Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Singapore

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Singapore 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 0.97 in Singapore in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Singapore 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	Singapore
1960	6.44	5.76
1961	6.48	5.41
1962	6.42	5.21
1963	6.35	5.16
1964	6.29	4.97
1965	6.26	4.66
1966	6.23	4.46
1967	6.11	3.91
1968	5.98	3.53
1969	5.85	3.22
1970	5.71	3.07
1971	5.55	3.02
1972	5.37	3.04
1973	5.2	2.79
1974	5.09	2.35
1975	5.02	2.07
1976	4.96	2.11
1977	4.96	1.82
1978	4.97	1.79
1979	4.97	1.79
1980	4.96	1.82
1981	4.96	1.78
1982	4.95	1.74
1983	4.91	1.61
1984	4.91	1.62
1985	4.91	1.61
1986	4.87	1.43
1987	4.81	1.62
1988	4.73	1.96
1989	4.69	1.75
1990	4.67	1.83
1991	4.64	1.73
1992	4.57	1.72
1993	4.49	1.74
1994	4.44	1.71
1995	4.42	1.67
1996	4.43	1.66
1997	4.37	1.61
1998	4.29	1.48
1999	4.18	1.47
2000	4.07	1.6
2001	3.96	1.41
2002	3.81	1.37
2003	3.7	1.27
2004	3.73	1.26
2005	3.76	1.26
2006	3.82	1.28
2007	3.87	1.29
2008	3.9	1.28
2009	3.91	1.22
2010	3.9	1.15
2011	3.88	1.2
2012	3.77	1.29
2013	3.64	1.19
2014	3.52	1.25
2015	3.44	1.24
2016	3.38	1.2
2017	3.34	1.16
2018	3.32	1.14
2019	3.29	1.14
2020	3.25	1.1
2021	3.22	1.12
2022	3.18	1.04
2023	3.15	0.97
2024	3.12	0.98
2025	3.09	0.99
2026	3.06	1
2027	3.03	1.01
2028	3	1.02
2029	2.97	1.03
2030	2.94	1.03
2031	2.92	1.04
2032	2.89	1.05
2033	2.86	1.06
2034	2.84	1.07
2035	2.81	1.07
2036	2.79	1.08
2037	2.77	1.09
2038	2.74	1.1
2039	2.72	1.1
2040	2.69	1.11
2041	2.67	1.12
2042	2.64	1.13
2043	2.62	1.13
2044	2.6	1.14
2045	2.58	1.15
2046	2.56	1.16
2047	2.54	1.17
2048	2.52	1.17
2049	2.5	1.18
2050	2.48	1.19

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Singapore
1960	43.2%	44.7%
1961	43.5%	44.8%
1962	43.8%	44.7%
1963	44%	44.4%
1964	44%	43.8%
1965	43.9%	43.2%
1966	44.1%	42.5%
1967	44.5%	41.7%
1968	44.9%	40.8%
1969	45%	39.8%
1970	44.9%	38.7%
1971	44.8%	37.5%
1972	44.8%	36.2%
1973	44.6%	35%
1974	44.2%	33.7%
1975	43.7%	32.5%
1976	43.2%	31.2%
1977	42.8%	30%
1978	42.3%	28.8%
1979	41.8%	27.6%
1980	41.1%	26.4%
1981	40.5%	25.2%
1982	39.9%	24.2%
1983	39.5%	23.7%
1984	39.2%	23.3%
1985	39.2%	23.1%
1986	39.2%	22.9%
1987	39.4%	22.4%
1988	39.7%	22%
1989	39.9%	21.7%
1990	40.2%	21.4%
1991	40.5%	21.2%
1992	40.8%	21.1%
1993	41%	21%
1994	41.2%	20.7%
1995	41.2%	20.4%
1996	41.1%	20%
1997	41%	19.5%
1998	40.8%	19.2%
1999	40.5%	19%
2000	40.1%	18.8%
2001	39.8%	18.6%
2002	39.3%	18.4%
2003	38.9%	18.2%
2004	38.4%	17.8%
2005	38%	17.2%
2006	37.6%	16.6%
2007	37.3%	15.8%
2008	37%	15.1%
2009	36.8%	14.6%
2010	36.6%	14.1%
2011	36.4%	13.7%
2012	36.1%	13.4%
2013	35.7%	13.1%
2014	35.4%	12.9%
2015	35.2%	12.7%
2016	35%	12.5%
2017	35%	12.4%
2018	35.1%	12.3%
2019	35.1%	12.2%
2020	35.2%	12.2%
2021	35.2%	12.2%
2022	35.1%	12%
2023	34.9%	11.8%
2024	34.7%	11.7%
2025	34.4%	11.7%
2026	34%	11.7%
2027	33.5%	11.8%
2028	33.1%	11.9%
2029	32.7%	12%
2030	32.4%	12%
2031	32%	12%
2032	31.7%	12.1%
2033	31.3%	12.1%
2034	31%	12.1%
2035	30.6%	12.1%
2036	30.3%	12.1%
2037	30%	12.1%
2038	29.7%	12%
2039	29.4%	11.8%
2040	29.2%	11.7%
2041	29%	11.5%
2042	28.8%	11.2%
2043	28.6%	11%
2044	28.4%	10.7%
2045	28.3%	10.4%
2046	28.1%	10.1%
2047	27.9%	9.87%
2048	27.8%	9.6%
2049	27.6%	9.35%
2050	27.4%	9.12%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 11.7% in Singapore in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 21.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Singapore compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Singapore by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +0.35% in Singapore. 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	Singapore
1960	1,141	51,533
1961	1,199	49,880
1962	1,233	48,830
1963	1,273	49,542
1964	1,318	47,697
1965	1,376	45,474
1966	1,437	44,298
1967	1,417	40,145
1968	1,393	36,216
1969	1,367	34,314
1970	1,388	35,059
1971	1,406	35,708
1972	1,406	38,098
1973	1,409	36,404
1974	1,430	31,664
1975	1,423	28,509
1976	1,425	31,189
1977	1,426	26,508
1978	1,480	27,537
1979	1,509	28,363
1980	1,571	30,657
1981	1,635	32,167
1982	1,697	33,346
1983	1,748	30,296
1984	1,813	31,967
1985	1,881	32,010
1986	1,933	27,880
1987	1,982	33,020
1988	2,022	42,407
1989	2,073	36,929
1990	2,127	41,136
1991	2,176	39,188
1992	2,173	39,091
1993	2,161	40,425
1994	2,168	39,319
1995	2,183	38,065
1996	2,217	38,542
1997	2,220	37,960
1998	2,210	33,381
1999	2,186	32,857
2000	2,153	37,057
2001	2,121	31,035
2002	2,074	29,231
2003	2,045	24,689
2004	2,118	24,583
2005	2,188	24,741
2006	2,285	25,968
2007	2,393	26,614
2008	2,493	28,068
2009	2,573	27,930
2010	2,644	24,876
2011	2,709	25,919
2012	2,678	29,750
2013	2,629	25,376
2014	2,577	27,896
2015	2,555	27,121
2016	2,546	25,794
2017	2,549	21,888
2018	2,561	21,427
2019	2,560	21,674
2020	2,497	18,763
2021	2,408	15,270
2022	2,522	9,019
2023	2,487	7,101

