Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Paraguay

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Paraguay 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 2.42 in Paraguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Paraguay 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	Paraguay
1960	6.44	6.5
1961	6.48	6.49
1962	6.42	6.47
1963	6.35	6.45
1964	6.29	6.42
1965	6.26	6.35
1966	6.23	6.23
1967	6.11	6.1
1968	5.98	5.97
1969	5.85	5.84
1970	5.71	5.72
1971	5.55	5.59
1972	5.37	5.46
1973	5.2	5.35
1974	5.09	5.27
1975	5.02	5.18
1976	4.96	5.12
1977	4.96	5.08
1978	4.97	5.04
1979	4.97	5.06
1980	4.96	5.1
1981	4.96	5.15
1982	4.95	5.13
1983	4.91	5.09
1984	4.91	5.04
1985	4.91	4.97
1986	4.87	4.93
1987	4.81	4.85
1988	4.73	4.77
1989	4.69	4.68
1990	4.67	4.57
1991	4.64	4.48
1992	4.57	4.4
1993	4.49	4.28
1994	4.44	4.2
1995	4.42	4.11
1996	4.43	4.01
1997	4.37	3.91
1998	4.29	3.8
1999	4.18	3.67
2000	4.07	3.51
2001	3.96	3.36
2002	3.81	3.23
2003	3.7	3.12
2004	3.73	3.05
2005	3.76	2.97
2006	3.82	2.89
2007	3.87	2.82
2008	3.9	2.79
2009	3.91	2.76
2010	3.9	2.7
2011	3.88	2.67
2012	3.77	2.66
2013	3.64	2.64
2014	3.52	2.65
2015	3.44	2.65
2016	3.38	2.62
2017	3.34	2.59
2018	3.32	2.56
2019	3.29	2.53
2020	3.25	2.5
2021	3.22	2.47
2022	3.18	2.44
2023	3.15	2.42
2024	3.12	2.42
2025	3.09	2.39
2026	3.06	2.37
2027	3.03	2.35
2028	3	2.33
2029	2.97	2.31
2030	2.94	2.29
2031	2.92	2.27
2032	2.89	2.26
2033	2.86	2.24
2034	2.84	2.22
2035	2.81	2.21
2036	2.79	2.19
2037	2.77	2.17
2038	2.74	2.16
2039	2.72	2.14
2040	2.69	2.13
2041	2.67	2.12
2042	2.64	2.11
2043	2.62	2.09
2044	2.6	2.08
2045	2.58	2.07
2046	2.56	2.06
2047	2.54	2.05
2048	2.52	2.04
2049	2.5	2.03
2050	2.48	2.02

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Paraguay
1960	43.2%	46.3%
1961	43.5%	46.2%
1962	43.8%	46.1%
1963	44%	46%
1964	44%	46%
1965	43.9%	46%
1966	44.1%	46%
1967	44.5%	45.9%
1968	44.9%	45.8%
1969	45%	45.7%
1970	44.9%	45.5%
1971	44.8%	45.2%
1972	44.8%	45%
1973	44.6%	44.6%
1974	44.2%	44.2%
1975	43.7%	43.7%
1976	43.2%	43.3%
1977	42.8%	42.8%
1978	42.3%	42.4%
1979	41.8%	42%
1980	41.1%	41.6%
1981	40.5%	41.4%
1982	39.9%	41.2%
1983	39.5%	41.2%
1984	39.2%	41.2%
1985	39.2%	41.2%
1986	39.2%	41.3%
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%	41.5%
1993	41%	41.4%
1994	41.2%	41.3%
1995	41.2%	41.1%
1996	41.1%	40.8%
1997	41%	40.4%
1998	40.8%	40%
1999	40.5%	39.5%
2000	40.1%	39%
2001	39.8%	38.4%
2002	39.3%	37.9%
2003	38.9%	37.3%
2004	38.4%	36.6%
2005	38%	35.8%
2006	37.6%	35.1%
2007	37.3%	34.4%
2008	37%	33.8%
2009	36.8%	33.2%
2010	36.6%	32.5%
2011	36.4%	32%
2012	36.1%	31.4%
2013	35.7%	30.9%
2014	35.4%	30.5%
2015	35.2%	30.2%
2016	35%	29.9%
2017	35%	29.7%
2018	35.1%	29.5%
2019	35.1%	29.3%
2020	35.2%	29.1%
2021	35.2%	29%
2022	35.1%	28.9%
2023	34.9%	28.8%
2024	34.7%	28.6%
2025	34.4%	28.4%
2026	34%	28.1%
2027	33.5%	27.9%
2028	33.1%	27.6%
2029	32.7%	27.3%
2030	32.4%	26.9%
2031	32%	26.5%
2032	31.7%	26.1%
2033	31.3%	25.8%
2034	31%	25.4%
2035	30.6%	25%
2036	30.3%	24.7%
2037	30%	24.4%
2038	29.7%	24.1%
2039	29.4%	23.8%
2040	29.2%	23.5%
2041	29%	23.2%
2042	28.8%	23%
2043	28.6%	22.7%
2044	28.4%	22.5%
2045	28.3%	22.3%
2046	28.1%	22.1%
2047	27.9%	22%
2048	27.8%	21.8%
2049	27.6%	21.6%
2050	27.4%	21.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 28.6% in Paraguay in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 41.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Paraguay compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Paraguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +1.56% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	1,141	60,009
1961	1,199	61,536
1962	1,233	63,079
1963	1,273	64,741
1964	1,318	65,681
1965	1,376	66,063
1966	1,437	66,002
1967	1,417	65,695
1968	1,393	65,575
1969	1,367	65,616
1970	1,388	65,905
1971	1,406	66,142
1972	1,406	66,625
1973	1,409	67,803
1974	1,430	69,059
1975	1,423	70,285
1976	1,425	71,973
1977	1,426	74,359
1978	1,480	76,691
1979	1,509	80,345
1980	1,571	84,568
1981	1,635	89,456
1982	1,697	92,917
1983	1,748	96,406
1984	1,813	99,937
1985	1,881	102,859
1986	1,933	105,776
1987	1,982	107,962
1988	2,022	110,348
1989	2,073	111,727
1990	2,127	112,864
1991	2,176	114,472
1992	2,173	115,442
1993	2,161	115,211
1994	2,168	115,662
1995	2,183	115,777
1996	2,217	115,623
1997	2,220	115,095
1998	2,210	114,122
1999	2,186	112,726
2000	2,153	109,979
2001	2,121	107,225
2002	2,074	104,658
2003	2,045	102,427
2004	2,118	101,896
2005	2,188	101,035
2006	2,285	99,808
2007	2,393	99,141
2008	2,493	99,821
2009	2,573	100,296
2010	2,644	99,456
2011	2,709	100,442
2012	2,678	102,508
2013	2,629	103,383
2014	2,577	105,585
2015	2,555	106,817
2016	2,546	106,804
2017	2,549	105,634
2018	2,561	104,908
2019	2,560	103,179
2020	2,497	98,667
2021	2,408	78,667
2022	2,522	94,627
2023	2,487	97,748

