Social Aspects of Guatemala 1 | Page 8

" The State of World Population 2011 reveals that Guatemalan women between 15 and 49 years have on average 3.8 children (2010-2015), when the average Latin-American level is 2.2.

For indigenous women, this percentage is 4.5 children per female of reproductive age, which continues to place the country as the holder of the highest fertility rate in Latin America." (Guatemala News)

FERTILITY

This variable gives the average number of children that would be born per women, if they lived until the end of their fertile years, and give birth according to the fertility of each year.