Fertility & birth rates in Fiji and United Arab Emirates

Fertility rate in Fiji vs United Arab Emirates 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 1.2 in the United Arab Emirates in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Fiji vs the United Arab Emirates 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	UAE
1960	6.36	6.5
1961	6.28	6.49
1962	6.2	6.49
1963	6.09	6.5
1964	5.96	6.49
1965	5.76	6.5
1966	5.55	6.5
1967	5.33	6.51
1968	5.11	6.53
1969	4.91	6.52
1970	4.71	6.52
1971	4.51	6.52
1972	4.32	6.5
1973	4.16	6.46
1974	4.07	6.41
1975	4.1	6.35
1976	4.12	6.29
1977	4.11	6.22
1978	4.1	6.15
1979	4.08	6.06
1980	4.04	5.95
1981	3.99	5.81
1982	3.94	5.66
1983	3.88	5.48
1984	3.8	5.3
1985	3.66	5.13
1986	3.54	5
1987	3.48	4.88
1988	3.43	4.77
1989	3.4	4.65
1990	3.39	4.51
1991	3.37	4.25
1992	3.33	4.09
1993	3.29	3.82
1994	3.26	3.76
1995	3.25	3.28
1996	3.25	3.06
1997	3.19	2.83
1998	3.12	2.77
1999	3.05	2.79
2000	2.99	2.73
2001	2.97	2.62
2002	2.97	2.54
2003	2.96	2.49
2004	2.94	2.38
2005	2.92	2.23
2006	2.91	1.96
2007	2.87	1.79
2008	2.82	1.52
2009	2.76	1.58
2010	2.7	1.57
2011	2.63	1.54
2012	2.61	1.53
2013	2.6	1.53
2014	2.59	1.48
2015	2.57	1.42
2016	2.52	1.37
2017	2.46	1.35
2018	2.42	1.29
2019	2.38	1.25
2020	2.36	1.29
2021	2.33	1.16
2022	2.31	1.15
2023	2.28	1.2
2024	2.27	1.21
2025	2.25	1.21
2026	2.23	1.21
2027	2.21	1.21
2028	2.2	1.22
2029	2.18	1.22
2030	2.16	1.23
2031	2.15	1.23
2032	2.13	1.24
2033	2.12	1.25
2034	2.1	1.25
2035	2.09	1.26
2036	2.07	1.26
2037	2.06	1.27
2038	2.05	1.28
2039	2.04	1.28
2040	2.03	1.28
2041	2.01	1.29
2042	2.01	1.29
2043	1.99	1.3
2044	1.98	1.3
2045	1.97	1.31
2046	1.96	1.31
2047	1.95	1.31
2048	1.94	1.32
2049	1.94	1.32
2050	1.93	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Fiji	UAE
1960	46.4%	37.8%
1961	46.5%	36.7%
1962	46.5%	35.8%
1963	46.5%	35.1%
1964	46.4%	34.5%
1965	46.4%	33.9%
1966	46.3%	33.2%
1967	46.1%	32.1%
1968	45.9%	31.2%
1969	45.6%	30.6%
1970	45.2%	29.8%
1971	44.7%	29%
1972	44.2%	28.3%
1973	43.5%	27.8%
1974	42.8%	27.4%
1975	42.2%	27.2%
1976	41.5%	26.9%
1977	40.9%	26.8%
1978	40.4%	26.9%
1979	40%	27.1%
1980	39.6%	27.4%
1981	39.3%	28%
1982	39.1%	28.8%
1983	39%	29.5%
1984	38.9%	30.2%
1985	38.9%	30.7%
1986	38.8%	31.2%
1987	38.7%	31.2%
1988	38.7%	30.9%
1989	38.7%	30.3%
1990	38.7%	29.6%
1991	38.5%	28.8%
1992	38.2%	28.1%
1993	37.9%	27.4%
1994	37.5%	26.7%
1995	37.1%	25.9%
1996	36.6%	25.2%
1997	36.1%	24.3%
1998	35.5%	23.1%
1999	34.9%	22%
2000	34.3%	20.8%
2001	33.8%	19.8%
2002	33.4%	18.9%
2003	33%	18.3%
2004	32.6%	17.8%
2005	32.2%	17.5%
2006	31.9%	17.2%
2007	31.6%	17%
2008	31.3%	16.9%
2009	31%	16.9%
2010	30.8%	16.9%
2011	30.5%	16.8%
2012	30.2%	16.8%
2013	30%	16.8%
2014	29.8%	16.8%
2015	29.6%	16.8%
2016	29.5%	16.8%
2017	29.2%	16.8%
2018	28.9%	16.7%
2019	28.6%	16.6%
2020	28.3%	16.6%
2021	28%	16.5%
2022	27.7%	16.5%
2023	27.4%	16.3%
2024	27.1%	16.1%
2025	26.8%	16%
2026	26.6%	15.9%
2027	26.3%	15.9%
2028	26%	15.9%
2029	25.7%	15.9%
2030	25.4%	16%
2031	25%	16.1%
2032	24.7%	16.3%
2033	24.5%	16.5%
2034	24.2%	16.7%
2035	24%	16.9%
2036	23.8%	17.1%
2037	23.6%	17.3%
2038	23.5%	17.5%
2039	23.3%	17.7%
2040	23.2%	17.9%
2041	23%	18%
2042	22.9%	18.1%
2043	22.7%	18.2%
2044	22.6%	18.3%
2045	22.4%	18.3%
2046	22.3%	18.3%
2047	22.1%	18.3%
2048	21.9%	18.3%
2049	21.8%	18.2%
2050	21.6%	18.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.1% of the population in Fiji and 16.1% in the United Arab Emirates in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 29.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Fiji and the United Arab Emirates compared.

