Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Mauritania

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Mauritania 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 4.7 in Mauritania in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Mauritania 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	Mauritania
1960	6.44	6.15
1961	6.48	6.2
1962	6.42	6.24
1963	6.35	6.31
1964	6.29	6.37
1965	6.26	6.44
1966	6.23	6.52
1967	6.11	6.57
1968	5.98	6.6
1969	5.85	6.64
1970	5.71	6.68
1971	5.55	6.7
1972	5.37	6.71
1973	5.2	6.72
1974	5.09	6.73
1975	5.02	6.71
1976	4.96	6.73
1977	4.96	6.74
1978	4.97	6.73
1979	4.97	6.7
1980	4.96	6.67
1981	4.96	6.64
1982	4.95	6.59
1983	4.91	6.54
1984	4.91	6.48
1985	4.91	6.42
1986	4.87	6.34
1987	4.81	6.27
1988	4.73	6.21
1989	4.69	6.2
1990	4.67	6.18
1991	4.64	6.16
1992	4.57	6.13
1993	4.49	6.09
1994	4.44	6.06
1995	4.42	5.96
1996	4.43	5.86
1997	4.37	5.74
1998	4.29	5.62
1999	4.18	5.52
2000	4.07	5.46
2001	3.96	5.41
2002	3.81	5.37
2003	3.7	5.36
2004	3.73	5.37
2005	3.76	5.38
2006	3.82	5.4
2007	3.87	5.43
2008	3.9	5.44
2009	3.91	5.41
2010	3.9	5.38
2011	3.88	5.38
2012	3.77	5.35
2013	3.64	5.32
2014	3.52	5.26
2015	3.44	5.21
2016	3.38	5.16
2017	3.34	5.11
2018	3.32	5.04
2019	3.29	4.98
2020	3.25	4.91
2021	3.22	4.85
2022	3.18	4.77
2023	3.15	4.7
2024	3.12	4.63
2025	3.09	4.56
2026	3.06	4.48
2027	3.03	4.42
2028	3	4.36
2029	2.97	4.29
2030	2.94	4.24
2031	2.92	4.18
2032	2.89	4.11
2033	2.86	4.02
2034	2.84	3.97
2035	2.81	3.9
2036	2.79	3.83
2037	2.77	3.78
2038	2.74	3.71
2039	2.72	3.66
2040	2.69	3.6
2041	2.67	3.55
2042	2.64	3.5
2043	2.62	3.45
2044	2.6	3.39
2045	2.58	3.35
2046	2.56	3.3
2047	2.54	3.26
2048	2.52	3.21
2049	2.5	3.17
2050	2.48	3.14

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Mauritania
1960	43.2%	41.8%
1961	43.5%	41.8%
1962	43.8%	41.8%
1963	44%	41.8%
1964	44%	42%
1965	43.9%	42.4%
1966	44.1%	42.8%
1967	44.5%	43.2%
1968	44.9%	43.6%
1969	45%	44%
1970	44.9%	44.4%
1971	44.8%	44.7%
1972	44.8%	44.9%
1973	44.6%	45.2%
1974	44.2%	45.4%
1975	43.7%	45.5%
1976	43.2%	45.6%
1977	42.8%	45.7%
1978	42.3%	45.8%
1979	41.8%	45.9%
1980	41.1%	45.9%
1981	40.5%	45.9%
1982	39.9%	45.8%
1983	39.5%	45.8%
1984	39.2%	45.7%
1985	39.2%	45.6%
1986	39.2%	45.5%
1987	39.4%	45.4%
1988	39.7%	45.3%
1989	39.9%	45.4%
1990	40.2%	45.4%
1991	40.5%	45.3%
1992	40.8%	44.9%
1993	41%	44.4%
1994	41.2%	44.3%
1995	41.2%	44.4%
1996	41.1%	44.6%
1997	41%	44.7%
1998	40.8%	44.6%
1999	40.5%	44.4%
2000	40.1%	44.2%
2001	39.8%	44.1%
2002	39.3%	44.2%
2003	38.9%	44.2%
2004	38.4%	44.2%
2005	38%	44.2%
2006	37.6%	44.2%
2007	37.3%	44.3%
2008	37%	44.1%
2009	36.8%	43.9%
2010	36.6%	43.9%
2011	36.4%	43.9%
2012	36.1%	44.1%
2013	35.7%	44.2%
2014	35.4%	44.2%
2015	35.2%	44.3%
2016	35%	44.2%
2017	35%	44.2%
2018	35.1%	44.1%
2019	35.1%	44%
2020	35.2%	43.8%
2021	35.2%	43.6%
2022	35.1%	43.4%
2023	34.9%	43%
2024	34.7%	42.7%
2025	34.4%	42.4%
2026	34%	42%
2027	33.5%	41.7%
2028	33.1%	41.3%
2029	32.7%	41%
2030	32.4%	40.7%
2031	32%	40.4%
2032	31.7%	40%
2033	31.3%	39.7%
2034	31%	39.3%
2035	30.6%	39%
2036	30.3%	38.6%
2037	30%	38.3%
2038	29.7%	37.9%
2039	29.4%	37.6%
2040	29.2%	37.3%
2041	29%	36.9%
2042	28.8%	36.6%
2043	28.6%	36.2%
2044	28.4%	35.9%
2045	28.3%	35.5%
2046	28.1%	35.2%
2047	27.9%	34.8%
2048	27.8%	34.5%
2049	27.6%	34.1%
2050	27.4%	33.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 42.7% in Mauritania in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 45.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Mauritania compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Mauritania by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +3% in Mauritania. 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	Mauritania
1960	1,141	21,604
1961	1,199	22,781
1962	1,233	23,927
1963	1,273	25,250
1964	1,318	26,565
1965	1,376	28,028
1966	1,437	29,502
1967	1,417	30,853
1968	1,393	32,029
1969	1,367	33,252
1970	1,388	34,382
1971	1,406	35,279
1972	1,406	36,184
1973	1,409	37,122
1974	1,430	38,106
1975	1,423	38,975
1976	1,425	40,149
1977	1,426	41,352
1978	1,480	42,539
1979	1,509	43,537
1980	1,571	45,026
1981	1,635	46,641
1982	1,697	47,947
1983	1,748	49,187
1984	1,813	50,705
1985	1,881	52,125
1986	1,933	53,313
1987	1,982	55,037
1988	2,022	56,654
1989	2,073	58,666
1990	2,127	59,934
1991	2,176	61,782
1992	2,173	63,501
1993	2,161	68,167
1994	2,168	70,570
1995	2,183	72,244
1996	2,217	71,939
1997	2,220	71,327
1998	2,210	72,045
1999	2,186	73,554
2000	2,153	75,929
2001	2,121	78,769
2002	2,074	80,993
2003	2,045	83,804
2004	2,118	87,578
2005	2,188	90,940
2006	2,285	94,991
2007	2,393	98,895
2008	2,493	102,432
2009	2,573	105,273
2010	2,644	108,121
2011	2,709	111,165
2012	2,678	113,489
2013	2,629	115,558
2014	2,577	118,792
2015	2,555	122,092
2016	2,546	125,342
2017	2,549	128,562
2018	2,561	131,584
2019	2,560	134,460
2020	2,497	134,899
2021	2,408	137,557
2022	2,522	142,451
2023	2,487	145,164

