Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Lesotho

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Lesotho 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 2.69 in Lesotho in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Lesotho 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	Lesotho
1960	6.44	5.78
1961	6.48	5.79
1962	6.42	5.79
1963	6.35	5.78
1964	6.29	5.77
1965	6.26	5.77
1966	6.23	5.76
1967	6.11	5.75
1968	5.98	5.73
1969	5.85	5.7
1970	5.71	5.7
1971	5.55	5.7
1972	5.37	5.69
1973	5.2	5.69
1974	5.09	5.75
1975	5.02	5.83
1976	4.96	5.87
1977	4.96	5.85
1978	4.97	5.82
1979	4.97	5.79
1980	4.96	5.75
1981	4.96	5.69
1982	4.95	5.63
1983	4.91	5.56
1984	4.91	5.48
1985	4.91	5.4
1986	4.87	5.32
1987	4.81	5.22
1988	4.73	5.1
1989	4.69	4.96
1990	4.67	4.81
1991	4.64	4.68
1992	4.57	4.54
1993	4.49	4.37
1994	4.44	4.21
1995	4.42	4.13
1996	4.43	4.06
1997	4.37	3.98
1998	4.29	3.82
1999	4.18	3.67
2000	4.07	3.61
2001	3.96	3.63
2002	3.81	3.68
2003	3.7	3.62
2004	3.73	3.51
2005	3.76	3.43
2006	3.82	3.41
2007	3.87	3.44
2008	3.9	3.39
2009	3.91	3.31
2010	3.9	3.25
2011	3.88	3.34
2012	3.77	3.3
2013	3.64	3.28
2014	3.52	3.24
2015	3.44	3.22
2016	3.38	3.18
2017	3.34	3.11
2018	3.32	3.02
2019	3.29	2.92
2020	3.25	2.85
2021	3.22	2.77
2022	3.18	2.72
2023	3.15	2.69
2024	3.12	2.66
2025	3.09	2.64
2026	3.06	2.61
2027	3.03	2.58
2028	3	2.55
2029	2.97	2.53
2030	2.94	2.5
2031	2.92	2.47
2032	2.89	2.45
2033	2.86	2.43
2034	2.84	2.41
2035	2.81	2.38
2036	2.79	2.37
2037	2.77	2.34
2038	2.74	2.32
2039	2.72	2.3
2040	2.69	2.29
2041	2.67	2.27
2042	2.64	2.25
2043	2.62	2.24
2044	2.6	2.22
2045	2.58	2.21
2046	2.56	2.19
2047	2.54	2.18
2048	2.52	2.17
2049	2.5	2.16
2050	2.48	2.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Lesotho
1960	43.2%	45.1%
1961	43.5%	45.2%
1962	43.8%	45.3%
1963	44%	45.2%
1964	44%	44.9%
1965	43.9%	44.8%
1966	44.1%	44.9%
1967	44.5%	44.8%
1968	44.9%	44.4%
1969	45%	44%
1970	44.9%	43.6%
1971	44.8%	43.1%
1972	44.8%	42.7%
1973	44.6%	42.3%
1974	44.2%	41.9%
1975	43.7%	41.6%
1976	43.2%	41.4%
1977	42.8%	41.5%
1978	42.3%	41.7%
1979	41.8%	41.9%
1980	41.1%	42.1%
1981	40.5%	42.3%
1982	39.9%	42.5%
1983	39.5%	42.7%
1984	39.2%	42.8%
1985	39.2%	43%
1986	39.2%	42.7%
1987	39.4%	42.5%
1988	39.7%	42.7%
1989	39.9%	42.8%
1990	40.2%	42.9%
1991	40.5%	42.9%
1992	40.8%	42.8%
1993	41%	42.6%
1994	41.2%	42.3%
1995	41.2%	42%
1996	41.1%	41.7%
1997	41%	41.2%
1998	40.8%	40.7%
1999	40.5%	40.2%
2000	40.1%	39.6%
2001	39.8%	39.1%
2002	39.3%	38.6%
2003	38.9%	38.1%
2004	38.4%	37.7%
2005	38%	37.4%
2006	37.6%	37.1%
2007	37.3%	36.8%
2008	37%	36.7%
2009	36.8%	36.6%
2010	36.6%	36.5%
2011	36.4%	36.5%
2012	36.1%	36.5%
2013	35.7%	36.5%
2014	35.4%	36.6%
2015	35.2%	36.6%
2016	35%	36.6%
2017	35%	36.5%
2018	35.1%	36.3%
2019	35.1%	36.1%
2020	35.2%	35.8%
2021	35.2%	35.6%
2022	35.1%	35.3%
2023	34.9%	34.9%
2024	34.7%	34.5%
2025	34.4%	34.1%
2026	34%	33.6%
2027	33.5%	33.1%
2028	33.1%	32.6%
2029	32.7%	32%
2030	32.4%	31.5%
2031	32%	31%
2032	31.7%	30.5%
2033	31.3%	30.1%
2034	31%	29.7%
2035	30.6%	29.3%
2036	30.3%	29%
2037	30%	28.8%
2038	29.7%	28.5%
2039	29.4%	28.3%
2040	29.2%	28.1%
2041	29%	27.8%
2042	28.8%	27.6%
2043	28.6%	27.4%
2044	28.4%	27.1%
2045	28.3%	26.9%
2046	28.1%	26.7%
2047	27.9%	26.4%
2048	27.8%	26.2%
2049	27.6%	25.9%
2050	27.4%	25.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 34.5% in Lesotho in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Lesotho compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Lesotho by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +1.44% in Lesotho. 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	Lesotho
1960	1,141	19,981
1961	1,199	20,581
1962	1,233	21,132
1963	1,273	21,585
1964	1,318	22,116
1965	1,376	22,755
1966	1,437	23,326
1967	1,417	23,911
1968	1,393	24,490
1969	1,367	25,137
1970	1,388	25,935
1971	1,406	26,838
1972	1,406	27,841
1973	1,409	28,859
1974	1,430	30,444
1975	1,423	32,311
1976	1,425	34,117
1977	1,426	35,654
1978	1,480	37,084
1979	1,509	38,440
1980	1,571	39,617
1981	1,635	40,808
1982	1,697	41,941
1983	1,748	42,899
1984	1,813	43,785
1985	1,881	44,575
1986	1,933	45,232
1987	1,982	47,718
1988	2,022	47,158
1989	2,073	46,264
1990	2,127	45,060
1991	2,176	44,026
1992	2,173	42,579
1993	2,161	40,505
1994	2,168	38,629
1995	2,183	37,370
1996	2,217	36,228
1997	2,220	34,637
1998	2,210	30,889
1999	2,186	27,393
2000	2,153	24,786
2001	2,121	23,190
2002	2,074	22,274
2003	2,045	20,133
2004	2,118	17,271
2005	2,188	15,831
2006	2,285	15,234
2007	2,393	17,763
2008	2,493	19,349
2009	2,573	20,335
2010	2,644	21,877
2011	2,709	25,647
2012	2,678	27,592
2013	2,629	29,789
2014	2,577	30,922
2015	2,555	32,087
2016	2,546	33,390
2017	2,549	33,601
2018	2,561	33,112
2019	2,560	32,279
2020	2,497	30,721
2021	2,408	27,806
2022	2,522	30,803
2023	2,487	31,115

