Fertility & birth rates in Japan and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate in Japan vs Solomon Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Japan was 1.2 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.56 in the Solomon Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Japan vs the Solomon 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
	Japan	Solomon Islands
1960	2	7.07
1961	1.96	7.05
1962	1.98	7.04
1963	2	7.03
1964	2.05	7.05
1965	2.14	7.02
1966	1.58	7
1967	2.23	6.97
1968	2.13	6.95
1969	2.13	6.97
1970	2.13	6.98
1971	2.16	6.99
1972	2.14	6.99
1973	2.14	7
1974	2.05	7.01
1975	1.91	6.99
1976	1.85	6.95
1977	1.8	6.92
1978	1.79	6.87
1979	1.77	6.82
1980	1.75	6.77
1981	1.74	6.71
1982	1.77	6.64
1983	1.8	6.57
1984	1.81	6.49
1985	1.76	6.38
1986	1.72	6.26
1987	1.69	6.12
1988	1.66	5.99
1989	1.57	5.87
1990	1.54	5.74
1991	1.53	5.62
1992	1.5	5.51
1993	1.46	5.45
1994	1.5	5.4
1995	1.42	5.34
1996	1.43	5.22
1997	1.39	5.09
1998	1.38	4.98
1999	1.34	4.86
2000	1.36	4.76
2001	1.33	4.67
2002	1.32	4.6
2003	1.29	4.54
2004	1.29	4.47
2005	1.26	4.41
2006	1.32	4.39
2007	1.34	4.37
2008	1.37	4.36
2009	1.37	4.35
2010	1.39	4.34
2011	1.39	4.34
2012	1.41	4.33
2013	1.43	4.33
2014	1.42	4.36
2015	1.45	4.29
2016	1.44	4.2
2017	1.43	4.06
2018	1.42	3.93
2019	1.36	3.8
2020	1.33	3.75
2021	1.3	3.69
2022	1.26	3.62
2023	1.2	3.56
2024	1.21	3.51
2025	1.22	3.47
2026	1.22	3.42
2027	1.23	3.37
2028	1.24	3.32
2029	1.25	3.28
2030	1.25	3.24
2031	1.26	3.2
2032	1.26	3.16
2033	1.27	3.12
2034	1.28	3.08
2035	1.28	3.04
2036	1.29	3
2037	1.29	2.97
2038	1.3	2.94
2039	1.3	2.91
2040	1.3	2.88
2041	1.31	2.84
2042	1.31	2.82
2043	1.31	2.79
2044	1.32	2.76
2045	1.32	2.73
2046	1.33	2.71
2047	1.33	2.68
2048	1.33	2.66
2049	1.34	2.63
2050	1.34	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Japan	Solomon Islands
1960	29.8%	46.3%
1961	29.1%	46.1%
1962	28%	46%
1963	26.8%	45.9%
1964	25.8%	45.8%
1965	25.1%	45.9%
1966	24.4%	46%
1967	23.8%	46.2%
1968	23.5%	46.4%
1969	23.4%	46.6%
1970	23.3%	46.7%
1971	23.3%	46.8%
1972	23.4%	46.9%
1973	23.6%	47.1%
1974	23.8%	47.5%
1975	23.8%	47.9%
1976	23.9%	48.2%
1977	23.9%	48.3%
1978	23.8%	48.3%
1979	23.7%	48.3%
1980	23.4%	48.3%
1981	23.3%	48.2%
1982	23.1%	48.1%
1983	22.6%	47.9%
1984	22.2%	47.8%
1985	21.7%	47.5%
1986	21%	47.3%
1987	20.3%	46.9%
1988	19.5%	46.6%
1989	18.8%	46.2%
1990	18%	45.8%
1991	17.4%	45.4%
1992	16.9%	45.1%
1993	16.4%	44.8%
1994	16%	44.5%
1995	15.6%	44.3%
1996	15.3%	44%
1997	15.1%	43.8%
1998	14.8%	43.5%
1999	14.6%	43.2%
2000	14.4%	42.9%
2001	14.2%	42.5%
2002	14.1%	42.2%
2003	13.9%	41.9%
2004	13.8%	41.7%
2005	13.8%	41.5%
2006	13.7%	41.3%
2007	13.6%	41.2%
2008	13.5%	41.2%
2009	13.5%	41.1%
2010	13.4%	41%
2011	13.3%	40.8%
2012	13.2%	40.7%
2013	13.1%	40.4%
2014	13%	40.2%
2015	12.8%	40%
2016	12.7%	39.7%
2017	12.6%	39.4%
2018	12.5%	39%
2019	12.4%	38.7%
2020	12.2%	38.4%
2021	12%	38.1%
2022	11.9%	37.7%
2023	11.6%	37.4%
2024	11.4%	37%
2025	11.2%	36.6%
2026	11%	36.1%
2027	10.9%	35.7%
2028	10.7%	35.2%
2029	10.5%	34.7%
2030	10.4%	34.3%
2031	10.3%	33.9%
2032	10.2%	33.5%
2033	10.1%	33.2%
2034	10.1%	32.9%
2035	10.1%	32.7%
2036	10.1%	32.4%
2037	10.1%	32.2%
2038	10.2%	31.9%
2039	10.3%	31.7%
2040	10.4%	31.5%
2041	10.5%	31.2%
2042	10.6%	31%
2043	10.7%	30.7%
2044	10.8%	30.4%
2045	10.9%	30.2%
2046	11%	29.9%
2047	11.1%	29.6%
2048	11.2%	29.3%
2049	11.2%	29%
2050	11.2%	28.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.4% of the population in Japan and 37% in the Solomon Islands in 2024, compared to 18% and 45.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Japan and the Solomon Islands compared.

