Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Russia

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Russia 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 1.41 in Russia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Russia 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	Russia
1960	6.44	2.52
1961	6.48	2.45
1962	6.42	2.36
1963	6.35	2.27
1964	6.29	2.18
1965	6.26	2.13
1966	6.23	2.1
1967	6.11	2.04
1968	5.98	1.99
1969	5.85	1.97
1970	5.71	1.99
1971	5.55	2.03
1972	5.37	2.04
1973	5.2	2.01
1974	5.09	2
1975	5.02	1.98
1976	4.96	1.97
1977	4.96	1.95
1978	4.97	1.92
1979	4.97	1.9
1980	4.96	1.89
1981	4.96	1.91
1982	4.95	2.04
1983	4.91	2.11
1984	4.91	2.06
1985	4.91	2.05
1986	4.87	2.15
1987	4.81	2.22
1988	4.73	2.12
1989	4.69	2.01
1990	4.67	1.89
1991	4.64	1.73
1992	4.57	1.55
1993	4.49	1.39
1994	4.44	1.4
1995	4.42	1.34
1996	4.43	1.27
1997	4.37	1.22
1998	4.29	1.23
1999	4.18	1.16
2000	4.07	1.2
2001	3.96	1.22
2002	3.81	1.29
2003	3.7	1.32
2004	3.73	1.34
2005	3.76	1.29
2006	3.82	1.31
2007	3.87	1.42
2008	3.9	1.5
2009	3.91	1.54
2010	3.9	1.57
2011	3.88	1.58
2012	3.77	1.69
2013	3.64	1.71
2014	3.52	1.75
2015	3.44	1.78
2016	3.38	1.76
2017	3.34	1.62
2018	3.32	1.58
2019	3.29	1.5
2020	3.25	1.51
2021	3.22	1.51
2022	3.18	1.42
2023	3.15	1.41
2024	3.12	1.42
2025	3.09	1.43
2026	3.06	1.43
2027	3.03	1.43
2028	3	1.44
2029	2.97	1.44
2030	2.94	1.45
2031	2.92	1.45
2032	2.89	1.45
2033	2.86	1.46
2034	2.84	1.46
2035	2.81	1.46
2036	2.79	1.47
2037	2.77	1.47
2038	2.74	1.47
2039	2.72	1.47
2040	2.69	1.48
2041	2.67	1.48
2042	2.64	1.48
2043	2.62	1.48
2044	2.6	1.49
2045	2.58	1.49
2046	2.56	1.49
2047	2.54	1.49
2048	2.52	1.5
2049	2.5	1.5
2050	2.48	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Russia
1960	43.2%	30.5%
1961	43.5%	30.9%
1962	43.8%	30.8%
1963	44%	30.6%
1964	44%	30.2%
1965	43.9%	29.5%
1966	44.1%	28.9%
1967	44.5%	28.3%
1968	44.9%	27.6%
1969	45%	26.9%
1970	44.9%	26.1%
1971	44.8%	25.4%
1972	44.8%	24.8%
1973	44.6%	24.2%
1974	44.2%	23.6%
1975	43.7%	23%
1976	43.2%	22.5%
1977	42.8%	22.1%
1978	42.3%	21.8%
1979	41.8%	21.7%
1980	41.1%	21.7%
1981	40.5%	21.7%
1982	39.9%	21.9%
1983	39.5%	22.1%
1984	39.2%	22.4%
1985	39.2%	22.6%
1986	39.2%	22.8%
1987	39.4%	22.9%
1988	39.7%	23%
1989	39.9%	23%
1990	40.2%	22.9%
1991	40.5%	22.7%
1992	40.8%	22.4%
1993	41%	22%
1994	41.2%	21.6%
1995	41.2%	21.2%
1996	41.1%	20.7%
1997	41%	20.2%
1998	40.8%	19.5%
1999	40.5%	18.8%
2000	40.1%	18%
2001	39.8%	17.3%
2002	39.3%	16.6%
2003	38.9%	16%
2004	38.4%	15.6%
2005	38%	15.2%
2006	37.6%	14.9%
2007	37.3%	14.8%
2008	37%	14.9%
2009	36.8%	15%
2010	36.6%	15.2%
2011	36.4%	15.4%
2012	36.1%	15.7%
2013	35.7%	16.1%
2014	35.4%	16.5%
2015	35.2%	16.9%
2016	35%	17.2%
2017	35%	17.5%
2018	35.1%	17.6%
2019	35.1%	17.6%
2020	35.2%	17.7%
2021	35.2%	17.7%
2022	35.1%	17.7%
2023	34.9%	17.5%
2024	34.7%	17.3%
2025	34.4%	17%
2026	34%	16.7%
2027	33.5%	16.3%
2028	33.1%	15.9%
2029	32.7%	15.5%
2030	32.4%	15%
2031	32%	14.6%
2032	31.7%	14.2%
2033	31.3%	14%
2034	31%	13.8%
2035	30.6%	13.7%
2036	30.3%	13.6%
2037	30%	13.6%
2038	29.7%	13.6%
2039	29.4%	13.7%
2040	29.2%	13.9%
2041	29%	14%
2042	28.8%	14.2%
2043	28.6%	14.4%
2044	28.4%	14.6%
2045	28.3%	14.8%
2046	28.1%	15%
2047	27.9%	15.2%
2048	27.8%	15.4%
2049	27.6%	15.5%
2050	27.4%	15.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 17.3% in Russia in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 22.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Russia compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Russia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and -0.24% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	1,141	1,962,834
1961	1,199	1,810,538
1962	1,233	1,573,701
1963	1,273	1,436,077
1964	1,318	1,233,520
1965	1,376	1,059,335
1966	1,437	989,279
1967	1,417	854,554
1968	1,393	787,621
1969	1,367	753,088
1970	1,388	785,554
1971	1,406	854,999
1972	1,406	872,050
1973	1,409	846,561
1974	1,430	883,186
1975	1,423	843,850
1976	1,425	852,237
1977	1,426	832,932
1978	1,480	812,766
1979	1,509	690,135
1980	1,571	681,149
1981	1,635	713,700
1982	1,697	830,855
1983	1,748	906,676
1984	1,813	756,548
1985	1,881	762,447
1986	1,933	985,279
1987	1,982	977,583
1988	2,022	778,343
1989	2,073	576,112
1990	2,127	325,533
1991	2,176	103,876
1992	2,173	-222,808
1993	2,161	-757,140
1994	2,168	-920,129
1995	2,183	-845,742
1996	2,217	-785,248
1997	2,220	-769,159
1998	2,210	-694,053
1999	2,186	-927,453
2000	2,153	-967,540
2001	2,121	-963,445
2002	2,074	-944,492
2003	2,045	-896,822
2004	2,118	-792,370
2005	2,188	-846,761
2006	2,285	-686,638
2007	2,393	-471,257
2008	2,493	-356,856
2009	2,573	-257,014
2010	2,644	-242,844
2011	2,709	-128,716
2012	2,678	0
2013	2,629	28,761
2014	2,577	28,848
2015	2,555	43,392
2016	2,546	0
2017	2,549	-130,764
2018	2,561	-232,637
2019	2,560	-319,997
2020	2,497	-697,177
2021	2,408	-1,027,702
2022	2,522	-576,948
2023	2,487	-503,392

