Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Mozambique 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 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Mozambique 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	Mozambique
1960	6.44	6.31
1961	6.48	6.37
1962	6.42	6.42
1963	6.35	6.47
1964	6.29	6.51
1965	6.26	6.54
1966	6.23	6.58
1967	6.11	6.61
1968	5.98	6.65
1969	5.85	6.67
1970	5.71	6.7
1971	5.55	6.7
1972	5.37	6.7
1973	5.2	6.7
1974	5.09	6.67
1975	5.02	6.66
1976	4.96	6.64
1977	4.96	6.62
1978	4.97	6.59
1979	4.97	6.56
1980	4.96	6.53
1981	4.96	6.48
1982	4.95	6.43
1983	4.91	6.43
1984	4.91	6.44
1985	4.91	6.43
1986	4.87	6.41
1987	4.81	6.39
1988	4.73	6.37
1989	4.69	6.35
1990	4.67	6.32
1991	4.64	6.28
1992	4.57	6.22
1993	4.49	6.15
1994	4.44	6.08
1995	4.42	6.02
1996	4.43	5.97
1997	4.37	5.93
1998	4.29	5.91
1999	4.18	5.88
2000	4.07	5.83
2001	3.96	5.76
2002	3.81	5.67
2003	3.7	5.6
2004	3.73	5.55
2005	3.76	5.5
2006	3.82	5.45
2007	3.87	5.47
2008	3.9	5.6
2009	3.91	5.68
2010	3.9	5.66
2011	3.88	5.6
2012	3.77	5.52
2013	3.64	5.43
2014	3.52	5.3
2015	3.44	5.25
2016	3.38	5.19
2017	3.34	5.13
2018	3.32	5.07
2019	3.29	5.02
2020	3.25	4.96
2021	3.22	4.91
2022	3.18	4.84
2023	3.15	4.76
2024	3.12	4.69
2025	3.09	4.62
2026	3.06	4.54
2027	3.03	4.46
2028	3	4.39
2029	2.97	4.3
2030	2.94	4.23
2031	2.92	4.14
2032	2.89	4.06
2033	2.86	3.97
2034	2.84	3.89
2035	2.81	3.82
2036	2.79	3.75
2037	2.77	3.67
2038	2.74	3.6
2039	2.72	3.53
2040	2.69	3.47
2041	2.67	3.4
2042	2.64	3.34
2043	2.62	3.28
2044	2.6	3.22
2045	2.58	3.16
2046	2.56	3.11
2047	2.54	3.06
2048	2.52	3.01
2049	2.5	2.97
2050	2.48	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Mozambique
1960	43.2%	41%
1961	43.5%	41.2%
1962	43.8%	41.4%
1963	44%	41.6%
1964	44%	41.9%
1965	43.9%	42.2%
1966	44.1%	42.5%
1967	44.5%	42.7%
1968	44.9%	42.9%
1969	45%	43.1%
1970	44.9%	43.3%
1971	44.8%	43.4%
1972	44.8%	43.6%
1973	44.6%	43.7%
1974	44.2%	43.8%
1975	43.7%	44%
1976	43.2%	44.1%
1977	42.8%	44.3%
1978	42.3%	44.6%
1979	41.8%	44.9%
1980	41.1%	45.3%
1981	40.5%	45.6%
1982	39.9%	45.7%
1983	39.5%	45.8%
1984	39.2%	45.9%
1985	39.2%	45.9%
1986	39.2%	45.9%
1987	39.4%	45.9%
1988	39.7%	45.8%
1989	39.9%	45.7%
1990	40.2%	45.7%
1991	40.5%	45.6%
1992	40.8%	45.5%
1993	41%	45.4%
1994	41.2%	45.2%
1995	41.2%	45%
1996	41.1%	44.9%
1997	41%	44.8%
1998	40.8%	44.9%
1999	40.5%	45%
2000	40.1%	45.1%
2001	39.8%	45.1%
2002	39.3%	45.2%
2003	38.9%	45.3%
2004	38.4%	45.3%
2005	38%	45.3%
2006	37.6%	45.4%
2007	37.3%	45.4%
2008	37%	45.5%
2009	36.8%	45.6%
2010	36.6%	45.8%
2011	36.4%	45.8%
2012	36.1%	45.9%
2013	35.7%	45.8%
2014	35.4%	45.8%
2015	35.2%	45.7%
2016	35%	45.6%
2017	35%	45.5%
2018	35.1%	45.4%
2019	35.1%	45.3%
2020	35.2%	45.2%
2021	35.2%	45.1%
2022	35.1%	45%
2023	34.9%	44.8%
2024	34.7%	44.5%
2025	34.4%	44.2%
2026	34%	43.9%
2027	33.5%	43.5%
2028	33.1%	43.2%
2029	32.7%	42.9%
2030	32.4%	42.5%
2031	32%	42.2%
2032	31.7%	41.9%
2033	31.3%	41.5%
2034	31%	41.1%
2035	30.6%	40.7%
2036	30.3%	40.3%
2037	30%	39.9%
2038	29.7%	39.5%
2039	29.4%	39%
2040	29.2%	38.6%
2041	29%	38.2%
2042	28.8%	37.7%
2043	28.6%	37.3%
2044	28.4%	36.9%
2045	28.3%	36.4%
2046	28.1%	36%
2047	27.9%	35.6%
