Fertility & birth rates in Estonia and Kiribati

Fertility rate in Estonia vs Kiribati chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Estonia was 1.31 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 Estonia 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
	Estonia	Kiribati
1960	1.98	6.44
1961	1.98	6.48
1962	1.95	6.42
1963	1.89	6.35
1964	1.94	6.29
1965	1.88	6.26
1966	1.87	6.23
1967	1.9	6.11
1968	2.03	5.98
1969	2.13	5.85
1970	2.17	5.71
1971	2.19	5.55
1972	2.13	5.37
1973	2.06	5.2
1974	2.07	5.09
1975	2.04	5.02
1976	2.07	4.96
1977	2.06	4.96
1978	2.02	4.97
1979	2	4.97
1980	2.02	4.96
1981	2.07	4.96
1982	2.07	4.95
1983	2.16	4.91
1984	2.17	4.91
1985	2.13	4.91
1986	2.18	4.87
1987	2.27	4.81
1988	2.27	4.73
1989	2.22	4.69
1990	2.05	4.67
1991	1.8	4.64
1992	1.71	4.57
1993	1.49	4.49
1994	1.42	4.44
1995	1.38	4.42
1996	1.37	4.43
1997	1.32	4.37
1998	1.28	4.29
1999	1.3	4.18
2000	1.36	4.07
2001	1.32	3.96
2002	1.36	3.81
2003	1.37	3.7
2004	1.47	3.73
2005	1.52	3.76
2006	1.58	3.82
2007	1.69	3.87
2008	1.72	3.9
2009	1.7	3.91
2010	1.72	3.9
2011	1.61	3.88
2012	1.56	3.77
2013	1.52	3.64
2014	1.54	3.52
2015	1.58	3.44
2016	1.6	3.38
2017	1.59	3.34
2018	1.67	3.32
2019	1.66	3.29
2020	1.58	3.25
2021	1.61	3.22
2022	1.41	3.18
2023	1.31	3.15
2024	1.32	3.12
2025	1.33	3.09
2026	1.34	3.06
2027	1.35	3.03
2028	1.36	3
2029	1.37	2.97
2030	1.38	2.94
2031	1.39	2.92
2032	1.39	2.89
2033	1.4	2.86
2034	1.4	2.84
2035	1.41	2.81
2036	1.41	2.79
2037	1.42	2.77
2038	1.42	2.74
2039	1.42	2.72
2040	1.43	2.69
2041	1.43	2.67
2042	1.44	2.64
2043	1.44	2.62
2044	1.44	2.6
2045	1.45	2.58
2046	1.45	2.56
2047	1.46	2.54
2048	1.46	2.52
2049	1.46	2.5
2050	1.46	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Estonia	Kiribati
1960	23.1%	43.2%
1961	23.3%	43.5%
1962	23.3%	43.8%
1963	23.2%	44%
1964	23%	44%
1965	22.8%	43.9%
1966	22.6%	44.1%
1967	22.3%	44.5%
1968	22.2%	44.9%
1969	22.1%	45%
1970	22.1%	44.9%
1971	22%	44.8%
1972	22%	44.8%
1973	21.9%	44.6%
1974	21.8%	44.2%
1975	21.6%	43.7%
1976	21.6%	43.2%
1977	21.5%	42.8%
1978	21.5%	42.3%
1979	21.6%	41.8%
1980	21.7%	41.1%
1981	21.8%	40.5%
1982	21.9%	39.9%
1983	22%	39.5%
1984	22.1%	39.2%
1985	22.1%	39.2%
1986	22.1%	39.2%
1987	22.2%	39.4%
1988	22.2%	39.7%
1989	22.3%	39.9%
1990	22.3%	40.2%
1991	22.1%	40.5%
1992	21.8%	40.8%
1993	21.4%	41%
1994	21.1%	41.2%
1995	20.7%	41.2%
1996	20.3%	41.1%
1997	19.8%	41%
1998	19.2%	40.8%
1999	18.4%	40.5%
2000	17.6%	40.1%
2001	17.2%	39.8%
2002	16.6%	39.3%
2003	16.1%	38.9%
2004	15.6%	38.4%
2005	15.2%	38%
2006	15%	37.6%
2007	14.9%	37.3%
2008	14.9%	37%
2009	15%	36.8%
2010	15.2%	36.6%
2011	15.4%	36.4%
2012	15.6%	36.1%
2013	15.7%	35.7%
2014	15.9%	35.4%
2015	16%	35.2%
2016	16.2%	35%
2017	16.3%	35%
2018	16.4%	35.1%
2019	16.4%	35.1%
2020	16.4%	35.2%
2021	16.4%	35.2%
2022	16.2%	35.1%
2023	16%	34.9%
2024	15.6%	34.7%
2025	15.3%	34.4%
2026	14.9%	34%
2027	14.6%	33.5%
2028	14.3%	33.1%
2029	14%	32.7%
2030	13.7%	32.4%
2031	13.4%	32%
2032	13.1%	31.7%
2033	12.8%	31.3%
2034	12.4%	31%
2035	12.2%	30.6%
2036	12%	30.3%
2037	11.8%	30%
2038	11.8%	29.7%
2039	11.9%	29.4%
2040	11.9%	29.2%
2041	12%	29%
2042	12.1%	28.8%
2043	12.2%	28.6%
2044	12.3%	28.4%
2045	12.5%	28.3%
2046	12.6%	28.1%
2047	12.8%	27.9%
2048	12.9%	27.8%
2049	13%	27.6%
2050	13.1%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.6% of the population in Estonia and 34.7% in Kiribati in 2024, compared to 22.3% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Estonia and Kiribati compared.

