Fertility & birth rates in Jordan and Kiribati

Fertility rate in Jordan vs Kiribati chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Jordan was 2.64 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 Jordan 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
	Jordan	Kiribati
1960	7.6	6.44
1961	7.7	6.48
1962	7.79	6.42
1963	7.85	6.35
1964	7.91	6.29
1965	7.93	6.26
1966	7.99	6.23
1967	8.06	6.11
1968	8.14	5.98
1969	8.19	5.85
1970	8.18	5.71
1971	8.15	5.55
1972	8.12	5.37
1973	8.06	5.2
1974	8	5.09
1975	7.93	5.02
1976	7.83	4.96
1977	7.72	4.96
1978	7.59	4.97
1979	7.45	4.97
1980	7.29	4.96
1981	7.12	4.96
1982	6.96	4.95
1983	6.81	4.91
1984	6.67	4.91
1985	6.53	4.91
1986	6.39	4.87
1987	6.2	4.81
1988	6.01	4.73
1989	5.8	4.69
1990	5.54	4.67
1991	5.33	4.64
1992	5.14	4.57
1993	4.97	4.49
1994	4.82	4.44
1995	4.68	4.42
1996	4.51	4.43
1997	4.32	4.37
1998	4.11	4.29
1999	3.97	4.18
2000	3.86	4.07
2001	3.8	3.96
2002	3.81	3.81
2003	3.82	3.7
2004	3.73	3.73
2005	3.65	3.76
2006	3.71	3.82
2007	3.8	3.87
2008	3.88	3.9
2009	3.84	3.91
2010	3.78	3.9
2011	3.69	3.88
2012	3.57	3.77
2013	3.45	3.64
2014	3.3	3.52
2015	3.14	3.44
2016	3.07	3.38
2017	2.99	3.34
2018	2.92	3.32
2019	2.86	3.29
2020	2.79	3.25
2021	2.74	3.22
2022	2.68	3.18
2023	2.64	3.15
2024	2.6	3.12
2025	2.57	3.09
2026	2.54	3.06
2027	2.51	3.03
2028	2.48	3
2029	2.44	2.97
2030	2.42	2.94
2031	2.39	2.92
2032	2.36	2.89
2033	2.33	2.86
2034	2.3	2.84
2035	2.27	2.81
2036	2.25	2.79
2037	2.23	2.77
2038	2.21	2.74
2039	2.19	2.72
2040	2.16	2.69
2041	2.14	2.67
2042	2.12	2.64
2043	2.1	2.62
2044	2.08	2.6
2045	2.07	2.58
2046	2.05	2.56
2047	2.04	2.54
2048	2.02	2.52
2049	2.01	2.5
2050	1.99	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Jordan	Kiribati
1960	46.1%	43.2%
1961	46.6%	43.5%
1962	47.2%	43.8%
1963	47.7%	44%
1964	48.2%	44%
1965	48.7%	43.9%
1966	49.1%	44.1%
1967	49.4%	44.5%
1968	49.8%	44.9%
1969	50%	45%
1970	50.3%	44.9%
1971	50.4%	44.8%
1972	50.6%	44.8%
1973	50.6%	44.6%
1974	50.6%	44.2%
1975	50.6%	43.7%
1976	50.5%	43.2%
1977	50.4%	42.8%
1978	50.2%	42.3%
1979	50%	41.8%
1980	49.7%	41.1%
1981	49.5%	40.5%
1982	49.2%	39.9%
1983	48.9%	39.5%
1984	48.6%	39.2%
1985	48.2%	39.2%
1986	47.9%	39.2%
1987	47.6%	39.4%
1988	47.2%	39.7%
1989	46.8%	39.9%
1990	45%	40.2%
1991	43.1%	40.5%
1992	42.2%	40.8%
1993	41.5%	41%
1994	40.9%	41.2%
1995	40.5%	41.2%
1996	40.4%	41.1%
1997	40.4%	41%
1998	40.3%	40.8%
1999	40.2%	40.5%
2000	40.1%	40.1%
2001	39.8%	39.8%
2002	39.5%	39.3%
2003	39.2%	38.9%
2004	38.8%	38.4%
2005	38.4%	38%
2006	38%	37.6%
2007	37.5%	37.3%
2008	37%	37%
2009	36.5%	36.8%
2010	36%	36.6%
2011	35.5%	36.4%
2012	35.1%	36.1%
2013	34.9%	35.7%
2014	34.9%	35.4%
2015	34.8%	35.2%
2016	34.5%	35%
2017	34.1%	35%
2018	33.7%	35.1%
2019	33.3%	35.1%
2020	32.8%	35.2%
2021	32.4%	35.2%
2022	31.9%	35.1%
2023	31.2%	34.9%
2024	30.7%	34.7%
2025	30.2%	34.4%
2026	29.6%	34%
2027	29%	33.5%
2028	28.4%	33.1%
2029	27.8%	32.7%
2030	27.3%	32.4%
2031	26.9%	32%
2032	26.6%	31.7%
2033	26.2%	31.3%
2034	25.9%	31%
2035	25.7%	30.6%
2036	25.4%	30.3%
2037	25.2%	30%
2038	25%	29.7%
2039	24.9%	29.4%
2040	24.7%	29.2%
2041	24.6%	29%
2042	24.4%	28.8%
2043	24.3%	28.6%
2044	24.1%	28.4%
2045	23.9%	28.3%
2046	23.7%	28.1%
2047	23.5%	27.9%
2048	23.3%	27.8%
2049	23.1%	27.6%
2050	22.8%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 30.7% of the population in Jordan and 34.7% in Kiribati in 2024, compared to 45% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Jordan and Kiribati compared.

