Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Qatar

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Qatar 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 1.73 in Qatar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Qatar 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	Qatar
1960	6.44	6.53
1961	6.48	6.53
1962	6.42	6.53
1963	6.35	6.53
1964	6.29	6.53
1965	6.26	6.53
1966	6.23	6.52
1967	6.11	6.46
1968	5.98	6.39
1969	5.85	6.31
1970	5.71	6.23
1971	5.55	6.15
1972	5.37	6.07
1973	5.2	6.01
1974	5.09	5.94
1975	5.02	5.86
1976	4.96	5.78
1977	4.96	5.69
1978	4.97	5.58
1979	4.97	5.46
1980	4.96	5.33
1981	4.96	5.2
1982	4.95	5.04
1983	4.91	4.9
1984	4.91	4.76
1985	4.91	4.64
1986	4.87	4.57
1987	4.81	4.54
1988	4.73	4.51
1989	4.69	4.41
1990	4.67	4.23
1991	4.64	3.99
1992	4.57	3.85
1993	4.49	3.77
1994	4.44	3.67
1995	4.42	3.56
1996	4.43	3.44
1997	4.37	3.33
1998	4.29	3.21
1999	4.18	3.12
2000	4.07	3.07
2001	3.96	3.08
2002	3.81	3.01
2003	3.7	2.93
2004	3.73	2.79
2005	3.76	2.64
2006	3.82	2.51
2007	3.87	2.44
2008	3.9	2.37
2009	3.91	2.25
2010	3.9	2.14
2011	3.88	2.07
2012	3.77	2.04
2013	3.64	2.03
2014	3.52	2.03
2015	3.44	1.98
2016	3.38	1.86
2017	3.34	1.83
2018	3.32	1.76
2019	3.29	1.73
2020	3.25	1.68
2021	3.22	1.61
2022	3.18	1.74
2023	3.15	1.73
2024	3.12	1.72
2025	3.09	1.7
2026	3.06	1.69
2027	3.03	1.68
2028	3	1.67
2029	2.97	1.66
2030	2.94	1.66
2031	2.92	1.65
2032	2.89	1.64
2033	2.86	1.64
2034	2.84	1.64
2035	2.81	1.63
2036	2.79	1.63
2037	2.77	1.63
2038	2.74	1.63
2039	2.72	1.63
2040	2.69	1.63
2041	2.67	1.63
2042	2.64	1.63
2043	2.62	1.63
2044	2.6	1.63
2045	2.58	1.63
2046	2.56	1.63
2047	2.54	1.63
2048	2.52	1.63
2049	2.5	1.62
2050	2.48	1.62

