Fertility & birth rates in Fiji and United Kingdom

Fertility rate in Fiji vs United Kingdom 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 1.56 in the United Kingdom in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Fiji vs the United Kingdom 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	United Kingdom
1960	6.36	2.69
1961	6.28	2.78
1962	6.2	2.86
1963	6.09	2.88
1964	5.96	2.93
1965	5.76	2.86
1966	5.55	2.78
1967	5.33	2.68
1968	5.11	2.6
1969	4.91	2.51
1970	4.71	2.44
1971	4.51	2.41
1972	4.32	2.2
1973	4.16	2.04
1974	4.07	1.92
1975	4.1	1.81
1976	4.12	1.74
1977	4.11	1.69
1978	4.1	1.75
1979	4.08	1.86
1980	4.04	1.9
1981	3.99	1.82
1982	3.94	1.78
1983	3.88	1.77
1984	3.8	1.77
1985	3.66	1.79
1986	3.54	1.78
1987	3.48	1.81
1988	3.43	1.82
1989	3.4	1.79
1990	3.39	1.83
1991	3.37	1.82
1992	3.33	1.79
1993	3.29	1.76
1994	3.26	1.74
1995	3.25	1.71
1996	3.25	1.73
1997	3.19	1.72
1998	3.12	1.71
1999	3.05	1.68
2000	2.99	1.64
2001	2.97	1.63
2002	2.97	1.63
2003	2.96	1.7
2004	2.94	1.75
2005	2.92	1.76
2006	2.91	1.82
2007	2.87	1.86
2008	2.82	1.91
2009	2.76	1.89
2010	2.7	1.92
2011	2.63	1.91
2012	2.61	1.92
2013	2.6	1.83
2014	2.59	1.81
2015	2.57	1.8
2016	2.52	1.79
2017	2.46	1.74
2018	2.42	1.68
2019	2.38	1.63
2020	2.36	1.57
2021	2.33	1.58
2022	2.31	1.56
2023	2.28	1.56
2024	2.27	1.55
2025	2.25	1.54
2026	2.23	1.53
2027	2.21	1.53
2028	2.2	1.53
2029	2.18	1.52
2030	2.16	1.52
2031	2.15	1.52
2032	2.13	1.53
2033	2.12	1.53
2034	2.1	1.53
2035	2.09	1.53
2036	2.07	1.53
2037	2.06	1.53
2038	2.05	1.53
2039	2.04	1.53
2040	2.03	1.53
2041	2.01	1.54
2042	2.01	1.54
2043	1.99	1.54
2044	1.98	1.54
2045	1.97	1.54
2046	1.96	1.54
2047	1.95	1.54
2048	1.94	1.54
2049	1.94	1.55
2050	1.93	1.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Fiji	United Kingdom
1960	46.4%	23.3%
1961	46.5%	23.3%
1962	46.5%	23.2%
1963	46.5%	23.2%
1964	46.4%	23.3%
1965	46.4%	23.4%
1966	46.3%	23.5%
1967	46.1%	23.7%
1968	45.9%	23.9%
1969	45.6%	24%
1970	45.2%	24.1%
1971	44.7%	24.1%
1972	44.2%	24%
1973	43.5%	23.9%
1974	42.8%	23.6%
1975	42.2%	23.3%
1976	41.5%	22.9%
1977	40.9%	22.4%
1978	40.4%	21.9%
1979	40%	21.4%
1980	39.6%	21%
1981	39.3%	20.6%
1982	39.1%	20.2%
1983	39%	19.8%
1984	38.9%	19.5%
1985	38.9%	19.3%
1986	38.8%	19.1%
1987	38.7%	18.9%
1988	38.7%	18.9%
1989	38.7%	19.1%
1990	38.7%	19.1%
1991	38.5%	19.3%
1992	38.2%	19.4%
1993	37.9%	19.5%
1994	37.5%	19.6%
1995	37.1%	19.5%
1996	36.6%	19.4%
1997	36.1%	19.3%
1998	35.5%	19.3%
1999	34.9%	19.2%
2000	34.3%	18.9%
2001	33.8%	18.7%
2002	33.4%	18.5%
2003	33%	18.4%
2004	32.6%	18.3%
2005	32.2%	18.2%
2006	31.9%	18%
2007	31.6%	17.9%
2008	31.3%	17.8%
2009	31%	17.8%
2010	30.8%	17.8%
2011	30.5%	17.7%
2012	30.2%	17.8%
2013	30%	17.8%
2014	29.8%	17.8%
2015	29.6%	17.9%
2016	29.5%	18%
2017	29.2%	18%
2018	28.9%	18.1%
2019	28.6%	18%
2020	28.3%	18%
2021	28%	17.8%
2022	27.7%	17.6%
2023	27.4%	17.4%
2024	27.1%	17.2%
2025	26.8%	17%
2026	26.6%	16.7%
2027	26.3%	16.5%
2028	26%	16.2%
2029	25.7%	16%
2030	25.4%	15.7%
2031	25%	15.5%
2032	24.7%	15.3%
2033	24.5%	15.2%
2034	24.2%	15.1%
2035	24%	15%
2036	23.8%	14.9%
2037	23.6%	14.9%
2038	23.5%	14.8%
2039	23.3%	14.8%
2040	23.2%	14.8%
2041	23%	14.8%
2042	22.9%	14.8%
2043	22.7%	14.9%
2044	22.6%	14.9%
2045	22.4%	14.9%
2046	22.3%	15%
2047	22.1%	15%
2048	21.9%	15%
2049	21.8%	15%
2050	21.6%	15.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.1% of the population in Fiji and 17.2% in the United Kingdom in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 19.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Fiji and the United Kingdom compared.

