Fertility & birth rates in Gabon and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Gabon vs Marshall Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Gabon was 3.65 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Gabon vs the Marshall Islands population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Gabon	Marshall Islands
1960	4.42	8.08
1961	4.5	8.12
1962	4.59	8.12
1963	4.65	8.12
1964	4.71	8.14
1965	4.79	8.16
1966	4.86	8.2
1967	4.92	8.17
1968	4.98	8.14
1969	5.05	8.11
1970	5.1	8.07
1971	5.16	8.04
1972	5.24	8
1973	5.29	7.95
1974	5.33	7.9
1975	5.39	7.83
1976	5.46	7.76
1977	5.52	7.67
1978	5.57	7.58
1979	5.61	7.47
1980	5.66	7.37
1981	5.73	7.27
1982	5.74	7.18
1983	5.76	7.08
1984	5.73	6.99
1985	5.71	6.87
1986	5.69	6.73
1987	5.67	6.57
1988	5.62	6.38
1989	5.55	6.18
1990	5.46	5.97
1991	5.37	5.76
1992	5.29	5.55
1993	5.19	5.38
1994	5.04	5.23
1995	4.88	5.09
1996	4.74	5.02
1997	4.66	4.96
1998	4.58	4.87
1999	4.5	4.78
2000	4.47	4.7
2001	4.42	4.58
2002	4.36	4.49
2003	4.3	4.42
2004	4.25	4.34
2005	4.21	4.28
2006	4.17	4.2
2007	4.14	4.09
2008	4.12	3.97
2009	4.14	3.83
2010	4.15	3.67
2011	4.15	3.53
2012	4.09	3.38
2013	4.02	3.25
2014	3.95	3.18
2015	3.92	3.13
2016	3.92	3.09
2017	3.91	3.06
2018	3.91	3.04
2019	3.88	3.01
2020	3.83	2.99
2021	3.78	2.96
2022	3.71	2.94
2023	3.65	2.92
2024	3.59	2.86
2025	3.54	2.82
2026	3.49	2.77
2027	3.43	2.73
2028	3.37	2.69
2029	3.33	2.65
2030	3.29	2.6
2031	3.24	2.57
2032	3.2	2.53
2033	3.16	2.5
2034	3.12	2.47
2035	3.08	2.44
2036	3.04	2.41
2037	3.01	2.38
2038	2.97	2.36
2039	2.94	2.34
2040	2.91	2.31
2041	2.88	2.29
2042	2.84	2.26
2043	2.81	2.24
2044	2.78	2.23
2045	2.75	2.21
2046	2.73	2.19
2047	2.7	2.17
2048	2.67	2.15
2049	2.64	2.13
2050	2.62	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Gabon	Marshall Islands
1960	31.4%	46.1%
1961	31.8%	46.7%
1962	32.2%	47.1%
1963	32.6%	47.4%
1964	33%	47.5%
1965	33.5%	47.5%
1966	33.9%	47.2%
1967	34.3%	46.7%
1968	34.7%	46.1%
1969	35.1%	45.3%
1970	35.4%	45%
1971	35.8%	45.6%
1972	36.3%	46.6%
1973	36.7%	47.3%
1974	37.1%	47.8%
1975	37.6%	48.2%
1976	38%	48.5%
1977	38.4%	49%
1978	38.8%	49.4%
1979	39.2%	49.8%
1980	39.6%	50.1%
1981	39.9%	50.3%
1982	40.3%	50.3%
1983	40.7%	50.4%
1984	41%	50.4%
1985	41.4%	50.6%
1986	41.6%	50.7%
1987	41.9%	50.8%
1988	42.1%	50.8%
1989	42.3%	50.6%
1990	42.4%	50.2%
1991	42.5%	49.7%
1992	42.5%	49.1%
1993	42.5%	48.4%
1994	42.4%	47.5%
1995	42.3%	46.6%
1996	42%	45.6%
1997	41.8%	44.7%
1998	41.5%	43.7%
1999	41.2%	42.8%
2000	40.8%	42%
2001	40.5%	41.3%
2002	40.1%	40.6%
2003	39.7%	39.9%
2004	39.4%	39.4%
2005	39%	39.1%
2006	38.6%	38.9%
2007	38.2%	39%
2008	37.9%	39.2%
2009	37.6%	39.4%
2010	37.3%	39.7%
2011	37.1%	39.7%
2012	37%	39.4%
2013	36.8%	38.8%
2014	36.7%	38.2%
2015	36.6%	37.5%
2016	36.6%	36.8%
2017	36.6%	36.2%
2018	36.7%	35.7%
2019	36.8%	35.1%
2020	36.8%	34.5%
2021	36.8%	34.4%
2022	36.8%	34.6%
2023	36.7%	34.7%
2024	36.5%	34.5%
2025	36.2%	33.9%
2026	35.9%	33.2%
2027	35.6%	32.6%
2028	35.3%	32%
2029	34.9%	31.4%
2030	34.6%	30.9%
2031	34.2%	30.3%
2032	33.8%	29.7%
2033	33.4%	29.2%
2034	33%	28.6%
2035	32.7%	28.1%
2036	32.3%	27.6%
2037	32%	27.3%
2038	31.8%	27.3%
2039	31.5%	27.4%
2040	31.3%	27.7%
2041	31.1%	28%
2042	31%	28.3%
2043	30.8%	28.6%
2044	30.6%	28.8%
2045	30.5%	29%
2046	30.3%	29.1%
2047	30.2%	29.1%
2048	30%	29%
2049	29.8%	28.8%
