Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and South Korea

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs South Korea 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 0.72 in South Korea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs South Korea 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	South Korea
1960	6.44	5.99
1961	6.48	5.8
1962	6.42	5.56
1963	6.35	5.33
1964	6.29	5.07
1965	6.26	4.89
1966	6.23	4.78
1967	6.11	4.62
1968	5.98	4.51
1969	5.85	4.45
1970	5.71	4.53
1971	5.55	4.54
1972	5.37	4.12
1973	5.2	4.07
1974	5.09	3.77
1975	5.02	3.43
1976	4.96	3
1977	4.96	2.99
1978	4.97	2.64
1979	4.97	2.9
1980	4.96	2.82
1981	4.96	2.57
1982	4.95	2.39
1983	4.91	2.06
1984	4.91	1.74
1985	4.91	1.66
1986	4.87	1.58
1987	4.81	1.53
1988	4.73	1.55
1989	4.69	1.56
1990	4.67	1.57
1991	4.64	1.71
1992	4.57	1.76
1993	4.49	1.65
1994	4.44	1.66
1995	4.42	1.63
1996	4.43	1.57
1997	4.37	1.54
1998	4.29	1.46
1999	4.18	1.43
2000	4.07	1.48
2001	3.96	1.31
2002	3.81	1.18
2003	3.7	1.19
2004	3.73	1.16
2005	3.76	1.09
2006	3.82	1.13
2007	3.87	1.26
2008	3.9	1.19
2009	3.91	1.15
2010	3.9	1.23
2011	3.88	1.24
2012	3.77	1.3
2013	3.64	1.19
2014	3.52	1.21
2015	3.44	1.24
2016	3.38	1.17
2017	3.34	1.05
2018	3.32	0.98
2019	3.29	0.92
2020	3.25	0.84
2021	3.22	0.81
2022	3.18	0.78
2023	3.15	0.72
2024	3.12	0.73
2025	3.09	0.75
2026	3.06	0.76
2027	3.03	0.78
2028	3	0.79
2029	2.97	0.8
2030	2.94	0.82
2031	2.92	0.83
2032	2.89	0.84
2033	2.86	0.85
2034	2.84	0.86
2035	2.81	0.88
2036	2.79	0.89
2037	2.77	0.9
2038	2.74	0.91
2039	2.72	0.92
2040	2.69	0.93
2041	2.67	0.95
2042	2.64	0.96
2043	2.62	0.96
2044	2.6	0.97
2045	2.58	0.98
2046	2.56	0.99
2047	2.54	1
2048	2.52	1.01
2049	2.5	1.02
2050	2.48	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	South Korea
1960	43.2%	41.3%
1961	43.5%	41.8%
1962	43.8%	42.3%
1963	44%	42.7%
1964	44%	43.1%
1965	43.9%	43.3%
1966	44.1%	43.5%
1967	44.5%	43.3%
1968	44.9%	43.1%
1969	45%	42.7%
1970	44.9%	42.1%
1971	44.8%	41.5%
1972	44.8%	41%
1973	44.6%	40.3%
1974	44.2%	39.5%
1975	43.7%	38.5%
1976	43.2%	37.5%
1977	42.8%	36.5%
1978	42.3%	35.6%
1979	41.8%	34.8%
1980	41.1%	34%
1981	40.5%	33.3%
1982	39.9%	32.7%
1983	39.5%	32%
1984	39.2%	31.2%
1985	39.2%	30.2%
1986	39.2%	29.2%
1987	39.4%	28.2%
1988	39.7%	27.3%
1989	39.9%	26.5%
1990	40.2%	25.8%
1991	40.5%	25.2%
1992	40.8%	24.7%
1993	41%	24.2%
1994	41.2%	23.7%
1995	41.2%	23.1%
1996	41.1%	22.5%
1997	41%	22%
1998	40.8%	21.6%
1999	40.5%	21.2%
2000	40.1%	21%
2001	39.8%	20.8%
2002	39.3%	20.5%
2003	38.9%	20.1%
2004	38.4%	19.7%
2005	38%	19.2%
2006	37.6%	18.7%
2007	37.3%	18.1%
2008	37%	17.5%
2009	36.8%	16.9%
2010	36.6%	16.4%
2011	36.4%	15.8%
2012	36.1%	15.2%
2013	35.7%	14.7%
2014	35.4%	14.2%
2015	35.2%	13.8%
2016	35%	13.4%
2017	35%	13%
2018	35.1%	12.7%
2019	35.1%	12.4%
2020	35.2%	12.1%
2021	35.2%	11.8%
2022	35.1%	11.4%
2023	34.9%	11%
2024	34.7%	10.6%
2025	34.4%	10.2%
2026	34%	9.82%
2027	33.5%	9.42%
2028	33.1%	9.06%
2029	32.7%	8.75%
2030	32.4%	8.43%
2031	32%	8.15%
2032	31.7%	7.94%
2033	31.3%	7.79%
2034	31%	7.7%
2035	30.6%	7.66%
2036	30.3%	7.65%
2037	30%	7.66%
2038	29.7%	7.68%
2039	29.4%	7.71%
2040	29.2%	7.73%
2041	29%	7.75%
2042	28.8%	7.76%
2043	28.6%	7.77%
2044	28.4%	7.78%
2045	28.3%	7.79%
2046	28.1%	7.8%
2047	27.9%	7.81%
2048	27.8%	7.82%
