Fertility & birth rates in Finland and Kiribati

Fertility rate in Finland vs Kiribati chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Finland was 1.26 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.15 in Kiribati in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Finland vs Kiribati population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Finland	Kiribati
1960	2.72	6.44
1961	2.72	6.48
1962	2.68	6.42
1963	2.68	6.35
1964	2.59	6.29
1965	2.48	6.26
1966	2.41	6.23
1967	2.32	6.11
1968	2.14	5.98
1969	1.93	5.85
1970	1.83	5.71
1971	1.68	5.55
1972	1.58	5.37
1973	1.49	5.2
1974	1.61	5.09
1975	1.68	5.02
1976	1.7	4.96
1977	1.68	4.96
1978	1.64	4.97
1979	1.64	4.97
1980	1.63	4.96
1981	1.64	4.96
1982	1.71	4.95
1983	1.74	4.91
1984	1.69	4.91
1985	1.64	4.91
1986	1.6	4.87
1987	1.59	4.81
1988	1.69	4.73
1989	1.71	4.69
1990	1.78	4.67
1991	1.79	4.64
1992	1.85	4.57
1993	1.81	4.49
1994	1.85	4.44
1995	1.81	4.42
1996	1.78	4.43
1997	1.75	4.37
1998	1.7	4.29
1999	1.73	4.18
2000	1.73	4.07
2001	1.73	3.96
2002	1.72	3.81
2003	1.76	3.7
2004	1.8	3.73
2005	1.8	3.76
2006	1.84	3.82
2007	1.83	3.87
2008	1.85	3.9
2009	1.86	3.91
2010	1.87	3.9
2011	1.83	3.88
2012	1.8	3.77
2013	1.75	3.64
2014	1.71	3.52
2015	1.65	3.44
2016	1.57	3.38
2017	1.49	3.34
2018	1.41	3.32
2019	1.35	3.29
2020	1.37	3.25
2021	1.46	3.22
2022	1.32	3.18
2023	1.26	3.15
2024	1.27	3.12
2025	1.28	3.09
2026	1.28	3.06
2027	1.29	3.03
2028	1.3	3
2029	1.3	2.97
2030	1.31	2.94
2031	1.31	2.92
2032	1.32	2.89
2033	1.32	2.86
2034	1.33	2.84
2035	1.34	2.81
2036	1.34	2.79
2037	1.35	2.77
2038	1.35	2.74
2039	1.35	2.72
2040	1.36	2.69
2041	1.36	2.67
2042	1.37	2.64
2043	1.37	2.62
2044	1.37	2.6
2045	1.37	2.58
2046	1.38	2.56
2047	1.38	2.54
2048	1.39	2.52
2049	1.39	2.5
2050	1.39	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Finland	Kiribati
1960	30.4%	43.2%
1961	29.8%	43.5%
1962	29.1%	43.8%
1963	28.4%	44%
1964	27.7%	44%
1965	27.1%	43.9%
1966	26.6%	44.1%
1967	26.2%	44.5%
1968	25.7%	44.9%
1969	25.2%	45%
1970	24.6%	44.9%
1971	24%	44.8%
1972	23.4%	44.8%
1973	22.9%	44.6%
1974	22.4%	44.2%
1975	22%	43.7%
1976	21.7%	43.2%
1977	21.3%	42.8%
1978	21%	42.3%
1979	20.6%	41.8%
1980	20.3%	41.1%
1981	20%	40.5%
1982	19.8%	39.9%
1983	19.6%	39.5%
1984	19.5%	39.2%
1985	19.4%	39.2%
1986	19.3%	39.2%
1987	19.3%	39.4%
1988	19.3%	39.7%
1989	19.4%	39.9%
1990	19.3%	40.2%
1991	19.2%	40.5%
1992	19.2%	40.8%
1993	19.1%	41%
1994	19.1%	41.2%
1995	19%	41.2%
1996	18.9%	41.1%
1997	18.8%	41%
1998	18.6%	40.8%
1999	18.3%	40.5%
2000	18.2%	40.1%
2001	18%	39.8%
2002	17.9%	39.3%
2003	17.7%	38.9%
2004	17.5%	38.4%
2005	17.4%	38%
2006	17.2%	37.6%
2007	17%	37.3%
2008	16.8%	37%
2009	16.7%	36.8%
2010	16.6%	36.6%
2011	16.5%	36.4%
2012	16.4%	36.1%
2013	16.4%	35.7%
2014	16.4%	35.4%
2015	16.4%	35.2%
2016	16.3%	35%
2017	16.2%	35%
2018	16.1%	35.1%
2019	15.9%	35.1%
2020	15.7%	35.2%
2021	15.5%	35.2%
2022	15.2%	35.1%
2023	14.9%	34.9%
2024	14.6%	34.7%
2025	14.3%	34.4%
2026	14%	34%
2027	13.7%	33.5%
2028	13.4%	33.1%
2029	13.2%	32.7%
2030	12.9%	32.4%
2031	12.7%	32%
2032	12.6%	31.7%
2033	12.5%	31.3%
2034	12.4%	31%
2035	12.4%	30.6%
2036	12.4%	30.3%
2037	12.4%	30%
2038	12.4%	29.7%
2039	12.5%	29.4%
2040	12.5%	29.2%
2041	12.6%	29%
2042	12.7%	28.8%
2043	12.7%	28.6%
2044	12.8%	28.4%
2045	12.9%	28.3%
2046	13%	28.1%
2047	13%	27.9%
2048	13.1%	27.8%
2049	13.1%	27.6%
2050	13.1%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 14.6% of the population in Finland and 34.7% in Kiribati in 2024, compared to 19.3% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Finland and Kiribati compared.

