Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Niger

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Niger 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 6.06 in Niger in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Niger 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	Niger
1960	6.44	7.53
1961	6.48	7.51
1962	6.42	7.5
1963	6.35	7.49
1964	6.29	7.48
1965	6.26	7.47
1966	6.23	7.48
1967	6.11	7.49
1968	5.98	7.5
1969	5.85	7.51
1970	5.71	7.51
1971	5.55	7.52
1972	5.37	7.52
1973	5.2	7.53
1974	5.09	7.54
1975	5.02	7.54
1976	4.96	7.56
1977	4.96	7.6
1978	4.97	7.66
1979	4.97	7.72
1980	4.96	7.78
1981	4.96	7.82
1982	4.95	7.86
1983	4.91	7.9
1984	4.91	7.92
1985	4.91	7.93
1986	4.87	7.9
1987	4.81	7.87
1988	4.73	7.84
1989	4.69	7.82
1990	4.67	7.81
1991	4.64	7.8
1992	4.57	7.8
1993	4.49	7.79
1994	4.44	7.79
1995	4.42	7.78
1996	4.43	7.78
1997	4.37	7.8
1998	4.29	7.84
1999	4.18	7.84
2000	4.07	7.83
2001	3.96	7.81
2002	3.81	7.8
2003	3.7	7.79
2004	3.73	7.78
2005	3.76	7.77
2006	3.82	7.74
2007	3.87	7.73
2008	3.9	7.7
2009	3.91	7.68
2010	3.9	7.64
2011	3.88	7.59
2012	3.77	7.53
2013	3.64	7.45
2014	3.52	7.34
2015	3.44	7.22
2016	3.38	7.04
2017	3.34	6.87
2018	3.32	6.71
2019	3.29	6.54
2020	3.25	6.37
2021	3.22	6.2
2022	3.18	6.14
2023	3.15	6.06
2024	3.12	5.93
2025	3.09	5.79
2026	3.06	5.64
2027	3.03	5.49
2028	3	5.35
2029	2.97	5.22
2030	2.94	5.08
2031	2.92	4.93
2032	2.89	4.8
2033	2.86	4.69
2034	2.84	4.55
2035	2.81	4.44
2036	2.79	4.32
2037	2.77	4.21
2038	2.74	4.1
2039	2.72	4
2040	2.69	3.91
2041	2.67	3.82
2042	2.64	3.74
2043	2.62	3.66
2044	2.6	3.59
2045	2.58	3.53
2046	2.56	3.46
2047	2.54	3.39
2048	2.52	3.34
2049	2.5	3.28
2050	2.48	3.22

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Niger
1960	43.2%	49%
1961	43.5%	48.9%
1962	43.8%	48.8%
1963	44%	48.8%
1964	44%	48.8%
1965	43.9%	48.7%
1966	44.1%	48.6%
1967	44.5%	48.5%
1968	44.9%	48.4%
1969	45%	48.3%
1970	44.9%	48.1%
1971	44.8%	48%
1972	44.8%	47.9%
1973	44.6%	47.7%
1974	44.2%	47.6%
1975	43.7%	47.4%
1976	43.2%	47.3%
1977	42.8%	47.1%
1978	42.3%	47%
1979	41.8%	47%
1980	41.1%	47%
1981	40.5%	47%
1982	39.9%	47%
1983	39.5%	47%
1984	39.2%	47%
1985	39.2%	47%
1986	39.2%	47%
1987	39.4%	47%
1988	39.7%	47%
1989	39.9%	46.9%
1990	40.2%	46.8%
1991	40.5%	46.8%
1992	40.8%	46.7%
1993	41%	46.7%
1994	41.2%	46.7%
1995	41.2%	46.7%
1996	41.1%	46.7%
1997	41%	46.8%
1998	40.8%	46.9%
1999	40.5%	47.1%
2000	40.1%	47.3%
2001	39.8%	47.5%
2002	39.3%	47.8%
2003	38.9%	48%
2004	38.4%	48.2%
2005	38%	48.5%
2006	37.6%	48.7%
2007	37.3%	48.9%
2008	37%	49.1%
2009	36.8%	49.3%
2010	36.6%	49.4%
2011	36.4%	49.5%
2012	36.1%	49.5%
2013	35.7%	49.4%
2014	35.4%	49.3%
2015	35.2%	49.2%
2016	35%	49%
2017	35%	48.8%
2018	35.1%	48.6%
2019	35.1%	48.3%
2020	35.2%	48%
2021	35.2%	47.7%
2022	35.1%	47.3%
2023	34.9%	47%
2024	34.7%	46.6%
2025	34.4%	46.2%
2026	34%	45.8%
2027	33.5%	45.5%
2028	33.1%	45%
2029	32.7%	44.6%
2030	32.4%	44.2%
2031	32%	43.8%
2032	31.7%	43.4%
2033	31.3%	43%
2034	31%	42.6%
2035	30.6%	42.2%
2036	30.3%	41.8%
2037	30%	41.3%
2038	29.7%	40.9%
2039	29.4%	40.4%
2040	29.2%	39.9%
2041	29%	39.4%
2042	28.8%	38.9%
2043	28.6%	38.4%
2044	28.4%	37.9%
2045	28.3%	37.4%
2046	28.1%	36.9%
2047	27.9%	36.4%
2048	27.8%	35.9%
2049	27.6%	35.5%
2050	27.4%	35%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 46.6% in Niger in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Niger compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Niger by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +3.43% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	1,141	105,081
1961	1,199	107,693
1962	1,233	110,280
1963	1,273	113,072
1964	1,318	115,386
1965	1,376	116,963
1966	1,437	119,314
1967	1,417	121,358
1968	1,393	123,301
1969	1,367	125,389
1970	1,388	128,184
1971	1,406	128,223
1972	1,406	133,813
1973	1,409	137,695
1974	1,430	142,606
1975	1,423	147,962
1976	1,425	154,489
1977	1,426	161,792
1978	1,480	171,614
1979	1,509	180,632
1980	1,571	189,251
1981	1,635	195,938
1982	1,697	202,012
1983	1,748	207,962
1984	1,813	213,111
1985	1,881	219,206
1986	1,933	224,365
1987	1,982	231,371
1988	2,022	237,296
1989	2,073	245,278
1990	2,127	256,594
1991	2,176	266,527
1992	2,173	278,690
1993	2,161	292,135
1994	2,168	306,026
1995	2,183	323,630
1996	2,217	341,223
1997	2,220	358,745
1998	2,210	377,120
1999	2,186	394,212
2000	2,153	410,779
2001	2,121	428,417
2002	2,074	446,767
2003	2,045	467,295
2004	2,118	488,328
2005	2,188	511,167
2006	2,285	533,374
2007	2,393	556,808
2008	2,493	579,727
2009	2,573	602,671
2010	2,644	624,685
2011	2,709	645,175
2012	2,678	664,009
2013	2,629	686,070
2014	2,577	704,609
2015	2,555	721,630
2016	2,546	738,999
2017	2,549	752,384
2018	2,561	763,536
2019	2,560	775,474
2020	2,497	784,437
2021	2,408	793,428
2022	2,522	829,651
2023	2,487	864,139

