Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Lithuania

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Lithuania 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 1.18 in Lithuania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Kiribati	Lithuania
1960	6.44	2.56
1961	6.48	2.53
1962	6.42	2.45
1963	6.35	2.35
1964	6.29	2.28
1965	6.26	2.23
1966	6.23	2.22
1967	6.11	2.23
1968	5.98	2.24
1969	5.85	2.3
1970	5.71	2.4
1971	5.55	2.41
1972	5.37	2.34
1973	5.2	2.22
1974	5.09	2.21
1975	5.02	2.18
1976	4.96	2.18
1977	4.96	2.14
1978	4.97	2.08
1979	4.97	2.05
1980	4.96	1.99
1981	4.96	1.98
1982	4.95	1.97
1983	4.91	2.1
1984	4.91	2.07
1985	4.91	2.08
1986	4.87	2.12
1987	4.81	2.11
1988	4.73	2.02
1989	4.69	1.98
1990	4.67	2.03
1991	4.64	2.01
1992	4.57	1.97
1993	4.49	1.74
1994	4.44	1.57
1995	4.42	1.55
1996	4.43	1.49
1997	4.37	1.47
1998	4.29	1.46
1999	4.18	1.46
2000	4.07	1.39
2001	3.96	1.29
2002	3.81	1.23
2003	3.7	1.26
2004	3.73	1.27
2005	3.76	1.29
2006	3.82	1.33
2007	3.87	1.36
2008	3.9	1.45
2009	3.91	1.5
2010	3.9	1.5
2011	3.88	1.55
2012	3.77	1.6
2013	3.64	1.59
2014	3.52	1.57
2015	3.44	1.63
2016	3.38	1.63
2017	3.34	1.57
2018	3.32	1.53
2019	3.29	1.43
2020	3.25	1.36
2021	3.22	1.36
2022	3.18	1.27
2023	3.15	1.18
2024	3.12	1.19
2025	3.09	1.2
2026	3.06	1.2
2027	3.03	1.21
2028	3	1.22
2029	2.97	1.22
2030	2.94	1.23
2031	2.92	1.23
2032	2.89	1.24
2033	2.86	1.25
2034	2.84	1.25
2035	2.81	1.26
2036	2.79	1.27
2037	2.77	1.27
2038	2.74	1.28
2039	2.72	1.28
2040	2.69	1.29
2041	2.67	1.29
2042	2.64	1.3
2043	2.62	1.3
2044	2.6	1.31
2045	2.58	1.31
2046	2.56	1.31
2047	2.54	1.32
2048	2.52	1.32
2049	2.5	1.33
2050	2.48	1.33

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Lithuania
1960	43.2%	27.1%
1961	43.5%	27.3%
1962	43.8%	27.4%
1963	44%	27.5%
1964	44%	27.4%
1965	43.9%	27.3%
1966	44.1%	27.3%
1967	44.5%	27.2%
1968	44.9%	27.2%
1969	45%	27.2%
1970	44.9%	27.1%
1971	44.8%	26.8%
1972	44.8%	26.6%
1973	44.6%	26.1%
1974	44.2%	25.6%
1975	43.7%	25.1%
1976	43.2%	24.6%
1977	42.8%	24.2%
1978	42.3%	23.8%
1979	41.8%	23.5%
1980	41.1%	23.3%
1981	40.5%	23.1%
1982	39.9%	22.9%
1983	39.5%	22.8%
1984	39.2%	22.8%
1985	39.2%	22.7%
1986	39.2%	22.7%
1987	39.4%	22.7%
1988	39.7%	22.6%
1989	39.9%	22.5%
1990	40.2%	22.6%
1991	40.5%	22.5%
1992	40.8%	22.4%
1993	41%	22.3%
1994	41.2%	22.1%
1995	41.2%	21.8%
1996	41.1%	21.5%
1997	41%	21.2%
1998	40.8%	20.9%
1999	40.5%	20.4%
2000	40.1%	20%
2001	39.8%	19.3%
2002	39.3%	18.6%
2003	38.9%	17.9%
2004	38.4%	17.4%
2005	38%	16.8%
2006	37.6%	16.3%
2007	37.3%	15.8%
2008	37%	15.3%
2009	36.8%	15%
2010	36.6%	14.9%
2011	36.4%	14.8%
2012	36.1%	14.7%
2013	35.7%	14.6%
2014	35.4%	14.6%
2015	35.2%	14.6%
2016	35%	14.7%
2017	35%	14.9%
2018	35.1%	15%
2019	35.1%	15.1%
2020	35.2%	15.1%
2021	35.2%	15.1%
2022	35.1%	15%
2023	34.9%	14.9%
2024	34.7%	14.7%
2025	34.4%	14.5%
2026	34%	14.3%
2027	33.5%	14.1%
2028	33.1%	13.9%
2029	32.7%	13.6%
2030	32.4%	13.3%
2031	32%	13%
2032	31.7%	12.7%
2033	31.3%	12.4%
2034	31%	12.1%
2035	30.6%	11.9%
2036	30.3%	11.7%
2037	30%	11.6%
2038	29.7%	11.5%
2039	29.4%	11.4%
2040	29.2%	11.4%
2041	29%	11.3%
2042	28.8%	11.3%
2043	28.6%	11.3%
2044	28.4%	11.2%
2045	28.3%	11.2%
2046	28.1%	11.3%
2047	27.9%	11.3%
2048	27.8%	11.3%
2049	27.6%	11.3%
2050	27.4%	11.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 14.7% in Lithuania in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 22.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Lithuania compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Lithuania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and -0.54% in Lithuania. 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	Lithuania
1960	1,141	40,845
1961	1,199	40,376
1962	1,233	34,933
1963	1,273	33,918
1964	1,318	34,048
1965	1,376	30,309
1966	1,437	30,381
1967	1,417	29,226
1968	1,393	28,325
1969	1,367	27,345
1970	1,388	27,629
1971	1,406	28,930
1972	1,406	25,388
1973	1,409	22,712
1974	1,430	22,589
1975	1,423	20,470
1976	1,425	20,305
1977	1,426	19,124
1978	1,480	17,573
1979	1,509	16,989
1980	1,571	16,042
1981	1,635	16,478
1982	1,697	18,323
1983	1,748	20,911
1984	1,813	18,976
1985	1,881	19,140
1986	1,933	23,978
1987	1,982	22,422
1988	2,022	19,006
1989	2,073	17,316
1990	2,127	17,010
1991	2,176	14,817
1992	2,173	12,950
1993	2,161	1,473
1994	2,168	-4,023
1995	2,183	-3,992
1996	2,217	-3,962
1997	2,220	-3,218
1998	2,210	-3,904
1999	2,186	-3,877
2000	2,153	-4,549
2001	2,121	-9,024
2002	2,074	-11,362
2003	2,045	-10,929
2004	2,118	-11,482
2005	2,188	-14,287
2006	2,285	-15,041
2007	2,393	-15,510
2008	2,493	-12,153
2009	2,573	-9,805
2010	2,644	-11,460
2011	2,709	-10,901
2012	2,678	-11,060
2013	2,629	-12,733
2014	2,577	-10,868
2015	2,555	-11,935
2016	2,546	-11,509
2017	2,549	-12,224
2018	2,561	-12,686
2019	2,560	-13,212
2020	2,497	-19,953
2021	2,408	-24,433
2022	2,522	-20,671
2023	2,487	-16,368

