Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Liberia

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Liberia 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 3.95 in Liberia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Liberia 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	Liberia
1960	6.44	6.39
1961	6.48	6.45
1962	6.42	6.5
1963	6.35	6.56
1964	6.29	6.59
1965	6.26	6.62
1966	6.23	6.63
1967	6.11	6.65
1968	5.98	6.66
1969	5.85	6.64
1970	5.71	6.58
1971	5.55	6.54
1972	5.37	6.6
1973	5.2	6.65
1974	5.09	6.69
1975	5.02	6.74
1976	4.96	6.79
1977	4.96	6.84
1978	4.97	6.88
1979	4.97	6.92
1980	4.96	6.87
1981	4.96	6.83
1982	4.95	6.79
1983	4.91	6.76
1984	4.91	6.73
1985	4.91	6.69
1986	4.87	6.64
1987	4.81	6.57
1988	4.73	6.51
1989	4.69	6.43
1990	4.67	6.37
1991	4.64	6.32
1992	4.57	6.28
1993	4.49	6.25
1994	4.44	6.21
1995	4.42	6.17
1996	4.43	6.13
1997	4.37	6.08
1998	4.29	6.02
1999	4.18	5.95
2000	4.07	5.88
2001	3.96	5.77
2002	3.81	5.65
2003	3.7	5.55
2004	3.73	5.51
2005	3.76	5.52
2006	3.82	5.53
2007	3.87	5.46
2008	3.9	5.33
2009	3.91	5.17
2010	3.9	5.06
2011	3.88	4.97
2012	3.77	4.88
2013	3.64	4.75
2014	3.52	4.62
2015	3.44	4.52
2016	3.38	4.46
2017	3.34	4.4
2018	3.32	4.34
2019	3.29	4.26
2020	3.25	4.17
2021	3.22	4.09
2022	3.18	4.02
2023	3.15	3.95
2024	3.12	3.86
2025	3.09	3.79
2026	3.06	3.71
2027	3.03	3.64
2028	3	3.57
2029	2.97	3.51
2030	2.94	3.43
2031	2.92	3.38
2032	2.89	3.31
2033	2.86	3.25
2034	2.84	3.2
2035	2.81	3.15
2036	2.79	3.11
2037	2.77	3.06
2038	2.74	3.02
2039	2.72	2.98
2040	2.69	2.94
2041	2.67	2.91
2042	2.64	2.87
2043	2.62	2.83
2044	2.6	2.8
2045	2.58	2.77
2046	2.56	2.73
2047	2.54	2.7
2048	2.52	2.68
2049	2.5	2.65
2050	2.48	2.62

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Liberia
1960	43.2%	41.1%
1961	43.5%	41.1%
1962	43.8%	41.2%
1963	44%	41.4%
1964	44%	41.7%
1965	43.9%	42%
1966	44.1%	42.2%
1967	44.5%	42.4%
1968	44.9%	42.6%
1969	45%	42.8%
1970	44.9%	42.9%
1971	44.8%	43%
1972	44.8%	43.2%
1973	44.6%	43.3%
1974	44.2%	43.4%
1975	43.7%	43.5%
1976	43.2%	43.6%
1977	42.8%	43.7%
1978	42.3%	43.8%
1979	41.8%	43.9%
1980	41.1%	44%
1981	40.5%	44.1%
1982	39.9%	44.2%
1983	39.5%	44.2%
1984	39.2%	44.2%
1985	39.2%	44.2%
1986	39.2%	44.3%
1987	39.4%	44.3%
1988	39.7%	44.2%
1989	39.9%	44.1%
1990	40.2%	44.1%
1991	40.5%	44.2%
1992	40.8%	44.1%
1993	41%	43.9%
1994	41.2%	43.8%
1995	41.2%	43.6%
1996	41.1%	43.4%
1997	41%	43.3%
1998	40.8%	43.2%
1999	40.5%	43.1%
2000	40.1%	43%
2001	39.8%	43%
2002	39.3%	42.9%
2003	38.9%	42.9%
2004	38.4%	42.9%
2005	38%	43%
2006	37.6%	43.1%
2007	37.3%	43.2%
2008	37%	43.2%
2009	36.8%	43.1%
2010	36.6%	43.1%
2011	36.4%	42.7%
2012	36.1%	42.4%
2013	35.7%	42.5%
2014	35.4%	42.5%
2015	35.2%	42.4%
2016	35%	42.3%
2017	35%	42.1%
2018	35.1%	42%
2019	35.1%	41.7%
2020	35.2%	41.4%
2021	35.2%	41%
2022	35.1%	40.5%
2023	34.9%	40%
2024	34.7%	39.5%
2025	34.4%	39.1%
2026	34%	38.6%
2027	33.5%	38.1%
2028	33.1%	37.7%
2029	32.7%	37.2%
2030	32.4%	36.9%
2031	32%	36.5%
2032	31.7%	36.2%
2033	31.3%	35.8%
2034	31%	35.5%
2035	30.6%	35.2%
2036	30.3%	34.9%
2037	30%	34.5%
2038	29.7%	34.2%
2039	29.4%	33.9%
2040	29.2%	33.6%
2041	29%	33.2%
2042	28.8%	32.9%
2043	28.6%	32.6%
2044	28.4%	32.3%
2045	28.3%	32%
2046	28.1%	31.6%
2047	27.9%	31.3%
2048	27.8%	31%
2049	27.6%	30.7%
2050	27.4%	30.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 39.5% in Liberia in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 44.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Liberia compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Liberia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +2.41% in Liberia. 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	Liberia
1960	1,141	25,713
1961	1,199	26,670
1962	1,233	27,679
1963	1,273	28,708
1964	1,318	29,592
1965	1,376	30,618
1966	1,437	31,454
1967	1,417	32,519
1968	1,393	33,536
1969	1,367	34,677
1970	1,388	35,196
1971	1,406	36,015
1972	1,406	37,860
1973	1,409	39,694
1974	1,430	41,499
1975	1,423	43,478
1976	1,425	45,528
1977	1,426	47,582
1978	1,480	49,813
1979	1,509	52,125
1980	1,571	53,452
1981	1,635	55,003
1982	1,697	56,127
1983	1,748	57,562
1984	1,813	59,460
1985	1,881	59,988
1986	1,933	61,924
1987	1,982	62,147
1988	2,022	62,703
1989	2,073	63,238
1990	2,127	52,770
1991	2,176	47,426
1992	2,173	50,204
1993	2,161	51,609
1994	2,168	52,101
1995	2,183	53,407
1996	2,217	56,392
1997	2,220	61,444
1998	2,210	72,146
1999	2,186	78,130
2000	2,153	83,143
2001	2,121	86,217
2002	2,074	88,643
2003	2,045	87,534
2004	2,118	91,755
2005	2,188	96,478
2006	2,285	104,099
2007	2,393	109,165
2008	2,493	112,032
2009	2,573	113,429
2010	2,644	114,249
2011	2,709	115,496
2012	2,678	121,973
2013	2,629	120,138
2014	2,577	116,667
2015	2,555	115,479
2016	2,546	118,852
2017	2,549	119,376
2018	2,561	120,231
2019	2,560	120,635
2020	2,497	120,632
2021	2,408	121,038
2022	2,522	123,747
2023	2,487	125,730

