Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Libya

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Libya 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 2.36 in Libya in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Libya 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	Libya
1960	6.44	7.51
1961	6.48	7.56
1962	6.42	7.61
1963	6.35	7.69
1964	6.29	7.75
1965	6.26	7.82
1966	6.23	7.89
1967	6.11	7.93
1968	5.98	7.97
1969	5.85	8.01
1970	5.71	8.05
1971	5.55	8.1
1972	5.37	8.07
1973	5.2	8.05
1974	5.09	8.02
1975	5.02	7.98
1976	4.96	7.93
1977	4.96	7.87
1978	4.97	7.79
1979	4.97	7.68
1980	4.96	7.54
1981	4.96	7.37
1982	4.95	7.16
1983	4.91	6.91
1984	4.91	6.62
1985	4.91	6.33
1986	4.87	6.02
1987	4.81	5.72
1988	4.73	5.41
1989	4.69	5.09
1990	4.67	4.78
1991	4.64	4.46
1992	4.57	4.16
1993	4.49	3.88
1994	4.44	3.65
1995	4.42	3.44
1996	4.43	3.26
1997	4.37	3.13
1998	4.29	3.04
1999	4.18	2.97
2000	4.07	2.91
2001	3.96	2.87
2002	3.81	2.83
2003	3.7	2.8
2004	3.73	2.77
2005	3.76	2.77
2006	3.82	2.7
2007	3.87	2.65
2008	3.9	2.6
2009	3.91	2.56
2010	3.9	2.6
2011	3.88	2.65
2012	3.77	2.68
2013	3.64	2.72
2014	3.52	2.75
2015	3.44	2.71
2016	3.38	2.67
2017	3.34	2.63
2018	3.32	2.58
2019	3.29	2.54
2020	3.25	2.51
2021	3.22	2.46
2022	3.18	2.4
2023	3.15	2.36
2024	3.12	2.3
2025	3.09	2.25
2026	3.06	2.21
2027	3.03	2.18
2028	3	2.14
2029	2.97	2.11
2030	2.94	2.08
2031	2.92	2.06
2032	2.89	2.03
2033	2.86	2.01
2034	2.84	1.99
2035	2.81	1.97
2036	2.79	1.95
2037	2.77	1.94
2038	2.74	1.92
2039	2.72	1.91
2040	2.69	1.9
2041	2.67	1.89
2042	2.64	1.88
2043	2.62	1.87
2044	2.6	1.86
2045	2.58	1.85
2046	2.56	1.84
2047	2.54	1.83
2048	2.52	1.83
2049	2.5	1.82
2050	2.48	1.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Libya
1960	43.2%	43.6%
1961	43.5%	44.2%
1962	43.8%	44.8%
1963	44%	45.5%
1964	44%	46.1%
1965	43.9%	47%
1966	44.1%	48.4%
1967	44.5%	49.5%
1968	44.9%	50.3%
1969	45%	50.7%
1970	44.9%	50.9%
1971	44.8%	50.9%
1972	44.8%	50.9%
1973	44.6%	50.2%
1974	44.2%	49.3%
1975	43.7%	48.9%
1976	43.2%	48.6%
1977	42.8%	48.2%
1978	42.3%	48%
1979	41.8%	47.9%
1980	41.1%	47.7%
1981	40.5%	47.5%
1982	39.9%	47.3%
1983	39.5%	46.8%
1984	39.2%	46.1%
1985	39.2%	45.5%
1986	39.2%	44.8%
1987	39.4%	44.1%
1988	39.7%	43.4%
1989	39.9%	42.6%
1990	40.2%	41.7%
1991	40.5%	40.7%
1992	40.8%	39.7%
1993	41%	38.6%
1994	41.2%	37.4%
1995	41.2%	36.3%
1996	41.1%	35.2%
1997	41%	34.2%
1998	40.8%	33.3%
1999	40.5%	32.5%
2000	40.1%	32%
2001	39.8%	31.7%
2002	39.3%	31.5%
2003	38.9%	31.3%
2004	38.4%	31.2%
2005	38%	31.1%
2006	37.6%	30.9%
2007	37.3%	30.6%
2008	37%	30.3%
2009	36.8%	30.1%
2010	36.6%	29.9%
2011	36.4%	30.7%
2012	36.1%	31.5%
2013	35.7%	31.3%
2014	35.4%	31.1%
2015	35.2%	31%
2016	35%	30.9%
2017	35%	30.6%
2018	35.1%	30.3%
2019	35.1%	29.9%
2020	35.2%	29.5%
2021	35.2%	29%
2022	35.1%	28.5%
2023	34.9%	28%
2024	34.7%	27.4%
2025	34.4%	26.8%
2026	34%	26.2%
2027	33.5%	25.6%
2028	33.1%	25.1%
2029	32.7%	24.5%
2030	32.4%	23.9%
2031	32%	23.4%
2032	31.7%	23%
2033	31.3%	22.5%
2034	31%	22.1%
2035	30.6%	21.8%
2036	30.3%	21.5%
2037	30%	21.3%
2038	29.7%	21%
2039	29.4%	20.9%
2040	29.2%	20.7%
2041	29%	20.6%
2042	28.8%	20.5%
2043	28.6%	20.4%
2044	28.4%	20.3%
2045	28.3%	20.2%
2046	28.1%	20.1%
2047	27.9%	20%
2048	27.8%	19.9%
2049	27.6%	19.8%
2050	27.4%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 27.4% in Libya in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 41.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Libya compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Libya by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +1.43% in Libya. 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	Libya
1960	1,141	38,391
1961	1,199	42,167
1962	1,233	46,252
1963	1,273	50,421
1964	1,318	55,227
1965	1,376	59,134
1966	1,437	60,394
1967	1,417	61,889
1968	1,393	63,971
1969	1,367	66,782
1970	1,388	70,488
1971	1,406	74,934
1972	1,406	77,864
1973	1,409	81,256
1974	1,430	89,337
1975	1,423	94,862
1976	1,425	101,146
1977	1,426	107,769
1978	1,480	114,669
1979	1,509	121,469
1980	1,571	128,034
1981	1,635	130,233
1982	1,697	133,511
1983	1,748	122,183
1984	1,813	110,028
1985	1,881	110,194
1986	1,933	109,325
1987	1,982	107,761
1988	2,022	105,469
1989	2,073	102,823
1990	2,127	99,898
1991	2,176	96,582
1992	2,173	93,568
1993	2,161	90,553
1994	2,168	88,765
1995	2,183	87,661
1996	2,217	86,945
1997	2,220	86,899
1998	2,210	87,613
1999	2,186	88,743
2000	2,153	89,814
2001	2,121	93,370
2002	2,074	97,598
2003	2,045	102,144
2004	2,118	107,144
2005	2,188	112,823
2006	2,285	115,645
2007	2,393	116,704
2008	2,493	117,481
2009	2,573	118,102
2010	2,644	122,926
2011	2,709	121,016
2012	2,678	108,855
2013	2,629	110,772
2014	2,577	110,420
2015	2,555	108,096
2016	2,546	105,265
2017	2,549	103,891
2018	2,561	101,619
2019	2,560	97,842
2020	2,497	92,950
2021	2,408	88,005
2022	2,522	91,951
2023	2,487	75,760