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Russia

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 9 deaths in Russia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Russia
1985	246	81
1986	232	69
1987	231	65
1988	220	63
1989	212	61
1990	199	58
1991	188	57
1992	175	62
1993	162	76
1994	150	85
1995	148	82
1996	141	69
1997	132	59
1998	126	53
1999	121	53
2000	119	51
2001	113	48
2002	109	47
2003	105	45
2004	106	41
2005	104	38
2006	102	32
2007	101	29
2008	100	27
2009	99	24
2010	102	23
2011	98	19
2012	98	18
2013	93	16
2014	91	16
2015	90	15
2016	88	14
2017	90	12
2018	87	12
2019	89	12
2020	89	19
2021	122	21
2022	86	13
2023	80	9

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 0.45% in Russia. 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	Russia
1960	19.9%	4.55%
1961	19.5%	4.26%
1962	18.9%	3.99%
1963	18.3%	3.76%
1964	17.7%	3.55%
1965	17.1%	3.38%
1966	16.4%	3.23%
1967	15.8%	3.11%
1968	15.2%	3.02%
1969	14.6%	2.94%
1970	14.1%	2.88%
1971	13.7%	2.84%
1972	13.3%	2.81%
1973	13%	2.78%
1974	12.7%	2.77%
1975	12.5%	2.76%
1976	12.4%	2.76%
1977	12.3%	2.76%
1978	12.2%	2.76%
1979	12%	2.75%
1980	11.9%	2.73%
1981	11.7%	2.7%
1982	11.6%	2.66%
1983	11.4%	2.62%
1984	11.1%	2.56%
1985	10.9%	2.5%
1986	10.6%	2.42%
1987	10.2%	2.34%
1988	9.87%	2.26%
1989	9.5%	2.2%
1990	9.13%	2.17%
1991	8.77%	2.16%
1992	8.44%	2.17%
1993	8.13%	2.19%
1994	7.87%	2.2%
1995	7.64%	2.2%
1996	7.42%	2.17%
1997	7.22%	2.13%
1998	7.02%	2.08%
1999	6.83%	2.02%
2000	6.64%	1.94%
2001	6.46%	1.84%
2002	6.31%	1.73%
2003	6.2%	1.61%
2004	6.13%	1.5%
2005	6.07%	1.39%
2006	6.03%	1.29%
2007	5.99%	1.2%
2008	5.93%	1.13%
2009	5.87%	1.07%
2010	5.82%	1.04%
2011	5.79%	1.02%
2012	5.78%	0.99%
2013	5.8%	0.95%
2014	5.84%	0.89%
2015	5.89%	0.82%
2016	5.95%	0.75%
2017	5.99%	0.69%
2018	5.98%	0.63%
2019	5.93%	0.58%
2020	5.86%	0.54%
2021	5.76%	0.51%
2022	5.65%	0.47%
2023	5.51%	0.45%