Natural population change in Fiji vs United Arab Emirates by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.03% in Fiji and +0.93% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	13,313	3,418
1961	13,653	3,657
1962	14,429	3,901
1963	14,774	4,157
1964	14,979	4,410
1965	15,166	4,675
1966	15,111	4,955
1967	14,861	5,264
1968	14,831	5,588
1969	14,669	6,138
1970	14,538	6,922
1971	14,313	7,839
1972	13,905	8,818
1973	13,383	9,822
1974	13,557	10,835
1975	14,272	11,859
1976	14,933	12,876
1977	15,532	15,787
1978	16,196	18,879
1979	16,450	21,987
1980	16,907	25,005
1981	17,282	27,560
1982	17,681	29,585
1983	18,237	31,480
1984	18,499	33,250
1985	18,469	34,855
1986	18,024	36,829
1987	17,987	37,741
1988	18,063	38,861
1989	18,007	40,148
1990	17,748	41,339
1991	17,617	41,409
1992	17,170	42,119
1993	16,751	41,324
1994	16,424	42,976
1995	16,273	38,685
1996	16,163	37,886
1997	15,750	38,207
1998	15,464	41,176
1999	15,229	46,198
2000	14,724	49,993
2001	14,720	52,789
2002	14,468	55,922
2003	14,527	59,118
2004	14,526	60,344
2005	14,503	60,046
2006	14,555	54,338
2007	14,349	55,048
2008	14,000	55,426
2009	13,540	66,521
2010	13,227	69,907
2011	12,657	73,496
2012	11,716	78,682
2013	11,972	82,977
2014	11,680	84,277
2015	11,213	85,044
2016	10,807	87,028
2017	10,413	89,382
2018	9,779	86,840
2019	9,271	86,296
2020	8,730	87,871
2021	6,777	76,802
2022	8,223	81,758
2023	8,078	92,698

Maternal mortality chart: Fiji vs United Arab Emirates

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 3 deaths in the United Arab Emirates.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Fiji	UAE
1985	78	19
1986	76	19
1987	74	19
1988	71	19
1989	70	19
1990	70	19
1991	67	19
1992	64	19
1993	62	19
1994	58	19
1995	55	18
1996	53	16
1997	51	14
1998	49	12
1999	46	10
2000	47	8
2001	46	7
2002	48	5
2003	47	5
2004	46	4
2005	44	4
2006	43	3
2007	43	3
2008	42	3
2009	41	3
2010	40	3
2011	39	4
2012	42	4
2013	40	4
2014	38	3
2015	37	3
2016	38	3
2017	34	3
2018	35	3
2019	34	3
2020	34	6
2021	68	6
2022	32	2
2023	30	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.91% in Fiji and 0.5% in the United Arab Emirates. 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	UAE
1960	7.89%	20.1%
1961	7.53%	19%
1962	7.21%	18%
1963	6.9%	16.9%
1964	6.61%	15.8%
1965	6.35%	14.8%
1966	6.14%	13.7%
1967	5.97%	12.6%
1968	5.84%	11.6%
1969	5.75%	10.6%
1970	5.69%	9.62%
1971	5.66%	8.72%
1972	5.63%	7.89%
1973	5.59%	7.12%
1974	5.52%	6.43%
1975	5.41%	5.8%
1976	5.27%	5.23%
1977	5.1%	4.7%
1978	4.9%	4.22%
1979	4.68%	3.78%
1980	4.46%	3.4%
1981	4.24%	3.06%
1982	4.03%	2.77%
1983	3.84%	2.52%
1984	3.67%	2.31%
1985	3.51%	2.12%
1986	3.37%	1.97%
1987	3.24%	1.83%
1988	3.12%	1.71%
1989	3%	1.61%
1990	2.89%	1.51%
1991	2.78%	1.43%
1992	2.68%	1.37%
1993	2.6%	1.31%
1994	2.52%	1.26%
1995	2.45%	1.21%
1996	2.39%	1.18%
1997	2.35%	1.15%
1998	2.31%	1.12%
1999	2.28%	1.09%
2000	2.27%	1.07%
2001	2.26%	1.05%
2002	2.27%	1.03%
2003	2.28%	1.01%
2004	2.31%	1%
2005	2.33%	0.98%
2006	2.35%	0.96%
2007	2.35%	0.94%
2008	2.32%	0.92%
2009	2.28%	0.9%
2010	2.22%	0.88%
2011	2.16%	0.86%
2012	2.1%	0.84%
2013	2.07%	0.82%
2014	2.06%	0.79%
2015	2.09%	0.77%
2016	2.16%	0.73%
2017	2.27%	0.7%
2018	2.41%	0.67%
2019	2.57%	0.63%
2020	2.72%	0.6%
2021	2.83%	0.56%
2022	2.89%	0.53%
2023	2.91%	0.5%