Fertility & birth rates in Colombia and Kiribati

Fertility rate in Colombia vs Kiribati chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Colombia was 1.65 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 Colombia 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
	Colombia	Kiribati
1960	6.74	6.44
1961	6.71	6.48
1962	6.66	6.42
1963	6.58	6.35
1964	6.48	6.29
1965	6.33	6.26
1966	6.16	6.23
1967	5.96	6.11
1968	5.74	5.98
1969	5.51	5.85
1970	5.28	5.71
1971	5.06	5.55
1972	4.86	5.37
1973	4.68	5.2
1974	4.53	5.09
1975	4.4	5.02
1976	4.29	4.96
1977	4.16	4.96
1978	4	4.97
1979	3.89	4.97
1980	3.8	4.96
1981	3.71	4.96
1982	3.62	4.95
1983	3.5	4.91
1984	3.35	4.91
1985	3.23	4.91
1986	3.15	4.87
1987	3.09	4.81
1988	3.04	4.73
1989	3.01	4.69
1990	3	4.67
1991	2.98	4.64
1992	2.98	4.57
1993	2.98	4.49
1994	2.94	4.44
1995	2.85	4.42
1996	2.77	4.43
1997	2.74	4.37
1998	2.72	4.29
1999	2.64	4.18
2000	2.57	4.07
2001	2.52	3.96
2002	2.49	3.81
2003	2.45	3.7
2004	2.38	3.73
2005	2.31	3.76
2006	2.24	3.82
2007	2.19	3.87
2008	2.15	3.9
2009	2.1	3.91
2010	2.01	3.9
2011	1.94	3.88
2012	1.9	3.77
2013	1.86	3.64
2014	1.82	3.52
2015	1.77	3.44
2016	1.72	3.38
2017	1.72	3.34
2018	1.72	3.32
2019	1.71	3.29
2020	1.69	3.25
2021	1.68	3.22
2022	1.66	3.18
2023	1.65	3.15
2024	1.63	3.12
2025	1.62	3.09
2026	1.6	3.06
2027	1.6	3.03
2028	1.59	3
2029	1.59	2.97
2030	1.58	2.94
2031	1.58	2.92
2032	1.57	2.89
2033	1.57	2.86
2034	1.57	2.84
2035	1.57	2.81
2036	1.57	2.79
2037	1.57	2.77
2038	1.57	2.74
2039	1.57	2.72
2040	1.57	2.69
2041	1.57	2.67
2042	1.57	2.64
2043	1.57	2.62
2044	1.57	2.6
2045	1.57	2.58
2046	1.57	2.56
2047	1.58	2.54
2048	1.58	2.52
2049	1.58	2.5
2050	1.58	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Colombia	Kiribati
1960	46.8%	43.2%
1961	47%	43.5%
1962	47.1%	43.8%
1963	47.2%	44%
1964	47.3%	44%
1965	47.2%	43.9%
1966	47.1%	44.1%
1967	46.9%	44.5%
1968	46.7%	44.9%
1969	46.4%	45%
1970	46%	44.9%
1971	45.6%	44.8%
1972	45.1%	44.8%
1973	44.6%	44.6%
1974	44%	44.2%
1975	43.4%	43.7%
1976	42.8%	43.2%
1977	42.2%	42.8%
1978	41.5%	42.3%
1979	40.9%	41.8%
1980	40.3%	41.1%
1981	39.7%	40.5%
1982	39.1%	39.9%
1983	38.6%	39.5%
1984	38.1%	39.2%
1985	37.6%	39.2%
1986	37.2%	39.2%
1987	36.9%	39.4%
1988	36.5%	39.7%
1989	36.2%	39.9%
1990	35.9%	40.2%
1991	35.6%	40.5%
1992	35.3%	40.8%
1993	35%	41%
1994	34.7%	41.2%
1995	34.4%	41.2%
1996	34%	41.1%
1997	33.7%	41%
1998	33.3%	40.8%
1999	32.9%	40.5%
2000	32.5%	40.1%
2001	32.1%	39.8%
2002	31.7%	39.3%
2003	31.3%	38.9%
2004	30.9%	38.4%
2005	30.4%	38%
2006	29.9%	37.6%
2007	29.3%	37.3%
2008	28.7%	37%
2009	28.1%	36.8%
2010	27.5%	36.6%
2011	26.9%	36.4%
2012	26.3%	36.1%
2013	25.7%	35.7%
2014	25.1%	35.4%
2015	24.5%	35.2%
2016	23.9%	35%
2017	23.3%	35%
2018	22.7%	35.1%
2019	22.1%	35.1%
2020	21.7%	35.2%
2021	21.3%	35.2%
2022	21%	35.1%
2023	20.6%	34.9%
2024	20.3%	34.7%
2025	20%	34.4%
2026	19.7%	34%
2027	19.5%	33.5%
2028	19.3%	33.1%
2029	19.1%	32.7%
2030	18.8%	32.4%
2031	18.6%	32%
2032	18.4%	31.7%
2033	18.2%	31.3%
2034	18%	31%
2035	17.7%	30.6%
2036	17.4%	30.3%
2037	17.2%	30%
2038	16.9%	29.7%
2039	16.7%	29.4%
2040	16.4%	29.2%
2041	16.2%	29%
2042	16%	28.8%
2043	15.7%	28.6%
2044	15.5%	28.4%
2045	15.4%	28.3%
2046	15.2%	28.1%
2047	15%	27.9%
2048	14.8%	27.8%
2049	14.7%	27.6%
2050	14.6%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.3% of the population in Colombia and 34.7% in Kiribati in 2024, compared to 35.9% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Colombia and Kiribati compared.

