Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Luxembourg

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Luxembourg 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 1.25 in Luxembourg in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Luxembourg 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	Luxembourg
1960	6.44	2.29
1961	6.48	-
1962	6.42	2.37
1963	6.35	-
1964	6.29	2.34
1965	6.26	2.42
1966	6.23	2.34
1967	6.11	2.24
1968	5.98	2.12
1969	5.85	2.02
1970	5.71	1.97
1971	5.55	1.95
1972	5.37	1.75
1973	5.2	1.58
1974	5.09	1.58
1975	5.02	1.55
1976	4.96	1.48
1977	4.96	1.5
1978	4.97	1.48
1979	4.97	1.48
1980	4.96	1.5
1981	4.96	1.55
1982	4.95	1.49
1983	4.91	1.43
1984	4.91	1.42
1985	4.91	1.38
1986	4.87	1.43
1987	4.81	1.4
1988	4.73	1.51
1989	4.69	1.52
1990	4.67	1.6
1991	4.64	1.6
1992	4.57	1.64
1993	4.49	1.7
1994	4.44	1.72
1995	4.42	1.7
1996	4.43	1.77
1997	4.37	1.71
1998	4.29	1.68
1999	4.18	1.74
2000	4.07	1.76
2001	3.96	1.66
2002	3.81	1.63
2003	3.7	1.62
2004	3.73	1.66
2005	3.76	1.63
2006	3.82	1.65
2007	3.87	1.61
2008	3.9	1.61
2009	3.91	1.59
2010	3.9	1.63
2011	3.88	1.52
2012	3.77	1.57
2013	3.64	1.55
2014	3.52	1.5
2015	3.44	1.47
2016	3.38	1.41
2017	3.34	1.39
2018	3.32	1.38
2019	3.29	1.34
2020	3.25	1.36
2021	3.22	1.38
2022	3.18	1.31
2023	3.15	1.25
2024	3.12	1.25
2025	3.09	1.26
2026	3.06	1.26
2027	3.03	1.27
2028	3	1.27
2029	2.97	1.28
2030	2.94	1.28
2031	2.92	1.29
2032	2.89	1.29
2033	2.86	1.29
2034	2.84	1.29
2035	2.81	1.3
2036	2.79	1.3
2037	2.77	1.3
2038	2.74	1.3
2039	2.72	1.3
2040	2.69	1.31
2041	2.67	1.31
2042	2.64	1.31
2043	2.62	1.31
2044	2.6	1.32
2045	2.58	1.32
2046	2.56	1.32
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	Luxembourg
1960	43.2%	21.2%
1961	43.5%	21.5%
1962	43.8%	21.7%
1963	44%	21.9%
1964	44%	22.1%
1965	43.9%	22.3%
1966	44.1%	22.5%
1967	44.5%	22.6%
1968	44.9%	22.5%
1969	45%	22.4%
1970	44.9%	22.2%
1971	44.8%	22%
1972	44.8%	21.6%
1973	44.6%	21.2%
1974	44.2%	20.9%
1975	43.7%	20.5%
1976	43.2%	20.2%
1977	42.8%	19.9%
1978	42.3%	19.5%
1979	41.8%	19.2%
1980	41.1%	18.8%
1981	40.5%	18.4%
1982	39.9%	18.1%
1983	39.5%	17.8%
1984	39.2%	17.5%
1985	39.2%	17.2%
1986	39.2%	17%
1987	39.4%	16.9%
1988	39.7%	17%
1989	39.9%	17.2%
1990	40.2%	17.4%
1991	40.5%	17.6%
1992	40.8%	17.8%
1993	41%	18%
1994	41.2%	18.3%
1995	41.2%	18.4%
1996	41.1%	18.6%
1997	41%	18.7%
1998	40.8%	18.8%
1999	40.5%	18.9%
2000	40.1%	18.9%
2001	39.8%	18.9%
2002	39.3%	18.9%
2003	38.9%	18.8%
2004	38.4%	18.7%
2005	38%	18.5%
2006	37.6%	18.4%
2007	37.3%	18.2%
2008	37%	18%
2009	36.8%	17.8%
2010	36.6%	17.7%
2011	36.4%	17.4%
2012	36.1%	17.1%
2013	35.7%	16.9%
2014	35.4%	16.7%
2015	35.2%	16.6%
2016	35%	16.4%
2017	35%	16.2%
2018	35.1%	16.1%
2019	35.1%	16%
2020	35.2%	16%
2021	35.2%	15.9%
2022	35.1%	15.9%
2023	34.9%	15.8%
2024	34.7%	15.8%
2025	34.4%	15.7%
2026	34%	15.7%
2027	33.5%	15.7%
2028	33.1%	15.6%
2029	32.7%	15.5%
2030	32.4%	15.4%
2031	32%	15.3%
2032	31.7%	15.2%
2033	31.3%	15.1%
2034	31%	15%
2035	30.6%	14.9%
2036	30.3%	14.7%
2037	30%	14.6%
2038	29.7%	14.5%
2039	29.4%	14.3%
2040	29.2%	14.2%
2041	29%	14%
2042	28.8%	13.9%
2043	28.6%	13.8%
2044	28.4%	13.7%
2045	28.3%	13.6%
2046	28.1%	13.5%
2047	27.9%	13.5%
2048	27.8%	13.5%
2049	27.6%	13.5%
2050	27.4%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 15.8% in Luxembourg in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 17.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Luxembourg compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Luxembourg by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +0.33% in Luxembourg. 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	Luxembourg
1960	1,141	1,319
1961	1,199	1,489
1962	1,233	1,091
1963	1,273	1,199
1964	1,318	1,377
1965	1,376	1,260
1966	1,437	1,168
1967	1,417	837
1968	1,393	604
1969	1,367	303
1970	1,388	272
1971	1,406	69
1972	1,406	-35
1973	1,409	-421
1974	1,430	-390
1975	1,423	-395
1976	1,425	-578
1977	1,426	-36
1978	1,480	-145
1979	1,509	72
1980	1,571	37
1981	1,635	329
1982	1,697	183
1983	1,748	37
1984	1,813	146
1985	1,881	74
1986	1,933	331
1987	1,982	222
1988	2,022	747
1989	2,073	679
1990	2,127	1,145
1991	2,176	1,239
1992	2,173	1,098
1993	2,161	1,470
1994	2,168	1,652
1995	2,183	1,634
1996	2,217	1,781
1997	2,220	1,552
1998	2,210	1,486
1999	2,186	1,808
2000	2,153	1,963
2001	2,121	1,766
2002	2,074	1,607
2003	2,045	1,220
2004	2,118	1,878
2005	2,188	1,721
2006	2,285	1,748
2007	2,393	1,584
2008	2,493	2,003
2009	2,573	1,991
2010	2,644	2,129
2011	2,709	1,814
2012	2,678	2,124
2013	2,629	2,336
2014	2,577	2,225
2015	2,555	2,107
2016	2,546	2,095
2017	2,549	1,968
2018	2,561	1,945
2019	2,560	1,922
2020	2,497	1,828
2021	2,408	2,240
2022	2,522	2,024
2023	2,487	1,933

