Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Myanmar

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Myanmar 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 2.12 in Myanmar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Myanmar 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	Myanmar
1960	6.44	5.9
1961	6.48	5.9
1962	6.42	5.9
1963	6.35	5.91
1964	6.29	5.91
1965	6.26	5.91
1966	6.23	5.88
1967	6.11	5.84
1968	5.98	5.8
1969	5.85	5.75
1970	5.71	5.68
1971	5.55	5.62
1972	5.37	5.53
1973	5.2	5.44
1974	5.09	5.34
1975	5.02	5.25
1976	4.96	5.16
1977	4.96	5.07
1978	4.97	4.99
1979	4.97	4.9
1980	4.96	4.79
1981	4.96	4.69
1982	4.95	4.66
1983	4.91	4.63
1984	4.91	4.52
1985	4.91	4.32
1986	4.87	4.08
1987	4.81	3.86
1988	4.73	3.67
1989	4.69	3.59
1990	4.67	3.5
1991	4.64	3.43
1992	4.57	3.35
1993	4.49	3.28
1994	4.44	3.2
1995	4.42	3.13
1996	4.43	3.06
1997	4.37	2.99
1998	4.29	2.91
1999	4.18	2.85
2000	4.07	2.81
2001	3.96	2.79
2002	3.81	2.77
2003	3.7	2.68
2004	3.73	2.59
2005	3.76	2.52
2006	3.82	2.47
2007	3.87	2.45
2008	3.9	2.4
2009	3.91	2.37
2010	3.9	2.34
2011	3.88	2.31
2012	3.77	2.28
2013	3.64	2.26
2014	3.52	2.25
2015	3.44	2.27
2016	3.38	2.27
2017	3.34	2.25
2018	3.32	2.23
2019	3.29	2.21
2020	3.25	2.18
2021	3.22	2.16
2022	3.18	2.13
2023	3.15	2.12
2024	3.12	2.1
2025	3.09	2.08
2026	3.06	2.06
2027	3.03	2.04
2028	3	2.02
2029	2.97	2.01
2030	2.94	2
2031	2.92	1.98
2032	2.89	1.97
2033	2.86	1.96
2034	2.84	1.94
2035	2.81	1.93
2036	2.79	1.92
2037	2.77	1.92
2038	2.74	1.91
2039	2.72	1.9
2040	2.69	1.89
2041	2.67	1.89
2042	2.64	1.88
2043	2.62	1.87
2044	2.6	1.86
2045	2.58	1.86
2046	2.56	1.85
2047	2.54	1.85
2048	2.52	1.84
2049	2.5	1.83
2050	2.48	1.83

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Myanmar
1960	43.2%	39.9%
1961	43.5%	40.2%
1962	43.8%	40.6%
1963	44%	40.9%
1964	44%	41%
1965	43.9%	41.1%
1966	44.1%	41.1%
1967	44.5%	41%
1968	44.9%	40.9%
1969	45%	40.8%
1970	44.9%	40.7%
1971	44.8%	40.6%
1972	44.8%	40.5%
1973	44.6%	40.3%
1974	44.2%	40.2%
1975	43.7%	40.1%
1976	43.2%	40%
1977	42.8%	39.8%
1978	42.3%	39.6%
1979	41.8%	39.4%
1980	41.1%	39.2%
1981	40.5%	39%
1982	39.9%	38.8%
1983	39.5%	38.6%
1984	39.2%	38.3%
1985	39.2%	38.1%
1986	39.2%	37.8%
1987	39.4%	37.4%
1988	39.7%	37%
1989	39.9%	36.6%
1990	40.2%	36.2%
1991	40.5%	35.8%
1992	40.8%	35.4%
1993	41%	35.1%
1994	41.2%	34.7%
1995	41.2%	34.2%
1996	41.1%	33.8%
1997	41%	33.3%
1998	40.8%	32.8%
1999	40.5%	32.3%
2000	40.1%	31.8%
2001	39.8%	31.4%
2002	39.3%	31%
2003	38.9%	30.7%
2004	38.4%	30.4%
2005	38%	30.1%
2006	37.6%	29.7%
2007	37.3%	29.4%
2008	37%	29%
2009	36.8%	28.6%
2010	36.6%	28.2%
2011	36.4%	27.9%
2012	36.1%	27.5%
2013	35.7%	27.1%
2014	35.4%	26.8%
2015	35.2%	26.5%
2016	35%	26.2%
2017	35%	25.9%
2018	35.1%	25.6%
2019	35.1%	25.4%
2020	35.2%	25.1%
2021	35.2%	24.9%
2022	35.1%	24.7%
2023	34.9%	24.5%
2024	34.7%	24.3%
2025	34.4%	24.1%
2026	34%	23.9%
2027	33.5%	23.6%
2028	33.1%	23.4%
2029	32.7%	23.2%
2030	32.4%	23%
2031	32%	22.7%
2032	31.7%	22.4%
2033	31.3%	22.2%
2034	31%	21.9%
2035	30.6%	21.7%
2036	30.3%	21.4%
2037	30%	21.2%
2038	29.7%	21%
2039	29.4%	20.8%
2040	29.2%	20.6%
2041	29%	20.4%
2042	28.8%	20.2%
2043	28.6%	20.1%
2044	28.4%	19.9%
2045	28.3%	19.8%
2046	28.1%	19.6%
2047	27.9%	19.5%
2048	27.8%	19.4%
2049	27.6%	19.2%
2050	27.4%	19.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 24.3% in Myanmar in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 36.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Myanmar compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Myanmar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +0.88% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	1,141	465,049
1961	1,199	474,818
1962	1,233	487,925
1963	1,273	501,548
1964	1,318	516,334
1965	1,376	533,443
1966	1,437	546,378
1967	1,417	559,577
1968	1,393	571,123
1969	1,367	584,979
1970	1,388	595,337
1971	1,406	608,784
1972	1,406	616,411
1973	1,409	624,619
1974	1,430	628,458
1975	1,423	635,005
1976	1,425	642,829
1977	1,426	649,915
1978	1,480	658,068
1979	1,509	669,338
1980	1,571	673,815
1981	1,635	679,851
1982	1,697	701,212
1983	1,748	719,710
1984	1,813	723,623
1985	1,881	705,905
1986	1,933	679,467
1987	1,982	652,960
1988	2,022	630,392
1989	2,073	636,610
1990	2,127	636,081
1991	2,176	637,622
1992	2,173	634,484
1993	2,161	633,576
1994	2,168	626,411
1995	2,183	620,376
1996	2,217	619,488
1997	2,220	613,103
1998	2,210	606,110
1999	2,186	597,916
2000	2,153	596,979
2001	2,121	601,524
2002	2,074	602,873
2003	2,045	582,173
2004	2,118	556,494
2005	2,188	537,429
2006	2,285	527,165
2007	2,393	523,745
2008	2,493	373,287
2009	2,573	505,144
2010	2,644	497,745
2011	2,709	492,271
2012	2,678	487,210
2013	2,629	487,648
2014	2,577	488,114
2015	2,555	495,769
2016	2,546	499,508
2017	2,549	492,276
2018	2,561	482,316
2019	2,560	469,924
2020	2,497	448,626
2021	2,408	394,104
2022	2,522	415,647
2023	2,487	408,331

