Fertility & birth rates in India and Kiribati

Fertility rate in India vs Kiribati chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in India was 1.98 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 India 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
	India	Kiribati
1960	5.92	6.44
1961	5.94	6.48
1962	5.95	6.42
1963	5.97	6.35
1964	5.98	6.29
1965	5.94	6.26
1966	5.88	6.23
1967	5.83	6.11
1968	5.76	5.98
1969	5.68	5.85
1970	5.62	5.71
1971	5.57	5.55
1972	5.48	5.37
1973	5.4	5.2
1974	5.33	5.09
1975	5.2	5.02
1976	5.13	4.96
1977	5.01	4.96
1978	4.89	4.97
1979	4.81	4.97
1980	4.78	4.96
1981	4.7	4.96
1982	4.62	4.95
1983	4.57	4.91
1984	4.52	4.91
1985	4.43	4.91
1986	4.4	4.87
1987	4.31	4.81
1988	4.22	4.73
1989	4.13	4.69
1990	4.05	4.67
1991	3.96	4.64
1992	3.88	4.57
1993	3.8	4.49
1994	3.72	4.44
1995	3.65	4.42
1996	3.58	4.43
1997	3.51	4.37
1998	3.45	4.29
1999	3.38	4.18
2000	3.35	4.07
2001	3.3	3.96
2002	3.22	3.81
2003	3.12	3.7
2004	3.05	3.73
2005	2.96	3.76
2006	2.87	3.82
2007	2.78	3.87
2008	2.71	3.9
2009	2.67	3.91
2010	2.6	3.9
2011	2.53	3.88
2012	2.47	3.77
2013	2.4	3.64
2014	2.29	3.52
2015	2.29	3.44
2016	2.28	3.38
2017	2.19	3.34
2018	2.18	3.32
2019	2.12	3.29
2020	2.05	3.25
2021	2.01	3.22
2022	1.99	3.18
2023	1.98	3.15
2024	1.96	3.12
2025	1.94	3.09
2026	1.93	3.06
2027	1.91	3.03
2028	1.9	3
2029	1.89	2.97
2030	1.88	2.94
2031	1.87	2.92
2032	1.86	2.89
2033	1.85	2.86
2034	1.84	2.84
2035	1.84	2.81
2036	1.83	2.79
2037	1.82	2.77
2038	1.81	2.74
2039	1.81	2.72
2040	1.8	2.69
2041	1.8	2.67
2042	1.79	2.64
2043	1.79	2.62
2044	1.78	2.6
2045	1.78	2.58
2046	1.78	2.56
2047	1.77	2.54
2048	1.77	2.52
2049	1.77	2.5
2050	1.76	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	India	Kiribati
1960	40.6%	43.2%
1961	40.9%	43.5%
1962	41.2%	43.8%
1963	41.5%	44%
1964	41.6%	44%
1965	41.7%	43.9%
1966	41.7%	44.1%
1967	41.6%	44.5%
1968	41.5%	44.9%
1969	41.5%	45%
1970	41.4%	44.9%
1971	41.2%	44.8%
1972	41.1%	44.8%
1973	41%	44.6%
1974	40.8%	44.2%
1975	40.7%	43.7%
1976	40.5%	43.2%
1977	40.3%	42.8%
1978	40.1%	42.3%
1979	40%	41.8%
1980	39.8%	41.1%
1981	39.7%	40.5%
1982	39.6%	39.9%
1983	39.5%	39.5%
1984	39.4%	39.2%
1985	39.3%	39.2%
1986	39.2%	39.2%
1987	39.1%	39.4%
1988	38.9%	39.7%
1989	38.8%	39.9%
1990	38.6%	40.2%
1991	38.4%	40.5%
1992	38.1%	40.8%
1993	37.9%	41%
1994	37.6%	41.2%
1995	37.3%	41.2%
1996	37%	41.1%
1997	36.7%	41%
1998	36.3%	40.8%
1999	35.9%	40.5%
2000	35.6%	40.1%
2001	35.2%	39.8%
2002	34.8%	39.3%
2003	34.4%	38.9%
2004	34%	38.4%
2005	33.6%	38%
2006	33.1%	37.6%
2007	32.7%	37.3%
2008	32.2%	37%
2009	31.8%	36.8%
2010	31.3%	36.6%
2011	30.9%	36.4%
2012	30.4%	36.1%
2013	29.9%	35.7%
2014	29.4%	35.4%
2015	28.9%	35.2%
2016	28.4%	35%
2017	27.8%	35%
2018	27.3%	35.1%
2019	26.8%	35.1%
2020	26.3%	35.2%
2021	25.9%	35.2%
2022	25.5%	35.1%
2023	25.1%	34.9%
2024	24.6%	34.7%
2025	24.2%	34.4%
2026	23.8%	34%
2027	23.4%	33.5%
2028	23%	33.1%
2029	22.7%	32.7%
2030	22.4%	32.4%
2031	22.1%	32%
2032	21.8%	31.7%
2033	21.5%	31.3%
2034	21.3%	31%
2035	21%	30.6%
2036	20.8%	30.3%
2037	20.6%	30%
2038	20.4%	29.7%
2039	20.2%	29.4%
2040	19.9%	29.2%
2041	19.7%	29%
2042	19.5%	28.8%
2043	19.3%	28.6%
2044	19.1%	28.4%
2045	18.8%	28.3%
2046	18.6%	28.1%
2047	18.4%	27.9%
2048	18.2%	27.8%
2049	18%	27.6%
2050	17.8%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.6% of the population in India and 34.7% in Kiribati in 2024, compared to 38.6% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of India and Kiribati compared.