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Libya

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 59 deaths in Libya.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Libya
1985	246	86
1986	232	82
1987	231	77
1988	220	74
1989	212	70
1990	199	67
1991	188	64
1992	175	61
1993	162	60
1994	150	59
1995	148	59
1996	141	61
1997	132	64
1998	126	67
1999	121	69
2000	119	71
2001	113	71
2002	109	69
2003	105	68
2004	106	67
2005	104	66
2006	102	66
2007	101	67
2008	100	68
2009	99	70
2010	102	71
2011	98	81
2012	98	74
2013	93	75
2014	91	77
2015	90	76
2016	88	74
2017	90	69
2018	87	66
2019	89	65
2020	89	71
2021	122	98
2022	86	60
2023	80	59

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 3.08% in Libya. 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	Libya
1960	19.9%	27.7%
1961	19.5%	26%
1962	18.9%	24.3%
1963	18.3%	22.7%
1964	17.7%	21.2%
1965	17.1%	19.7%
1966	16.4%	18.3%
1967	15.8%	17%
1968	15.2%	15.8%
1969	14.6%	14.7%
1970	14.1%	13.6%
1971	13.7%	12.6%
1972	13.3%	11.7%
1973	13%	10.9%
1974	12.7%	10.2%
1975	12.5%	9.5%
1976	12.4%	8.91%
1977	12.3%	8.39%
1978	12.2%	7.92%
1979	12%	7.5%
1980	11.9%	7.11%
1981	11.7%	6.76%
1982	11.6%	6.42%
1983	11.4%	6.1%
1984	11.1%	5.79%
1985	10.9%	5.5%
1986	10.6%	5.21%
1987	10.2%	4.94%
1988	9.87%	4.67%
1989	9.5%	4.42%
1990	9.13%	4.19%
1991	8.77%	3.98%
1992	8.44%	3.78%
1993	8.13%	3.61%
1994	7.87%	3.46%
1995	7.64%	3.32%
1996	7.42%	3.2%
1997	7.22%	3.09%
1998	7.02%	2.99%
1999	6.83%	2.9%
2000	6.64%	2.81%
2001	6.46%	2.73%
2002	6.31%	2.65%
2003	6.2%	2.55%
2004	6.13%	2.44%
2005	6.07%	2.31%
2006	6.03%	2.17%
2007	5.99%	2.02%
2008	5.93%	1.88%
2009	5.87%	1.76%
2010	5.82%	1.66%
2011	5.79%	1.96%
2012	5.78%	1.51%
2013	5.8%	1.45%
2014	5.84%	1.39%
2015	5.89%	1.33%
2016	5.95%	1.28%
2017	5.99%	1.24%
2018	5.98%	1.19%
2019	5.93%	1.16%
2020	5.86%	1.12%
2021	5.76%	1.08%
2022	5.65%	1.05%
2023	5.51%	3.08%