Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Mexico

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Mexico 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 1.91 in Mexico in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Mexico 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	Mexico
1960	6.44	6.76
1961	6.48	6.78
1962	6.42	6.8
1963	6.35	6.82
1964	6.29	6.83
1965	6.26	6.82
1966	6.23	6.79
1967	6.11	6.75
1968	5.98	6.71
1969	5.85	6.63
1970	5.71	6.53
1971	5.55	6.42
1972	5.37	6.28
1973	5.2	6.12
1974	5.09	5.95
1975	5.02	5.74
1976	4.96	5.54
1977	4.96	5.36
1978	4.97	5.2
1979	4.97	4.96
1980	4.96	4.74
1981	4.96	4.57
1982	4.95	4.43
1983	4.91	4.3
1984	4.91	4.18
1985	4.91	4.09
1986	4.87	3.97
1987	4.81	3.8
1988	4.73	3.64
1989	4.69	3.53
1990	4.67	3.44
1991	4.64	3.36
1992	4.57	3.29
1993	4.49	3.21
1994	4.44	3.13
1995	4.42	3.04
1996	4.43	2.96
1997	4.37	2.89
1998	4.29	2.82
1999	4.18	2.76
2000	4.07	2.71
2001	3.96	2.67
2002	3.81	2.63
2003	3.7	2.58
2004	3.73	2.54
2005	3.76	2.5
2006	3.82	2.46
2007	3.87	2.42
2008	3.9	2.39
2009	3.91	2.36
2010	3.9	2.34
2011	3.88	2.32
2012	3.77	2.29
2013	3.64	2.27
2014	3.52	2.21
2015	3.44	2.14
2016	3.38	2.09
2017	3.34	2.04
2018	3.32	2.03
2019	3.29	2.02
2020	3.25	1.99
2021	3.22	1.97
2022	3.18	1.94
2023	3.15	1.91
2024	3.12	1.89
2025	3.09	1.87
2026	3.06	1.85
2027	3.03	1.83
2028	3	1.82
2029	2.97	1.81
2030	2.94	1.79
2031	2.92	1.78
2032	2.89	1.77
2033	2.86	1.77
2034	2.84	1.76
2035	2.81	1.76
2036	2.79	1.75
2037	2.77	1.75
2038	2.74	1.74
2039	2.72	1.74
2040	2.69	1.73
2041	2.67	1.73
2042	2.64	1.72
2043	2.62	1.72
2044	2.6	1.72
2045	2.58	1.71
2046	2.56	1.71
2047	2.54	1.71
2048	2.52	1.7
2049	2.5	1.7
2050	2.48	1.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Mexico
1960	43.2%	46.8%
1961	43.5%	47%
1962	43.8%	47.1%
1963	44%	47.2%
1964	44%	47.3%
1965	43.9%	47.4%
1966	44.1%	47.5%
1967	44.5%	47.6%
1968	44.9%	47.6%
1969	45%	47.7%
1970	44.9%	47.7%
1971	44.8%	47.8%
1972	44.8%	47.7%
1973	44.6%	47.7%
1974	44.2%	47.6%
1975	43.7%	47.5%
1976	43.2%	47.2%
1977	42.8%	47%
1978	42.3%	46.7%
1979	41.8%	46.3%
1980	41.1%	45.8%
1981	40.5%	45.2%
1982	39.9%	44.4%
1983	39.5%	43.7%
1984	39.2%	43%
1985	39.2%	42.3%
1986	39.2%	41.6%
1987	39.4%	41%
1988	39.7%	40.3%
1989	39.9%	39.7%
1990	40.2%	39%
1991	40.5%	38.4%
1992	40.8%	37.8%
1993	41%	37.3%
1994	41.2%	36.9%
1995	41.2%	36.5%
1996	41.1%	36%
1997	41%	35.6%
1998	40.8%	35.2%
1999	40.5%	34.8%
2000	40.1%	34.3%
2001	39.8%	33.9%
2002	39.3%	33.4%
2003	38.9%	33%
2004	38.4%	32.5%
2005	38%	32.1%
2006	37.6%	31.6%
2007	37.3%	31.1%
2008	37%	30.6%
2009	36.8%	30.2%
2010	36.6%	29.8%
2011	36.4%	29.4%
2012	36.1%	29%
2013	35.7%	28.7%
2014	35.4%	28.3%
2015	35.2%	28%
2016	35%	27.6%
2017	35%	27.2%
2018	35.1%	26.7%
2019	35.1%	26.3%
2020	35.2%	26%
2021	35.2%	25.7%
2022	35.1%	25.3%
2023	34.9%	24.9%
2024	34.7%	24.5%
2025	34.4%	24.1%
2026	34%	23.7%
2027	33.5%	23.2%
2028	33.1%	22.8%
2029	32.7%	22.4%
2030	32.4%	22.1%
2031	32%	21.7%
2032	31.7%	21.4%
2033	31.3%	21.2%
2034	31%	20.9%
2035	30.6%	20.6%
2036	30.3%	20.3%
2037	30%	20.1%
2038	29.7%	19.9%
2039	29.4%	19.6%
2040	29.2%	19.4%
2041	29%	19.2%
2042	28.8%	19%
2043	28.6%	18.8%
2044	28.4%	18.6%
2045	28.3%	18.4%
2046	28.1%	18.2%
2047	27.9%	18%
2048	27.8%	17.8%
2049	27.6%	17.7%
2050	27.4%	17.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 24.5% in Mexico in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 39% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Mexico compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Mexico by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +1.05% in Mexico. 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	Mexico
1960	1,141	1,206,955
1961	1,199	1,265,833
1962	1,233	1,328,319
1963	1,273	1,387,678
1964	1,318	1,447,360
1965	1,376	1,508,344
1966	1,437	1,566,170
1967	1,417	1,620,534
1968	1,393	1,671,918
1969	1,367	1,711,297
1970	1,388	1,753,370
1971	1,406	1,790,990
1972	1,406	1,823,302
1973	1,409	1,845,593
1974	1,430	1,868,809
1975	1,423	1,880,241
1976	1,425	1,891,958
1977	1,426	1,902,964
1978	1,480	1,921,419
1979	1,509	1,908,018
1980	1,571	1,893,158
1981	1,635	1,904,384
1982	1,697	1,921,772
1983	1,748	1,939,193
1984	1,813	1,960,428
1985	1,881	1,983,622
1986	1,933	1,998,043
1987	1,982	1,971,231
1988	2,022	1,936,601
1989	2,073	1,927,752
1990	2,127	1,926,480
1991	2,176	1,942,832
1992	2,173	1,956,659
1993	2,161	1,963,708
1994	2,168	1,959,775
1995	2,183	1,941,458
1996	2,217	1,922,554
1997	2,220	1,898,383
1998	2,210	1,871,650
1999	2,186	1,859,475
2000	2,153	1,845,383
2001	2,121	1,836,418
2002	2,074	1,820,665
2003	2,045	1,788,016
2004	2,118	1,759,250
2005	2,188	1,732,663
2006	2,285	1,706,084
2007	2,393	1,684,915
2008	2,493	1,670,846
2009	2,573	1,661,180
2010	2,644	1,658,682
2011	2,709	1,659,161
2012	2,678	1,656,599
2013	2,629	1,642,609
2014	2,577	1,587,620
2015	2,555	1,508,439
2016	2,546	1,445,256
2017	2,549	1,384,178
2018	2,561	1,366,076
2019	2,560	1,357,485
2020	2,497	1,031,637
2021	2,408	936,682
2022	2,522	1,224,397
2023	2,487	1,238,366

