Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate in Canada vs Solomon Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 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 Canada 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
	Canada	Solomon Islands
1960	3.81	7.07
1961	3.75	7.05
1962	3.68	7.04
1963	3.61	7.03
1964	3.46	7.05
1965	3.12	7.02
1966	2.75	7
1967	2.53	6.97
1968	2.39	6.95
1969	2.33	6.97
1970	2.26	6.98
1971	2.14	6.99
1972	1.98	6.99
1973	1.89	7
1974	1.84	7.01
1975	1.82	6.99
1976	1.8	6.95
1977	1.78	6.92
1978	1.77	6.87
1979	1.75	6.82
1980	1.74	6.77
1981	1.7	6.71
1982	1.69	6.64
1983	1.68	6.57
1984	1.65	6.49
1985	1.67	6.38
1986	1.68	6.26
1987	1.68	6.12
1988	1.68	5.99
1989	1.77	5.87
1990	1.83	5.74
1991	1.72	5.62
1992	1.71	5.51
1993	1.69	5.45
1994	1.69	5.4
1995	1.67	5.34
1996	1.63	5.22
1997	1.57	5.09
1998	1.56	4.98
1999	1.55	4.86
2000	1.51	4.76
2001	1.54	4.67
2002	1.52	4.6
2003	1.55	4.54
2004	1.56	4.47
2005	1.58	4.41
2006	1.63	4.39
2007	1.67	4.37
2008	1.7	4.36
2009	1.69	4.35
2010	1.65	4.34
2011	1.63	4.34
2012	1.63	4.33
2013	1.61	4.33
2014	1.61	4.36
2015	1.6	4.29
2016	1.59	4.2
2017	1.55	4.06
2018	1.51	3.93
2019	1.47	3.8
2020	1.41	3.75
2021	1.44	3.69
2022	1.33	3.62
2023	1.26	3.56
2024	1.25	3.51
2025	1.24	3.47
2026	1.24	3.42
2027	1.23	3.37
2028	1.24	3.32
2029	1.23	3.28
2030	1.24	3.24
2031	1.24	3.2
2032	1.24	3.16
2033	1.25	3.12
2034	1.25	3.08
2035	1.25	3.04
2036	1.26	3
2037	1.26	2.97
2038	1.26	2.94
2039	1.27	2.91
2040	1.27	2.88
2041	1.27	2.84
2042	1.28	2.82
2043	1.28	2.79
2044	1.28	2.76
2045	1.28	2.73
2046	1.29	2.71
2047	1.29	2.68
2048	1.29	2.66
2049	1.3	2.63
2050	1.3	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Solomon Islands
1960	33.8%	46.3%
1961	33.9%	46.1%
1962	33.9%	46%
1963	33.9%	45.9%
1964	33.7%	45.8%
1965	33.3%	45.9%
1966	32.9%	46%
1967	32.3%	46.2%
1968	31.6%	46.4%
1969	31%	46.6%
1970	30.2%	46.7%
1971	29.3%	46.8%
1972	28.6%	46.9%
1973	27.8%	47.1%
1974	27%	47.5%
1975	26.2%	47.9%
1976	25.5%	48.2%
1977	24.7%	48.3%
1978	24%	48.3%
1979	23.4%	48.3%
1980	22.8%	48.3%
1981	22.3%	48.2%
1982	22%	48.1%
1983	21.8%	47.9%
1984	21.6%	47.8%
1985	21.3%	47.5%
1986	21.1%	47.3%
1987	20.9%	46.9%
1988	20.8%	46.6%
1989	20.8%	46.2%
1990	20.7%	45.8%
1991	20.7%	45.4%
1992	20.7%	45.1%
1993	20.7%	44.8%
1994	20.6%	44.5%
1995	20.4%	44.3%
1996	20.2%	44%
1997	20%	43.8%
1998	19.8%	43.5%
1999	19.5%	43.2%
2000	19.2%	42.9%
2001	18.9%	42.5%
2002	18.6%	42.2%
2003	18.3%	41.9%
2004	18%	41.7%
2005	17.7%	41.5%
2006	17.4%	41.3%
2007	17.1%	41.2%
2008	16.9%	41.2%
2009	16.7%	41.1%
2010	16.6%	41%
2011	16.4%	40.8%
2012	16.3%	40.7%
2013	16.3%	40.4%
2014	16.2%	40.2%
2015	16.2%	40%
2016	16.2%	39.7%
2017	16.2%	39.4%
2018	16.1%	39%
2019	16%	38.7%
2020	15.9%	38.4%
2021	15.7%	38.1%
2022	15.5%	37.7%
2023	15.3%	37.4%
2024	15.1%	37%
2025	15%	36.6%
2026	14.9%	36.1%
2027	14.7%	35.7%
2028	14.6%	35.2%
2029	14.5%	34.7%
2030	14.4%	34.3%
2031	14.3%	33.9%
2032	14.2%	33.5%
2033	14.1%	33.2%
2034	14%	32.9%
2035	13.9%	32.7%
2036	13.9%	32.4%
2037	13.8%	32.2%
2038	13.8%	31.9%
2039	13.7%	31.7%
2040	13.7%	31.5%
2041	13.6%	31.2%
2042	13.6%	31%
2043	13.6%	30.7%
2044	13.5%	30.4%
2045	13.5%	30.2%
2046	13.5%	29.9%
2047	13.5%	29.6%
2048	13.5%	29.3%
2049	13.5%	29%