Natural population change in Jordan vs Kiribati by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.92% in Jordan 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
	Jordan	Kiribati
1960	29,491	1,141
1961	32,143	1,199
1962	34,598	1,233
1963	36,858	1,273
1964	39,205	1,318
1965	41,635	1,376
1966	44,580	1,437
1967	48,791	1,417
1968	53,336	1,393
1969	57,431	1,367
1970	60,321	1,388
1971	64,763	1,406
1972	67,707	1,406
1973	70,058	1,409
1974	72,212	1,430
1975	74,392	1,423
1976	75,981	1,425
1977	78,101	1,426
1978	79,908	1,480
1979	82,076	1,509
1980	84,508	1,571
1981	86,751	1,635
1982	89,473	1,697
1983	92,863	1,748
1984	96,092	1,813
1985	99,801	1,881
1986	103,551	1,933
1987	106,536	1,982
1988	109,754	2,022
1989	112,608	2,073
1990	114,912	2,127
1991	129,642	2,176
1992	134,241	2,173
1993	139,467	2,161
1994	144,199	2,168
1995	147,652	2,183
1996	147,852	2,217
1997	145,358	2,220
1998	140,696	2,210
1999	138,201	2,186
2000	136,414	2,153
2001	136,450	2,121
2002	139,250	2,074
2003	142,443	2,045
2004	141,752	2,118
2005	141,816	2,188
2006	147,643	2,285
2007	167,574	2,393
2008	175,048	2,493
2009	177,651	2,573
2010	177,748	2,644
2011	177,076	2,709
2012	175,437	2,678
2013	170,473	2,629
2014	184,169	2,577
2015	195,495	2,555
2016	205,891	2,546
2017	205,903	2,549
2018	205,333	2,561
2019	204,933	2,560
2020	198,138	2,497
2021	190,795	2,408
2022	199,900	2,522
2023	200,895	2,487

Maternal mortality chart: Jordan vs Kiribati

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 31 deaths per 100,000 live births in Jordan, compared to 80 deaths in Kiribati.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Jordan	Kiribati
1985	100	246
1986	93	232
1987	87	231
1988	82	220
1989	79	212
1990	72	199
1991	74	188
1992	72	175
1993	71	162
1994	70	150
1995	70	148
1996	69	141
1997	67	132
1998	65	126
1999	63	121
2000	61	119
2001	60	113
2002	58	109
2003	56	105
2004	54	106
2005	53	104
2006	49	102
2007	50	101
2008	50	100
2009	49	99
2010	48	102
2011	47	98
2012	47	98
2013	44	93
2014	43	91
2015	41	90
2016	40	88
2017	38	90
2018	36	87
2019	35	89
2020	41	89
2021	79	122
2022	35	86
2023	31	80

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.32% in Jordan 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
	Jordan	Kiribati
1960	15.5%	19.9%
1961	14.6%	19.5%
1962	13.8%	18.9%
1963	13%	18.3%
1964	12.3%	17.7%
1965	11.6%	17.1%
1966	11%	16.4%
1967	10.4%	15.8%
1968	9.87%	15.2%
1969	9.38%	14.6%
1970	8.91%	14.1%
1971	8.48%	13.7%
1972	8.06%	13.3%
1973	7.67%	13%
1974	7.31%	12.7%
1975	6.96%	12.5%
1976	6.63%	12.4%
1977	6.31%	12.3%
1978	6.02%	12.2%
1979	5.74%	12%
1980	5.48%	11.9%
1981	5.22%	11.7%
1982	4.99%	11.6%
1983	4.76%	11.4%
1984	4.55%	11.1%
1985	4.34%	10.9%
1986	4.16%	10.6%
1987	3.98%	10.2%
1988	3.82%	9.87%
1989	3.68%	9.5%
1990	3.54%	9.13%
1991	3.42%	8.77%
1992	3.31%	8.44%
1993	3.2%	8.13%
1994	3.1%	7.87%
1995	3.01%	7.64%
1996	2.91%	7.42%
1997	2.83%	7.22%
1998	2.74%	7.02%
1999	2.66%	6.83%
2000	2.58%	6.64%
2001	2.5%	6.46%
2002	2.42%	6.31%
2003	2.35%	6.2%
2004	2.27%	6.13%
2005	2.2%	6.07%
2006	2.13%	6.03%
2007	2.07%	5.99%
2008	2%	5.93%
2009	1.94%	5.87%
2010	1.89%	5.82%
2011	1.83%	5.79%
2012	1.78%	5.78%
2013	1.74%	5.8%
2014	1.69%	5.84%
2015	1.65%	5.89%
2016	1.6%	5.95%
2017	1.56%	5.99%
2018	1.52%	5.98%
2019	1.48%	5.93%
2020	1.44%	5.86%
2021	1.4%	5.76%
2022	1.36%	5.65%
2023	1.32%	5.51%