Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Nepal

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Nepal 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 1.98 in Nepal in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Nepal 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	Nepal
1960	6.44	6.07
1961	6.48	6.09
1962	6.42	6.08
1963	6.35	6.06
1964	6.29	6.04
1965	6.26	6.01
1966	6.23	5.98
1967	6.11	5.95
1968	5.98	5.94
1969	5.85	5.89
1970	5.71	5.87
1971	5.55	5.85
1972	5.37	5.8
1973	5.2	5.7
1974	5.09	5.75
1975	5.02	5.73
1976	4.96	5.72
1977	4.96	5.69
1978	4.97	5.68
1979	4.97	5.64
1980	4.96	5.6
1981	4.96	5.58
1982	4.95	5.55
1983	4.91	5.54
1984	4.91	5.51
1985	4.91	5.46
1986	4.87	5.4
1987	4.81	5.35
1988	4.73	5.31
1989	4.69	5.26
1990	4.67	5.21
1991	4.64	5.15
1992	4.57	5.07
1993	4.49	5.04
1994	4.44	4.96
1995	4.42	4.87
1996	4.43	4.67
1997	4.37	4.44
1998	4.29	4.28
1999	4.18	4.13
2000	4.07	3.98
2001	3.96	3.79
2002	3.81	3.6
2003	3.7	3.44
2004	3.73	3.28
2005	3.76	3.12
2006	3.82	2.97
2007	3.87	2.86
2008	3.9	2.74
2009	3.91	2.63
2010	3.9	2.54
2011	3.88	2.46
2012	3.77	2.42
2013	3.64	2.36
2014	3.52	2.32
2015	3.44	2.27
2016	3.38	2.23
2017	3.34	2.17
2018	3.32	2.12
2019	3.29	2.08
2020	3.25	2.05
2021	3.22	2.03
2022	3.18	2
2023	3.15	1.98
2024	3.12	1.96
2025	3.09	1.94
2026	3.06	1.92
2027	3.03	1.9
2028	3	1.89
2029	2.97	1.88
2030	2.94	1.86
2031	2.92	1.85
2032	2.89	1.84
2033	2.86	1.83
2034	2.84	1.82
2035	2.81	1.81
2036	2.79	1.8
2037	2.77	1.79
2038	2.74	1.79
2039	2.72	1.78
2040	2.69	1.78
2041	2.67	1.77
2042	2.64	1.77
2043	2.62	1.76
2044	2.6	1.76
2045	2.58	1.75
2046	2.56	1.75
2047	2.54	1.74
2048	2.52	1.74
2049	2.5	1.74
2050	2.48	1.73

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Nepal
1960	43.2%	40.7%
1961	43.5%	40.7%
1962	43.8%	40.6%
1963	44%	40.5%
1964	44%	40.4%
1965	43.9%	40.4%
1966	44.1%	40.4%
1967	44.5%	40.3%
1968	44.9%	40.3%
1969	45%	40.3%
1970	44.9%	40.3%
1971	44.8%	40.4%
1972	44.8%	40.4%
1973	44.6%	40.5%
1974	44.2%	40.5%
1975	43.7%	40.6%
1976	43.2%	40.7%
1977	42.8%	40.7%
1978	42.3%	40.8%
1979	41.8%	40.8%
1980	41.1%	40.9%
1981	40.5%	40.9%
1982	39.9%	40.9%
1983	39.5%	41%
1984	39.2%	41%
1985	39.2%	41.1%
1986	39.2%	41.2%
1987	39.4%	41.3%
1988	39.7%	41.4%
1989	39.9%	41.5%
1990	40.2%	41.5%
1991	40.5%	41.5%
1992	40.8%	41.4%
1993	41%	41.3%
1994	41.2%	41.4%
1995	41.2%	41.4%
1996	41.1%	41.5%
1997	41%	41.4%
1998	40.8%	41.3%
1999	40.5%	41.1%
2000	40.1%	40.9%
2001	39.8%	40.7%
2002	39.3%	40.4%
2003	38.9%	40%
2004	38.4%	39.6%
2005	38%	39.2%
2006	37.6%	38.7%
2007	37.3%	38.1%
2008	37%	37.5%
2009	36.8%	36.7%
2010	36.6%	36%
2011	36.4%	35.3%
2012	36.1%	34.7%
2013	35.7%	34.2%
2014	35.4%	33.6%
2015	35.2%	33%
2016	35%	32.5%
2017	35%	32.1%
2018	35.1%	31.6%
2019	35.1%	30.9%
2020	35.2%	30.1%
2021	35.2%	29.4%
2022	35.1%	28.9%
2023	34.9%	28.7%
2024	34.7%	28.4%
2025	34.4%	28.1%
2026	34%	27.7%
2027	33.5%	27.3%
2028	33.1%	26.8%
2029	32.7%	26.4%
2030	32.4%	26%
2031	32%	25.6%
2032	31.7%	25.2%
2033	31.3%	24.8%
2034	31%	24.5%
2035	30.6%	24.1%
2036	30.3%	23.8%
2037	30%	23.4%
2038	29.7%	23%
2039	29.4%	22.7%
2040	29.2%	22.4%
2041	29%	22.1%
2042	28.8%	21.7%
2043	28.6%	21.4%
2044	28.4%	21.1%
2045	28.3%	20.8%
2046	28.1%	20.5%
2047	27.9%	20.3%
2048	27.8%	20%
2049	27.6%	19.7%
2050	27.4%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 28.4% in Nepal in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Nepal compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Nepal by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +1.37% in Nepal. 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	Nepal
1960	1,141	203,374
1961	1,199	209,917
1962	1,233	215,368
1963	1,273	219,586
1964	1,318	227,948
1965	1,376	233,726
1966	1,437	241,716
1967	1,417	249,240
1968	1,393	258,259
1969	1,367	264,560
1970	1,388	272,439
1971	1,406	280,752
1972	1,406	286,708
1973	1,409	288,750
1974	1,430	303,078
1975	1,423	312,479
1976	1,425	323,222
1977	1,426	332,843
1978	1,480	345,765
1979	1,509	355,597
1980	1,571	364,254
1981	1,635	374,145
1982	1,697	385,741
1983	1,748	399,103
1984	1,813	411,122
1985	1,881	423,240
1986	1,933	434,802
1987	1,982	449,400
1988	2,022	463,581
1989	2,073	478,771
1990	2,127	495,202
1991	2,176	512,233
1992	2,173	533,029
1993	2,161	561,549
1994	2,168	578,293
1995	2,183	591,283
1996	2,217	580,099
1997	2,220	565,882
1998	2,210	562,787
1999	2,186	557,847
2000	2,153	554,506
2001	2,121	542,118
2002	2,074	525,045
2003	2,045	516,575
2004	2,118	504,853
2005	2,188	489,093
2006	2,285	475,335
2007	2,393	464,780
2008	2,493	452,353
2009	2,573	441,290
2010	2,644	432,631
2011	2,709	429,957
2012	2,678	430,151
2013	2,629	424,804
2014	2,577	423,166
2015	2,555	410,565
2016	2,546	415,921
2017	2,549	406,219
2018	2,561	394,576
2019	2,560	387,113
2020	2,497	373,553
2021	2,408	351,165
2022	2,522	379,021
2023	2,487	368,450