Natural population change in Finland vs Kiribati by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.12% in Finland and +2.05% in Kiribati. 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
	Finland	Kiribati
1960	42,082	1,141
1961	41,487	1,199
1962	38,627	1,233
1963	40,258	1,273
1964	38,208	1,318
1965	33,771	1,376
1966	34,356	1,437
1967	33,622	1,417
1968	28,684	1,393
1969	21,732	1,367
1970	20,268	1,388
1971	15,220	1,406
1972	14,847	1,406
1973	13,532	1,409
1974	17,824	1,430
1975	21,673	1,423
1976	21,738	1,425
1977	21,799	1,426
1978	20,436	1,480
1979	19,535	1,509
1980	18,640	1,571
1981	18,720	1,635
1982	22,686	1,697
1983	21,851	1,748
1984	20,015	1,813
1985	14,707	1,881
1986	13,279	1,933
1987	11,837	1,982
1988	14,344	2,022
1989	14,396	2,073
1990	15,458	2,127
1991	16,044	2,176
1992	16,639	2,173
1993	13,679	2,161
1994	17,300	2,168
1995	13,791	2,183
1996	11,274	2,217
1997	9,766	2,220
1998	7,730	2,210
1999	7,748	2,186
2000	7,765	2,153
2001	7,263	2,121
2002	6,241	2,074
2003	7,819	2,045
2004	9,933	2,118
2005	9,968	2,188
2006	11,059	2,285
2007	9,519	2,393
2008	10,627	2,493
2009	10,678	2,573
2010	10,191	2,644
2011	9,160	2,709
2012	7,579	2,678
2013	6,527	2,629
2014	4,915	2,577
2015	2,740	2,555
2016	-1,099	2,546
2017	-3,856	2,549
2018	-7,170	2,561
2019	-8,282	2,560
2020	-8,847	2,497
2021	-7,757	2,408
2022	-18,335	2,522
2023	-17,869	2,487

Maternal mortality chart: Finland vs Kiribati

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Finland, compared to 80 deaths in Kiribati.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Finland	Kiribati
1985	7	246
1986	8	232
1987	7	231
1988	8	220
1989	8	212
1990	8	199
1991	8	188
1992	8	175
1993	7	162
1994	7	150
1995	7	148
1996	7	141
1997	7	132
1998	7	126
1999	7	121
2000	7	119
2001	7	113
2002	7	109
2003	7	105
2004	7	106
2005	8	104
2006	7	102
2007	7	101
2008	7	100
2009	8	99
2010	8	102
2011	7	98
2012	8	98
2013	8	93
2014	7	91
2015	7	90
2016	7	88
2017	8	90
2018	8	87
2019	8	89
2020	9	89
2021	8	122
2022	8	86
2023	8	80

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Finland and 5.51% in Kiribati. 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
	Finland	Kiribati
1960	2.68%	19.9%
1961	2.53%	19.5%
1962	2.38%	18.9%
1963	2.25%	18.3%
1964	2.13%	17.7%
1965	2.02%	17.1%
1966	1.92%	16.4%
1967	1.84%	15.8%
1968	1.76%	15.2%
1969	1.68%	14.6%
1970	1.61%	14.1%
1971	1.54%	13.7%
1972	1.46%	13.3%
1973	1.39%	13%
1974	1.31%	12.7%
1975	1.23%	12.5%
1976	1.14%	12.4%
1977	1.06%	12.3%
1978	0.99%	12.2%
1979	0.92%	12%
1980	0.87%	11.9%
1981	0.82%	11.7%
1982	0.79%	11.6%
1983	0.76%	11.4%
1984	0.75%	11.1%
1985	0.73%	10.9%
1986	0.73%	10.6%
1987	0.72%	10.2%
1988	0.71%	9.87%
1989	0.69%	9.5%
1990	0.67%	9.13%
1991	0.64%	8.77%
1992	0.61%	8.44%
1993	0.58%	8.13%
1994	0.55%	7.87%
1995	0.52%	7.64%
1996	0.49%	7.42%
1997	0.47%	7.22%
1998	0.46%	7.02%
1999	0.44%	6.83%
2000	0.43%	6.64%
2001	0.42%	6.46%
2002	0.41%	6.31%
2003	0.4%	6.2%
2004	0.39%	6.13%
2005	0.37%	6.07%
2006	0.36%	6.03%
2007	0.35%	5.99%
2008	0.33%	5.93%
2009	0.32%	5.87%
2010	0.3%	5.82%
2011	0.29%	5.79%
2012	0.28%	5.78%
2013	0.26%	5.8%
2014	0.26%	5.84%
2015	0.25%	5.89%
2016	0.24%	5.95%
2017	0.24%	5.99%
2018	0.24%	5.98%
2019	0.23%	5.93%
2020	0.23%	5.86%
2021	0.23%	5.76%
2022	0.23%	5.65%
2023	0.23%	5.51%