Natural population change in Estonia vs Kiribati by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.21% in Estonia 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
	Estonia	Kiribati
1960	7,511	1,141
1961	7,228	1,199
1962	6,457	1,233
1963	6,043	1,273
1964	6,897	1,318
1965	5,437	1,376
1966	4,842	1,437
1967	5,012	1,417
1968	5,592	1,393
1969	5,515	1,367
1970	6,257	1,388
1971	7,160	1,406
1972	6,267	1,406
1973	5,623	1,409
1974	5,956	1,430
1975	4,717	1,423
1976	4,319	1,425
1977	4,931	1,426
1978	4,088	1,480
1979	3,818	1,509
1980	3,989	1,571
1981	4,612	1,635
1982	5,244	1,697
1983	5,884	1,748
1984	5,163	1,813
1985	4,281	1,881
1986	6,160	1,933
1987	6,829	1,982
1988	6,404	2,022
1989	5,803	2,073
1990	2,825	2,127
1991	-312	2,176
1992	-1,993	2,173
1993	-5,976	2,161
1994	-8,044	2,168
1995	-7,327	2,183
1996	-5,662	2,217
1997	-6,018	2,220
1998	-7,208	2,210
1999	-6,117	2,186
2000	-5,309	2,153
2001	-5,830	2,121
2002	-5,380	2,074
2003	-5,072	2,045
2004	-3,679	2,118
2005	-2,981	2,188
2006	-2,559	2,285
2007	-1,608	2,393
2008	-668	2,493
2009	-400	2,573
2010	0	2,644
2011	-531	2,709
2012	-1,455	2,678
2013	-1,713	2,629
2014	-1,972	2,577
2015	-1,315	2,555
2016	-1,316	2,546
2017	-1,713	2,549
2018	-1,322	2,561
2019	-1,327	2,560
2020	-2,659	2,497
2021	-5,324	2,408
2022	-5,665	2,522
2023	-5,070	2,487

Maternal mortality chart: Estonia vs Kiribati

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 5 deaths per 100,000 live births in Estonia, compared to 80 deaths in Kiribati.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Estonia	Kiribati
1985	56	246
1986	46	232
1987	42	231
1988	43	220
1989	48	212
1990	44	199
1991	42	188
1992	40	175
1993	46	162
1994	60	150
1995	45	148
1996	36	141
1997	31	132
1998	32	126
1999	28	121
2000	27	119
2001	25	113
2002	22	109
2003	18	105
2004	15	106
2005	15	104
2006	13	102
2007	13	101
2008	11	100
2009	10	99
2010	8	102
2011	9	98
2012	8	98
2013	6	93
2014	7	91
2015	6	90
2016	7	88
2017	5	90
2018	5	87
2019	6	89
2020	6	89
2021	8	122
2022	7	86
2023	5	80

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.21% in Estonia 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
	Estonia	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	-	14.1%
1971	-	13.7%
1972	-	13.3%
1973	-	13%
1974	-	12.7%
1975	-	12.5%
1976	-	12.4%
1977	-	12.3%
1978	-	12.2%
1979	-	12%
1980	2.24%	11.9%
1981	2.16%	11.7%
1982	2.09%	11.6%
1983	2.02%	11.4%
1984	1.96%	11.1%
1985	1.91%	10.9%
1986	1.86%	10.6%
1987	1.83%	10.2%
1988	1.81%	9.87%
1989	1.79%	9.5%
1990	1.77%	9.13%
1991	1.75%	8.77%
1992	1.73%	8.44%
1993	1.69%	8.13%
1994	1.64%	7.87%
1995	1.57%	7.64%
1996	1.48%	7.42%
1997	1.39%	7.22%
1998	1.29%	7.02%
1999	1.2%	6.83%
2000	1.1%	6.64%
2001	1.01%	6.46%
2002	0.93%	6.31%
2003	0.85%	6.2%
2004	0.78%	6.13%
2005	0.71%	6.07%
2006	0.65%	6.03%
2007	0.59%	5.99%
2008	0.54%	5.93%
2009	0.5%	5.87%
2010	0.46%	5.82%
2011	0.42%	5.79%
2012	0.39%	5.78%
2013	0.36%	5.8%
2014	0.34%	5.84%
2015	0.32%	5.89%
2016	0.3%	5.95%
2017	0.28%	5.99%
2018	0.27%	5.98%
2019	0.25%	5.93%
2020	0.24%	5.86%
2021	0.23%	5.76%
2022	0.22%	5.65%
2023	0.21%	5.51%