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Nepal

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 142 deaths in Nepal.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Nepal
1985	246	1,186
1986	232	1,143
1987	231	1,088
1988	220	1,038
1989	212	973
1990	199	920
1991	188	850
1992	175	768
1993	162	703
1994	150	657
1995	148	625
1996	141	584
1997	132	550
1998	126	522
1999	121	512
2000	119	480
2001	113	443
2002	109	414
2003	105	387
2004	106	364
2005	104	344
2006	102	318
2007	101	309
2008	100	302
2009	99	299
2010	102	297
2011	98	286
2012	98	272
2013	93	258
2014	91	245
2015	90	236
2016	88	214
2017	90	197
2018	87	183
2019	89	170
2020	89	153
2021	122	173
2022	86	139
2023	80	142

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 2.65% in Nepal. 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	Nepal
1960	19.9%	32.8%
1961	19.5%	32.4%
1962	18.9%	31.9%
1963	18.3%	31.3%
1964	17.7%	30.7%
1965	17.1%	30%
1966	16.4%	29.4%
1967	15.8%	28.7%
1968	15.2%	28%
1969	14.6%	27.3%
1970	14.1%	26.7%
1971	13.7%	26.2%
1972	13.3%	25.6%
1973	13%	25%
1974	12.7%	24.5%
1975	12.5%	23.9%
1976	12.4%	23.3%
1977	12.3%	22.7%
1978	12.2%	22.1%
1979	12%	21.5%
1980	11.9%	20.8%
1981	11.7%	20.2%
1982	11.6%	19.5%
1983	11.4%	18.8%
1984	11.1%	18.2%
1985	10.9%	17.5%
1986	10.6%	16.8%
1987	10.2%	16.1%
1988	9.87%	15.3%
1989	9.5%	14.6%
1990	9.13%	13.9%
1991	8.77%	13.2%
1992	8.44%	12.5%
1993	8.13%	11.8%
1994	7.87%	11.2%
1995	7.64%	10.6%
1996	7.42%	10%
1997	7.22%	9.44%
1998	7.02%	8.91%
1999	6.83%	8.4%
2000	6.64%	7.92%
2001	6.46%	7.48%
2002	6.31%	7.06%
2003	6.2%	6.69%
2004	6.13%	6.35%
2005	6.07%	6.04%
2006	6.03%	5.76%
2007	5.99%	5.51%
2008	5.93%	5.27%
2009	5.87%	5.05%
2010	5.82%	4.83%
2011	5.79%	4.62%
2012	5.78%	4.41%
2013	5.8%	4.21%
2014	5.84%	4.01%
2015	5.89%	3.82%
2016	5.95%	3.64%
2017	5.99%	3.46%
2018	5.98%	3.3%
2019	5.93%	3.14%
2020	5.86%	2.99%
2021	5.76%	2.86%
2022	5.65%	2.75%
2023	5.51%	2.65%