Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Lebanon

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Lebanon chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Kiribati was 3.15 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.24 in Lebanon in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kiribati	Lebanon
1960	6.44	5.88
1961	6.48	5.89
1962	6.42	5.9
1963	6.35	5.91
1964	6.29	5.85
1965	6.26	5.77
1966	6.23	5.68
1967	6.11	5.57
1968	5.98	5.45
1969	5.85	5.32
1970	5.71	5.19
1971	5.55	5.05
1972	5.37	4.91
1973	5.2	4.79
1974	5.09	4.65
1975	5.02	4.52
1976	4.96	4.39
1977	4.96	4.28
1978	4.97	4.18
1979	4.97	4.08
1980	4.96	4.01
1981	4.96	3.95
1982	4.95	3.86
1983	4.91	3.73
1984	4.91	3.66
1985	4.91	3.53
1986	4.87	3.47
1987	4.81	3.42
1988	4.73	3.39
1989	4.69	3.36
1990	4.67	3.27
1991	4.64	3.16
1992	4.57	3.05
1993	4.49	2.94
1994	4.44	2.82
1995	4.42	2.73
1996	4.43	2.7
1997	4.37	2.67
1998	4.29	2.65
1999	4.18	2.63
2000	4.07	2.6
2001	3.96	2.58
2002	3.81	2.52
2003	3.7	2.46
2004	3.73	2.38
2005	3.76	2.29
2006	3.82	2.24
2007	3.87	2.2
2008	3.9	2.17
2009	3.91	2.19
2010	3.9	2.26
2011	3.88	2.32
2012	3.77	2.35
2013	3.64	2.36
2014	3.52	2.38
2015	3.44	2.38
2016	3.38	2.39
2017	3.34	2.37
2018	3.32	2.35
2019	3.29	2.33
2020	3.25	2.31
2021	3.22	2.28
2022	3.18	2.26
2023	3.15	2.24
2024	3.12	2.23
2025	3.09	2.21
2026	3.06	2.19
2027	3.03	2.17
2028	3	2.15
2029	2.97	2.13
2030	2.94	2.11
2031	2.92	2.1
2032	2.89	2.09
2033	2.86	2.07
2034	2.84	2.06
2035	2.81	2.05
2036	2.79	2.03
2037	2.77	2.02
2038	2.74	2.01
2039	2.72	2
2040	2.69	1.98
2041	2.67	1.97
2042	2.64	1.97
2043	2.62	1.96
2044	2.6	1.95
2045	2.58	1.94
2046	2.56	1.93
2047	2.54	1.92
2048	2.52	1.92
2049	2.5	1.91
2050	2.48	1.9

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Lebanon
1960	43.2%	42.4%
1961	43.5%	43.1%
1962	43.8%	43.6%
1963	44%	44.1%
1964	44%	44.4%
1965	43.9%	44.4%
1966	44.1%	44.2%
1967	44.5%	43.9%
1968	44.9%	43.6%
1969	45%	43.3%
1970	44.9%	42.9%
1971	44.8%	42.5%
1972	44.8%	42.1%
1973	44.6%	41.7%
1974	44.2%	41.3%
1975	43.7%	40.9%
1976	43.2%	40.6%
1977	42.8%	40.3%
1978	42.3%	39.8%
1979	41.8%	39.4%
1980	41.1%	39%
1981	40.5%	38.7%
1982	39.9%	38.4%
1983	39.5%	38.2%
1984	39.2%	38%
1985	39.2%	37.7%
1986	39.2%	37.5%
1987	39.4%	37.3%
1988	39.7%	37.1%
1989	39.9%	36.9%
1990	40.2%	36.7%
1991	40.5%	36.5%
1992	40.8%	36.2%
1993	41%	35.8%
1994	41.2%	35.3%
1995	41.2%	34.8%
1996	41.1%	34.2%
1997	41%	33.6%
1998	40.8%	33.1%
1999	40.5%	32.5%
2000	40.1%	31.9%
2001	39.8%	31.4%
2002	39.3%	30.8%
2003	38.9%	30.2%
2004	38.4%	29.6%
2005	38%	28.9%
2006	37.6%	28.3%
2007	37.3%	27.7%
2008	37%	27.2%
2009	36.8%	26.8%
2010	36.6%	26.4%
2011	36.4%	26.1%
2012	36.1%	25.9%
2013	35.7%	25.7%
2014	35.4%	25.6%
2015	35.2%	25.8%
2016	35%	26.4%
2017	35%	26.9%
2018	35.1%	27.5%
2019	35.1%	27.9%
2020	35.2%	27.9%
2021	35.2%	27.6%
2022	35.1%	27.2%
2023	34.9%	26.7%
2024	34.7%	26.2%
2025	34.4%	25.6%
2026	34%	25%
2027	33.5%	24.3%
2028	33.1%	23.7%
2029	32.7%	23.2%
2030	32.4%	22.7%
2031	32%	22.3%
2032	31.7%	22%
2033	31.3%	21.8%
2034	31%	21.8%
2035	30.6%	21.8%
2036	30.3%	21.7%
2037	30%	21.6%
2038	29.7%	21.6%
2039	29.4%	21.5%
2040	29.2%	21.5%
2041	29%	21.4%
2042	28.8%	21.3%
2043	28.6%	21.2%
2044	28.4%	21.1%
2045	28.3%	21%
2046	28.1%	20.9%
2047	27.9%	20.7%
2048	27.8%	20.5%
2049	27.6%	20.3%
2050	27.4%	20%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 26.2% in Lebanon in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 36.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Lebanon compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Lebanon by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +1.22% in Lebanon. 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
	Kiribati	Lebanon
1960	1,141	52,515
1961	1,199	53,995
1962	1,233	55,585
1963	1,273	57,054
1964	1,318	57,808
1965	1,376	58,195
1966	1,437	58,546
1967	1,417	58,957
1968	1,393	59,247
1969	1,367	59,829
1970	1,388	60,593
1971	1,406	61,278
1972	1,406	62,216
1973	1,409	63,420
1974	1,430	64,425
1975	1,423	55,423
1976	1,425	11,138
1977	1,426	60,232
1978	1,480	60,829
1979	1,509	61,184
1980	1,571	63,053
1981	1,635	65,084
1982	1,697	41,602
1983	1,748	66,056
1984	1,813	66,785
1985	1,881	66,368
1986	1,933	67,162
1987	1,982	69,058
1988	2,022	70,444
1989	2,073	74,577
1990	2,127	73,629
1991	2,176	79,274
1992	2,173	77,447
1993	2,161	75,278
1994	2,168	73,069
1995	2,183	71,016
1996	2,217	71,286
1997	2,220	71,486
1998	2,210	71,889
1999	2,186	72,437
2000	2,153	72,642
2001	2,121	73,160
2002	2,074	72,648
2003	2,045	71,232
2004	2,118	69,675
2005	2,188	67,778
2006	2,285	65,932
2007	2,393	66,965
2008	2,493	67,132
2009	2,573	69,004
2010	2,644	72,605
2011	2,709	75,523
2012	2,678	77,248
2013	2,629	80,218
2014	2,577	92,285
2015	2,555	97,385
2016	2,546	91,551
2017	2,549	84,172
2018	2,561	77,165
2019	2,560	70,486
2020	2,497	59,903
2021	2,408	46,614
2022	2,522	60,909
2023	2,487	58,786