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Myanmar

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 185 deaths in Myanmar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Myanmar
1985	246	674
1986	232	652
1987	231	631
1988	220	616
1989	212	603
1990	199	586
1991	188	566
1992	175	542
1993	162	522
1994	150	498
1995	148	472
1996	141	442
1997	132	416
1998	126	398
1999	121	388
2000	119	375
2001	113	361
2002	109	347
2003	105	335
2004	106	324
2005	104	312
2006	102	301
2007	101	290
2008	100	286
2009	99	268
2010	102	259
2011	98	249
2012	98	243
2013	93	237
2014	91	228
2015	90	222
2016	88	215
2017	90	209
2018	87	201
2019	89	195
2020	89	198
2021	122	231
2022	86	193
2023	80	185

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 3.87% in Myanmar. 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	Myanmar
1960	19.9%	-
1961	19.5%	-
1962	18.9%	-
1963	18.3%	-
1964	17.7%	-
1965	17.1%	-
1966	16.4%	-
1967	15.8%	-
1968	15.2%	18%
1969	14.6%	17.7%
1970	14.1%	17.4%
1971	13.7%	17%
1972	13.3%	16.7%
1973	13%	16.3%
1974	12.7%	16%
1975	12.5%	15.6%
1976	12.4%	15.3%
1977	12.3%	14.9%
1978	12.2%	14.6%
1979	12%	14.3%
1980	11.9%	14%
1981	11.7%	13.7%
1982	11.6%	13.4%
1983	11.4%	13.1%
1984	11.1%	12.9%
1985	10.9%	12.7%
1986	10.6%	12.5%
1987	10.2%	12.2%
1988	9.87%	12%
1989	9.5%	11.8%
1990	9.13%	11.5%
1991	8.77%	11.3%
1992	8.44%	11%
1993	8.13%	10.7%
1994	7.87%	10.5%
1995	7.64%	10.2%
1996	7.42%	9.94%
1997	7.22%	9.68%
1998	7.02%	9.43%
1999	6.83%	9.19%
2000	6.64%	8.95%
2001	6.46%	8.71%
2002	6.31%	8.47%
2003	6.2%	8.22%
2004	6.13%	7.97%
2005	6.07%	7.71%
2006	6.03%	7.44%
2007	5.99%	7.16%
2008	5.93%	10.1%
2009	5.87%	6.6%
2010	5.82%	6.32%
2011	5.79%	6.05%
2012	5.78%	5.8%
2013	5.8%	5.56%
2014	5.84%	5.34%
2015	5.89%	5.13%
2016	5.95%	4.95%
2017	5.99%	4.77%
2018	5.98%	4.6%
2019	5.93%	4.44%
2020	5.86%	4.29%
2021	5.76%	4.14%
2022	5.65%	4%
2023	5.51%	3.87%