Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Sweden

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Sweden 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 1.45 in Sweden in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Sweden 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	Sweden
1960	6.44	2.17
1961	6.48	2.21
1962	6.42	2.25
1963	6.35	2.33
1964	6.29	2.47
1965	6.26	2.39
1966	6.23	2.37
1967	6.11	2.28
1968	5.98	2.07
1969	5.85	1.93
1970	5.71	1.92
1971	5.55	1.96
1972	5.37	1.91
1973	5.2	1.87
1974	5.09	1.87
1975	5.02	1.77
1976	4.96	1.68
1977	4.96	1.64
1978	4.97	1.6
1979	4.97	1.66
1980	4.96	1.68
1981	4.96	1.63
1982	4.95	1.62
1983	4.91	1.61
1984	4.91	1.66
1985	4.91	1.74
1986	4.87	1.8
1987	4.81	1.84
1988	4.73	1.96
1989	4.69	2.01
1990	4.67	2.13
1991	4.64	2.11
1992	4.57	2.09
1993	4.49	1.99
1994	4.44	1.88
1995	4.42	1.73
1996	4.43	1.6
1997	4.37	1.52
1998	4.29	1.5
1999	4.18	1.5
2000	4.07	1.54
2001	3.96	1.57
2002	3.81	1.65
2003	3.7	1.71
2004	3.73	1.75
2005	3.76	1.77
2006	3.82	1.85
2007	3.87	1.88
2008	3.9	1.91
2009	3.91	1.94
2010	3.9	1.98
2011	3.88	1.9
2012	3.77	1.91
2013	3.64	1.89
2014	3.52	1.88
2015	3.44	1.85
2016	3.38	1.85
2017	3.34	1.78
2018	3.32	1.76
2019	3.29	1.71
2020	3.25	1.67
2021	3.22	1.67
2022	3.18	1.53
2023	3.15	1.45
2024	3.12	1.45
2025	3.09	1.46
2026	3.06	1.46
2027	3.03	1.47
2028	3	1.47
2029	2.97	1.48
2030	2.94	1.48
2031	2.92	1.49
2032	2.89	1.49
2033	2.86	1.49
2034	2.84	1.5
2035	2.81	1.5
2036	2.79	1.5
2037	2.77	1.51
2038	2.74	1.51
2039	2.72	1.51
2040	2.69	1.52
2041	2.67	1.52
2042	2.64	1.53
2043	2.62	1.53
2044	2.6	1.53
2045	2.58	1.53
2046	2.56	1.53
2047	2.54	1.54
2048	2.52	1.54
2049	2.5	1.54
2050	2.48	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Sweden
1960	43.2%	22.4%
1961	43.5%	22%
1962	43.8%	21.5%
1963	44%	21.2%
1964	44%	21%
1965	43.9%	20.9%
1966	44.1%	20.9%
1967	44.5%	21%
1968	44.9%	20.9%
1969	45%	20.9%
1970	44.9%	20.8%
1971	44.8%	20.8%
1972	44.8%	20.8%
1973	44.6%	20.7%
1974	44.2%	20.7%
1975	43.7%	20.7%
1976	43.2%	20.6%
1977	42.8%	20.5%
1978	42.3%	20.3%
1979	41.8%	19.9%
1980	41.1%	19.6%
1981	40.5%	19.2%
1982	39.9%	18.9%
1983	39.5%	18.6%
1984	39.2%	18.3%
1985	39.2%	18.2%
1986	39.2%	18%
1987	39.4%	17.9%
1988	39.7%	17.8%
1989	39.9%	17.8%
1990	40.2%	17.9%
1991	40.5%	18.1%
1992	40.8%	18.4%
1993	41%	18.6%
1994	41.2%	18.8%
1995	41.2%	18.9%
1996	41.1%	18.8%
1997	41%	18.7%
1998	40.8%	18.7%
1999	40.5%	18.6%
2000	40.1%	18.4%
2001	39.8%	18.3%
2002	39.3%	18.1%
2003	38.9%	17.9%
2004	38.4%	17.7%
2005	38%	17.4%
2006	37.6%	17.1%
2007	37.3%	16.9%
2008	37%	16.7%
2009	36.8%	16.6%
2010	36.6%	16.6%
2011	36.4%	16.7%
2012	36.1%	16.8%
2013	35.7%	17%
2014	35.4%	17.2%
2015	35.2%	17.3%
2016	35%	17.5%
2017	35%	17.7%
2018	35.1%	17.8%
2019	35.1%	17.8%
2020	35.2%	17.7%
2021	35.2%	17.7%
2022	35.1%	17.5%
2023	34.9%	17.2%
2024	34.7%	17%
2025	34.4%	16.7%
2026	34%	16.4%
2027	33.5%	16.2%
2028	33.1%	15.9%
2029	32.7%	15.6%
2030	32.4%	15.3%
2031	32%	15.1%
2032	31.7%	14.8%
2033	31.3%	14.5%
2034	31%	14.3%
2035	30.6%	14.1%
2036	30.3%	13.9%
2037	30%	13.8%
2038	29.7%	13.8%
2039	29.4%	13.8%
2040	29.2%	13.8%
2041	29%	13.8%
2042	28.8%	13.9%
2043	28.6%	13.9%
2044	28.4%	14%
2045	28.3%	14.1%
2046	28.1%	14.1%
2047	27.9%	14.2%
2048	27.8%	14.3%
2049	27.6%	14.4%
2050	27.4%	14.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 17% in Sweden in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 17.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Sweden compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Sweden by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +0.2% in Sweden. 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	Sweden
1960	1,141	27,693
1961	1,199	30,832
1962	1,233	30,246
1963	1,273	35,741
1964	1,318	45,968
1965	1,376	44,857
1966	1,437	45,286
1967	1,417	41,700
1968	1,393	30,858
1969	1,367	23,904
1970	1,388	30,563
1971	1,406	31,583
1972	1,406	28,428
1973	1,409	24,409
1974	1,430	23,664
1975	1,423	14,746
1976	1,425	8,222
1977	1,426	7,426
1978	1,480	4,138
1979	1,509	4,976
1980	1,571	5,818
1981	1,635	1,664
1982	1,697	1,665
1983	1,748	833
1984	1,813	3,335
1985	1,881	4,175
1986	1,933	9,206
1987	1,982	11,757
1988	2,022	15,186
1989	2,073	24,629
1990	2,127	29,100
1991	2,176	29,299
1992	2,173	28,605
1993	2,161	20,924
1994	2,168	20,196
1995	2,183	9,710
1996	2,217	1,768
1997	2,220	-3,539
1998	2,210	-3,541
1999	2,186	-6,201
2000	2,153	-2,662
2001	2,121	-1,779
2002	2,074	893
2003	2,045	6,271
2004	2,118	9,893
2005	2,188	9,030
2006	2,285	15,436
2007	2,393	15,552
2008	2,493	18,439
2009	2,573	21,387
2010	2,644	25,320
2011	2,709	21,733
2012	2,678	20,943
2013	2,629	23,041
2014	2,577	26,179
2015	2,555	23,518
2016	2,546	25,800
2017	2,549	24,138
2018	2,561	23,403
2019	2,560	25,697
2020	2,497	14,495
2021	2,408	22,914
2022	2,522	10,487
2023	2,487	5,269