2048	27.8%	35.2%
2049	27.6%	34.8%
2050	27.4%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	1,141	165,774
1961	1,199	171,236
1962	1,233	176,297
1963	1,273	180,867
1964	1,318	182,334
1965	1,376	185,931
1966	1,437	189,218
1967	1,417	193,044
1968	1,393	197,623
1969	1,367	202,174
1970	1,388	207,385
1971	1,406	211,137
1972	1,406	215,793
1973	1,409	226,847
1974	1,430	240,665
1975	1,423	257,984
1976	1,425	273,924
1977	1,426	289,193
1978	1,480	310,403
1979	1,509	331,162
1980	1,571	349,586
1981	1,635	322,207
1982	1,697	321,493
1983	1,748	324,158
1984	1,813	304,524
1985	1,881	307,625
1986	1,933	332,609
1987	1,982	334,438
1988	2,022	349,480
1989	2,073	348,833
1990	2,127	353,290
1991	2,176	357,676
1992	2,173	362,373
1993	2,161	369,518
1994	2,168	384,821
1995	2,183	421,630
1996	2,217	442,559
1997	2,220	461,209
1998	2,210	474,453
1999	2,186	491,814
2000	2,153	506,162
2001	2,121	519,594
2002	2,074	529,867
2003	2,045	540,992
2004	2,118	554,973
2005	2,188	570,132
2006	2,285	586,009
2007	2,393	610,913
2008	2,493	654,920
2009	2,573	693,673
2010	2,644	719,025
2011	2,709	741,303
2012	2,678	763,088
2013	2,629	784,641
2014	2,577	799,778
2015	2,555	824,435
2016	2,546	850,430
2017	2,549	876,594
2018	2,561	903,176
2019	2,560	927,581
2020	2,497	945,952
2021	2,408	951,234
2022	2,522	1,003,689
2023	2,487	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Mozambique

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 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Mozambique
1985	246	1,452
1986	232	1,355
1987	231	1,348
1988	220	1,259
1989	212	1,209
1990	199	1,150
1991	188	1,094
1992	175	1,046
1993	162	968
1994	150	902
1995	148	883
1996	141	819
1997	132	738
1998	126	694
1999	121	624
2000	119	547
2001	113	473
2002	109	398
2003	105	360
2004	106	321
2005	104	301
2006	102	298
2007	101	327
2008	100	365
2009	99	352
2010	102	305
2011	98	268
2012	98	218
2013	93	196
2014	91	210
2015	90	216
2016	88	202
2017	90	187
2018	87	159
2019	89	134
2020	89	123
2021	122	180
2022	86	104
2023	80	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	19.9%	-
1961	19.5%	-
1962	18.9%	-
1963	18.3%	26.5%
1964	17.7%	26.7%
1965	17.1%	26.8%
1966	16.4%	26.8%
1967	15.8%	26.9%
1968	15.2%	26.9%
1969	14.6%	26.9%
1970	14.1%	26.8%
1971	13.7%	26.7%
1972	13.3%	26.6%
1973	13%	26.4%
1974	12.7%	26.3%
1975	12.5%	26.1%
1976	12.4%	26%
1977	12.3%	25.8%
1978	12.2%	25.7%
1979	12%	25.7%
1980	11.9%	25.6%
1981	11.7%	25.6%
1982	11.6%	25.5%
1983	11.4%	25.3%
1984	11.1%	25.1%
1985	10.9%	24.8%
1986	10.6%	24.5%
1987	10.2%	24.2%
1988	9.87%	23.9%
1989	9.5%	23.6%
1990	9.13%	23.3%
1991	8.77%	23%
1992	8.44%	22.6%
1993	8.13%	22.1%
1994	7.87%	21.6%
1995	7.64%	20.9%
1996	7.42%	20.1%
1997	7.22%	19.2%
1998	7.02%	18.2%
1999	6.83%	17.2%
2000	6.64%	16.3%
2001	6.46%	15.4%
2002	6.31%	14.6%
2003	6.2%	13.9%
2004	6.13%	13.2%
2005	6.07%	12.5%
2006	6.03%	11.8%
2007	5.99%	11%
2008	5.93%	10.4%
2009	5.87%	9.75%
2010	5.82%	9.5%
2011	5.79%	9.05%
2012	5.78%	8.63%
2013	5.8%	8.26%
2014	5.84%	7.92%
2015	5.89%	7.51%
2016	5.95%	7.23%
2017	5.99%	7.09%
2018	5.98%	6.95%
2019	5.93%	6.83%
2020	5.86%	6.73%
2021	5.76%	6.58%
2022	5.65%	6.43%
2023	5.51%	6.17%