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Mauritania

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 381 deaths in Mauritania.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Mauritania
1985	246	998
1986	232	961
1987	231	914
1988	220	887
1989	212	883
1990	199	858
1991	188	845
1992	175	811
1993	162	813
1994	150	809
1995	148	815
1996	141	813
1997	132	752
1998	126	698
1999	121	669
2000	119	644
2001	113	616
2002	109	590
2003	105	571
2004	106	557
2005	104	536
2006	102	521
2007	101	516
2008	100	506
2009	99	500
2010	102	499
2011	98	494
2012	98	496
2013	93	496
2014	91	484
2015	90	469
2016	88	456
2017	90	450
2018	87	437
2019	89	424
2020	89	413
2021	122	425
2022	86	385
2023	80	381

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 3.78% in Mauritania. 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	Mauritania
1960	19.9%	25.3%
1961	19.5%	24.7%
1962	18.9%	24%
1963	18.3%	23.4%
1964	17.7%	22.7%
1965	17.1%	22%
1966	16.4%	21.3%
1967	15.8%	20.6%
1968	15.2%	19.9%
1969	14.6%	19.4%
1970	14.1%	19%
1971	13.7%	18.9%
1972	13.3%	18.9%
1973	13%	19%
1974	12.7%	19%
1975	12.5%	18.9%
1976	12.4%	18.6%
1977	12.3%	18.2%
1978	12.2%	17.6%
1979	12%	17.1%
1980	11.9%	16.6%
1981	11.7%	16.1%
1982	11.6%	15.6%
1983	11.4%	15.1%
1984	11.1%	14.5%
1985	10.9%	13.8%
1986	10.6%	13.2%
1987	10.2%	12.6%
1988	9.87%	12.1%
1989	9.5%	11.8%
1990	9.13%	11.5%
1991	8.77%	11.4%
1992	8.44%	11.3%
1993	8.13%	11.2%
1994	7.87%	11.2%
1995	7.64%	11.1%
1996	7.42%	11%
1997	7.22%	10.8%
1998	7.02%	10.6%
1999	6.83%	10.2%
2000	6.64%	9.82%
2001	6.46%	9.35%
2002	6.31%	8.81%
2003	6.2%	8.25%
2004	6.13%	7.7%
2005	6.07%	7.18%
2006	6.03%	6.73%
2007	5.99%	6.35%
2008	5.93%	6.04%
2009	5.87%	5.79%
2010	5.82%	5.61%
2011	5.79%	5.45%
2012	5.78%	5.31%
2013	5.8%	5.17%
2014	5.84%	5.04%
2015	5.89%	4.89%
2016	5.95%	4.74%
2017	5.99%	4.59%
2018	5.98%	4.45%
2019	5.93%	4.3%
2020	5.86%	4.17%
2021	5.76%	4.03%
2022	5.65%	3.91%
2023	5.51%	3.78%