Fertility & birth rates in Brunei and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate in Brunei vs Solomon Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Brunei was 1.75 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 Brunei 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
	Brunei	Solomon Islands
1960	7.32	7.07
1961	7.19	7.05
1962	7.03	7.04
1963	6.89	7.03
1964	6.77	7.05
1965	6.65	7.02
1966	6.51	7
1967	6.37	6.97
1968	6.2	6.95
1969	6.01	6.97
1970	5.8	6.98
1971	5.62	6.99
1972	5.5	6.99
1973	5.36	7
1974	5.18	7.01
1975	4.99	6.99
1976	4.78	6.95
1977	4.58	6.92
1978	4.39	6.87
1979	4.22	6.82
1980	4.07	6.77
1981	3.94	6.71
1982	3.84	6.64
1983	3.75	6.57
1984	3.68	6.49
1985	3.61	6.38
1986	3.55	6.26
1987	3.49	6.12
1988	3.44	5.99
1989	3.36	5.87
1990	3.29	5.74
1991	3.21	5.62
1992	3.11	5.51
1993	3.01	5.45
1994	2.9	5.4
1995	2.79	5.34
1996	2.68	5.22
1997	2.6	5.09
1998	2.53	4.98
1999	2.46	4.86
2000	2.4	4.76
2001	2.34	4.67
2002	2.26	4.6
2003	2.19	4.54
2004	2.1	4.47
2005	2.02	4.41
2006	1.97	4.39
2007	1.93	4.37
2008	1.92	4.36
2009	1.92	4.35
2010	1.94	4.34
2011	1.96	4.34
2012	1.97	4.33
2013	1.98	4.33
2014	1.97	4.36
2015	1.95	4.29
2016	1.92	4.2
2017	1.88	4.06
2018	1.85	3.93
2019	1.82	3.8
2020	1.8	3.75
2021	1.78	3.69
2022	1.76	3.62
2023	1.75	3.56
2024	1.73	3.51
2025	1.71	3.47
2026	1.7	3.42
2027	1.68	3.37
2028	1.68	3.32
2029	1.67	3.28
2030	1.66	3.24
2031	1.65	3.2
2032	1.65	3.16
2033	1.65	3.12
2034	1.64	3.08
2035	1.64	3.04
2036	1.64	3
2037	1.64	2.97
2038	1.64	2.94
2039	1.63	2.91
2040	1.63	2.88
2041	1.63	2.84
2042	1.63	2.82
2043	1.62	2.79
2044	1.62	2.76
2045	1.62	2.73
2046	1.62	2.71
2047	1.62	2.68
2048	1.62	2.66
2049	1.62	2.63
2050	1.61	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Brunei	Solomon Islands
1960	44.1%	46.3%
1961	45.2%	46.1%
1962	46.1%	46%
1963	46.6%	45.9%
1964	46.6%	45.8%
1965	46.5%	45.9%
1966	46%	46%
1967	45.4%	46.2%
1968	44.8%	46.4%
1969	44.2%	46.6%
1970	43.6%	46.7%
1971	43.3%	46.8%
1972	43%	46.9%
1973	42.6%	47.1%
1974	42%	47.5%
1975	41.3%	47.9%
1976	40.6%	48.2%
1977	39.9%	48.3%
1978	39.3%	48.3%
1979	38.9%	48.3%
1980	38.5%	48.3%
1981	38.1%	48.2%
1982	37.6%	48.1%
1983	36.9%	47.9%
1984	36.3%	47.8%
1985	35.7%	47.5%
1986	35.2%	47.3%
1987	34.9%	46.9%
1988	34.7%	46.6%
1989	34.6%	46.2%
1990	34.4%	45.8%
1991	34.4%	45.4%
1992	34.3%	45.1%
1993	34.1%	44.8%
1994	33.7%	44.5%
1995	33.3%	44.3%
1996	32.7%	44%
1997	32.2%	43.8%
1998	31.6%	43.5%
1999	31%	43.2%
2000	30.3%	42.9%
2001	29.6%	42.5%
2002	28.9%	42.2%
2003	28.1%	41.9%
2004	27.4%	41.7%
2005	26.7%	41.5%
2006	25.9%	41.3%
2007	25.5%	41.2%
2008	25.5%	41.2%
2009	25.4%	41.1%
2010	25.3%	41%
2011	25.2%	40.8%
2012	24.9%	40.7%
2013	24.5%	40.4%
2014	24%	40.2%
2015	23.6%	40%
2016	23.1%	39.7%
2017	22.7%	39.4%
2018	22.3%	39%
2019	21.9%	38.7%
2020	21.6%	38.4%
2021	21.3%	38.1%
2022	21.2%	37.7%
2023	21%	37.4%
2024	20.8%	37%
2025	20.6%	36.6%
2026	20.4%	36.1%
2027	20.1%	35.7%
2028	19.8%	35.2%
2029	19.5%	34.7%
2030	19.1%	34.3%
2031	18.8%	33.9%
2032	18.5%	33.5%
2033	18.2%	33.2%
2034	18%	32.9%
2035	17.7%	32.7%
2036	17.5%	32.4%
2037	17.2%	32.2%
2038	17%	31.9%
2039	16.8%	31.7%
2040	16.6%	31.5%
2041	16.4%	31.2%
2042	16.3%	31%
2043	16.1%	30.7%
2044	16%	30.4%
2045	15.9%	30.2%
2046	15.8%	29.9%
2047	15.7%	29.6%
2048	15.7%	29.3%
2049	15.6%	29%
2050	15.6%	28.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Brunei and 37% in the Solomon Islands in 2024, compared to 34.4% and 45.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Brunei and the Solomon Islands compared.

