Fertility & birth rates in Burundi and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate in Burundi vs Solomon Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Burundi was 4.88 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 Burundi 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
	Burundi	Solomon Islands
1960	7	7.07
1961	7.02	7.05
1962	7.04	7.04
1963	7.07	7.03
1964	7.09	7.05
1965	7.11	7.02
1966	7.14	7
1967	7.16	6.97
1968	7.18	6.95
1969	7.22	6.97
1970	7.21	6.98
1971	7.21	6.99
1972	7.21	6.99
1973	7.22	7
1974	7.22	7.01
1975	7.24	6.99
1976	7.25	6.95
1977	7.25	6.92
1978	7.26	6.87
1979	7.31	6.82
1980	7.35	6.77
1981	7.33	6.71
1982	7.31	6.64
1983	7.3	6.57
1984	7.3	6.49
1985	7.29	6.38
1986	7.32	6.26
1987	7.38	6.12
1988	7.38	5.99
1989	7.39	5.87
1990	7.37	5.74
1991	7.34	5.62
1992	7.3	5.51
1993	7.27	5.45
1994	7.23	5.4
1995	7.18	5.34
1996	7.12	5.22
1997	7.04	5.09
1998	6.96	4.98
1999	6.9	4.86
2000	6.87	4.76
2001	6.85	4.67
2002	6.82	4.6
2003	6.79	4.54
2004	6.75	4.47
2005	6.71	4.41
2006	6.66	4.39
2007	6.59	4.37
2008	6.52	4.36
2009	6.41	4.35
2010	6.26	4.34
2011	6.11	4.34
2012	5.99	4.33
2013	5.89	4.33
2014	5.79	4.36
2015	5.7	4.29
2016	5.59	4.2
2017	5.48	4.06
2018	5.38	3.93
2019	5.27	3.8
2020	5.18	3.75
2021	5.08	3.69
2022	4.98	3.62
2023	4.88	3.56
2024	4.79	3.51
2025	4.68	3.47
2026	4.57	3.42
2027	4.46	3.37
2028	4.37	3.32
2029	4.28	3.28
2030	4.2	3.24
2031	4.11	3.2
2032	4.03	3.16
2033	3.95	3.12
2034	3.85	3.08
2035	3.78	3.04
2036	3.69	3
2037	3.62	2.97
2038	3.55	2.94
2039	3.49	2.91
2040	3.43	2.88
2041	3.37	2.84
2042	3.32	2.82
2043	3.27	2.79
2044	3.22	2.76
2045	3.17	2.73
2046	3.13	2.71
2047	3.08	2.68
2048	3.04	2.66
2049	3	2.63
2050	2.96	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Burundi	Solomon Islands
1960	45.1%	46.3%
1961	45.2%	46.1%
1962	45.3%	46%
1963	45.5%	45.9%
1964	45.5%	45.8%
1965	45.4%	45.9%
1966	45.2%	46%
1967	45%	46.2%
1968	44.9%	46.4%
1969	44.9%	46.6%
1970	44.9%	46.7%
1971	44.9%	46.8%
1972	45.5%	46.9%
1973	46%	47.1%
1974	45.8%	47.5%
1975	45.7%	47.9%
1976	45.8%	48.2%
1977	45.8%	48.3%
1978	45.7%	48.3%
1979	45.8%	48.3%
1980	45.4%	48.3%
1981	45.2%	48.2%
1982	45.6%	48.1%
1983	45.9%	47.9%
1984	46.3%	47.8%
1985	46.8%	47.5%
1986	47.3%	47.3%
1987	47.6%	46.9%
1988	48%	46.6%
1989	48.4%	46.2%
1990	48.7%	45.8%
1991	48.9%	45.4%
1992	48.9%	45.1%
1993	51%	44.8%
1994	51.1%	44.5%
1995	49.1%	44.3%
1996	49.6%	44%
1997	49.9%	43.8%
1998	49.4%	43.5%
1999	48.7%	43.2%
2000	48.3%	42.9%
2001	47.7%	42.5%
2002	47.2%	42.2%
2003	46.7%	41.9%
2004	46.2%	41.7%
2005	45.8%	41.5%
2006	45.6%	41.3%
2007	45.4%	41.2%
2008	45.2%	41.2%
2009	45%	41.1%
2010	45.1%	41%
2011	45.4%	40.8%
2012	45.7%	40.7%
2013	46.1%	40.4%
2014	46.4%	40.2%
2015	47%	40%
2016	47.7%	39.7%
2017	47.9%	39.4%
2018	47.8%	39%
2019	47.3%	38.7%
2020	47%	38.4%
2021	46.5%	38.1%
2022	46%	37.7%
2023	45.4%	37.4%
2024	44.7%	37%
2025	44%	36.6%
2026	43.2%	36.1%
2027	42.5%	35.7%
2028	41.7%	35.2%
2029	41%	34.7%
2030	40.3%	34.3%
2031	39.7%	33.9%
2032	39.2%	33.5%
2033	38.8%	33.2%
2034	38.5%	32.9%
2035	38.1%	32.7%
2036	37.8%	32.4%
2037	37.5%	32.2%
2038	37.2%	31.9%
2039	36.9%	31.7%
2040	36.6%	31.5%
2041	36.4%	31.2%
2042	36.1%	31%
2043	35.9%	30.7%
2044	35.6%	30.4%
2045	35.4%	30.2%
2046	35.1%	29.9%
2047	34.8%	29.6%
2048	34.4%	29.3%
2049	34.1%	29%
2050	33.7%	28.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 44.7% of the population in Burundi and 37% in the Solomon Islands in 2024, compared to 48.7% and 45.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Burundi and the Solomon Islands compared.