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Liberia

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 628 deaths in Liberia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Liberia
1985	246	1,749
1986	232	1,678
1987	231	1,655
1988	220	1,647
1989	212	1,633
1990	199	2,146
1991	188	1,627
1992	175	1,643
1993	162	1,709
1994	150	1,811
1995	148	1,530
1996	141	1,438
1997	132	1,043
1998	126	962
1999	121	852
2000	119	786
2001	113	720
2002	109	700
2003	105	759
2004	106	645
2005	104	619
2006	102	647
2007	101	659
2008	100	663
2009	99	674
2010	102	712
2011	98	726
2012	98	728
2013	93	725
2014	91	801
2015	90	784
2016	88	690
2017	90	703
2018	87	707
2019	89	689
2020	89	664
2021	122	667
2022	86	634
2023	80	628

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 7.29% in Liberia. 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	Liberia
1960	19.9%	31.3%
1961	19.5%	31.3%
1962	18.9%	31.3%
1963	18.3%	31.2%
1964	17.7%	31.1%
1965	17.1%	30.8%
1966	16.4%	30.6%
1967	15.8%	30.2%
1968	15.2%	29.8%
1969	14.6%	29.3%
1970	14.1%	28.8%
1971	13.7%	28.3%
1972	13.3%	27.8%
1973	13%	27.4%
1974	12.7%	26.9%
1975	12.5%	26.5%
1976	12.4%	26%
1977	12.3%	25.6%
1978	12.2%	25.3%
1979	12%	24.9%
1980	11.9%	24.6%
1981	11.7%	24.3%
1982	11.6%	24.1%
1983	11.4%	24%
1984	11.1%	24.1%
1985	10.9%	24.3%
1986	10.6%	24.7%
1987	10.2%	25.2%
1988	9.87%	25.8%
1989	9.5%	26.4%
1990	9.13%	26.8%
1991	8.77%	27%
1992	8.44%	26.9%
1993	8.13%	26.6%
1994	7.87%	25.9%
1995	7.64%	25.1%
1996	7.42%	24.1%
1997	7.22%	23%
1998	7.02%	21.8%
1999	6.83%	20.5%
2000	6.64%	19.2%
2001	6.46%	17.9%
2002	6.31%	16.7%
2003	6.2%	15.4%
2004	6.13%	14.3%
2005	6.07%	13.3%
2006	6.03%	12.5%
2007	5.99%	11.8%
2008	5.93%	11.3%
2009	5.87%	10.8%
2010	5.82%	10.4%
2011	5.79%	10.1%
2012	5.78%	9.82%
2013	5.8%	9.54%
2014	5.84%	9.5%
2015	5.89%	9.08%
2016	5.95%	8.83%
2017	5.99%	8.6%
2018	5.98%	8.4%
2019	5.93%	8.19%
2020	5.86%	7.97%
2021	5.76%	7.74%
2022	5.65%	7.51%
2023	5.51%	7.29%