Fertility & birth rates in Botswana and Kiribati

Fertility rate in Botswana vs Kiribati chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Botswana was 2.73 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.15 in Kiribati in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Botswana vs Kiribati population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Botswana	Kiribati
1960	6.6	6.44
1961	6.56	6.48
1962	6.54	6.42
1963	6.58	6.35
1964	6.61	6.29
1965	6.6	6.26
1966	6.61	6.23
1967	6.6	6.11
1968	6.58	5.98
1969	6.56	5.85
1970	6.55	5.71
1971	6.54	5.55
1972	6.56	5.37
1973	6.59	5.2
1974	6.61	5.09
1975	6.61	5.02
1976	6.6	4.96
1977	6.54	4.96
1978	6.48	4.97
1979	6.4	4.97
1980	6.29	4.96
1981	6.16	4.96
1982	5.97	4.95
1983	5.79	4.91
1984	5.63	4.91
1985	5.48	4.91
1986	5.33	4.87
1987	5.1	4.81
1988	4.88	4.73
1989	4.67	4.69
1990	4.51	4.67
1991	4.37	4.64
1992	4.26	4.57
1993	4.15	4.49
1994	4.02	4.44
1995	3.79	4.42
1996	3.57	4.43
1997	3.43	4.37
1998	3.36	4.29
1999	3.31	4.18
2000	3.29	4.07
2001	3.25	3.96
2002	3.18	3.81
2003	3.11	3.7
2004	3.06	3.73
2005	3.08	3.76
2006	3.11	3.82
2007	3.13	3.87
2008	3.13	3.9
2009	3.13	3.91
2010	3.14	3.9
2011	3.1	3.88
2012	3.07	3.77
2013	3.05	3.64
2014	3.03	3.52
2015	3.01	3.44
2016	2.99	3.38
2017	2.97	3.34
2018	2.94	3.32
2019	2.91	3.29
2020	2.86	3.25
2021	2.83	3.22
2022	2.79	3.18
2023	2.73	3.15
2024	2.7	3.12
2025	2.66	3.09
2026	2.63	3.06
2027	2.59	3.03
2028	2.56	3
2029	2.52	2.97
2030	2.49	2.94
2031	2.46	2.92
2032	2.44	2.89
2033	2.41	2.86
2034	2.38	2.84
2035	2.35	2.81
2036	2.32	2.79
2037	2.3	2.77
2038	2.28	2.74
2039	2.26	2.72
2040	2.23	2.69
2041	2.21	2.67
2042	2.2	2.64
2043	2.18	2.62
2044	2.17	2.6
2045	2.15	2.58
2046	2.14	2.56
2047	2.12	2.54
2048	2.11	2.52
2049	2.09	2.5
2050	2.08	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Botswana	Kiribati
1960	45.1%	43.2%
1961	45.6%	43.5%
1962	46.2%	43.8%
1963	46.8%	44%
1964	47.2%	44%
1965	47.5%	43.9%
1966	47.9%	44.1%
1967	48.2%	44.5%
1968	48.6%	44.9%
1969	48.9%	45%
1970	49.2%	44.9%
1971	49.3%	44.8%
1972	49.1%	44.8%
1973	48.6%	44.6%
1974	48.2%	44.2%
1975	47.7%	43.7%
1976	47.3%	43.2%
1977	47%	42.8%
1978	46.5%	42.3%
1979	46%	41.8%
1980	46.1%	41.1%
1981	46.2%	40.5%
1982	46.2%	39.9%
1983	46.2%	39.5%
1984	46.2%	39.2%
1985	46.2%	39.2%
1986	46.1%	39.2%
1987	46%	39.4%
1988	45.8%	39.7%
1989	45.5%	39.9%
1990	45.1%	40.2%
1991	44.7%	40.5%
1992	44.2%	40.8%
1993	43.7%	41%
1994	43%	41.2%
1995	42.2%	41.2%
1996	41.4%	41.1%
1997	40.6%	41%
1998	39.8%	40.8%
1999	39.1%	40.5%
2000	38.4%	40.1%
2001	37.7%	39.8%
2002	37.1%	39.3%
2003	36.5%	38.9%
2004	35.9%	38.4%
2005	35.5%	38%
2006	35.1%	37.6%
2007	34.8%	37.3%
2008	34.5%	37%
2009	34.2%	36.8%
2010	34.1%	36.6%
2011	34%	36.4%
2012	34.2%	36.1%
2013	34.4%	35.7%
2014	34.4%	35.4%
2015	34.4%	35.2%
2016	34.2%	35%
2017	33.9%	35%
2018	33.6%	35.1%
2019	33.3%	35.1%
2020	32.9%	35.2%
2021	32.6%	35.2%
2022	32.4%	35.1%
2023	32.3%	34.9%
2024	32.1%	34.7%
2025	32%	34.4%
2026	31.8%	34%
2027	31.6%	33.5%
2028	31.4%	33.1%
2029	31.2%	32.7%
2030	30.9%	32.4%
2031	30.6%	32%
2032	30.3%	31.7%
2033	30%	31.3%
2034	29.6%	31%
2035	29.2%	30.6%
2036	28.7%	30.3%
2037	28.1%	30%
2038	27.6%	29.7%
2039	27.2%	29.4%
2040	26.7%	29.2%
2041	26.3%	29%
2042	25.9%	28.8%
2043	25.5%	28.6%
2044	25.2%	28.4%
2045	24.8%	28.3%
2046	24.5%	28.1%
2047	24.2%	27.9%
2048	24%	27.8%
2049	23.7%	27.6%
2050	23.5%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.1% of the population in Botswana and 34.7% in Kiribati in 2024, compared to 45.1% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Botswana and Kiribati compared.