Natural population change in Brunei vs Solomon Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.01% in Brunei 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
	Brunei	Solomon Islands
1960	3,168	4,119
1961	3,175	4,257
1962	3,128	4,408
1963	3,195	4,571
1964	3,264	4,747
1965	3,326	4,885
1966	3,403	5,028
1967	3,477	5,151
1968	3,551	5,285
1969	3,618	5,444
1970	3,694	5,575
1971	3,880	5,814
1972	4,085	6,074
1973	4,216	6,343
1974	4,334	6,612
1975	4,431	6,635
1976	4,518	7,058
1977	4,594	7,290
1978	4,668	7,598
1979	4,717	7,874
1980	4,775	8,156
1981	4,839	8,436
1982	4,931	8,720
1983	5,138	9,011
1984	5,373	9,299
1985	5,620	9,534
1986	5,826	9,656
1987	6,017	9,943
1988	6,135	10,142
1989	6,202	10,354
1990	6,265	10,561
1991	6,259	10,789
1992	6,169	11,029
1993	6,045	11,396
1994	5,907	11,771
1995	5,750	12,124
1996	5,606	12,328
1997	5,518	12,478
1998	5,466	12,658
1999	5,388	12,809
2000	5,331	12,938
2001	5,275	13,061
2002	5,169	13,195
2003	5,034	13,344
2004	4,874	13,444
2005	4,703	13,568
2006	4,590	13,799
2007	4,521	13,963
2008	4,624	14,225
2009	4,789	14,381
2010	5,003	14,604
2011	5,242	15,095
2012	5,349	15,585
2013	5,302	16,038
2014	5,206	16,652
2015	5,060	16,909
2016	4,876	17,027
2017	4,685	16,897
2018	4,502	16,790
2019	4,335	16,649
2020	4,188	16,488
2021	3,985	16,626
2022	3,319	17,253
2023	3,837	17,436

Maternal mortality chart: Brunei vs Solomon Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 36 deaths per 100,000 live births in Brunei, compared to 123 deaths in the Solomon Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Brunei	Solomon Islands
1985	79	209
1986	78	226
1987	75	200
1988	73	193
1989	71	188
1990	68	184
1991	65	178
1992	62	174
1993	59	173
1994	58	170
1995	55	168
1996	54	166
1997	52	164
1998	51	165
1999	50	164
2000	48	166
2001	46	167
2002	46	168
2003	45	167
2004	44	164
2005	43	161
2006	42	159
2007	41	163
2008	40	153
2009	40	152
2010	40	148
2011	40	147
2012	40	146
2013	40	147
2014	40	147
2015	39	146
2016	39	143
2017	39	140
2018	39	136
2019	38	135
2020	39	131
2021	44	153
2022	88	126
2023	36	123

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Brunei 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
	Brunei	Solomon Islands
1960	8.9%	16.7%
1961	8.24%	16%
1962	7.66%	15.4%
1963	7.15%	14.7%
1964	6.7%	14%
1965	6.32%	13.3%
1966	5.98%	12.7%
1967	5.69%	12%
1968	5.42%	11.3%
1969	5.16%	10.6%
1970	4.91%	9.94%
1971	4.64%	9.29%
1972	4.35%	8.69%
1973	4.06%	8.12%
1974	3.77%	7.6%
1975	3.49%	7.9%
1976	3.21%	6.68%
1977	2.95%	6.29%
1978	2.71%	5.95%
1979	2.48%	5.64%
1980	2.28%	5.38%
1981	2.09%	5.14%
1982	1.93%	4.93%
1983	1.79%	4.74%
1984	1.67%	4.58%
1985	1.57%	4.42%
1986	1.48%	4.28%
1987	1.42%	4.16%
1988	1.38%	4.04%
1989	1.35%	3.93%
1990	1.33%	3.82%
1991	1.32%	3.72%
1992	1.31%	3.62%
1993	1.3%	3.52%
1994	1.27%	3.43%
1995	1.23%	3.35%
1996	1.19%	3.27%
1997	1.15%	3.21%
1998	1.1%	3.16%
1999	1.07%	3.11%
2000	1.03%	3.07%
2001	1%	3.03%
2002	0.98%	2.99%
2003	0.96%	2.97%
2004	0.95%	2.94%
2005	0.95%	2.91%
2006	0.95%	2.88%
2007	0.95%	2.85%
2008	0.96%	2.81%
2009	0.96%	2.76%
2010	0.97%	2.72%
2011	0.98%	2.67%
2012	0.99%	2.62%
2013	0.99%	2.58%
2014	1%	2.53%
2015	1%	2.49%
2016	1%	2.45%
2017	1%	2.41%
2018	0.99%	2.36%
2019	0.98%	2.3%
2020	0.97%	2.24%
2021	0.96%	2.18%
2022	0.95%	2.12%
2023	0.94%	2.06%