Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Suriname

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	6.44	6.59
1961	6.48	6.58
1962	6.42	6.57
1963	6.35	6.51
1964	6.29	6.43
1965	6.26	6.32
1966	6.23	6.2
1967	6.11	6.04
1968	5.98	5.86
1969	5.85	5.7
1970	5.71	5.53
1971	5.55	5.36
1972	5.37	5.18
1973	5.2	5.01
1974	5.09	4.81
1975	5.02	4.63
1976	4.96	4.45
1977	4.96	4.26
1978	4.97	4.08
1979	4.97	3.93
1980	4.96	3.79
1981	4.96	3.75
1982	4.95	3.82
1983	4.91	3.87
1984	4.91	3.8
1985	4.91	3.71
1986	4.87	3.61
1987	4.81	3.53
1988	4.73	3.46
1989	4.69	3.39
1990	4.67	3.23
1991	4.64	3.09
1992	4.57	3.01
1993	4.49	2.94
1994	4.44	2.9
1995	4.42	2.9
1996	4.43	2.92
1997	4.37	2.95
1998	4.29	2.99
1999	4.18	3.02
2000	4.07	3.05
2001	3.96	3.06
2002	3.81	2.96
2003	3.7	2.84
2004	3.73	2.74
2005	3.76	2.71
2006	3.82	2.73
2007	3.87	2.74
2008	3.9	2.73
2009	3.91	2.71
2010	3.9	2.69
2011	3.88	2.67
2012	3.77	2.67
2013	3.64	2.65
2014	3.52	2.62
2015	3.44	2.57
2016	3.38	2.5
2017	3.34	2.43
2018	3.32	2.38
2019	3.29	2.35
2020	3.25	2.31
2021	3.22	2.3
2022	3.18	2.27
2023	3.15	2.25
2024	3.12	2.23
2025	3.09	2.21
2026	3.06	2.19
2027	3.03	2.16
2028	3	2.14
2029	2.97	2.13
2030	2.94	2.11
2031	2.92	2.09
2032	2.89	2.08
2033	2.86	2.06
2034	2.84	2.05
2035	2.81	2.04
2036	2.79	2.02
2037	2.77	2.01
2038	2.74	2
2039	2.72	1.99
2040	2.69	1.98
2041	2.67	1.97
2042	2.64	1.96
2043	2.62	1.95
2044	2.6	1.94
2045	2.58	1.93
2046	2.56	1.92
2047	2.54	1.91
2048	2.52	1.9
2049	2.5	1.9
2050	2.48	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Suriname
1960	43.2%	44.5%
1961	43.5%	44.6%
1962	43.8%	45.1%
1963	44%	46.1%
1964	44%	46.8%
1965	43.9%	47.4%
1966	44.1%	48%
1967	44.5%	48.5%
1968	44.9%	48.8%
1969	45%	48.9%
1970	44.9%	48.8%
1971	44.8%	48.5%
1972	44.8%	47.8%
1973	44.6%	46.8%
1974	44.2%	46%
1975	43.7%	45.1%
1976	43.2%	44.3%
1977	42.8%	43.4%
1978	42.3%	42.6%
1979	41.8%	41.8%
1980	41.1%	41%
1981	40.5%	40.1%
1982	39.9%	39.5%
1983	39.5%	39%
1984	39.2%	38.6%
1985	39.2%	38.3%
1986	39.2%	38%
1987	39.4%	37.8%
1988	39.7%	37.7%
1989	39.9%	37.5%
1990	40.2%	37.4%
1991	40.5%	37.3%
1992	40.8%	37.2%
1993	41%	37.1%
1994	41.2%	37%
1995	41.2%	36.7%
1996	41.1%	36.1%
1997	41%	35.3%
1998	40.8%	34.5%
1999	40.5%	33.7%
2000	40.1%	33%
2001	39.8%	32.3%
2002	39.3%	31.8%
2003	38.9%	31.3%
2004	38.4%	31%
2005	38%	30.9%
2006	37.6%	30.8%
2007	37.3%	30.7%
2008	37%	30.6%
2009	36.8%	30.5%
2010	36.6%	30.3%
2011	36.4%	30%
2012	36.1%	29.8%
2013	35.7%	29.4%
2014	35.4%	29.1%
2015	35.2%	28.7%
2016	35%	28.3%
2017	35%	27.9%
2018	35.1%	27.5%
2019	35.1%	27.2%
2020	35.2%	26.8%
2021	35.2%	26.5%
2022	35.1%	26.3%
2023	34.9%	25.9%
2024	34.7%	25.6%
2025	34.4%	25.3%
2026	34%	25%
2027	33.5%	24.8%
2028	33.1%	24.5%
2029	32.7%	24.2%
2030	32.4%	23.9%
2031	32%	23.6%
2032	31.7%	23.4%
2033	31.3%	23.2%
2034	31%	23%
2035	30.6%	22.8%
2036	30.3%	22.6%
2037	30%	22.4%
2038	29.7%	22.2%
2039	29.4%	22%