Natural population change in India vs Kiribati by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.06% in India 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
	India	Kiribati
1960	10,237,489	1,141
1961	10,468,816	1,199
1962	10,743,409	1,233
1963	11,016,705	1,273
1964	11,285,378	1,318
1965	10,925,714	1,376
1966	11,089,894	1,437
1967	11,279,897	1,417
1968	12,006,807	1,393
1969	12,167,671	1,367
1970	12,417,866	1,388
1971	12,787,104	1,406
1972	13,041,792	1,406
1973	13,412,707	1,409
1974	13,795,836	1,430
1975	13,958,642	1,423
1976	14,435,504	1,425
1977	14,575,662	1,426
1978	14,898,145	1,480
1979	15,392,957	1,509
1980	16,018,786	1,571
1981	16,422,159	1,635
1982	16,790,507	1,697
1983	17,219,127	1,748
1984	17,698,810	1,813
1985	17,968,697	1,881
1986	18,455,495	1,933
1987	18,496,213	1,982
1988	18,702,916	2,022
1989	18,848,915	2,073
1990	18,893,588	2,127
1991	19,049,524	2,176
1992	19,132,757	2,173
1993	19,152,399	2,161
1994	19,310,798	2,168
1995	19,396,161	2,183
1996	19,442,699	2,217
1997	19,494,098	2,220
1998	19,569,575	2,210
1999	19,648,424	2,186
2000	19,984,160	2,153
2001	20,182,573	2,121
2002	20,024,621	2,074
2003	19,720,507	2,045
2004	19,469,758	2,118
2005	19,034,839	2,188
2006	18,641,737	2,285
2007	18,331,648	2,393
2008	18,234,926	2,493
2009	18,286,055	2,573
2010	17,991,935	2,644
2011	17,793,362	2,709
2012	17,552,365	2,678
2013	17,107,541	2,629
2014	16,165,943	2,577
2015	16,211,195	2,555
2016	16,202,593	2,546
2017	15,394,041	2,549
2018	15,451,168	2,561
2019	14,859,846	2,560
2020	13,366,946	2,497
2021	10,227,523	2,408
2022	13,912,130	2,522
2023	13,711,993	2,487

Maternal mortality chart: India vs Kiribati

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

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	India	Kiribati
1985	658	246
1986	624	232
1987	592	231
1988	562	220
1989	538	212
1990	516	199
1991	498	188
1992	482	175
1993	467	162
1994	451	150
1995	437	148
1996	422	141
1997	407	132
1998	393	126
1999	378	121
2000	362	119
2001	349	113
2002	330	109
2003	313	105
2004	296	106
2005	277	104
2006	258	102
2007	240	101
2008	223	100
2009	205	99
2010	188	102
2011	173	98
2012	160	98
2013	148	93
2014	137	91
2015	129	90
2016	121	88
2017	113	90
2018	107	87
2019	101	89
2020	101	89
2021	155	122
2022	90	86
2023	80	80

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.77% in India 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
	India	Kiribati
1960	24.1%	19.9%
1961	23.8%	19.5%
1962	23.5%	18.9%
1963	23.2%	18.3%
1964	22.9%	17.7%
1965	22.7%	17.1%
1966	22.4%	16.4%
1967	22.2%	15.8%
1968	22%	15.2%
1969	21.7%	14.6%
1970	21.5%	14.1%
1971	21.2%	13.7%
1972	20.8%	13.3%
1973	20.5%	13%
1974	20.1%	12.7%
1975	19.6%	12.5%
1976	19.1%	12.4%
1977	18.6%	12.3%
1978	18%	12.2%
1979	17.5%	12%
1980	16.9%	11.9%
1981	16.4%	11.7%
1982	15.9%	11.6%
1983	15.5%	11.4%
1984	15%	11.1%
1985	14.6%	10.9%
1986	14.2%	10.6%
1987	13.8%	10.2%
1988	13.4%	9.87%
1989	13%	9.5%
1990	12.7%	9.13%
1991	12.3%	8.77%
1992	12%	8.44%
1993	11.6%	8.13%
1994	11.3%	7.87%
1995	11%	7.64%
1996	10.6%	7.42%
1997	10.3%	7.22%
1998	9.89%	7.02%
1999	9.53%	6.83%
2000	9.16%	6.64%
2001	8.8%	6.46%
2002	8.45%	6.31%
2003	8.11%	6.2%
2004	7.77%	6.13%
2005	7.44%	6.07%
2006	7.11%	6.03%
2007	6.79%	5.99%
2008	6.46%	5.93%
2009	6.14%	5.87%
2010	5.82%	5.82%
2011	5.5%	5.79%
2012	5.2%	5.78%
2013	4.91%	5.8%
2014	4.63%	5.84%
2015	4.36%	5.89%
2016	4.11%	5.95%
2017	3.87%	5.99%
2018	3.64%	5.98%
2019	3.43%	5.93%
2020	3.24%	5.86%
2021	3.06%	5.76%
2022	2.91%	5.65%
2023	2.77%	5.51%