2050	13.5%	28.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 37% in the Solomon Islands in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 45.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and the Solomon Islands compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Solomon Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada 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
	Canada	Solomon Islands
1960	338,487	4,119
1961	334,360	4,257
1962	325,745	4,408
1963	318,595	4,571
1964	307,268	4,747
1965	269,589	4,885
1966	236,566	5,028
1967	220,450	5,151
1968	211,589	5,285
1969	216,588	5,444
1970	215,372	5,575
1971	208,640	5,814
1972	188,857	6,074
1973	184,432	6,343
1974	182,464	6,612
1975	196,718	6,635
1976	196,979	7,058
1977	199,297	7,290
1978	194,102	7,598
1979	203,293	7,874
1980	203,480	8,156
1981	206,005	8,436
1982	200,935	8,720
1983	202,931	9,011
1984	204,856	9,299
1985	204,153	9,534
1986	190,532	9,656
1987	190,416	9,943
1988	192,901	10,142
1989	207,304	10,354
1990	213,222	10,561
1991	207,477	10,789
1992	204,273	11,029
1993	186,451	11,396
1994	179,804	11,771
1995	167,023	12,124
1996	153,973	12,328
1997	134,577	12,478
1998	126,651	12,658
1999	118,565	12,809
2000	110,469	12,938
2001	114,777	13,061
2002	106,621	13,195
2003	110,749	13,344
2004	111,786	13,444
2005	116,074	13,568
2006	130,285	13,799
2007	134,845	13,963
2008	142,963	14,225
2009	144,609	14,381
2010	139,425	14,604
2011	133,923	15,095
2012	135,382	15,585
2013	129,799	16,038
2014	127,563	16,652
2015	117,825	16,909
2016	115,555	17,027
2017	98,672	16,897
2018	88,974	16,790
2019	86,523	16,649
2020	53,241	16,488
2021	57,360	16,626
2022	15,574	17,253
2023	28,058	17,436

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Solomon Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 123 deaths in the Solomon Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Solomon Islands
1985	7	209
1986	7	226
1987	7	200
1988	7	193
1989	8	188
1990	7	184
1991	8	178
1992	8	174
1993	8	173
1994	8	170
1995	8	168
1996	9	166
1997	8	164
1998	9	165
1999	9	164
2000	9	166
2001	10	167
2002	10	168
2003	10	167
2004	10	164
2005	11	161
2006	11	159
2007	11	163
2008	12	153
2009	12	152
2010	11	148
2011	11	147
2012	11	146
2013	11	147
2014	12	147
2015	11	146
2016	12	143
2017	12	140
2018	13	136
2019	12	135
2020	17	131
2021	14	153
2022	15	126
2023	12	123

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada 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
	Canada	Solomon Islands
1960	3.26%	16.7%
1961	3.15%	16%
1962	3.05%	15.4%
1963	2.94%	14.7%
1964	2.82%	14%
1965	2.71%	13.3%
1966	2.6%	12.7%
1967	2.5%	12%
1968	2.4%	11.3%
1969	2.3%	10.6%
1970	2.19%	9.94%
1971	2.09%	9.29%
1972	1.99%	8.69%
1973	1.89%	8.12%
1974	1.79%	7.6%
1975	1.7%	7.9%
1976	1.6%	6.68%
1977	1.51%	6.29%
1978	1.42%	5.95%
1979	1.33%	5.64%
1980	1.25%	5.38%
1981	1.18%	5.14%
1982	1.12%	4.93%
1983	1.06%	4.74%
1984	1.01%	4.58%
1985	0.98%	4.42%
1986	0.94%	4.28%
1987	0.91%	4.16%
1988	0.88%	4.04%
1989	0.85%	3.93%
1990	0.82%	3.82%
1991	0.8%	3.72%
1992	0.77%	3.62%
1993	0.74%	3.52%
1994	0.72%	3.43%
1995	0.69%	3.35%
1996	0.67%	3.27%
1997	0.65%	3.21%
1998	0.64%	3.16%
1999	0.63%	3.11%
2000	0.62%	3.07%
2001	0.62%	3.03%
2002	0.62%	2.99%
2003	0.62%	2.97%
2004	0.61%	2.94%
2005	0.61%	2.91%
2006	0.6%	2.88%
2007	0.6%	2.85%
2008	0.59%	2.81%
2009	0.58%	2.76%
2010	0.57%	2.72%
2011	0.56%	2.67%
2012	0.56%	2.62%
2013	0.55%	2.58%
2014	0.54%	2.53%
2015	0.54%	2.49%
2016	0.53%	2.45%
2017	0.52%	2.41%
2018	0.52%	2.36%
2019	0.51%	2.3%
2020	0.51%	2.24%
2021	0.51%	2.18%
2022	0.51%	2.12%
2023	0.51%	2.06%