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Lesotho

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 478 deaths in Lesotho.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Lesotho
1985	246	711
1986	232	680
1987	231	686
1988	220	680
1989	212	680
1990	199	665
1991	188	641
1992	175	601
1993	162	542
1994	150	423
1995	148	357
1996	141	319
1997	132	312
1998	126	332
1999	121	371
2000	119	413
2001	113	465
2002	109	484
2003	105	508
2004	106	499
2005	104	549
2006	102	696
2007	101	891
2008	100	1,205
2009	99	1,387
2010	102	1,311
2011	98	1,210
2012	98	1,000
2013	93	855
2014	91	707
2015	90	594
2016	88	518
2017	90	468
2018	87	491
2019	89	467
2020	89	529
2021	122	577
2022	86	477
2023	80	478

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 5.89% in Lesotho. 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	Lesotho
1960	19.9%	18.6%
1961	19.5%	18.5%
1962	18.9%	18.5%
1963	18.3%	18.6%
1964	17.7%	18.6%
1965	17.1%	18.7%
1966	16.4%	18.6%
1967	15.8%	18.5%
1968	15.2%	18.3%
1969	14.6%	18%
1970	14.1%	17.7%
1971	13.7%	17.3%
1972	13.3%	16.9%
1973	13%	16.5%
1974	12.7%	16%
1975	12.5%	15.5%
1976	12.4%	14.9%
1977	12.3%	14.2%
1978	12.2%	13.6%
1979	12%	12.9%
1980	11.9%	12.3%
1981	11.7%	11.7%
1982	11.6%	11.1%
1983	11.4%	10.6%
1984	11.1%	10.1%
1985	10.9%	9.72%
1986	10.6%	9.36%
1987	10.2%	9.06%
1988	9.87%	8.8%
1989	9.5%	8.6%
1990	9.13%	8.47%
1991	8.77%	8.43%
1992	8.44%	8.51%
1993	8.13%	8.73%
1994	7.87%	9.07%
1995	7.64%	9.45%
1996	7.42%	9.83%
1997	7.22%	10.2%
1998	7.02%	10.5%
1999	6.83%	10.7%
2000	6.64%	10.9%
2001	6.46%	11.1%
2002	6.31%	11.2%
2003	6.2%	11.4%
2004	6.13%	11.5%
2005	6.07%	11.6%
2006	6.03%	11.5%
2007	5.99%	11.2%
2008	5.93%	10.9%
2009	5.87%	9.64%
2010	5.82%	9.01%
2011	5.79%	8.59%
2012	5.78%	8.26%
2013	5.8%	8.02%
2014	5.84%	7.82%
2015	5.89%	7.51%
2016	5.95%	7.18%
2017	5.99%	7.12%
2018	5.98%	6.91%
2019	5.93%	6.87%
2020	5.86%	6.68%
2021	5.76%	6.44%
2022	5.65%	6.15%
2023	5.51%	5.89%