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Qatar
1960	43.2%	44.2%
1961	43.5%	42.5%
1962	43.8%	40.5%
1963	44%	38.7%
1964	44%	37.2%
1965	43.9%	36.2%
1966	44.1%	35.3%
1967	44.5%	34.7%
1968	44.9%	34.2%
1969	45%	33.9%
1970	44.9%	35.1%
1971	44.8%	36.9%
1972	44.8%	37.5%
1973	44.6%	37.4%
1974	44.2%	36.7%
1975	43.7%	35.7%
1976	43.2%	34.6%
1977	42.8%	33.3%
1978	42.3%	32.1%
1979	41.8%	31%
1980	41.1%	30%
1981	40.5%	29.2%
1982	39.9%	28.6%
1983	39.5%	28.1%
1984	39.2%	27.6%
1985	39.2%	27.2%
1986	39.2%	27%
1987	39.4%	27.2%
1988	39.7%	27.2%
1989	39.9%	27.1%
1990	40.2%	27%
1991	40.5%	26.8%
1992	40.8%	26.6%
1993	41%	26.4%
1994	41.2%	26.2%
1995	41.2%	26.1%
1996	41.1%	25.9%
1997	41%	25.5%
1998	40.8%	24.8%
1999	40.5%	24.1%
2000	40.1%	23.5%
2001	39.8%	23%
2002	39.3%	22.5%
2003	38.9%	22.2%
2004	38.4%	22.2%
2005	38%	22.5%
2006	37.6%	20.2%
2007	37.3%	16.4%
2008	37%	14.6%
2009	36.8%	14%
2010	36.6%	13.9%
2011	36.4%	14.2%
2012	36.1%	14.5%
2013	35.7%	14.6%
2014	35.4%	14.4%
2015	35.2%	13.9%
2016	35%	13.7%
2017	35%	13.7%
2018	35.1%	14%
2019	35.1%	14.6%
2020	35.2%	15.4%
2021	35.2%	15.5%
2022	35.1%	15.2%
2023	34.9%	15.2%
2024	34.7%	15.1%
2025	34.4%	15%
2026	34%	15%
2027	33.5%	15%
2028	33.1%	15.1%
2029	32.7%	15.2%
2030	32.4%	15.3%
2031	32%	15.4%
2032	31.7%	15.5%
2033	31.3%	15.6%
2034	31%	15.7%
2035	30.6%	15.9%
2036	30.3%	16.1%
2037	30%	16.2%
2038	29.7%	16.4%
2039	29.4%	16.5%
2040	29.2%	16.7%
2041	29%	16.8%
2042	28.8%	17%
2043	28.6%	17.1%
2044	28.4%	17.3%
2045	28.3%	17.4%
2046	28.1%	17.5%
2047	27.9%	17.6%
2048	27.8%	17.7%
2049	27.6%	17.7%
2050	27.4%	17.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 15.1% in Qatar in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 27% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Qatar compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Qatar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +0.92% in Qatar. 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	Qatar
1960	1,141	1,220
1961	1,199	1,357
1962	1,233	1,589
1963	1,273	1,854
1964	1,318	2,150
1965	1,376	2,472
1966	1,437	2,811
1967	1,417	3,167
1968	1,393	3,547
1969	1,367	3,941
1970	1,388	4,346
1971	1,406	4,433
1972	1,406	4,581
1973	1,409	4,780
1974	1,430	5,015
1975	1,423	5,289
1976	1,425	5,598
1977	1,426	5,925
1978	1,480	6,246
1979	1,509	6,579
1980	1,571	6,894
1981	1,635	7,202
1982	1,697	7,489
1983	1,748	7,765
1984	1,813	7,997
1985	1,881	8,212
1986	1,933	8,439
1987	1,982	8,806
1988	2,022	9,198
1989	2,073	9,407
1990	2,127	9,388
1991	2,176	9,182
1992	2,173	9,189
1993	2,161	9,250
1994	2,168	9,257
1995	2,183	9,186
1996	2,217	9,049
1997	2,220	8,846
1998	2,210	9,055
1999	2,186	9,431
2000	2,153	9,974
2001	2,121	10,683
2002	2,074	11,062
2003	2,045	11,291
2004	2,118	11,242
2005	2,188	11,392
2006	2,285	10,225
2007	2,393	11,351
2008	2,493	14,062
2009	2,573	15,595
2010	2,644	16,225
2011	2,709	16,543
2012	2,678	17,681
2013	2,629	19,669
2014	2,577	21,699
2015	2,555	22,568
2016	2,546	22,416
2017	2,549	23,244
2018	2,561	23,340
2019	2,560	24,112
2020	2,497	25,128
2021	2,408	21,297
2022	2,522	24,360
2023	2,487	23,845

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Qatar

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 4 deaths in Qatar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Qatar
1985	246	17
1986	232	16
1987	231	15
1988	220	15
1989	212	14
1990	199	13
1991	188	13
1992	175	13
1993	162	13
1994	150	13
1995	148	13
1996	141	13
1997	132	13
1998	126	12
1999	121	12
2000	119	11
2001	113	12
2002	109	11
2003	105	11
2004	106	11
2005	104	11
2006	102	10
2007	101	9
2008	100	9
2009	99	8
2010	102	8
2011	98	7
2012	98	7
2013	93	6
2014	91	6
2015	90	6
2016	88	5
2017	90	5
2018	87	5
2019	89	5
2020	89	6
2021	122	7
2022	86	8
2023	80	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 0.6% in Qatar. 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	Qatar
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%	-
1969	14.6%	7.07%
1970	14.1%	6.6%
1971	13.7%	6.16%
1972	13.3%	5.77%
1973	13%	5.4%
1974	12.7%	5.06%
1975	12.5%	4.75%
1976	12.4%	4.48%
1977	12.3%	4.24%
1978	12.2%	4.02%
1979	12%	3.81%
1980	11.9%	3.62%
1981	11.7%	3.45%
1982	11.6%	3.29%
1983	11.4%	3.13%
1984	11.1%	2.98%
1985	10.9%	2.82%
1986	10.6%	2.68%
1987	10.2%	2.52%
1988	9.87%	2.37%
1989	9.5%	2.23%
1990	9.13%	2.08%
1991	8.77%	1.94%
1992	8.44%	1.82%
1993	8.13%	1.71%
1994	7.87%	1.61%
1995	7.64%	1.53%
1996	7.42%	1.46%
1997	7.22%	1.4%
1998	7.02%	1.34%
1999	6.83%	1.29%
2000	6.64%	1.25%
2001	6.46%	1.2%
2002	6.31%	1.16%
2003	6.2%	1.12%
2004	6.13%	1.08%
2005	6.07%	1.04%
2006	6.03%	1.01%
2007	5.99%	0.98%
2008	5.93%	0.96%
2009	5.87%	0.93%
2010	5.82%	0.91%
2011	5.79%	0.89%
2012	5.78%	0.87%
2013	5.8%	0.84%
2014	5.84%	0.82%
2015	5.89%	0.79%
2016	5.95%	0.75%
2017	5.99%	0.72%
2018	5.98%	0.69%
2019	5.93%	0.67%
2020	5.86%	0.64%
2021	5.76%	0.63%
2022	5.65%	0.61%
2023	5.51%	0.6%