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Mexico

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 42 deaths in Mexico.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Mexico
1985	246	107
1986	232	100
1987	231	93
1988	220	88
1989	212	85
1990	199	81
1991	188	77
1992	175	73
1993	162	71
1994	150	69
1995	148	66
1996	141	64
1997	132	62
1998	126	60
1999	121	58
2000	119	56
2001	113	55
2002	109	55
2003	105	54
2004	106	53
2005	104	52
2006	102	51
2007	101	50
2008	100	51
2009	99	51
2010	102	50
2011	98	47
2012	98	46
2013	93	45
2014	91	44
2015	90	43
2016	88	43
2017	90	44
2018	87	44
2019	89	43
2020	89	61
2021	122	104
2022	86	45
2023	80	42

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 1.25% in Mexico. 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	Mexico
1960	19.9%	15.5%
1961	19.5%	14.8%
1962	18.9%	14.3%
1963	18.3%	13.7%
1964	17.7%	13.2%
1965	17.1%	12.7%
1966	16.4%	12.3%
1967	15.8%	11.9%
1968	15.2%	11.5%
1969	14.6%	11.1%
1970	14.1%	10.7%
1971	13.7%	10.3%
1972	13.3%	9.93%
1973	13%	9.56%
1974	12.7%	9.21%
1975	12.5%	8.86%
1976	12.4%	8.52%
1977	12.3%	8.18%
1978	12.2%	7.85%
1979	12%	7.51%
1980	11.9%	7.18%
1981	11.7%	6.86%
1982	11.6%	6.55%
1983	11.4%	6.26%
1984	11.1%	5.98%
1985	10.9%	5.71%
1986	10.6%	5.46%
1987	10.2%	5.21%
1988	9.87%	4.98%
1989	9.5%	4.75%
1990	9.13%	4.53%
1991	8.77%	4.32%
1992	8.44%	4.12%
1993	8.13%	3.92%
1994	7.87%	3.74%
1995	7.64%	3.57%
1996	7.42%	3.4%
1997	7.22%	3.24%
1998	7.02%	3.09%
1999	6.83%	2.94%
2000	6.64%	2.81%
2001	6.46%	2.68%
2002	6.31%	2.57%
2003	6.2%	2.46%
2004	6.13%	2.36%
2005	6.07%	2.27%
2006	6.03%	2.19%
2007	5.99%	2.11%
2008	5.93%	2.04%
2009	5.87%	1.98%
2010	5.82%	1.91%
2011	5.79%	1.85%
2012	5.78%	1.79%
2013	5.8%	1.73%
2014	5.84%	1.68%
2015	5.89%	1.62%
2016	5.95%	1.57%
2017	5.99%	1.52%
2018	5.98%	1.47%
2019	5.93%	1.42%
2020	5.86%	1.38%
2021	5.76%	1.33%
2022	5.65%	1.29%
2023	5.51%	1.25%