Natural population change in Colombia vs Kiribati by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.85% in Colombia 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
	Colombia	Kiribati
1960	529,316	1,141
1961	545,627	1,199
1962	559,985	1,233
1963	572,355	1,273
1964	581,435	1,318
1965	587,677	1,376
1966	590,855	1,437
1967	591,649	1,417
1968	589,407	1,393
1969	586,559	1,367
1970	583,396	1,388
1971	582,011	1,406
1972	581,361	1,406
1973	583,608	1,409
1974	589,035	1,430
1975	598,580	1,423
1976	612,265	1,425
1977	622,814	1,426
1978	626,378	1,480
1979	635,747	1,509
1980	649,872	1,571
1981	662,195	1,635
1982	675,339	1,697
1983	674,767	1,748
1984	666,315	1,813
1985	625,379	1,881
1986	659,701	1,933
1987	659,429	1,982
1988	663,796	2,022
1989	674,102	2,073
1990	682,409	2,127
1991	690,266	2,176
1992	697,763	2,173
1993	709,287	2,161
1994	708,660	2,168
1995	694,968	2,183
1996	682,547	2,217
1997	686,073	2,220
1998	687,704	2,210
1999	668,576	2,186
2000	652,176	2,153
2001	642,933	2,121
2002	640,840	2,074
2003	642,144	2,045
2004	628,424	2,118
2005	610,618	2,188
2006	594,388	2,285
2007	583,115	2,393
2008	576,654	2,493
2009	559,017	2,573
2010	533,657	2,644
2011	511,524	2,709
2012	503,285	2,678
2013	489,069	2,629
2014	470,916	2,577
2015	446,778	2,555
2016	425,087	2,546
2017	426,538	2,549
2018	433,622	2,561
2019	441,087	2,560
2020	378,965	2,497
2021	311,122	2,408
2022	406,143	2,522
2023	422,598	2,487

Maternal mortality chart: Colombia vs Kiribati

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 59 deaths per 100,000 live births in Colombia, compared to 80 deaths in Kiribati.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Colombia	Kiribati
1985	143	246
1986	123	232
1987	120	231
1988	113	220
1989	106	212
1990	102	199
1991	99	188
1992	97	175
1993	94	162
1994	93	150
1995	91	148
1996	89	141
1997	90	132
1998	92	126
1999	96	121
2000	95	119
2001	94	113
2002	91	109
2003	87	105
2004	84	106
2005	82	104
2006	81	102
2007	80	101
2008	78	100
2009	77	99
2010	76	102
2011	75	98
2012	73	98
2013	72	93
2014	71	91
2015	70	90
2016	69	88
2017	68	90
2018	67	87
2019	66	89
2020	94	89
2021	147	122
2022	74	86
2023	59	80

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.2% in Colombia 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
	Colombia	Kiribati
1960	13.4%	19.9%
1961	13%	19.5%
1962	12.6%	18.9%
1963	12.2%	18.3%
1964	11.8%	17.7%
1965	11.5%	17.1%
1966	11.1%	16.4%
1967	10.8%	15.8%
1968	10.4%	15.2%
1969	10.1%	14.6%
1970	9.72%	14.1%
1971	9.36%	13.7%
1972	8.99%	13.3%
1973	8.6%	13%
1974	8.2%	12.7%
1975	7.8%	12.5%
1976	7.39%	12.4%
1977	6.98%	12.3%
1978	6.58%	12.2%
1979	6.2%	12%
1980	5.84%	11.9%
1981	5.5%	11.7%
1982	5.17%	11.6%
1983	4.88%	11.4%
1984	4.62%	11.1%
1985	4.89%	10.9%
1986	4.17%	10.6%
1987	3.99%	10.2%
1988	3.84%	9.87%
1989	3.7%	9.5%
1990	3.57%	9.13%
1991	3.45%	8.77%
1992	3.33%	8.44%
1993	3.21%	8.13%
1994	3.1%	7.87%
1995	2.99%	7.64%
1996	2.88%	7.42%
1997	2.78%	7.22%
1998	2.68%	7.02%
1999	2.59%	6.83%
2000	2.51%	6.64%
2001	2.43%	6.46%
2002	2.35%	6.31%
2003	2.28%	6.2%
2004	2.22%	6.13%
2005	2.15%	6.07%
2006	2.09%	6.03%
2007	2.02%	5.99%
2008	1.96%	5.93%
2009	1.89%	5.87%
2010	1.83%	5.82%
2011	1.77%	5.79%
2012	1.72%	5.78%
2013	1.66%	5.8%
2014	1.61%	5.84%
2015	1.56%	5.89%
2016	1.51%	5.95%
2017	1.46%	5.99%
2018	1.41%	5.98%
2019	1.37%	5.93%
2020	1.32%	5.86%
2021	1.28%	5.76%
2022	1.24%	5.65%
2023	1.2%	5.51%