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Singapore

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 6 deaths in Singapore.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Singapore
1985	246	18
1986	232	18
1987	231	18
1988	220	18
1989	212	18
1990	199	17
1991	188	16
1992	175	16
1993	162	16
1994	150	16
1995	148	17
1996	141	17
1997	132	17
1998	126	17
1999	121	17
2000	119	17
2001	113	16
2002	109	16
2003	105	15
2004	106	14
2005	104	14
2006	102	13
2007	101	12
2008	100	11
2009	99	10
2010	102	10
2011	98	10
2012	98	10
2013	93	9
2014	91	9
2015	90	8
2016	88	8
2017	90	8
2018	87	8
2019	89	7
2020	89	13
2021	122	20
2022	86	34
2023	80	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 0.21% in Singapore. 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	Singapore
1960	19.9%	4.76%
1961	19.5%	4.37%
1962	18.9%	4.05%
1963	18.3%	3.81%
1964	17.7%	3.64%
1965	17.1%	3.5%
1966	16.4%	3.34%
1967	15.8%	3.18%
1968	15.2%	3.01%
1969	14.6%	2.86%
1970	14.1%	2.71%
1971	13.7%	2.56%
1972	13.3%	2.39%
1973	13%	2.18%
1974	12.7%	1.95%
1975	12.5%	1.75%
1976	12.4%	1.62%
1977	12.3%	1.54%
1978	12.2%	1.51%
1979	12%	1.49%
1980	11.9%	1.46%
1981	11.7%	1.4%
1982	11.6%	1.32%
1983	11.4%	1.23%
1984	11.1%	1.16%
1985	10.9%	1.09%
1986	10.6%	1.03%
1987	10.2%	0.97%
1988	9.87%	0.91%
1989	9.5%	0.84%
1990	9.13%	0.77%
1991	8.77%	0.7%
1992	8.44%	0.63%
1993	8.13%	0.58%
1994	7.87%	0.54%
1995	7.64%	0.51%
1996	7.42%	0.48%
1997	7.22%	0.46%
1998	7.02%	0.44%
1999	6.83%	0.41%
2000	6.64%	0.38%
2001	6.46%	0.36%
2002	6.31%	0.34%
2003	6.2%	0.32%
2004	6.13%	0.31%
2005	6.07%	0.3%
2006	6.03%	0.29%
2007	5.99%	0.29%
2008	5.93%	0.28%
2009	5.87%	0.28%
2010	5.82%	0.28%
2011	5.79%	0.28%
2012	5.78%	0.28%
2013	5.8%	0.28%
2014	5.84%	0.27%
2015	5.89%	0.27%
2016	5.95%	0.27%
2017	5.99%	0.26%
2018	5.98%	0.25%
2019	5.93%	0.24%
2020	5.86%	0.23%
2021	5.76%	0.22%
2022	5.65%	0.22%
2023	5.51%	0.21%