2050	29.6%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 36.5% of the population in Gabon and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 42.4% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Gabon and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Gabon vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.31% in Gabon and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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
	Gabon	Marshall Islands
1960	5,732	452
1961	6,161	469
1962	6,609	488
1963	7,001	509
1964	7,402	536
1965	7,902	566
1966	8,410	603
1967	8,883	636
1968	9,417	685
1969	9,969	747
1970	10,635	819
1971	11,357	877
1972	12,095	913
1973	12,731	954
1974	13,381	1,000
1975	14,162	1,055
1976	14,998	1,109
1977	15,842	1,160
1978	16,714	1,207
1979	17,553	1,250
1980	18,503	1,287
1981	19,528	1,328
1982	20,292	1,375
1983	21,162	1,422
1984	21,851	1,470
1985	22,617	1,511
1986	23,362	1,544
1987	24,212	1,566
1988	24,888	1,575
1989	25,359	1,574
1990	25,858	1,556
1991	26,334	1,540
1992	26,810	1,525
1993	27,235	1,524
1994	27,271	1,524
1995	27,290	1,522
1996	27,450	1,542
1997	28,053	1,564
1998	28,697	1,576
1999	29,330	1,590
2000	30,210	1,592
2001	30,941	1,596
2002	31,777	1,594
2003	32,633	1,600
2004	33,615	1,595
2005	34,766	1,586
2006	35,984	1,556
2007	37,394	1,507
2008	39,002	1,443
2009	41,037	1,365
2010	43,061	1,273
2011	44,922	1,185
2012	45,941	1,097
2013	46,829	1,014
2014	47,704	959
2015	48,876	912
2016	50,321	866
2017	51,455	826
2018	52,476	785
2019	53,185	746
2020	52,745	689
2021	52,611	653
2022	52,944	606
2023	53,167	550

Maternal mortality chart: Gabon vs Marshall Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 233 deaths per 100,000 live births in Gabon, compared to 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Gabon	Marshall Islands
1985	373	254
1986	369	274
1987	366	282
1988	367	276
1989	366	299
1990	368	311
1991	369	297
1992	371	322
1993	364	320
1994	357	303
1995	341	303
1996	321	292
1997	290	274
1998	258	259
1999	216	250
2000	178	251
2001	160	231
2002	151	223
2003	134	221
2004	142	238
2005	175	234
2006	186	233
2007	173	229
2008	158	226
2009	158	224
2010	144	212
2011	149	209
2012	173	207
2013	235	201
2014	273	199
2015	239	184
2016	215	183
2017	184	179
2018	176	167
2019	179	168
2020	194	178
2021	249	206
2022	216	174
2023	233	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.32% in Gabon and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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
	Gabon	Marshall Islands
1960	21.9%	12.2%
1961	21.2%	11.6%
1962	20.5%	11%
1963	19.8%	10.5%
1964	19.2%	10.1%
1965	18.6%	9.64%
1966	17.9%	9.25%
1967	17.4%	8.88%
1968	16.8%	8.53%
1969	16.2%	8.19%
1970	15.7%	7.87%
1971	15.2%	7.58%
1972	14.7%	7.33%
1973	14.2%	7.13%
1974	13.7%	6.97%
1975	13.3%	6.86%
1976	12.8%	6.77%
1977	12.4%	6.69%
1978	12%	6.61%
1979	11.6%	6.52%
1980	11.2%	6.42%
1981	10.8%	6.29%
1982	10.5%	6.15%
1983	10.1%	6%
1984	9.81%	5.83%
1985	9.52%	5.66%
1986	9.26%	5.49%
1987	9.03%	5.31%
1988	8.82%	5.13%
1989	8.64%	4.95%
1990	8.49%	4.76%
1991	8.35%	4.59%
1992	8.24%	4.43%
1993	8.14%	4.29%
1994	8.06%	4.2%
1995	7.98%	4.15%
1996	7.89%	4.14%
1997	7.79%	4.15%
1998	7.67%	4.19%
1999	7.53%	4.23%
2000	7.37%	4.25%
2001	7.19%	4.25%
2002	7.01%	4.24%
2003	6.81%	4.21%
2004	6.6%	4.18%
2005	6.39%	4.14%
2006	6.21%	4.1%
2007	5.99%	4.06%
2008	5.77%	4.02%
2009	5.57%	3.97%
2010	5.35%	3.94%
2011	5.14%	3.89%
2012	4.94%	3.82%
2013	4.73%	3.75%
2014	4.57%	3.66%
2015	4.42%	3.57%
2016	4.24%	3.48%
2017	4.1%	3.38%
2018	3.96%	3.29%
2019	3.8%	3.19%
2020	3.62%	3.1%
2021	3.52%	3%
2022	3.41%	2.91%
2023	3.32%	2.82%