Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Malaysia

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Malaysia 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 1.55 in Malaysia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Malaysia 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	Malaysia
1960	6.44	6.41
1961	6.48	6.37
1962	6.42	6.3
1963	6.35	6.19
1964	6.29	6.03
1965	6.26	5.84
1966	6.23	5.64
1967	6.11	5.43
1968	5.98	5.29
1969	5.85	5.16
1970	5.71	5.04
1971	5.55	4.92
1972	5.37	4.82
1973	5.2	4.73
1974	5.09	4.62
1975	5.02	4.5
1976	4.96	4.4
1977	4.96	4.28
1978	4.97	4.18
1979	4.97	4.09
1980	4.96	4.04
1981	4.96	4
1982	4.95	3.97
1983	4.91	3.93
1984	4.91	3.89
1985	4.91	3.8
1986	4.87	3.7
1987	4.81	3.57
1988	4.73	3.5
1989	4.69	3.31
1990	4.67	3.3
1991	4.64	3.34
1992	4.57	3.37
1993	4.49	3.36
1994	4.44	3.35
1995	4.42	3.32
1996	4.43	3.3
1997	4.37	3.23
1998	4.29	3.12
1999	4.18	3.07
2000	4.07	2.94
2001	3.96	2.81
2002	3.81	2.66
2003	3.7	2.6
2004	3.73	2.49
2005	3.76	2.39
2006	3.82	2.31
2007	3.87	2.25
2008	3.9	2.26
2009	3.91	2.22
2010	3.9	2.14
2011	3.88	2.15
2012	3.77	2.12
2013	3.64	2.07
2014	3.52	2.06
2015	3.44	2.01
2016	3.38	1.94
2017	3.34	1.89
2018	3.32	1.84
2019	3.29	1.78
2020	3.25	1.68
2021	3.22	1.56
2022	3.18	1.55
2023	3.15	1.55
2024	3.12	1.54
2025	3.09	1.53
2026	3.06	1.52
2027	3.03	1.51
2028	3	1.51
2029	2.97	1.51
2030	2.94	1.51
2031	2.92	1.5
2032	2.89	1.5
2033	2.86	1.5
2034	2.84	1.5
2035	2.81	1.5
2036	2.79	1.51
2037	2.77	1.51
2038	2.74	1.51
2039	2.72	1.51
2040	2.69	1.51
2041	2.67	1.51
2042	2.64	1.51
2043	2.62	1.52
2044	2.6	1.52
2045	2.58	1.52
2046	2.56	1.52
2047	2.54	1.52
2048	2.52	1.53
2049	2.5	1.53
2050	2.48	1.53

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Malaysia
1960	43.2%	45.4%
1961	43.5%	45.9%
1962	43.8%	46.3%
1963	44%	46.5%
1964	44%	46.6%
1965	43.9%	46.5%
1966	44.1%	46.2%
1967	44.5%	45.9%
1968	44.9%	45.5%
1969	45%	45%
1970	44.9%	44.5%
1971	44.8%	44%
1972	44.8%	43.4%
1973	44.6%	42.8%
1974	44.2%	42.2%
1975	43.7%	41.7%
1976	43.2%	41.1%
1977	42.8%	40.6%
1978	42.3%	40.1%
1979	41.8%	39.6%
1980	41.1%	39.2%
1981	40.5%	38.8%
1982	39.9%	38.6%
1983	39.5%	38.4%
1984	39.2%	38.2%
1985	39.2%	38.1%
1986	39.2%	38%
1987	39.4%	37.9%
1988	39.7%	37.7%
1989	39.9%	37.5%
1990	40.2%	37.2%
1991	40.5%	36.9%
1992	40.8%	36.6%
1993	41%	36.3%
1994	41.2%	36%
1995	41.2%	35.7%
1996	41.1%	35.5%
1997	41%	35.3%
1998	40.8%	35%
1999	40.5%	34.6%
2000	40.1%	34.2%
2001	39.8%	33.7%
2002	39.3%	33.2%
2003	38.9%	32.6%
2004	38.4%	32%
2005	38%	31.4%
2006	37.6%	30.7%
2007	37.3%	30%
2008	37%	29.4%
2009	36.8%	28.6%
2010	36.6%	27.9%
2011	36.4%	27.4%
2012	36.1%	27%
2013	35.7%	26.6%
2014	35.4%	26.2%
2015	35.2%	25.8%
2016	35%	25.5%
2017	35%	25.2%
2018	35.1%	24.9%
2019	35.1%	24.5%
2020	35.2%	24%
2021	35.2%	23.4%
2022	35.1%	22.8%
2023	34.9%	22.3%
2024	34.7%	21.8%
2025	34.4%	21.3%
2026	34%	20.8%
2027	33.5%	20.4%
2028	33.1%	19.9%
2029	32.7%	19.4%
2030	32.4%	19%
2031	32%	18.5%
2032	31.7%	18.1%
2033	31.3%	17.8%
2034	31%	17.6%
2035	30.6%	17.4%
2036	30.3%	17.3%
2037	30%	17.3%
2038	29.7%	17.2%
2039	29.4%	17.1%
2040	29.2%	17%
2041	29%	17%
2042	28.8%	16.9%
2043	28.6%	16.8%
2044	28.4%	16.7%
2045	28.3%	16.7%
2046	28.1%	16.6%
2047	27.9%	16.5%
2048	27.8%	16.4%
2049	27.6%	16.3%
2050	27.4%	16.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 21.8% in Malaysia in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 37.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Malaysia compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Malaysia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +0.92% in Malaysia. 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	Malaysia
1960	1,141	251,090
1961	1,199	257,270
1962	1,233	262,140
1963	1,273	265,815
1964	1,318	266,406
1965	1,376	264,836
1966	1,437	262,162
1967	1,417	258,764
1968	1,393	260,705
1969	1,367	264,327
1970	1,388	269,341
1971	1,406	272,323
1972	1,406	276,263
1973	1,409	284,611
1974	1,430	289,880
1975	1,423	294,541
1976	1,425	300,615
1977	1,426	305,515
1978	1,480	311,027
1979	1,509	317,439
1980	1,571	326,947
1981	1,635	339,991
1982	1,697	353,138
1983	1,748	365,290
1984	1,813	376,797
1985	1,881	383,243
1986	1,933	385,799
1987	1,982	381,999
1988	2,022	386,507
1989	2,073	373,277
1990	2,127	384,518
1991	2,176	401,938
1992	2,173	418,900
1993	2,161	429,910
1994	2,168	437,873
1995	2,183	443,349
1996	2,217	450,174
1997	2,220	447,768
1998	2,210	436,316
1999	2,186	432,355
2000	2,153	417,371
2001	2,121	400,939
2002	2,074	381,084
2003	2,045	377,425
2004	2,118	365,138
2005	2,188	355,324
2006	2,285	349,509
2007	2,393	348,711
2008	2,493	362,380
2009	2,573	366,157
2010	2,644	360,260
2011	2,709	372,836
2012	2,678	371,497
2013	2,629	366,738
2014	2,577	367,587
2015	2,555	358,302
2016	2,546	345,681
2017	2,549	336,434
2018	2,561	324,568
2019	2,560	309,426
2020	2,497	283,282
2021	2,408	212,002
2022	2,522	237,560
2023	2,487	254,806