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Lithuania

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 8 deaths in Lithuania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Lithuania
1985	246	35
1986	232	30
1987	231	28
1988	220	28
1989	212	31
1990	199	29
1991	188	29
1992	175	28
1993	162	29
1994	150	31
1995	148	28
1996	141	25
1997	132	21
1998	126	19
1999	121	18
2000	119	16
2001	113	16
2002	109	14
2003	105	14
2004	106	12
2005	104	13
2006	102	14
2007	101	14
2008	100	13
2009	99	11
2010	102	10
2011	98	10
2012	98	10
2013	93	10
2014	91	9
2015	90	10
2016	88	9
2017	90	10
2018	87	9
2019	89	9
2020	89	8
2021	122	9
2022	86	9
2023	80	8

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 0.34% in Lithuania. 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	Lithuania
1960	19.9%	-
1961	19.5%	-
1962	18.9%	-
1963	18.3%	-
1964	17.7%	-
1965	17.1%	-
1966	16.4%	-
1967	15.8%	2.63%
1968	15.2%	2.63%
1969	14.6%	2.51%
1970	14.1%	2.29%
1971	13.7%	2.11%
1972	13.3%	2.08%
1973	13%	2.16%
1974	12.7%	2.24%
1975	12.5%	2.26%
1976	12.4%	2.25%
1977	12.3%	2.22%
1978	12.2%	2.18%
1979	12%	2.12%
1980	11.9%	2.05%
1981	11.7%	1.98%
1982	11.6%	1.92%
1983	11.4%	1.87%
1984	11.1%	1.82%
1985	10.9%	1.74%
1986	10.6%	1.64%
1987	10.2%	1.52%
1988	9.87%	1.42%
1989	9.5%	1.42%
1990	9.13%	1.52%
1991	8.77%	1.67%
1992	8.44%	1.78%
1993	8.13%	1.79%
1994	7.87%	1.69%
1995	7.64%	1.51%
1996	7.42%	1.34%
1997	7.22%	1.23%
1998	7.02%	1.16%
1999	6.83%	1.12%
2000	6.64%	1.07%
2001	6.46%	1.03%
2002	6.31%	0.99%
2003	6.2%	0.96%
2004	6.13%	0.93%
2005	6.07%	0.9%
2006	6.03%	0.86%
2007	5.99%	0.8%
2008	5.93%	0.74%
2009	5.87%	0.67%
2010	5.82%	0.6%
2011	5.79%	0.56%
2012	5.78%	0.53%
2013	5.8%	0.51%
2014	5.84%	0.51%
2015	5.89%	0.5%
2016	5.95%	0.49%
2017	5.99%	0.46%
2018	5.98%	0.42%
2019	5.93%	0.39%
2020	5.86%	0.37%
2021	5.76%	0.36%
2022	5.65%	0.35%
2023	5.51%	0.34%