Share of a region's people, and share of its babies — country by country. A younger population punches above its weight; an older one accounts for fewer births than its size suggests.
Region
Share of residents and of births · 2023
Central America
Where the births are
birthrate.io
People
53.2M
53,213,799 residents
Births
973.5K
973,450 births · 2023
Share of residents · 2025
Total 53.2M
Share of births · 2023
Total 973.5K
Population: World Bank (SP.POP.TOTL). Births: UN World Population Prospects annual birth counts (via Our World in Data), latest non-projected year — not population × crude birth rate.
birthrate.io/population/shares?region=centralamerica
Younger age structures punch above their population share.
Lower fertility or older age structure — fewer births than their population share.
Δ is birth share minus population share, in percentage points.
| Country | People | Pop % | Births | Birth % | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guatemala | 18.7M | 35.1 | 377.2K | 38.7 | +3.6 |
| Honduras | 11M | 20.7 | 233.8K | 24.0 | +3.3 |
| Nicaragua | 7M | 13.2 | 132.2K | 13.6 | +0.4 |
| El Salvador | 6.4M | 12.0 | 99.4K | 10.2 | -1.7 |
| Costa Rica | 5.2M | 9.7 | 52K | 5.3 | -4.3 |
| Panama | 4.6M | 8.6 | 71.5K | 7.3 | -1.2 |
| Belize | 422.9K | 0.8 | 7.4K | 0.8 | -0.0 |