Fertility & birth rates in Fiji and United States

Fertility rate in Fiji vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Fiji vs the United States 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 States
1960	6.36	3.65
1961	6.28	3.62
1962	6.2	3.46
1963	6.09	3.32
1964	5.96	3.19
1965	5.76	2.91
1966	5.55	2.72
1967	5.33	2.56
1968	5.11	2.46
1969	4.91	2.46
1970	4.71	2.48
1971	4.51	2.27
1972	4.32	2.01
1973	4.16	1.88
1974	4.07	1.84
1975	4.1	1.77
1976	4.12	1.74
1977	4.11	1.79
1978	4.1	1.76
1979	4.08	1.81
1980	4.04	1.84
1981	3.99	1.81
1982	3.94	1.83
1983	3.88	1.8
1984	3.8	1.81
1985	3.66	1.84
1986	3.54	1.84
1987	3.48	1.87
1988	3.43	1.93
1989	3.4	2.01
1990	3.39	2.08
1991	3.37	2.06
1992	3.33	2.05
1993	3.29	2.02
1994	3.26	2
1995	3.25	1.98
1996	3.25	1.98
1997	3.19	1.97
1998	3.12	2
1999	3.05	2.01
2000	2.99	2.06
2001	2.97	2.03
2002	2.97	2.02
2003	2.96	2.05
2004	2.94	2.05
2005	2.92	2.06
2006	2.91	2.11
2007	2.87	2.12
2008	2.82	2.07
2009	2.76	2
2010	2.7	1.93
2011	2.63	1.89
2012	2.61	1.88
2013	2.6	1.86
2014	2.59	1.86
2015	2.57	1.84
2016	2.52	1.82
2017	2.46	1.77
2018	2.42	1.73
2019	2.38	1.71
2020	2.36	1.64
2021	2.33	1.66
2022	2.31	1.66
2023	2.28	1.62
2024	2.27	1.62
2025	2.25	1.62
2026	2.23	1.62
2027	2.21	1.62
2028	2.2	1.62
2029	2.18	1.62
2030	2.16	1.62
2031	2.15	1.62
2032	2.13	1.62
2033	2.12	1.63
2034	2.1	1.62
2035	2.09	1.63
2036	2.07	1.63
2037	2.06	1.63
2038	2.05	1.63
2039	2.04	1.63
2040	2.03	1.63
2041	2.01	1.63
2042	2.01	1.63
2043	1.99	1.63
2044	1.98	1.63
2045	1.97	1.64
2046	1.96	1.64
2047	1.95	1.63
2048	1.94	1.64
2049	1.94	1.63
2050	1.93	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Fiji	United States
1960	46.4%	31.3%
1961	46.5%	31.4%
1962	46.5%	31.3%
1963	46.5%	31.1%
1964	46.4%	30.9%
1965	46.4%	30.7%
1966	46.3%	30.4%
1967	46.1%	30%
1968	45.9%	29.5%
1969	45.6%	29%
1970	45.2%	28.6%
1971	44.7%	28%
1972	44.2%	27.4%
1973	43.5%	26.6%
1974	42.8%	25.9%
1975	42.2%	25.2%
1976	41.5%	24.4%
1977	40.9%	23.8%
1978	40.4%	23.2%
1979	40%	22.8%
1980	39.6%	22.4%
1981	39.3%	22.1%
1982	39.1%	22%
1983	39%	21.8%
1984	38.9%	21.7%
1985	38.9%	21.5%
1986	38.8%	21.3%
1987	38.7%	21.3%
1988	38.7%	21.3%
1989	38.7%	21.5%
1990	38.7%	21.6%
1991	38.5%	21.7%
1992	38.2%	21.8%
1993	37.9%	21.9%
1994	37.5%	21.9%
1995	37.1%	21.8%
1996	36.6%	21.7%
1997	36.1%	21.5%
1998	35.5%	21.4%
1999	34.9%	21.3%
2000	34.3%	21.2%
2001	33.8%	21%
2002	33.4%	20.9%
2003	33%	20.7%
2004	32.6%	20.5%
2005	32.2%	20.3%
2006	31.9%	20.2%
2007	31.6%	20%
2008	31.3%	19.9%
2009	31%	19.8%
2010	30.8%	19.7%
2011	30.5%	19.6%
2012	30.2%	19.5%
2013	30%	19.4%
2014	29.8%	19.3%
2015	29.6%	19.2%
2016	29.5%	19.1%
2017	29.2%	18.9%
2018	28.9%	18.8%
2019	28.6%	18.6%
2020	28.3%	18.4%
2021	28%	18.1%
2022	27.7%	17.9%
2023	27.4%	17.6%
2024	27.1%	17.3%
2025	26.8%	17.1%
2026	26.6%	16.9%
2027	26.3%	16.7%
2028	26%	16.6%
2029	25.7%	16.4%
2030	25.4%	16.3%
2031	25%	16.1%
2032	24.7%	16%
2033	24.5%	16%
2034	24.2%	15.9%
2035	24%	15.9%
2036	23.8%	15.9%
2037	23.6%	15.9%
2038	23.5%	15.9%
2039	23.3%	15.9%
2040	23.2%	15.9%
2041	23%	16%
2042	22.9%	16%
2043	22.7%	16%
2044	22.6%	16%
2045	22.4%	16%
2046	22.3%	16%
2047	22.1%	16%
2048	21.9%	16%
2049	21.8%	15.9%
2050	21.6%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 27.1% of the population in Fiji and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 38.7% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Fiji and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Fiji vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.03% in Fiji and +0.25% in the United States. 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 States
