Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Syria

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Syria 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 2.71 in Syria in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Syria 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	Syria
1960	6.44	7.51
1961	6.48	7.5
1962	6.42	7.51
1963	6.35	7.51
1964	6.29	7.53
1965	6.26	7.53
1966	6.23	7.55
1967	6.11	7.56
1968	5.98	7.57
1969	5.85	7.59
1970	5.71	7.62
1971	5.55	7.6
1972	5.37	7.57
1973	5.2	7.55
1974	5.09	7.52
1975	5.02	7.49
1976	4.96	7.45
1977	4.96	7.42
1978	4.97	7.35
1979	4.97	7.25
1980	4.96	7.12
1981	4.96	6.97
1982	4.95	6.81
1983	4.91	6.69
1984	4.91	6.59
1985	4.91	6.48
1986	4.87	6.37
1987	4.81	6.2
1988	4.73	6
1989	4.69	5.78
1990	4.67	5.56
1991	4.64	5.34
1992	4.57	5.14
1993	4.49	4.99
1994	4.44	4.86
1995	4.42	4.7
1996	4.43	4.54
1997	4.37	4.37
1998	4.29	4.25
1999	4.18	4.14
2000	4.07	4.07
2001	3.96	3.98
2002	3.81	3.87
2003	3.7	3.76
2004	3.73	3.68
2005	3.76	3.61
2006	3.82	3.56
2007	3.87	3.54
2008	3.9	3.48
2009	3.91	3.42
2010	3.9	3.36
2011	3.88	3.29
2012	3.77	3.22
2013	3.64	3.17
2014	3.52	3.12
2015	3.44	3.07
2016	3.38	3.01
2017	3.34	2.97
2018	3.32	2.93
2019	3.29	2.88
2020	3.25	2.84
2021	3.22	2.8
2022	3.18	2.75
2023	3.15	2.71
2024	3.12	2.7
2025	3.09	2.66
2026	3.06	2.62
2027	3.03	2.58
2028	3	2.54
2029	2.97	2.51
2030	2.94	2.48
2031	2.92	2.45
2032	2.89	2.42
2033	2.86	2.39
2034	2.84	2.36
2035	2.81	2.33
2036	2.79	2.31
2037	2.77	2.29
2038	2.74	2.26
2039	2.72	2.24
2040	2.69	2.22
2041	2.67	2.2
2042	2.64	2.18
2043	2.62	2.16
2044	2.6	2.14
2045	2.58	2.13
2046	2.56	2.11
2047	2.54	2.1
2048	2.52	2.08
2049	2.5	2.07
2050	2.48	2.05

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Syria
1960	43.2%	45.3%
1961	43.5%	45.7%
1962	43.8%	46.1%
1963	44%	46.3%
1964	44%	46.6%
1965	43.9%	46.9%
1966	44.1%	47.3%
1967	44.5%	47.5%
1968	44.9%	47.8%
1969	45%	48%
1970	44.9%	48.2%
1971	44.8%	48.3%
1972	44.8%	48.4%
1973	44.6%	48.5%
1974	44.2%	48.5%
1975	43.7%	48.6%
1976	43.2%	48.6%
1977	42.8%	48.7%
1978	42.3%	48.7%
1979	41.8%	48.7%
1980	41.1%	48.7%
1981	40.5%	48.7%
1982	39.9%	48.5%
1983	39.5%	48.4%
1984	39.2%	48.2%
1985	39.2%	48%
1986	39.2%	47.7%
1987	39.4%	47.5%
1988	39.7%	47.2%
1989	39.9%	46.9%
1990	40.2%	46.6%
1991	40.5%	46.1%
1992	40.8%	45.7%
1993	41%	45.2%
1994	41.2%	44.7%
1995	41.2%	44.2%
1996	41.1%	43.8%
1997	41%	43.3%
1998	40.8%	42.9%
1999	40.5%	42.4%
2000	40.1%	41.9%
2001	39.8%	41.3%
2002	39.3%	40.8%
2003	38.9%	40.2%
2004	38.4%	39.6%
2005	38%	39.1%
2006	37.6%	38.1%
2007	37.3%	36.7%
2008	37%	36.3%
2009	36.8%	36.3%
2010	36.6%	36.1%
2011	36.4%	36.1%
2012	36.1%	36.5%
2013	35.7%	38%
2014	35.4%	39.8%
2015	35.2%	40.6%
2016	35%	40.2%
2017	35%	39.3%
2018	35.1%	37.9%
2019	35.1%	36.1%
2020	35.2%	34.6%
2021	35.2%	33.4%
2022	35.1%	31.9%
2023	34.9%	30.3%
2024	34.7%	29.2%
2025	34.4%	28.4%
2026	34%	27.9%
2027	33.5%	27.5%
2028	33.1%	27.3%
2029	32.7%	27.3%
2030	32.4%	27.6%
2031	32%	27.9%
2032	31.7%	28.3%
2033	31.3%	28.6%
2034	31%	28.8%
2035	30.6%	29%
2036	30.3%	29%
2037	30%	28.9%
2038	29.7%	28.7%
2039	29.4%	28.4%
2040	29.2%	28%
2041	29%	27.5%
2042	28.8%	27%
2043	28.6%	26.4%
2044	28.4%	25.8%
2045	28.3%	25.1%
2046	28.1%	24.5%
2047	27.9%	23.9%
2048	27.8%	23.3%
2049	27.6%	22.8%
2050	27.4%	22.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 29.2% in Syria in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 46.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Syria compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Syria by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +1.46% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	1,141	143,687
1961	1,199	151,485
1962	1,233	159,155
1963	1,273	166,555
1964	1,318	174,549
1965	1,376	182,560
1966	1,437	191,122
1967	1,417	199,223
1968	1,393	209,454
1969	1,367	219,114
1970	1,388	230,117
1971	1,406	239,610
1972	1,406	249,027
1973	1,409	254,687
1974	1,430	270,735
1975	1,423	282,299
1976	1,425	294,267
1977	1,426	306,630
1978	1,480	316,724
1979	1,509	324,943
1980	1,571	332,464
1981	1,635	330,237
1982	1,697	319,664
1983	1,748	355,375
1984	1,813	366,768
1985	1,881	379,231
1986	1,933	390,821
1987	1,982	399,159
1988	2,022	404,285
1989	2,073	406,111
1990	2,127	409,177
1991	2,176	410,830
1992	2,173	412,878
1993	2,161	420,244
1994	2,168	426,996
1995	2,183	430,172
1996	2,217	430,765
1997	2,220	429,887
1998	2,210	433,447
1999	2,186	439,261
2000	2,153	446,211
2001	2,121	451,503
2002	2,074	453,967
2003	2,045	457,000
2004	2,118	461,209
2005	2,188	468,960
2006	2,285	480,616
2007	2,393	529,162
2008	2,493	576,593
2009	2,573	559,314
2010	2,644	558,666
2011	2,709	543,950
2012	2,678	475,520
2013	2,629	419,341
2014	2,577	333,116
2015	2,555	253,977
2016	2,546	236,007
2017	2,549	237,214
2018	2,561	242,530
2019	2,560	293,762
2020	2,497	327,992
2021	2,408	350,560
2022	2,522	369,750
2023	2,487	402,713