Natural population change in Burundi vs Solomon Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Burundi 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
	Burundi	Solomon Islands
1960	70,032	4,119
1961	71,216	4,257
1962	74,710	4,408
1963	75,962	4,571
1964	77,528	4,747
1965	78,208	4,885
1966	83,651	5,028
1967	86,373	5,151
1968	88,765	5,285
1969	90,852	5,444
1970	92,476	5,575
1971	95,153	5,814
1972	30,532	6,074
1973	74,805	6,343
1974	95,486	6,612
1975	101,172	6,635
1976	104,396	7,058
1977	108,488	7,290
1978	114,884	7,598
1979	123,377	7,874
1980	127,746	8,156
1981	146,231	8,436
1982	147,090	8,720
1983	152,801	9,011
1984	154,366	9,299
1985	156,896	9,534
1986	156,170	9,656
1987	157,481	9,943
1988	145,234	10,142
1989	157,547	10,354
1990	156,617	10,561
1991	156,148	10,789
1992	156,420	11,029
1993	128,898	11,396
1994	112,968	11,771
1995	160,284	12,124
1996	158,920	12,328
1997	150,404	12,478
1998	154,010	12,658
1999	166,699	12,809
2000	173,867	12,938
2001	184,541	13,061
2002	201,892	13,195
2003	216,295	13,344
2004	234,891	13,444
2005	253,401	13,568
2006	269,874	13,799
2007	285,323	13,963
2008	300,750	14,225
2009	319,583	14,381
2010	341,808	14,604
2011	348,934	15,095
2012	354,068	15,585
2013	362,224	16,038
2014	367,797	16,652
2015	370,856	16,909
2016	358,393	17,027
2017	353,879	16,897
2018	351,704	16,790
2019	357,672	16,649
2020	361,654	16,488
2021	359,844	16,626
2022	363,786	17,253
2023	368,917	17,436

Maternal mortality chart: Burundi vs Solomon Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 392 deaths per 100,000 live births in Burundi, compared to 123 deaths in the Solomon Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Burundi	Solomon Islands
1985	1,428	209
1986	1,441	226
1987	1,446	200
1988	1,519	193
1989	1,511	188
1990	1,515	184
1991	1,513	178
1992	1,464	174
1993	1,801	173
1994	1,215	170
1995	1,293	168
1996	1,236	166
1997	1,100	164
1998	969	165
1999	899	164
2000	860	166
2001	799	167
2002	743	168
2003	705	167
2004	687	164
2005	685	161
2006	670	159
2007	655	163
2008	635	153
2009	612	152
2010	614	148
2011	597	147
2012	575	146
2013	555	147
2014	533	147
2015	525	146
2016	501	143
2017	482	140
2018	464	136
2019	449	135
2020	441	131
2021	447	153
2022	412	126
2023	392	123

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.92% in Burundi 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
	Burundi	Solomon Islands
1960	-	16.7%
1961	-	16%
1962	-	15.4%
1963	-	14.7%
1964	24.2%	14%
1965	24.4%	13.3%
1966	24.5%	12.7%
1967	24.7%	12%
1968	24.9%	11.3%
1969	25%	10.6%
1970	25.1%	9.94%
1971	25.1%	9.29%
1972	31.9%	8.69%
1973	25.2%	8.12%
1974	25.2%	7.6%
1975	25.1%	7.9%
1976	25%	6.68%
1977	24.6%	6.29%
1978	24.1%	5.95%
1979	23.3%	5.64%
1980	22.4%	5.38%
1981	21.4%	5.14%
1982	20.3%	4.93%
1983	19.3%	4.74%
1984	18.4%	4.58%
1985	17.7%	4.42%
1986	17.2%	4.28%
1987	16.9%	4.16%
1988	16.8%	4.04%
1989	16.9%	3.93%
1990	17%	3.82%
1991	17.1%	3.72%
1992	17.2%	3.62%
1993	19.5%	3.52%
1994	17.2%	3.43%
1995	17.1%	3.35%
1996	17%	3.27%
1997	16.7%	3.21%
1998	16.3%	3.16%
1999	15.9%	3.11%
2000	15.4%	3.07%
2001	14.9%	3.03%
2002	14.3%	2.99%
2003	13.7%	2.97%
2004	13.1%	2.94%
2005	12.4%	2.91%
2006	11.7%	2.88%
2007	11%	2.85%
2008	10.3%	2.81%
2009	9.66%	2.76%
2010	9.08%	2.72%
2011	8.53%	2.67%
2012	8.02%	2.62%
2013	7.55%	2.58%
2014	7.13%	2.53%
2015	6.76%	2.49%
2016	6.44%	2.45%
2017	6.15%	2.41%
2018	5.9%	2.36%
2019	5.67%	2.3%
2020	5.46%	2.24%
2021	5.26%	2.18%
2022	5.08%	2.12%
2023	4.92%	2.06%