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Niger

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 350 deaths in Niger.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Niger
1985	246	1,137
1986	232	1,107
1987	231	1,074
1988	220	1,040
1989	212	1,010
1990	199	983
1991	188	957
1992	175	926
1993	162	903
1994	150	883
1995	148	865
1996	141	854
1997	132	841
1998	126	839
1999	121	841
2000	119	845
2001	113	843
2002	109	835
2003	105	813
2004	106	790
2005	104	764
2006	102	737
2007	101	704
2008	100	669
2009	99	647
2010	102	621
2011	98	585
2012	98	554
2013	93	526
2014	91	497
2015	90	473
2016	88	450
2017	90	433
2018	87	420
2019	89	406
2020	89	388
2021	122	396
2022	86	361
2023	80	350

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 11.5% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	19.9%	-
1961	19.5%	-
1962	18.9%	-
1963	18.3%	-
1964	17.7%	-
1965	17.1%	-
1966	16.4%	-
1967	15.8%	31.9%
1968	15.2%	32.3%
1969	14.6%	32.7%
1970	14.1%	33.2%
1971	13.7%	33.6%
1972	13.3%	34%
1973	13%	34.2%
1974	12.7%	34.3%
1975	12.5%	34.2%
1976	12.4%	33.9%
1977	12.3%	33.5%
1978	12.2%	33%
1979	12%	32.6%
1980	11.9%	32.3%
1981	11.7%	32.3%
1982	11.6%	32.5%
1983	11.4%	32.9%
1984	11.1%	33.3%
1985	10.9%	33.7%
1986	10.6%	34%
1987	10.2%	34.1%
1988	9.87%	34%
1989	9.5%	33.7%
1990	9.13%	33.2%
1991	8.77%	32.5%
1992	8.44%	31.7%
1993	8.13%	30.6%
1994	7.87%	29.4%
1995	7.64%	28.1%
1996	7.42%	26.9%
1997	7.22%	25.7%
1998	7.02%	24.7%
1999	6.83%	23.7%
2000	6.64%	22.8%
2001	6.46%	21.8%
2002	6.31%	20.6%
2003	6.2%	19.4%
2004	6.13%	18.3%
2005	6.07%	17.2%
2006	6.03%	16.2%
2007	5.99%	15.4%
2008	5.93%	14.7%
2009	5.87%	14.1%
2010	5.82%	13.7%
2011	5.79%	13.3%
2012	5.78%	13.1%
2013	5.8%	12.9%
2014	5.84%	12.7%
2015	5.89%	12.6%
2016	5.95%	12.5%
2017	5.99%	12.4%
2018	5.98%	12.3%
2019	5.93%	12.2%
2020	5.86%	12.1%
2021	5.76%	11.9%
2022	5.65%	11.7%
2023	5.51%	11.5%