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Syria

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 20 deaths in Syria.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Syria
1985	246	55
1986	232	52
1987	231	48
1988	220	44
1989	212	41
1990	199	37
1991	188	35
1992	175	33
1993	162	32
1994	150	32
1995	148	33
1996	141	34
1997	132	34
1998	126	34
1999	121	32
2000	119	31
2001	113	29
2002	109	26
2003	105	24
2004	106	22
2005	104	21
2006	102	20
2007	101	19
2008	100	20
2009	99	19
2010	102	19
2011	98	21
2012	98	22
2013	93	25
2014	91	25
2015	90	24
2016	88	23
2017	90	23
2018	87	21
2019	89	24
2020	89	23
2021	122	30
2022	86	21
2023	80	20

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 2.06% in Syria. 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	Syria
1960	19.9%	16.9%
1961	19.5%	16.1%
1962	18.9%	15.3%
1963	18.3%	14.7%
1964	17.7%	14.1%
1965	17.1%	13.5%
1966	16.4%	12.9%
1967	15.8%	12.3%
1968	15.2%	11.7%
1969	14.6%	11.1%
1970	14.1%	10.5%
1971	13.7%	9.91%
1972	13.3%	9.4%
1973	13%	8.92%
1974	12.7%	8.47%
1975	12.5%	8.03%
1976	12.4%	7.61%
1977	12.3%	7.19%
1978	12.2%	6.79%
1979	12%	6.4%
1980	11.9%	6.03%
1981	11.7%	6.33%
1982	11.6%	7.06%
1983	11.4%	5.1%
1984	11.1%	4.84%
1985	10.9%	4.6%
1986	10.6%	4.39%
1987	10.2%	4.19%
1988	9.87%	4.02%
1989	9.5%	3.85%
1990	9.13%	3.7%
1991	8.77%	3.55%
1992	8.44%	3.4%
1993	8.13%	3.24%
1994	7.87%	3.09%
1995	7.64%	2.94%
1996	7.42%	2.8%
1997	7.22%	2.66%
1998	7.02%	2.53%
1999	6.83%	2.42%
2000	6.64%	2.32%
2001	6.46%	2.23%
2002	6.31%	2.15%
2003	6.2%	2.09%
2004	6.13%	2.03%
2005	6.07%	1.98%
2006	6.03%	1.95%
2007	5.99%	1.92%
2008	5.93%	1.9%
2009	5.87%	1.9%
2010	5.82%	1.9%
2011	5.79%	2.17%
2012	5.78%	3.39%
2013	5.8%	3.65%
2014	5.84%	3.53%
2015	5.89%	3.7%
2016	5.95%	3.22%
2017	5.99%	3.3%
2018	5.98%	3.26%
2019	5.93%	2.5%
2020	5.86%	2.24%
2021	5.76%	2.1%
2022	5.65%	2.11%
2023	5.51%	2.06%