Fertility & birth rates in Comoros and Kiribati

Fertility rate in Comoros vs Kiribati chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Comoros was 3.88 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 Comoros 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
	Comoros	Kiribati
1960	6.79	6.44
1961	6.85	6.48
1962	6.9	6.42
1963	6.92	6.35
1964	6.94	6.29
1965	6.97	6.26
1966	7	6.23
1967	7.02	6.11
1968	7.05	5.98
1969	7.07	5.85
1970	7.1	5.71
1971	7.12	5.55
1972	7.14	5.37
1973	7.17	5.2
1974	7.16	5.09
1975	7.16	5.02
1976	7.16	4.96
1977	7.15	4.96
1978	7.16	4.97
1979	7.16	4.97
1980	7.15	4.96
1981	7.14	4.96
1982	7.13	4.95
1983	7.11	4.91
1984	7.07	4.91
1985	7.02	4.91
1986	6.95	4.87
1987	6.87	4.81
1988	6.76	4.73
1989	6.65	4.69
1990	6.51	4.67
1991	6.35	4.64
1992	6.19	4.57
1993	6.02	4.49
1994	5.86	4.44
1995	5.73	4.42
1996	5.63	4.43
1997	5.51	4.37
1998	5.39	4.29
1999	5.28	4.18
2000	5.23	4.07
2001	5.2	3.96
2002	5.16	3.81
2003	5.12	3.7
2004	5.07	3.73
2005	5.01	3.76
2006	4.93	3.82
2007	4.86	3.87
2008	4.81	3.9
2009	4.78	3.91
2010	4.76	3.9
2011	4.72	3.88
2012	4.65	3.77
2013	4.57	3.64
2014	4.49	3.52
2015	4.42	3.44
2016	4.35	3.38
2017	4.28	3.34
2018	4.21	3.32
2019	4.14	3.29
2020	4.07	3.25
2021	4	3.22
2022	3.94	3.18
2023	3.88	3.15
2024	3.82	3.12
2025	3.76	3.09
2026	3.71	3.06
2027	3.65	3.03
2028	3.6	3
2029	3.55	2.97
2030	3.5	2.94
2031	3.44	2.92
2032	3.4	2.89
2033	3.36	2.86
2034	3.31	2.84
2035	3.27	2.81
2036	3.23	2.79
2037	3.19	2.77
2038	3.15	2.74
2039	3.11	2.72
2040	3.07	2.69
2041	3.04	2.67
2042	3	2.64
2043	2.97	2.62
2044	2.93	2.6
2045	2.9	2.58
2046	2.87	2.56
2047	2.84	2.54
2048	2.81	2.52
2049	2.78	2.5
2050	2.76	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Comoros	Kiribati
1960	41.6%	43.2%
1961	42%	43.5%
1962	42.5%	43.8%
1963	43.1%	44%
1964	43.7%	44%
1965	44.1%	43.9%
1966	44.5%	44.1%
1967	44.9%	44.5%
1968	45.3%	44.9%
1969	45.6%	45%
1970	45.8%	44.9%
1971	45.9%	44.8%
1972	46%	44.8%
1973	46.2%	44.6%
1974	46.3%	44.2%
1975	46.4%	43.7%
1976	46.6%	43.2%
1977	46.7%	42.8%
1978	46.8%	42.3%
1979	46.9%	41.8%
1980	46.9%	41.1%
1981	46.9%	40.5%
1982	46.9%	39.9%
1983	46.9%	39.5%
1984	46.8%	39.2%
1985	46.9%	39.2%
1986	46.9%	39.2%
1987	46.9%	39.4%
1988	46.9%	39.7%
1989	47%	39.9%
1990	47%	40.2%
1991	46.9%	40.5%
1992	47.1%	40.8%
1993	47.5%	41%
1994	47.7%	41.2%
1995	47.9%	41.2%
1996	47.9%	41.1%
1997	47.9%	41%
1998	47.7%	40.8%
1999	47.4%	40.5%
2000	47%	40.1%
2001	46.7%	39.8%
2002	46.6%	39.3%
2003	46.3%	38.9%
2004	45.7%	38.4%
2005	45%	38%
2006	44.3%	37.6%
2007	43.6%	37.3%
2008	42.9%	37%
2009	42.2%	36.8%
2010	41.6%	36.6%
2011	41%	36.4%
2012	40.5%	36.1%
2013	40.2%	35.7%
2014	40%	35.4%
2015	39.8%	35.2%
2016	39.6%	35%
2017	39.3%	35%
2018	38.9%	35.1%
2019	38.6%	35.1%
2020	38.3%	35.2%
2021	38%	35.2%
2022	37.7%	35.1%
2023	37.4%	34.9%
2024	37.1%	34.7%
2025	36.9%	34.4%
2026	36.6%	34%
2027	36.3%	33.5%
2028	36%	33.1%
2029	35.7%	32.7%
2030	35.3%	32.4%
2031	35%	32%
2032	34.7%	31.7%
2033	34.4%	31.3%
2034	34%	31%
2035	33.7%	30.6%
2036	33.4%	30.3%
2037	33.1%	30%
2038	32.8%	29.7%
2039	32.5%	29.4%
2040	32.2%	29.2%
2041	32%	29%
2042	31.7%	28.8%
2043	31.5%	28.6%
2044	31.2%	28.4%
2045	31%	28.3%
2046	30.8%	28.1%
2047	30.6%	27.9%
2048	30.3%	27.8%
2049	30.1%	27.6%
2050	29.9%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.1% of the population in Comoros and 34.7% in Kiribati in 2024, compared to 47% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Comoros and Kiribati compared.

