Fertility & birth rates in Bahrain and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate in Bahrain vs Solomon Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bahrain was 1.82 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.56 in the Solomon Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Bahrain vs the Solomon Islands population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Bahrain	Solomon Islands
1960	7.26	7.07
1961	7.23	7.05
1962	7.19	7.04
1963	7.14	7.03
1964	7.09	7.05
1965	7.03	7.02
1966	6.94	7
1967	6.84	6.97
1968	6.71	6.95
1969	6.57	6.97
1970	6.43	6.98
1971	6.28	6.99
1972	6.14	6.99
1973	5.97	7
1974	5.79	7.01
1975	5.62	6.99
1976	5.45	6.95
1977	5.29	6.92
1978	5.12	6.87
1979	4.94	6.82
1980	4.76	6.77
1981	4.6	6.71
1982	4.51	6.64
1983	4.41	6.57
1984	4.3	6.49
1985	4.28	6.38
1986	4.25	6.26
1987	4.13	6.12
1988	4.04	5.99
1989	3.96	5.87
1990	3.82	5.74
1991	3.63	5.62
1992	3.55	5.51
1993	3.46	5.45
1994	3.29	5.4
1995	3.13	5.34
1996	2.99	5.22
1997	2.92	5.09
1998	2.89	4.98
1999	2.9	4.86
2000	2.8	4.76
2001	2.65	4.67
2002	2.7	4.6
2003	2.78	4.54
2004	2.77	4.47
2005	2.67	4.41
2006	2.46	4.39
2007	2.28	4.37
2008	2.15	4.36
2009	2.05	4.35
2010	1.99	4.34
2011	2.03	4.34
2012	2.11	4.33
2013	2.17	4.33
2014	2.15	4.36
2015	2.11	4.29
2016	2.04	4.2
2017	1.98	4.06
2018	1.91	3.93
2019	1.84	3.8
2020	1.86	3.75
2021	1.85	3.69
2022	1.84	3.62
2023	1.82	3.56
2024	1.8	3.51
2025	1.78	3.47
2026	1.77	3.42
2027	1.75	3.37
2028	1.74	3.32
2029	1.74	3.28
2030	1.73	3.24
2031	1.72	3.2
2032	1.72	3.16
2033	1.71	3.12
2034	1.71	3.08
2035	1.7	3.04
2036	1.7	3
2037	1.69	2.97
2038	1.69	2.94
2039	1.69	2.91
2040	1.68	2.88
2041	1.68	2.84
2042	1.68	2.82
2043	1.68	2.79
2044	1.68	2.76
2045	1.67	2.73
2046	1.67	2.71
2047	1.67	2.68
2048	1.67	2.66
2049	1.66	2.63
2050	1.66	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bahrain	Solomon Islands
1960	42.7%	46.3%
1961	42.9%	46.1%
1962	43.2%	46%
1963	43.6%	45.9%
1964	44.1%	45.8%
1965	44.7%	45.9%
1966	45.3%	46%
1967	45.9%	46.2%
1968	46.1%	46.4%
1969	45.8%	46.6%
1970	45.3%	46.7%
1971	44.4%	46.8%
1972	43.4%	46.9%
1973	42.2%	47.1%
1974	41%	47.5%
1975	39.8%	47.9%
1976	38.7%	48.2%
1977	37.7%	48.3%
1978	36.8%	48.3%
1979	36%	48.3%
1980	35.3%	48.3%
1981	34.8%	48.2%
1982	34.4%	48.1%
1983	34%	47.9%
1984	33.7%	47.8%
1985	33.4%	47.5%
1986	33.3%	47.3%
1987	33.3%	46.9%
1988	33.3%	46.6%
1989	33.4%	46.2%
1990	33.6%	45.8%
1991	33.6%	45.4%
1992	33.5%	45.1%
1993	33.1%	44.8%
1994	32.6%	44.5%
1995	32.2%	44.3%
1996	31.7%	44%
1997	31.2%	43.8%
1998	30.7%	43.5%
1999	30.2%	43.2%
2000	29.8%	42.9%
2001	28.9%	42.5%
2002	27.6%	42.2%
2003	26.2%	41.9%
2004	24.9%	41.7%
2005	23.7%	41.5%
2006	22.8%	41.3%
2007	22%	41.2%
2008	21.3%	41.2%
2009	20.6%	41.1%
2010	20.4%	41%
2011	20.4%	40.8%
2012	19.9%	40.7%
2013	19.8%	40.4%
2014	20.3%	40.2%
2015	20.5%	40%
2016	20.1%	39.7%
2017	19.8%	39.4%
2018	19.8%	39%
2019	20.1%	38.7%
2020	19.9%	38.4%
2021	19.3%	38.1%
2022	19.1%	37.7%
2023	19%	37.4%
2024	18.7%	37%
2025	18.4%	36.6%
2026	18.2%	36.1%
2027	17.9%	35.7%
2028	17.7%	35.2%
2029	17.6%	34.7%
2030	17.4%	34.3%
2031	17.3%	33.9%
2032	17.2%	33.5%
2033	17.1%	33.2%
2034	17.1%	32.9%
2035	17.1%	32.7%
2036	17.2%	32.4%
2037	17.3%	32.2%
2038	17.3%	31.9%
2039	17.3%	31.7%
2040	17.3%	31.5%
2041	17.3%	31.2%
2042	17.3%	31%
2043	17.3%	30.7%
2044	17.3%	30.4%
2045	17.3%	30.2%
2046	17.3%	29.9%
2047	17.3%	29.6%
2048	17.2%	29.3%
2049	17.2%	29%
2050	17.1%	28.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.7% of the population in Bahrain and 37% in the Solomon Islands in 2024, compared to 33.6% and 45.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bahrain and the Solomon Islands compared.