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Sweden

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 Sweden.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Sweden
1985	246	8
1986	232	8
1987	231	8
1988	220	9
1989	212	9
1990	199	8
1991	188	8
1992	175	8
1993	162	8
1994	150	7
1995	148	7
1996	141	6
1997	132	6
1998	126	6
1999	121	6
2000	119	5
2001	113	5
2002	109	5
2003	105	5
2004	106	5
2005	104	5
2006	102	5
2007	101	5
2008	100	5
2009	99	5
2010	102	5
2011	98	5
2012	98	5
2013	93	5
2014	91	5
2015	90	5
2016	88	5
2017	90	5
2018	87	5
2019	89	4
2020	89	5
2021	122	5
2022	86	5
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 0.25% in Sweden. 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	Sweden
1960	19.9%	1.96%
1961	19.5%	1.92%
1962	18.9%	1.86%
1963	18.3%	1.79%
1964	17.7%	1.71%
1965	17.1%	1.63%
1966	16.4%	1.56%
1967	15.8%	1.49%
1968	15.2%	1.44%
1969	14.6%	1.39%
1970	14.1%	1.34%
1971	13.7%	1.29%
1972	13.3%	1.23%
1973	13%	1.16%
1974	12.7%	1.09%
1975	12.5%	1.03%
1976	12.4%	0.98%
1977	12.3%	0.94%
1978	12.2%	0.9%
1979	12%	0.87%
1980	11.9%	0.84%
1981	11.7%	0.82%
1982	11.6%	0.8%
1983	11.4%	0.78%
1984	11.1%	0.77%
1985	10.9%	0.76%
1986	10.6%	0.75%
1987	10.2%	0.74%
1988	9.87%	0.73%
1989	9.5%	0.72%
1990	9.13%	0.7%
1991	8.77%	0.66%
1992	8.44%	0.62%
1993	8.13%	0.57%
1994	7.87%	0.52%
1995	7.64%	0.48%
1996	7.42%	0.46%
1997	7.22%	0.44%
1998	7.02%	0.42%
1999	6.83%	0.41%
2000	6.64%	0.41%
2001	6.46%	0.4%
2002	6.31%	0.4%
2003	6.2%	0.39%
2004	6.13%	0.37%
2005	6.07%	0.36%
2006	6.03%	0.35%
2007	5.99%	0.33%
2008	5.93%	0.32%
2009	5.87%	0.31%
2010	5.82%	0.31%
2011	5.79%	0.3%
2012	5.78%	0.3%
2013	5.8%	0.29%
2014	5.84%	0.29%
2015	5.89%	0.29%
2016	5.95%	0.28%
2017	5.99%	0.28%
2018	5.98%	0.27%
2019	5.93%	0.26%
2020	5.86%	0.26%
2021	5.76%	0.25%
2022	5.65%	0.25%
2023	5.51%	0.25%