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Malaysia

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 26 deaths in Malaysia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Malaysia
1985	246	63
1986	232	59
1987	231	56
1988	220	55
1989	212	52
1990	199	51
1991	188	49
1992	175	48
1993	162	46
1994	150	44
1995	148	43
1996	141	42
1997	132	40
1998	126	39
1999	121	38
2000	119	37
2001	113	36
2002	109	34
2003	105	34
2004	106	33
2005	104	31
2006	102	30
2007	101	30
2008	100	29
2009	99	29
2010	102	29
2011	98	29
2012	98	29
2013	93	29
2014	91	30
2015	90	30
2016	88	30
2017	90	29
2018	87	29
2019	89	28
2020	89	29
2021	122	52
2022	86	38
2023	80	26

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 0.81% in Malaysia. 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	Malaysia
1960	19.9%	9.46%
1961	19.5%	8.83%
1962	18.9%	8.25%
1963	18.3%	7.74%
1964	17.7%	7.28%
1965	17.1%	6.89%
1966	16.4%	6.56%
1967	15.8%	6.27%
1968	15.2%	6.02%
1969	14.6%	5.79%
1970	14.1%	5.56%
1971	13.7%	5.32%
1972	13.3%	5.06%
1973	13%	4.79%
1974	12.7%	4.5%
1975	12.5%	4.23%
1976	12.4%	3.97%
1977	12.3%	3.71%
1978	12.2%	3.48%
1979	12%	3.25%
1980	11.9%	3.04%
1981	11.7%	2.84%
1982	11.6%	2.65%
1983	11.4%	2.47%
1984	11.1%	2.32%
1985	10.9%	2.18%
1986	10.6%	2.05%
1987	10.2%	1.93%
1988	9.87%	1.83%
1989	9.5%	1.74%
1990	9.13%	1.66%
1991	8.77%	1.58%
1992	8.44%	1.51%
1993	8.13%	1.45%
1994	7.87%	1.39%
1995	7.64%	1.34%
1996	7.42%	1.29%
1997	7.22%	1.23%
1998	7.02%	1.15%
1999	6.83%	1.07%
2000	6.64%	1%
2001	6.46%	0.93%
2002	6.31%	0.88%
2003	6.2%	0.85%
2004	6.13%	0.84%
2005	6.07%	0.83%
2006	6.03%	0.83%
2007	5.99%	0.82%
2008	5.93%	0.82%
2009	5.87%	0.82%
2010	5.82%	0.81%
2011	5.79%	0.81%
2012	5.78%	0.8%
2013	5.8%	0.81%
2014	5.84%	0.81%
2015	5.89%	0.81%
2016	5.95%	0.82%
2017	5.99%	0.82%
2018	5.98%	0.82%
2019	5.93%	0.82%
2020	5.86%	0.81%
2021	5.76%	0.81%
2022	5.65%	0.81%
2023	5.51%	0.81%