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Luxembourg

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 11 deaths in Luxembourg.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Luxembourg
1985	246	24
1986	232	24
1987	231	23
1988	220	24
1989	212	21
1990	199	24
1991	188	25
1992	175	26
1993	162	20
1994	150	20
1995	148	22
1996	141	23
1997	132	22
1998	126	18
1999	121	21
2000	119	18
2001	113	19
2002	109	17
2003	105	15
2004	106	17
2005	104	17
2006	102	16
2007	101	14
2008	100	13
2009	99	15
2010	102	17
2011	98	13
2012	98	13
2013	93	15
2014	91	13
2015	90	13
2016	88	13
2017	90	15
2018	87	9
2019	89	12
2020	89	6
2021	122	6
2022	86	6
2023	80	11

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 0.23% in Luxembourg. 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	Luxembourg
1960	19.9%	3.72%
1961	19.5%	3.54%
1962	18.9%	3.36%
1963	18.3%	3.2%
1964	17.7%	3.04%
1965	17.1%	2.89%
1966	16.4%	2.75%
1967	15.8%	2.61%
1968	15.2%	2.48%
1969	14.6%	2.36%
1970	14.1%	2.24%
1971	13.7%	2.11%
1972	13.3%	1.99%
1973	13%	1.88%
1974	12.7%	1.77%
1975	12.5%	1.67%
1976	12.4%	1.58%
1977	12.3%	1.51%
1978	12.2%	1.44%
1979	12%	1.39%
1980	11.9%	1.34%
1981	11.7%	1.29%
1982	11.6%	1.25%
1983	11.4%	1.21%
1984	11.1%	1.16%
1985	10.9%	1.12%
1986	10.6%	1.07%
1987	10.2%	1.02%
1988	9.87%	0.97%
1989	9.5%	0.93%
1990	9.13%	0.88%
1991	8.77%	0.83%
1992	8.44%	0.78%
1993	8.13%	0.73%
1994	7.87%	0.68%
1995	7.64%	0.64%
1996	7.42%	0.6%
1997	7.22%	0.56%
1998	7.02%	0.53%
1999	6.83%	0.5%
2000	6.64%	0.47%
2001	6.46%	0.44%
2002	6.31%	0.42%
2003	6.2%	0.39%
2004	6.13%	0.37%
2005	6.07%	0.35%
2006	6.03%	0.33%
2007	5.99%	0.31%
2008	5.93%	0.3%
2009	5.87%	0.29%
2010	5.82%	0.28%
2011	5.79%	0.27%
2012	5.78%	0.27%
2013	5.8%	0.26%
2014	5.84%	0.26%
2015	5.89%	0.26%
2016	5.95%	0.25%
2017	5.99%	0.25%
2018	5.98%	0.25%
2019	5.93%	0.25%
2020	5.86%	0.25%
2021	5.76%	0.24%
2022	5.65%	0.24%
2023	5.51%	0.23%