Natural population change in Bahrain vs Solomon Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.16% in Bahrain and +2.38% in the Solomon Islands. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Bahrain	Solomon Islands
1960	5,513	4,119
1961	5,882	4,257
1962	6,232	4,408
1963	6,557	4,571
1964	6,873	4,747
1965	7,148	4,885
1966	7,342	5,028
1967	7,492	5,151
1968	7,584	5,285
1969	7,277	5,444
1970	6,973	5,575
1971	6,650	5,814
1972	6,763	6,074
1973	7,012	6,343
1974	7,265	6,612
1975	7,535	6,635
1976	7,818	7,058
1977	8,093	7,290
1978	8,358	7,598
1979	8,587	7,874
1980	8,802	8,156
1981	9,020	8,436
1982	9,396	8,720
1983	9,821	9,011
1984	10,269	9,299
1985	10,924	9,534
1986	11,455	9,656
1987	11,709	9,943
1988	11,995	10,142
1989	12,293	10,354
1990	12,337	10,561
1991	11,491	10,789
1992	11,577	11,029
1993	11,521	11,396
1994	11,133	11,771
1995	10,824	12,124
1996	10,607	12,328
1997	10,739	12,478
1998	10,970	12,658
1999	11,397	12,809
2000	11,339	12,938
2001	10,948	13,061
2002	11,875	13,195
2003	13,243	13,344
2004	14,454	13,444
2005	15,196	13,568
2006	15,248	13,799
2007	15,393	13,963
2008	15,541	14,225
2009	15,795	14,381
2010	16,474	14,604
2011	15,990	15,095
2012	16,219	15,585
2013	17,044	16,038
2014	17,826	16,652
2015	18,193	16,909
2016	17,996	17,027
2017	18,140	16,897
2018	17,445	16,790
2019	16,639	16,649
2020	15,056	16,488
2021	15,401	16,626
2022	17,058	17,253
2023	16,356	17,436

Maternal mortality chart: Bahrain vs Solomon Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 17 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bahrain, compared to 123 deaths in the Solomon Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bahrain	Solomon Islands
1985	37	209
1986	37	226
1987	36	200
1988	36	193
1989	35	188
1990	35	184
1991	34	178
1992	34	174
1993	33	173
1994	33	170
1995	31	168
1996	30	166
1997	28	164
1998	27	165
1999	26	164
2000	25	166
2001	24	167
2002	23	168
2003	22	167
2004	21	164
2005	20	161
2006	20	159
2007	19	163
2008	19	153
2009	18	152
2010	18	148
2011	18	147
2012	17	146
2013	17	147
2014	16	147
2015	16	146
2016	17	143
2017	17	140
2018	16	136
2019	17	135
2020	7	131
2021	10	153
2022	5	126
2023	17	123

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.86% in Bahrain and 2.06% in the Solomon Islands. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Bahrain	Solomon Islands
1960	19.8%	16.7%
1961	18.2%	16%
1962	16.6%	15.4%
1963	15.2%	14.7%
1964	13.9%	14%
1965	12.7%	13.3%
1966	11.5%	12.7%
1967	10.5%	12%
1968	9.5%	11.3%
1969	8.6%	10.6%
1970	7.79%	9.94%
1971	7.05%	9.29%
1972	6.38%	8.69%
1973	5.8%	8.12%
1974	5.29%	7.6%
1975	4.84%	7.9%
1976	4.45%	6.68%
1977	4.11%	6.29%
1978	3.81%	5.95%
1979	3.54%	5.64%
1980	3.3%	5.38%
1981	3.09%	5.14%
1982	2.91%	4.93%
1983	2.76%	4.74%
1984	2.63%	4.58%
1985	2.52%	4.42%
1986	2.44%	4.28%
1987	2.38%	4.16%
1988	2.34%	4.04%
1989	2.32%	3.93%
1990	2.31%	3.82%
1991	2.27%	3.72%
1992	2.21%	3.62%
1993	2.1%	3.52%
1994	1.97%	3.43%
1995	1.82%	3.35%
1996	1.66%	3.27%
1997	1.52%	3.21%
1998	1.41%	3.16%
1999	1.32%	3.11%
2000	1.25%	3.07%
2001	1.2%	3.03%
2002	1.16%	2.99%
2003	1.13%	2.97%
2004	1.1%	2.94%
2005	1.06%	2.91%
2006	1.03%	2.88%
2007	0.98%	2.85%
2008	0.94%	2.81%
2009	0.9%	2.76%
2010	0.86%	2.72%
2011	0.83%	2.67%
2012	0.81%	2.62%
2013	0.79%	2.58%
2014	0.78%	2.53%
2015	0.77%	2.49%
2016	0.76%	2.45%
2017	0.77%	2.41%
2018	0.77%	2.36%
2019	0.78%	2.3%
2020	0.8%	2.24%
2021	0.82%	2.18%
2022	0.84%	2.12%
2023	0.86%	2.06%