2049	27.6%	7.82%
2050	27.4%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +0.06% in South Korea. 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	South Korea
1960	1,141	728,010
1961	1,199	730,173
1962	1,233	712,590
1963	1,273	685,824
1964	1,318	655,501
1965	1,376	641,090
1966	1,437	623,534
1967	1,417	692,169
1968	1,393	684,487
1969	1,367	694,227
1970	1,388	747,987
1971	1,406	789,185
1972	1,406	740,469
1973	1,409	699,115
1974	1,430	673,030
1975	1,423	603,300
1976	1,425	530,558
1977	1,426	578,947
1978	1,480	499,084
1979	1,509	623,068
1980	1,571	583,294
1981	1,635	631,189
1982	1,697	605,626
1983	1,748	514,844
1984	1,813	436,384
1985	1,881	416,219
1986	1,933	395,651
1987	1,982	378,758
1988	2,022	399,297
1989	2,073	403,266
1990	2,127	411,546
1991	2,176	467,594
1992	2,173	494,352
1993	2,161	477,302
1994	2,168	473,200
1995	2,183	468,967
1996	2,217	446,142
1997	2,220	422,773
1998	2,210	393,436
1999	2,186	368,272
2000	2,153	390,167
2001	2,121	312,643
2002	2,074	247,752
2003	2,045	244,251
2004	2,118	225,988
2005	2,188	187,920
2006	2,285	203,441
2007	2,393	248,286
2008	2,493	215,841
2009	2,573	197,231
2010	2,644	213,083
2011	2,709	214,728
2012	2,678	215,859
2013	2,629	166,415
2014	2,577	167,464
2015	2,555	163,248
2016	2,546	122,923
2017	2,549	71,907
2018	2,561	30,951
2019	2,560	10,353
2020	2,497	-31,101
2021	2,408	-56,947
2022	2,522	-124,014
2023	2,487	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs South Korea

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 South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	South Korea
1985	246	38
1986	232	35
1987	231	34
1988	220	31
1989	212	29
1990	199	28
1991	188	28
1992	175	26
1993	162	24
1994	150	23
1995	148	22
1996	141	20
1997	132	19
1998	126	18
1999	121	17
2000	119	15
2001	113	14
2002	109	13
2003	105	13
2004	106	12
2005	104	11
2006	102	10
2007	101	10
2008	100	9
2009	99	9
2010	102	8
2011	98	8
2012	98	8
2013	93	7
2014	91	7
2015	90	6
2016	88	6
2017	90	6
2018	87	5
2019	89	5
2020	89	12
2021	122	5
2022	86	7
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 0.28% in South Korea. 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	South Korea
1960	19.9%	11.2%
1961	19.5%	10.6%
1962	18.9%	10.1%
1963	18.3%	9.67%
1964	17.7%	9.18%
1965	17.1%	8.68%
1966	16.4%	8.16%
1967	15.8%	7.62%
1968	15.2%	7.1%
1969	14.6%	6.59%
1970	14.1%	6.12%
1971	13.7%	5.71%
1972	13.3%	5.36%
1973	13%	5.07%
1974	12.7%	4.82%
1975	12.5%	4.61%
1976	12.4%	4.42%
1977	12.3%	4.23%
1978	12.2%	4.04%
1979	12%	3.84%
1980	11.9%	3.63%
1981	11.7%	3.4%
1982	11.6%	3.17%
1983	11.4%	2.93%
1984	11.1%	2.7%
1985	10.9%	2.46%
1986	10.6%	2.25%
1987	10.2%	2.05%
1988	9.87%	1.87%
1989	9.5%	1.71%
1990	9.13%	1.57%
1991	8.77%	1.44%
1992	8.44%	1.33%
1993	8.13%	1.23%
1994	7.87%	1.14%
1995	7.64%	1.05%
1996	7.42%	0.98%
1997	7.22%	0.91%
1998	7.02%	0.85%
1999	6.83%	0.8%
2000	6.64%	0.75%
2001	6.46%	0.71%
2002	6.31%	0.68%
2003	6.2%	0.64%
2004	6.13%	0.6%
2005	6.07%	0.56%
2006	6.03%	0.52%
2007	5.99%	0.48%
2008	5.93%	0.45%
2009	5.87%	0.43%
2010	5.82%	0.41%
2011	5.79%	0.4%
2012	5.78%	0.38%
2013	5.8%	0.37%
2014	5.84%	0.36%
2015	5.89%	0.35%
2016	5.95%	0.34%
2017	5.99%	0.33%
2018	5.98%	0.32%
2019	5.93%	0.31%
2020	5.86%	0.3%
2021	5.76%	0.29%
2022	5.65%	0.28%
2023	5.51%	0.28%