Fertility & birth rates in Fiji and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Fiji vs Marshall Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Fiji was 2.28 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Fiji vs the Marshall 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
	Fiji	Marshall Islands
1960	6.36	8.08
1961	6.28	8.12
1962	6.2	8.12
1963	6.09	8.12
1964	5.96	8.14
1965	5.76	8.16
1966	5.55	8.2
1967	5.33	8.17
1968	5.11	8.14
1969	4.91	8.11
1970	4.71	8.07
1971	4.51	8.04
1972	4.32	8
1973	4.16	7.95
1974	4.07	7.9
1975	4.1	7.83
1976	4.12	7.76
1977	4.11	7.67
1978	4.1	7.58
1979	4.08	7.47
1980	4.04	7.37
1981	3.99	7.27
1982	3.94	7.18
1983	3.88	7.08
1984	3.8	6.99
1985	3.66	6.87
1986	3.54	6.73
1987	3.48	6.57
1988	3.43	6.38
1989	3.4	6.18
1990	3.39	5.97
1991	3.37	5.76
1992	3.33	5.55
1993	3.29	5.38
1994	3.26	5.23
1995	3.25	5.09
1996	3.25	5.02
1997	3.19	4.96
1998	3.12	4.87
1999	3.05	4.78
2000	2.99	4.7
2001	2.97	4.58
2002	2.97	4.49
2003	2.96	4.42
2004	2.94	4.34
2005	2.92	4.28
2006	2.91	4.2
2007	2.87	4.09
2008	2.82	3.97
2009	2.76	3.83
2010	2.7	3.67
2011	2.63	3.53
2012	2.61	3.38
2013	2.6	3.25
2014	2.59	3.18
2015	2.57	3.13
2016	2.52	3.09
2017	2.46	3.06
2018	2.42	3.04
2019	2.38	3.01
2020	2.36	2.99
2021	2.33	2.96
2022	2.31	2.94
2023	2.28	2.92
2024	2.27	2.86
2025	2.25	2.82
2026	2.23	2.77
2027	2.21	2.73
2028	2.2	2.69
2029	2.18	2.65
2030	2.16	2.6
2031	2.15	2.57
2032	2.13	2.53
2033	2.12	2.5
2034	2.1	2.47
2035	2.09	2.44
2036	2.07	2.41
2037	2.06	2.38
2038	2.05	2.36
2039	2.04	2.34
2040	2.03	2.31
2041	2.01	2.29
2042	2.01	2.26
2043	1.99	2.24
2044	1.98	2.23
2045	1.97	2.21
2046	1.96	2.19
2047	1.95	2.17
2048	1.94	2.15
2049	1.94	2.13
2050	1.93	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Fiji	Marshall Islands
1960	46.4%	46.1%
1961	46.5%	46.7%
1962	46.5%	47.1%
1963	46.5%	47.4%
1964	46.4%	47.5%
1965	46.4%	47.5%
1966	46.3%	47.2%
1967	46.1%	46.7%
1968	45.9%	46.1%
1969	45.6%	45.3%
1970	45.2%	45%
1971	44.7%	45.6%
1972	44.2%	46.6%
1973	43.5%	47.3%
1974	42.8%	47.8%
1975	42.2%	48.2%
1976	41.5%	48.5%
1977	40.9%	49%
1978	40.4%	49.4%
1979	40%	49.8%
1980	39.6%	50.1%
1981	39.3%	50.3%
1982	39.1%	50.3%
1983	39%	50.4%
1984	38.9%	50.4%
1985	38.9%	50.6%
1986	38.8%	50.7%
1987	38.7%	50.8%
1988	38.7%	50.8%
1989	38.7%	50.6%
1990	38.7%	50.2%
1991	38.5%	49.7%
1992	38.2%	49.1%
1993	37.9%	48.4%
1994	37.5%	47.5%
1995	37.1%	46.6%
1996	36.6%	45.6%
1997	36.1%	44.7%
1998	35.5%	43.7%
1999	34.9%	42.8%
2000	34.3%	42%
2001	33.8%	41.3%
2002	33.4%	40.6%
2003	33%	39.9%
2004	32.6%	39.4%
2005	32.2%	39.1%
2006	31.9%	38.9%
2007	31.6%	39%
2008	31.3%	39.2%
2009	31%	39.4%
2010	30.8%	39.7%
2011	30.5%	39.7%
2012	30.2%	39.4%
2013	30%	38.8%
2014	29.8%	38.2%
2015	29.6%	37.5%
2016	29.5%	36.8%
2017	29.2%	36.2%
2018	28.9%	35.7%
2019	28.6%	35.1%
2020	28.3%	34.5%
2021	28%	34.4%
2022	27.7%	34.6%
2023	27.4%	34.7%
2024	27.1%	34.5%
2025	26.8%	33.9%
2026	26.6%	33.2%
2027	26.3%	32.6%
2028	26%	32%
2029	25.7%	31.4%
2030	25.4%	30.9%
2031	25%	30.3%
2032	24.7%	29.7%
2033	24.5%	29.2%
2034	24.2%	28.6%
2035	24%	28.1%
2036	23.8%	27.6%
2037	23.6%	27.3%
2038	23.5%	27.3%
2039	23.3%	27.4%
2040	23.2%	27.7%
2041	23%	28%
2042	22.9%	28.3%
2043	22.7%	28.6%
2044	22.6%	28.8%
2045	22.4%	29%
2046	22.3%	29.1%
2047	22.1%	29.1%
2048	21.9%	29%
2049	21.8%	28.8%