Natural population change in Botswana vs Kiribati by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.88% in Botswana and +2.05% in Kiribati. 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
	Botswana	Kiribati
1960	15,861	1,141
1961	16,185	1,199
1962	16,507	1,233
1963	17,084	1,273
1964	17,634	1,318
1965	18,045	1,376
1966	18,250	1,437
1967	18,463	1,417
1968	18,725	1,393
1969	19,024	1,367
1970	19,438	1,388
1971	19,926	1,406
1972	21,004	1,406
1973	22,449	1,409
1974	24,160	1,430
1975	25,762	1,423
1976	27,497	1,425
1977	29,009	1,426
1978	30,596	1,480
1979	32,486	1,509
1980	33,934	1,571
1981	34,327	1,635
1982	34,859	1,697
1983	35,142	1,748
1984	35,530	1,813
1985	35,966	1,881
1986	36,203	1,933
1987	35,647	1,982
1988	34,564	2,022
1989	33,756	2,073
1990	33,015	2,127
1991	32,219	2,176
1992	31,995	2,173
1993	31,691	2,161
1994	30,664	2,168
1995	28,478	2,183
1996	26,847	2,217
1997	25,738	2,220
1998	25,397	2,210
1999	25,358	2,186
2000	25,850	2,153
2001	26,112	2,121
2002	26,163	2,074
2003	26,545	2,045
2004	27,481	2,118
2005	29,385	2,188
2006	31,340	2,285
2007	33,832	2,393
2008	35,433	2,493
2009	36,671	2,573
2010	38,101	2,644
2011	38,613	2,709
2012	39,202	2,678
2013	39,404	2,629
2014	40,046	2,577
2015	40,897	2,555
2016	41,993	2,546
2017	43,154	2,549
2018	44,171	2,561
2019	45,110	2,560
2020	45,610	2,497
2021	40,894	2,408
2022	47,400	2,522
2023	47,098	2,487

Maternal mortality chart: Botswana vs Kiribati

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in Botswana, compared to 80 deaths in Kiribati.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Botswana	Kiribati
1985	313	246
1986	304	232
1987	302	231
1988	319	220
1989	300	212
1990	296	199
1991	283	188
1992	263	175
1993	230	162
1994	182	150
1995	148	148
1996	130	141
1997	123	132
1998	126	126
1999	131	121
2000	136	119
2001	138	113
2002	140	109
2003	142	105
2004	151	106
2005	166	104
2006	204	102
2007	201	101
2008	199	100
2009	213	99
2010	228	102
2011	269	98
2012	288	98
2013	221	93
2014	212	91
2015	141	90
2016	72	88
2017	46	90
2018	99	87
2019	100	89
2020	98	89
2021	165	122
2022	120	86
2023	155	80

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.96% in Botswana and 5.51% in Kiribati. 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
	Botswana	Kiribati
1960	16.8%	19.9%
1961	16.3%	19.5%
1962	15.8%	18.9%
1963	15.3%	18.3%
1964	14.9%	17.7%
1965	14.5%	17.1%
1966	14%	16.4%
1967	13.6%	15.8%
1968	13.2%	15.2%
1969	12.8%	14.6%
1970	12.4%	14.1%
1971	11.9%	13.7%
1972	11.4%	13.3%
1973	10.9%	13%
1974	10.4%	12.7%
1975	9.88%	12.5%
1976	9.32%	12.4%
1977	8.77%	12.3%
1978	8.23%	12.2%
1979	7.74%	12%
1980	7.29%	11.9%
1981	6.86%	11.7%
1982	6.47%	11.6%
1983	6.12%	11.4%
1984	5.8%	11.1%
1985	5.5%	10.9%
1986	5.22%	10.6%
1987	5%	10.2%
1988	4.88%	9.87%
1989	4.87%	9.5%
1990	5.01%	9.13%
1991	5.29%	8.77%
1992	5.7%	8.44%
1993	6.2%	8.13%
1994	6.72%	7.87%
1995	6.74%	7.64%
1996	7.1%	7.42%
1997	7.37%	7.22%
1998	7.57%	7.02%
1999	7.91%	6.83%
2000	8.11%	6.64%
2001	8.12%	6.46%
2002	8%	6.31%
2003	7.85%	6.2%
2004	7.63%	6.13%
2005	7.03%	6.07%
2006	6.43%	6.03%
2007	6.16%	5.99%
2008	6.03%	5.93%
2009	5.78%	5.87%
2010	5.58%	5.82%
2011	5.68%	5.79%
2012	5.34%	5.78%
2013	5.1%	5.8%
2014	5.11%	5.84%
2015	4.98%	5.89%
2016	4.9%	5.95%
2017	4.65%	5.99%
2018	4.59%	5.98%
2019	4.5%	5.93%
2020	4.39%	5.86%
2021	4.2%	5.76%
2022	4.07%	5.65%
2023	3.96%	5.51%