Natural population change in Japan vs Solomon Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.41% in Japan and +2.38% in the Solomon 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
	Japan	Solomon Islands
1960	894,874	4,119
1961	893,522	4,257
1962	901,864	4,408
1963	987,770	4,571
1964	1,046,553	4,747
1965	1,126,448	4,885
1966	682,072	5,028
1967	1,258,475	5,151
1968	1,191,930	5,285
1969	1,195,962	5,444
1970	1,230,496	5,575
1971	1,331,782	5,814
1972	1,372,006	6,074
1973	1,391,449	6,343
1974	1,332,960	6,612
1975	1,204,989	6,635
1976	1,127,750	7,058
1977	1,070,397	7,290
1978	1,011,234	7,598
1979	950,298	7,874
1980	864,372	8,156
1981	811,861	8,436
1982	805,664	8,720
1983	775,495	9,011
1984	756,523	9,299
1985	676,687	9,534
1986	631,706	9,656
1987	598,138	9,943
1988	527,085	10,142
1989	467,662	10,354
1990	407,478	10,561
1991	396,685	10,789
1992	360,833	11,029
1993	312,073	11,396
1994	363,017	11,771
1995	276,039	12,124
1996	314,392	12,328
1997	277,325	12,478
1998	265,440	12,658
1999	202,610	12,809
2000	228,317	12,938
2001	203,438	13,061
2002	178,423	13,195
2003	114,946	13,344
2004	76,656	13,444
2005	-25,554	13,568
2006	12,785	13,799
2007	-25,600	13,963
2008	-51,225	14,225
2009	-76,828	14,381
2010	-128,070	14,604
2011	-204,533	15,095
2012	-229,733	15,585
2013	-242,146	16,038
2014	-267,279	16,652
2015	-292,424	16,909
2016	-343,106	17,027
2017	-406,310	16,897
2018	-456,520	16,790
2019	-531,858	16,649
2020	-542,923	16,488
2021	-640,976	16,626
2022	-825,825	17,253
2023	-871,617	17,436

Maternal mortality chart: Japan vs Solomon Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 3 deaths per 100,000 live births in Japan, compared to 123 deaths in the Solomon Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Japan	Solomon Islands
1985	19	209
1986	18	226
1987	17	200
1988	16	193
1989	15	188
1990	14	184
1991	13	178
1992	13	174
1993	12	173
1994	11	170
1995	11	168
1996	11	166
1997	10	164
1998	10	165
1999	9	164
2000	9	166
2001	8	167
2002	8	168
2003	8	167
2004	7	164
2005	7	161
2006	7	159
2007	6	163
2008	6	153
2009	6	152
2010	6	148
2011	6	147
2012	6	146
2013	5	147
2014	5	147
2015	5	146
2016	5	143
2017	5	140
2018	5	136
2019	5	135
2020	4	131
2021	4	153
2022	5	126
2023	3	123

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Japan and 2.06% in the Solomon 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
	Japan	Solomon Islands
1960	3.97%	16.7%
1961	3.62%	16%
1962	3.29%	15.4%
1963	2.98%	14.7%
1964	2.7%	14%
1965	2.46%	13.3%
1966	2.26%	12.7%
1967	2.1%	12%
1968	1.96%	11.3%
1969	1.85%	10.6%
1970	1.75%	9.94%
1971	1.65%	9.29%
1972	1.57%	8.69%
1973	1.49%	8.12%
1974	1.41%	7.6%
1975	1.33%	7.9%
1976	1.25%	6.68%
1977	1.18%	6.29%
1978	1.11%	5.95%
1979	1.05%	5.64%
1980	0.99%	5.38%
1981	0.93%	5.14%
1982	0.88%	4.93%
1983	0.83%	4.74%
1984	0.79%	4.58%
1985	0.75%	4.42%
1986	0.71%	4.28%
1987	0.68%	4.16%
1988	0.66%	4.04%
1989	0.64%	3.93%
1990	0.63%	3.82%
1991	0.62%	3.72%
1992	0.61%	3.62%
1993	0.6%	3.52%
1994	0.59%	3.43%
1995	0.57%	3.35%
1996	0.55%	3.27%
1997	0.52%	3.21%
1998	0.5%	3.16%
1999	0.47%	3.11%
2000	0.45%	3.07%
2001	0.43%	3.03%
2002	0.41%	2.99%
2003	0.4%	2.97%
2004	0.39%	2.94%
2005	0.37%	2.91%
2006	0.36%	2.88%
2007	0.35%	2.85%
2008	0.34%	2.81%
2009	0.34%	2.76%
2010	0.33%	2.72%
2011	0.33%	2.67%
2012	0.31%	2.62%
2013	0.3%	2.58%
2014	0.29%	2.53%
2015	0.28%	2.49%
2016	0.27%	2.45%
2017	0.26%	2.41%
2018	0.25%	2.36%
2019	0.25%	2.3%
2020	0.24%	2.24%
2021	0.24%	2.18%
2022	0.24%	2.12%
2023	0.24%	2.06%