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Paraguay

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 58 deaths in Paraguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Paraguay
1985	246	237
1986	232	230
1987	231	225
1988	220	220
1989	212	209
1990	199	198
1991	188	192
1992	175	195
1993	162	197
1994	150	201
1995	148	202
1996	141	203
1997	132	205
1998	126	207
1999	121	207
2000	119	207
2001	113	207
2002	109	206
2003	105	203
2004	106	199
2005	104	194
2006	102	186
2007	101	177
2008	100	166
2009	99	152
2010	102	136
2011	98	120
2012	98	100
2013	93	84
2014	91	70
2015	90	64
2016	88	60
2017	90	58
2018	87	58
2019	89	58
2020	89	69
2021	122	140
2022	86	78
2023	80	58

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 1.7% in Paraguay. 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	Paraguay
1960	19.9%	8.18%
1961	19.5%	8.11%
1962	18.9%	8.06%
1963	18.3%	8.02%
1964	17.7%	7.99%
1965	17.1%	7.96%
1966	16.4%	7.94%
1967	15.8%	7.91%
1968	15.2%	7.88%
1969	14.6%	7.84%
1970	14.1%	7.79%
1971	13.7%	7.73%
1972	13.3%	7.66%
1973	13%	7.57%
1974	12.7%	7.46%
1975	12.5%	7.34%
1976	12.4%	7.21%
1977	12.3%	7.06%
1978	12.2%	6.91%
1979	12%	6.74%
1980	11.9%	6.55%
1981	11.7%	6.35%
1982	11.6%	6.14%
1983	11.4%	5.92%
1984	11.1%	5.71%
1985	10.9%	5.5%
1986	10.6%	5.3%
1987	10.2%	5.1%
1988	9.87%	4.92%
1989	9.5%	4.73%
1990	9.13%	4.55%
1991	8.77%	4.38%
1992	8.44%	4.23%
1993	8.13%	4.08%
1994	7.87%	3.95%
1995	7.64%	3.83%
1996	7.42%	3.72%
1997	7.22%	3.62%
1998	7.02%	3.53%
1999	6.83%	3.45%
2000	6.64%	3.36%
2001	6.46%	3.29%
2002	6.31%	3.22%
2003	6.2%	3.14%
2004	6.13%	3.07%
2005	6.07%	2.99%
2006	6.03%	2.91%
2007	5.99%	2.83%
2008	5.93%	2.75%
2009	5.87%	2.67%
2010	5.82%	2.59%
2011	5.79%	2.51%
2012	5.78%	2.44%
2013	5.8%	2.37%
2014	5.84%	2.3%
2015	5.89%	2.22%
2016	5.95%	2.15%
2017	5.99%	2.08%
2018	5.98%	2.01%
2019	5.93%	1.94%
2020	5.86%	1.88%
2021	5.76%	1.82%
2022	5.65%	1.76%
2023	5.51%	1.7%