1960	13,313	2,565,530
1961	13,653	2,571,681
1962	14,429	2,406,337
1963	14,774	2,289,826
1964	14,979	2,245,099
1965	15,166	1,943,030
1966	15,111	1,749,387
1967	14,861	1,669,181
1968	14,831	1,565,507
1969	14,669	1,702,487
1970	14,538	1,824,965
1971	14,313	1,640,519
1972	13,905	1,301,355
1973	13,383	1,165,499
1974	13,557	1,218,968
1975	14,272	1,252,644
1976	14,933	1,264,604
1977	15,532	1,431,556
1978	16,196	1,402,283
1979	16,450	1,597,894
1980	16,907	1,608,450
1981	17,282	1,652,153
1982	17,681	1,714,317
1983	18,237	1,636,544
1984	18,499	1,627,192
1985	18,469	1,689,258
1986	18,024	1,656,917
1987	17,987	1,720,252
1988	18,063	1,735,943
1989	18,007	1,875,826
1990	17,748	2,026,068
1991	17,617	1,926,543
1992	17,170	1,875,328
1993	16,751	1,717,685
1994	16,424	1,633,302
1995	16,273	1,546,031
1996	16,163	1,510,137
1997	15,750	1,501,014
1998	15,464	1,573,857
1999	15,229	1,564,050
2000	14,724	1,664,758
2001	14,720	1,595,826
2002	14,468	1,581,938
2003	14,527	1,653,615
2004	14,526	1,698,271
2005	14,503	1,684,445
2006	14,555	1,849,955
2007	14,349	1,897,757
2008	14,000	1,794,154
2009	13,540	1,717,920
2010	13,227	1,548,182
2011	12,657	1,441,697
2012	11,716	1,411,822
2013	11,972	1,322,711
2014	11,680	1,357,281
2015	11,213	1,270,126
2016	10,807	1,197,627
2017	10,413	1,028,037
2018	9,779	955,022
2019	9,271	887,476
2020	8,730	208,862
2021	6,777	199,137
2022	8,223	399,926
2023	8,078	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Fiji vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Fiji	United States
1985	78	11
1986	76	11
1987	74	11
1988	71	12
1989	70	12
1990	70	12
1991	67	12
1992	64	11
1993	62	12
1994	58	11
1995	55	12
1996	53	11
1997	51	11
1998	49	11
1999	46	12
2000	47	12
2001	46	13
2002	48	13
2003	47	13
2004	46	13
2005	44	13
2006	43	13
2007	43	13
2008	42	14
2009	41	15
2010	40	15
2011	39	15
2012	42	16
2013	40	16
2014	38	17
2015	37	17
2016	38	18
2017	34	18
2018	35	18
2019	34	18
2020	34	22
2021	68	31
2022	32	20
2023	30	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.91% in Fiji and 0.65% in the United States. 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 States
1960	7.89%	3.01%
1961	7.53%	2.95%
1962	7.21%	2.89%
1963	6.9%	2.83%
1964	6.61%	2.77%
1965	6.35%	2.71%
1966	6.14%	2.64%
1967	5.97%	2.57%
1968	5.84%	2.49%
1969	5.75%	2.41%
1970	5.69%	2.32%
1971	5.66%	2.24%
1972	5.63%	2.15%
1973	5.59%	2.06%
1974	5.52%	1.97%
1975	5.41%	1.88%
1976	5.27%	1.79%
1977	5.1%	1.71%
1978	4.9%	1.63%
1979	4.68%	1.56%
1980	4.46%	1.5%
1981	4.24%	1.44%
1982	4.03%	1.39%
1983	3.84%	1.34%
1984	3.67%	1.3%
1985	3.51%	1.27%
1986	3.37%	1.24%
1987	3.24%	1.21%
1988	3.12%	1.19%
1989	3%	1.16%
1990	2.89%	1.12%
1991	2.78%	1.09%
1992	2.68%	1.05%
1993	2.6%	1.01%
1994	2.52%	0.98%
1995	2.45%	0.95%
1996	2.39%	0.92%
1997	2.35%	0.89%
1998	2.31%	0.87%
1999	2.28%	0.86%
2000	2.27%	0.84%
2001	2.26%	0.83%
2002	2.27%	0.82%
2003	2.28%	0.81%
2004	2.31%	0.81%
2005	2.33%	0.8%
2006	2.35%	0.79%
2007	2.35%	0.77%
2008	2.32%	0.76%
2009	2.28%	0.75%
2010	2.22%	0.73%
2011	2.16%	0.72%
2012	2.1%	0.7%
2013	2.07%	0.69%
2014	2.06%	0.68%
2015	2.09%	0.68%
2016	2.16%	0.67%
2017	2.27%	0.66%
2018	2.41%	0.65%
2019	2.57%	0.65%
2020	2.72%	0.65%
2021	2.83%	0.65%
2022	2.89%	0.65%
2023	2.91%	0.65%