Natural population change in Comoros vs Kiribati by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Comoros 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
	Comoros	Kiribati
1960	4,886	1,141
1961	5,027	1,199
1962	5,157	1,233
1963	5,249	1,273
1964	5,359	1,318
1965	5,465	1,376
1966	5,601	1,437
1967	5,741	1,417
1968	5,960	1,393
1969	6,189	1,367
1970	6,456	1,388
1971	6,722	1,406
1972	7,019	1,406
1973	7,328	1,409
1974	7,654	1,430
1975	7,752	1,423
1976	8,371	1,425
1977	8,750	1,426
1978	9,189	1,480
1979	9,637	1,509
1980	10,095	1,571
1981	10,569	1,635
1982	11,002	1,697
1983	11,367	1,748
1984	11,830	1,813
1985	12,202	1,881
1986	12,566	1,933
1987	12,869	1,982
1988	13,144	2,022
1989	13,374	2,073
1990	13,610	2,127
1991	13,783	2,176
1992	13,867	2,173
1993	13,667	2,161
1994	13,465	2,168
1995	13,403	2,183
1996	13,390	2,217
1997	13,254	2,220
1998	13,099	2,210
1999	13,161	2,186
2000	13,270	2,153
2001	13,598	2,121
2002	13,760	2,074
2003	14,031	2,045
2004	14,349	2,118
2005	14,810	2,188
2006	15,124	2,285
2007	15,393	2,393
2008	15,804	2,493
2009	16,315	2,573
2010	16,849	2,644
2011	17,313	2,709
2012	17,565	2,678
2013	17,776	2,629
2014	17,876	2,577
2015	17,961	2,555
2016	17,913	2,546
2017	17,798	2,549
2018	17,883	2,561
2019	17,936	2,560
2020	17,906	2,497
2021	17,645	2,408
2022	18,154	2,522
2023	18,247	2,487

Maternal mortality chart: Comoros vs Kiribati

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 179 deaths per 100,000 live births in Comoros, compared to 80 deaths in Kiribati.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Comoros	Kiribati
1985	850	246
1986	825	232
1987	811	231
1988	791	220
1989	768	212
1990	737	199
1991	704	188
1992	675	175
1993	642	162
1994	602	150
1995	571	148
1996	545	141
1997	520	132
1998	515	126
1999	486	121
2000	476	119
2001	440	113
2002	428	109
2003	400	105
2004	385	106
2005	373	104
2006	360	102
2007	352	101
2008	334	100
2009	320	99
2010	305	102
2011	291	98
2012	274	98
2013	260	93
2014	247	91
2015	237	90
2016	225	88
2017	219	90
2018	209	87
2019	202	89
2020	198	89
2021	215	122
2022	186	86
2023	179	80

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.98% in Comoros 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
	Comoros	Kiribati
1960	-	19.9%
1961	-	19.5%
1962	-	18.9%
1963	-	18.3%
1964	-	17.7%
1965	-	17.1%
1966	-	16.4%
1967	-	15.8%
1968	-	15.2%
1969	-	14.6%
1970	23.2%	14.1%
1971	22.5%	13.7%
1972	22%	13.3%
1973	21.4%	13%
1974	20.8%	12.7%
1975	20.3%	12.5%
1976	19.7%	12.4%
1977	19.1%	12.3%
1978	18.6%	12.2%
1979	18%	12%
1980	17.4%	11.9%
1981	16.8%	11.7%
1982	16.2%	11.6%
1983	15.7%	11.4%
1984	15.1%	11.1%
1985	14.6%	10.9%
1986	14%	10.6%
1987	13.5%	10.2%
1988	13%	9.87%
1989	12.6%	9.5%
1990	12.1%	9.13%
1991	11.6%	8.77%
1992	11.1%	8.44%
1993	10.7%	8.13%
1994	10.2%	7.87%
1995	9.78%	7.64%
1996	9.37%	7.42%
1997	9%	7.22%
1998	8.63%	7.02%
1999	8.28%	6.83%
2000	7.96%	6.64%
2001	7.65%	6.46%
2002	7.36%	6.31%
2003	7.07%	6.2%
2004	6.8%	6.13%
2005	6.55%	6.07%
2006	6.31%	6.03%
2007	6.08%	5.99%
2008	5.88%	5.93%
2009	5.69%	5.87%
2010	5.51%	5.82%
2011	5.36%	5.79%
2012	5.21%	5.78%
2013	5.08%	5.8%
2014	4.97%	5.84%
2015	4.87%	5.89%
2016	4.76%	5.95%
2017	4.66%	5.99%
2018	4.56%	5.98%
2019	4.46%	5.93%
2020	4.35%	5.86%
2021	4.24%	5.76%
2022	4.11%	5.65%
2023	3.98%	5.51%