2050	21.6%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.1% of the population in Fiji and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Fiji and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Fiji vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.03% in Fiji and +1.69% in the Marshall 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
	Fiji	Marshall Islands
1960	13,313	452
1961	13,653	469
1962	14,429	488
1963	14,774	509
1964	14,979	536
1965	15,166	566
1966	15,111	603
1967	14,861	636
1968	14,831	685
1969	14,669	747
1970	14,538	819
1971	14,313	877
1972	13,905	913
1973	13,383	954
1974	13,557	1,000
1975	14,272	1,055
1976	14,933	1,109
1977	15,532	1,160
1978	16,196	1,207
1979	16,450	1,250
1980	16,907	1,287
1981	17,282	1,328
1982	17,681	1,375
1983	18,237	1,422
1984	18,499	1,470
1985	18,469	1,511
1986	18,024	1,544
1987	17,987	1,566
1988	18,063	1,575
1989	18,007	1,574
1990	17,748	1,556
1991	17,617	1,540
1992	17,170	1,525
1993	16,751	1,524
1994	16,424	1,524
1995	16,273	1,522
1996	16,163	1,542
1997	15,750	1,564
1998	15,464	1,576
1999	15,229	1,590
2000	14,724	1,592
2001	14,720	1,596
2002	14,468	1,594
2003	14,527	1,600
2004	14,526	1,595
2005	14,503	1,586
2006	14,555	1,556
2007	14,349	1,507
2008	14,000	1,443
2009	13,540	1,365
2010	13,227	1,273
2011	12,657	1,185
2012	11,716	1,097
2013	11,972	1,014
2014	11,680	959
2015	11,213	912
2016	10,807	866
2017	10,413	826
2018	9,779	785
2019	9,271	746
2020	8,730	689
2021	6,777	653
2022	8,223	606
2023	8,078	550

Maternal mortality chart: Fiji vs Marshall Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 30 deaths per 100,000 live births in Fiji, compared to 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Fiji	Marshall Islands
1985	78	254
1986	76	274
1987	74	282
1988	71	276
1989	70	299
1990	70	311
1991	67	297
1992	64	322
1993	62	320
1994	58	303
1995	55	303
1996	53	292
1997	51	274
1998	49	259
1999	46	250
2000	47	251
2001	46	231
2002	48	223
2003	47	221
2004	46	238
2005	44	234
2006	43	233
2007	43	229
2008	42	226
2009	41	224
2010	40	212
2011	39	209
2012	42	207
2013	40	201
2014	38	199
2015	37	184
2016	38	183
2017	34	179
2018	35	167
2019	34	168
2020	34	178
2021	68	206
2022	32	174
2023	30	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.91% in Fiji and 2.82% in the Marshall 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
	Fiji	Marshall Islands
1960	7.89%	12.2%
1961	7.53%	11.6%
1962	7.21%	11%
1963	6.9%	10.5%
1964	6.61%	10.1%
1965	6.35%	9.64%
1966	6.14%	9.25%
1967	5.97%	8.88%
1968	5.84%	8.53%
1969	5.75%	8.19%
1970	5.69%	7.87%
1971	5.66%	7.58%
1972	5.63%	7.33%
1973	5.59%	7.13%
1974	5.52%	6.97%
1975	5.41%	6.86%
1976	5.27%	6.77%
1977	5.1%	6.69%
1978	4.9%	6.61%
1979	4.68%	6.52%
1980	4.46%	6.42%
1981	4.24%	6.29%
1982	4.03%	6.15%
1983	3.84%	6%
1984	3.67%	5.83%
1985	3.51%	5.66%
1986	3.37%	5.49%
1987	3.24%	5.31%
1988	3.12%	5.13%
1989	3%	4.95%
1990	2.89%	4.76%
1991	2.78%	4.59%
1992	2.68%	4.43%
1993	2.6%	4.29%
1994	2.52%	4.2%
1995	2.45%	4.15%
1996	2.39%	4.14%
1997	2.35%	4.15%
1998	2.31%	4.19%
1999	2.28%	4.23%
2000	2.27%	4.25%
2001	2.26%	4.25%
2002	2.27%	4.24%
2003	2.28%	4.21%
2004	2.31%	4.18%
2005	2.33%	4.14%
2006	2.35%	4.1%
2007	2.35%	4.06%
2008	2.32%	4.02%
2009	2.28%	3.97%
2010	2.22%	3.94%
2011	2.16%	3.89%
2012	2.1%	3.82%
2013	2.07%	3.75%
2014	2.06%	3.66%
2015	2.09%	3.57%
2016	2.16%	3.48%
2017	2.27%	3.38%
2018	2.41%	3.29%
2019	2.57%	3.19%
2020	2.72%	3.1%
2021	2.83%	3%
2022	2.89%	2.91%
2023	2.91%	2.82%