Natural population change in Fiji vs United Kingdom by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.03% in Fiji and +0.16% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	13,313	314,400
1961	13,653	311,519
1962	14,429	340,800
1963	14,774	337,995
1964	14,979	405,000
1965	15,166	364,132
1966	15,111	333,356
1967	14,861	346,145
1968	14,831	292,622
1969	14,669	260,577
1970	14,538	244,918
1971	14,313	257,123
1972	13,905	162,650
1973	13,383	112,389
1974	13,557	67,476
1975	14,272	33,735
1976	14,933	-5,621
1977	15,532	0
1978	16,196	16,859
1979	16,450	61,872
1980	16,907	95,734
1981	17,282	73,234
1982	17,681	56,314
1983	18,237	61,966
1984	18,499	84,633
1985	18,469	79,170
1986	18,024	90,690
1987	17,987	136,325
1988	18,063	136,628
1989	18,007	119,861
1990	17,748	154,569
1991	17,617	143,562
1992	17,170	149,709
1993	16,751	103,893
1994	16,424	127,304
1995	16,273	87,028
1996	16,163	98,884
1997	15,750	99,138
1998	15,464	87,730
1999	15,229	64,551
2000	14,724	70,671
2001	14,720	65,032
2002	14,468	65,308
2003	14,527	89,471
2004	14,526	131,974
2005	14,503	144,963
2006	14,555	176,455
2007	14,349	196,232
2008	14,000	216,325
2009	13,540	230,422
2010	13,227	251,066
2011	12,657	259,361
2012	11,716	248,473
2013	11,972	198,830
2014	11,680	206,784
2015	11,213	175,738
2016	10,807	177,139
2017	10,413	145,125
2018	9,779	119,321
2019	9,271	108,342
2020	8,730	-4,272
2021	6,777	30,612
2022	8,223	39,751
2023	8,078	34,589

Maternal mortality chart: Fiji vs United Kingdom

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 8 deaths in the United Kingdom.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Fiji	United Kingdom
1985	78	2
1986	76	2
1987	74	3
1988	71	4
1989	70	5
1990	70	6
1991	67	7
1992	64	7
1993	62	8
1994	58	9
1995	55	9
1996	53	8
1997	51	9
1998	49	10
1999	46	11
2000	47	12
2001	46	13
2002	48	13
2003	47	14
2004	46	13
2005	44	12
2006	43	12
2007	43	11
2008	42	11
2009	41	11
2010	40	10
2011	39	10
2012	42	9
2013	40	9
2014	38	9
2015	37	9
2016	38	9
2017	34	9
2018	35	9
2019	34	9
2020	34	14
2021	68	13
2022	32	15
2023	30	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.91% in Fiji and 0.45% in the United Kingdom. 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	United Kingdom
1960	7.89%	2.66%
1961	7.53%	2.61%
1962	7.21%	2.56%
1963	6.9%	2.49%
1964	6.61%	2.42%
1965	6.35%	2.34%
1966	6.14%	2.28%
1967	5.97%	2.22%
1968	5.84%	2.18%
1969	5.75%	2.14%
1970	5.69%	2.1%
1971	5.66%	2.06%
1972	5.63%	2%
1973	5.59%	1.94%
1974	5.52%	1.87%
1975	5.41%	1.8%
1976	5.27%	1.72%
1977	5.1%	1.64%
1978	4.9%	1.57%
1979	4.68%	1.49%
1980	4.46%	1.41%
1981	4.24%	1.34%
1982	4.03%	1.27%
1983	3.84%	1.22%
1984	3.67%	1.17%
1985	3.51%	1.14%
1986	3.37%	1.11%
1987	3.24%	1.08%
1988	3.12%	1.04%
1989	3%	0.99%
1990	2.89%	0.93%
1991	2.78%	0.87%
1992	2.68%	0.82%
1993	2.6%	0.77%
1994	2.52%	0.74%
1995	2.45%	0.72%
1996	2.39%	0.7%
1997	2.35%	0.69%
1998	2.31%	0.68%
1999	2.28%	0.67%
2000	2.27%	0.65%
2001	2.26%	0.64%
2002	2.27%	0.63%
2003	2.28%	0.63%
2004	2.31%	0.61%
2005	2.33%	0.6%
2006	2.35%	0.59%
2007	2.35%	0.58%
2008	2.32%	0.56%
2009	2.28%	0.54%
2010	2.22%	0.52%
2011	2.16%	0.5%
2012	2.1%	0.48%
2013	2.07%	0.46%
2014	2.06%	0.45%
2015	2.09%	0.45%
2016	2.16%	0.44%
2017	2.27%	0.44%
2018	2.41%	0.44%
2019	2.57%	0.44%
2020	2.72%	0.44%
2021	2.83%	0.44%
2022	2.89%	0.45%
2023	2.91%	0.45%