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Lebanon

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 Kiribati, compared to 15 deaths in Lebanon.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Lebanon
1985	246	59
1986	232	58
1987	231	65
1988	220	65
1989	212	49
1990	199	48
1991	188	38
1992	175	36
1993	162	33
1994	150	30
1995	148	29
1996	141	28
1997	132	27
1998	126	26
1999	121	25
2000	119	24
2001	113	22
2002	109	21
2003	105	19
2004	106	18
2005	104	17
2006	102	17
2007	101	16
2008	100	15
2009	99	15
2010	102	15
2011	98	15
2012	98	14
2013	93	13
2014	91	14
2015	90	15
2016	88	15
2017	90	15
2018	87	15
2019	89	15
2020	89	27
2021	122	54
2022	86	15
2023	80	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 1.83% in Lebanon. 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
	Kiribati	Lebanon
1960	19.9%	7.48%
1961	19.5%	7.24%
1962	18.9%	7.01%
1963	18.3%	6.8%
1964	17.7%	6.62%
1965	17.1%	6.46%
1966	16.4%	6.33%
1967	15.8%	6.22%
1968	15.2%	6.14%
1969	14.6%	6.07%
1970	14.1%	6.01%
1971	13.7%	5.98%
1972	13.3%	5.93%
1973	13%	5.88%
1974	12.7%	5.81%
1975	12.5%	5.73%
1976	12.4%	18.6%
1977	12.3%	7.51%
1978	12.2%	7.54%
1979	12%	7.6%
1980	11.9%	7.39%
1981	11.7%	7.16%
1982	11.6%	12.2%
1983	11.4%	5.39%
1984	11.1%	5.18%
1985	10.9%	4.96%
1986	10.6%	4.74%
1987	10.2%	5.75%
1988	9.87%	5.53%
1989	9.5%	3.34%
1990	9.13%	3.18%
1991	8.77%	3.03%
1992	8.44%	2.88%
1993	8.13%	2.75%
1994	7.87%	2.63%
1995	7.64%	2.52%
1996	7.42%	2.4%
1997	7.22%	2.3%
1998	7.02%	2.19%
1999	6.83%	2.09%
2000	6.64%	1.99%
2001	6.46%	1.89%
2002	6.31%	1.78%
2003	6.2%	1.69%
2004	6.13%	1.6%
2005	6.07%	1.52%
2006	6.03%	1.44%
2007	5.99%	1.38%
2008	5.93%	1.33%
2009	5.87%	1.3%
2010	5.82%	1.27%
2011	5.79%	1.25%
2012	5.78%	1.24%
2013	5.8%	1.24%
2014	5.84%	1.25%
2015	5.89%	1.27%
2016	5.95%	1.31%
2017	5.99%	1.35%
2018	5.98%	1.4%
2019	5.93%	1.47%
2020	5.86%	1.55%
2021	5.76%	1.63%
2022	5.65%	1.73%
2023	5.51%	1.83%