2040	29.2%	21.8%
2041	29%	21.6%
2042	28.8%	21.4%
2043	28.6%	21.3%
2044	28.4%	21.1%
2045	28.3%	20.9%
2046	28.1%	20.7%
2047	27.9%	20.5%
2048	27.8%	20.3%
2049	27.6%	20.1%
2050	27.4%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	1,141	8,170
1961	1,199	8,361
1962	1,233	8,529
1963	1,273	8,838
1964	1,318	9,174
1965	1,376	9,270
1966	1,437	9,243
1967	1,417	9,104
1968	1,393	8,980
1969	1,367	8,880
1970	1,388	8,823
1971	1,406	8,814
1972	1,406	8,893
1973	1,409	8,877
1974	1,430	8,751
1975	1,423	8,587
1976	1,425	8,327
1977	1,426	7,998
1978	1,480	7,650
1979	1,509	7,312
1980	1,571	7,002
1981	1,635	7,541
1982	1,697	8,197
1983	1,748	8,797
1984	1,813	9,031
1985	1,881	9,177
1986	1,933	9,222
1987	1,982	9,319
1988	2,022	9,347
1989	2,073	9,441
1990	2,127	9,047
1991	2,176	8,637
1992	2,173	8,355
1993	2,161	8,127
1994	2,168	7,929
1995	2,183	7,968
1996	2,217	8,031
1997	2,220	8,106
1998	2,210	8,173
1999	2,186	8,236
2000	2,153	8,323
2001	2,121	8,349
2002	2,074	7,916
2003	2,045	7,396
2004	2,118	6,948
2005	2,188	7,037
2006	2,285	7,278
2007	2,393	7,468
2008	2,493	7,552
2009	2,573	7,559
2010	2,644	7,489
2011	2,709	7,401
2012	2,678	7,405
2013	2,629	7,350
2014	2,577	7,284
2015	2,555	7,150
2016	2,546	6,979
2017	2,549	6,772
2018	2,561	6,613
2019	2,560	6,564
2020	2,497	6,640
2021	2,408	5,291
2022	2,522	6,719
2023	2,487	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Suriname
1985	246	386
1986	232	377
1987	231	372
1988	220	364
1989	212	360
1990	199	350
1991	188	347
1992	175	346
1993	162	343
1994	150	334
1995	148	331
1996	141	323
1997	132	312
1998	126	302
1999	121	291
2000	119	282
2001	113	270
2002	109	253
2003	105	238
2004	106	219
2005	104	202
2006	102	187
2007	101	173
2008	100	161
2009	99	147
2010	102	134
2011	98	126
2012	98	122
2013	93	121
2014	91	120
2015	90	115
2016	88	109
2017	90	105
2018	87	101
2019	89	97
2020	89	94
2021	122	144
2022	86	88
2023	80	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
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%	-
1970	14.1%	-
1971	13.7%	-
1972	13.3%	-
1973	13%	-
1974	12.7%	-
1975	12.5%	-
1976	12.4%	-
1977	12.3%	-
1978	12.2%	-
1979	12%	-
1980	11.9%	-
1981	11.7%	-
1982	11.6%	-
1983	11.4%	5.67%
1984	11.1%	5.49%
1985	10.9%	5.31%
1986	10.6%	5.13%
1987	10.2%	4.97%
1988	9.87%	4.81%
1989	9.5%	4.65%
1990	9.13%	4.49%
1991	8.77%	4.34%
1992	8.44%	4.19%
1993	8.13%	4.03%
1994	7.87%	3.88%
1995	7.64%	3.74%
1996	7.42%	3.6%
1997	7.22%	3.47%
1998	7.02%	3.34%
1999	6.83%	3.22%
2000	6.64%	3.11%
2001	6.46%	3%
2002	6.31%	2.9%
2003	6.2%	2.81%
2004	6.13%	2.72%
2005	6.07%	2.64%
2006	6.03%	2.57%
2007	5.99%	2.5%
2008	5.93%	2.44%
2009	5.87%	2.38%
2010	5.82%	2.32%
2011	5.79%	2.26%
2012	5.78%	2.21%
2013	5.8%	2.16%
2014	5.84%	2.11%
2015	5.89%	2.05%
2016	5.95%	2%
2017	5.99%	1.95%
2018	5.98%	1.9%
2019	5.93%	1.84%
2020	5.86%	1.78%
2021	5.76%	1.73%
2022	5.65%	1.68%
2023	5.51%	1.62%