Fertility & birth rates in Fiji and Palestine

Fertility rate in Fiji vs Palestine 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 3.31 in Palestine in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Fiji vs Palestine 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	Palestine
1960	6.36	-
1961	6.28	-
1962	6.2	-
1963	6.09	-
1964	5.96	-
1965	5.76	-
1966	5.55	-
1967	5.33	-
1968	5.11	-
1969	4.91	-
1970	4.71	-
1971	4.51	-
1972	4.32	-
1973	4.16	-
1974	4.07	-
1975	4.1	-
1976	4.12	-
1977	4.11	-
1978	4.1	-
1979	4.08	-
1980	4.04	-
1981	3.99	-
1982	3.94	-
1983	3.88	-
1984	3.8	-
1985	3.66	-
1986	3.54	-
1987	3.48	-
1988	3.43	-
1989	3.4	-
1990	3.39	6.81
1991	3.37	6.75
1992	3.33	6.65
1993	3.29	6.5
1994	3.26	6.33
1995	3.25	6.16
1996	3.25	5.99
1997	3.19	5.82
1998	3.12	5.69
1999	3.05	5.58
2000	2.99	5.46
2001	2.97	5.34
2002	2.97	5.22
2003	2.96	5.06
2004	2.94	4.97
2005	2.92	4.87
2006	2.91	4.74
2007	2.87	4.63
2008	2.82	4.51
2009	2.76	4.44
2010	2.7	4.43
2011	2.63	4.31
2012	2.61	4.15
2013	2.6	4.05
2014	2.59	4
2015	2.57	3.98
2016	2.52	3.89
2017	2.46	3.77
2018	2.42	3.67
2019	2.38	3.59
2020	2.36	3.51
2021	2.33	3.44
2022	2.31	3.38
2023	2.28	3.31
2024	2.27	3.25
2025	2.25	3.19
2026	2.23	3.13
2027	2.21	3.07
2028	2.2	3.02
2029	2.18	2.97
2030	2.16	2.93
2031	2.15	2.89
2032	2.13	2.85
2033	2.12	2.81
2034	2.1	2.78
2035	2.09	2.75
2036	2.07	2.71
2037	2.06	2.68
2038	2.05	2.65
2039	2.04	2.62
2040	2.03	2.59
2041	2.01	2.56
2042	2.01	2.53
2043	1.99	2.51
2044	1.98	2.48
2045	1.97	2.45
2046	1.96	2.43
2047	1.95	2.41
2048	1.94	2.38
2049	1.94	2.36
2050	1.93	2.34

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Fiji	Palestine
1960	46.4%	-
1961	46.5%	-
1962	46.5%	-
1963	46.5%	-
1964	46.4%	-
1965	46.4%	-
1966	46.3%	-
1967	46.1%	-
1968	45.9%	-
1969	45.6%	-
1970	45.2%	-
1971	44.7%	-
1972	44.2%	-
1973	43.5%	-
1974	42.8%	-
1975	42.2%	-
1976	41.5%	-
1977	40.9%	-
1978	40.4%	-
1979	40%	-
1980	39.6%	-
1981	39.3%	-
1982	39.1%	-
1983	39%	-
1984	38.9%	-
1985	38.9%	-
1986	38.8%	-
1987	38.7%	-
1988	38.7%	-
1989	38.7%	-
1990	38.7%	49.1%
1991	38.5%	49.1%
1992	38.2%	49%
1993	37.9%	49%
1994	37.5%	48.9%
1995	37.1%	48.8%
1996	36.6%	48.6%
1997	36.1%	48.4%
1998	35.5%	48.1%
1999	34.9%	47.8%
2000	34.3%	47.4%
2001	33.8%	47.1%
2002	33.4%	46.6%
2003	33%	46.1%
2004	32.6%	45.6%
2005	32.2%	45%
2006	31.9%	44.3%
2007	31.6%	43.7%
2008	31.3%	43%
2009	31%	42.4%
2010	30.8%	41.9%
2011	30.5%	41.5%
2012	30.2%	41.1%
2013	30%	40.7%
2014	29.8%	40.4%
2015	29.6%	40.1%
2016	29.5%	39.9%
2017	29.2%	39.7%
2018	28.9%	39.6%
2019	28.6%	39.5%
2020	28.3%	39.3%
2021	28%	39%
2022	27.7%	38.7%
2023	27.4%	38.4%
2024	27.1%	38%
2025	26.8%	37.6%
2026	26.6%	37%
2027	26.3%	36.5%
2028	26%	35.9%
2029	25.7%	35.3%
2030	25.4%	34.7%
2031	25%	34%
2032	24.7%	33.4%
2033	24.5%	32.8%
2034	24.2%	32.3%
2035	24%	31.8%
2036	23.8%	31.4%
2037	23.6%	31%
2038	23.5%	30.6%
2039	23.3%	30.3%
2040	23.2%	30%
2041	23%	29.7%
2042	22.9%	29.4%
2043	22.7%	29.2%
2044	22.6%	28.9%
2045	22.4%	28.6%
2046	22.3%	28.4%
2047	22.1%	28.1%
2048	21.9%	27.8%
2049	21.8%	27.5%
2050	21.6%	27.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.1% of the population in Fiji and 38% in Palestine in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 49.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Fiji and Palestine compared.

