemen: 1,386,914 countSouth Africa: 1,186,793 countZambia: 685,565 countZimbabwe: 496,917 count
  • Under 100K
  • 100K to 200K
  • 200K to 400K
  • 400K to 1M
  • 1M and over
  • No data
Live births, 2023, count. Guatemala is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Rankings

Definition

Live births to mothers resident in the area during the year.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births) (Live births, Guatemala, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

MLA 9

World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Guatemala, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/guatemala. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Live births, Guatemala, 1950 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/guatemala.

Harvard

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births), Live births, Guatemala, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/births/guatemala (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{united_live_births_guatemala_2023,
  author = {{United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division}},
  title = {{World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births): Live births, Guatemala, 1950 to 2023}},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/guatemala. Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel\%20Files/1\_Indicator\%20(Standard)/CSV\_FILES/WPP2024\_Demographic\_Indicators\_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
TI  - World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births): Live births, Guatemala, 1950 to 2023
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/13
PB  - United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/births/guatemala
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/births/guatemala.
N1  - Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest live births in Guatemala? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"births","place":"gt"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=births&place=gt

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the live births in Guatemala?

Live births in Guatemala was 377,167 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is up 0.3% from 2022. That is the 64th highest of 236 countries in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Births during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Births). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest live births in Guatemala?

422,285 in 2016, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

Live births in other countries

Related statistics for Guatemala

All statistics for Guatemala | Guatemala in figures