Natural population change in Fiji vs Palestine by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.03% in Fiji and +2.64% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	13,313	-
1961	13,653	-
1962	14,429	-
1963	14,774	-
1964	14,979	-
1965	15,166	-
1966	15,111	-
1967	14,861	-
1968	14,831	-
1969	14,669	-
1970	14,538	-
1971	14,313	-
1972	13,905	-
1973	13,383	-
1974	13,557	-
1975	14,272	-
1976	14,933	-
1977	15,532	-
1978	16,196	-
1979	16,450	-
1980	16,907	-
1981	17,282	-
1982	17,681	-
1983	18,237	-
1984	18,499	-
1985	18,469	-
1986	18,024	-
1987	17,987	-
1988	18,063	-
1989	18,007	-
1990	17,748	76,163
1991	17,617	79,444
1992	17,170	82,865
1993	16,751	86,434
1994	16,424	90,156
1995	16,273	94,037
1996	16,163	98,085
1997	15,750	102,307
1998	15,464	103,566
1999	15,229	104,823
2000	14,724	106,367
2001	14,720	107,320
2002	14,468	108,560
2003	14,527	109,162
2004	14,526	110,045
2005	14,503	110,569
2006	14,555	111,728
2007	14,349	112,453
2008	14,000	108,395
2009	13,540	111,724
2010	13,227	117,674
2011	12,657	119,021
2012	11,716	119,185
2013	11,972	120,503
2014	11,680	120,724
2015	11,213	126,189
2016	10,807	126,698
2017	10,413	125,688
2018	9,779	124,791
2019	9,271	124,508
2020	8,730	122,416
2021	6,777	120,396
2022	8,223	123,987
2023	8,078	102,613

Maternal mortality chart: Fiji vs Palestine

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 16 deaths in Palestine.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Fiji	Palestine
1985	78	102
1986	76	96
1987	74	87
1988	71	85
1989	70	82
1990	70	78
1991	67	75
1992	64	73
1993	62	69
1994	58	66
1995	55	64
1996	53	61
1997	51	60
1998	49	59
1999	46	58
2000	47	59
2001	46	60
2002	48	58
2003	47	56
2004	46	55
2005	44	52
2006	43	51
2007	43	49
2008	42	49
2009	41	48
2010	40	42
2011	39	39
2012	42	36
2013	40	32
2014	38	29
2015	37	26
2016	38	23
2017	34	21
2018	35	19
2019	34	18
2020	34	20
2021	68	29
2022	32	17
2023	30	16

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.91% in Fiji and 2.63% in Palestine. 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	Palestine
1960	7.89%	-
1961	7.53%	-
1962	7.21%	-
1963	6.9%	-
1964	6.61%	-
1965	6.35%	-
1966	6.14%	-
1967	5.97%	-
1968	5.84%	-
1969	5.75%	-
1970	5.69%	-
1971	5.66%	-
1972	5.63%	-
1973	5.59%	-
1974	5.52%	-
1975	5.41%	10.8%
1976	5.27%	10.2%
1977	5.1%	9.55%
1978	4.9%	8.98%
1979	4.68%	8.45%
1980	4.46%	7.95%
1981	4.24%	7.48%
1982	4.03%	7.04%
1983	3.84%	6.63%
1984	3.67%	6.25%
1985	3.51%	5.89%
1986	3.37%	5.56%
1987	3.24%	5.25%
1988	3.12%	4.97%
1989	3%	4.72%
1990	2.89%	4.49%
1991	2.78%	4.28%
1992	2.68%	4.09%
1993	2.6%	3.92%
1994	2.52%	3.77%
1995	2.45%	3.62%
1996	2.39%	3.49%
1997	2.35%	3.36%
1998	2.31%	3.24%
1999	2.28%	3.13%
2000	2.27%	3.03%
2001	2.26%	2.94%
2002	2.27%	2.85%
2003	2.28%	2.77%
2004	2.31%	2.68%
2005	2.33%	2.6%
2006	2.35%	2.52%
2007	2.35%	2.43%
2008	2.32%	2.35%
2009	2.28%	2.28%
2010	2.22%	2.2%
2011	2.16%	2.12%
2012	2.1%	2.04%
2013	2.07%	1.97%
2014	2.06%	2.2%
2015	2.09%	1.83%
2016	2.16%	1.76%
2017	2.27%	1.69%
2018	2.41%	1.63%
2019	2.57%	1.57%
2020	2.72%	1.52%
2021	2.83%	1.47%
2022	2.89%	1.42%
2023	2.91%	2.63%