Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Uganda

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Uganda 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 4.28 in Uganda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Uganda 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	Uganda
1960	6.44	6.91
1961	6.48	6.93
1962	6.42	6.96
1963	6.35	6.98
1964	6.29	7.01
1965	6.26	7.04
1966	6.23	7.07
1967	6.11	7.1
1968	5.98	7.13
1969	5.85	7.12
1970	5.71	7.15
1971	5.55	7.18
1972	5.37	7.19
1973	5.2	7.19
1974	5.09	7.19
1975	5.02	7.2
1976	4.96	7.19
1977	4.96	7.18
1978	4.97	7.16
1979	4.97	7.14
1980	4.96	7.11
1981	4.96	7.12
1982	4.95	7.11
1983	4.91	7.07
1984	4.91	7.02
1985	4.91	7.04
1986	4.87	7.08
1987	4.81	7.12
1988	4.73	7.1
1989	4.69	7.05
1990	4.67	7.01
1991	4.64	6.94
1992	4.57	6.91
1993	4.49	6.89
1994	4.44	6.9
1995	4.42	6.87
1996	4.43	6.84
1997	4.37	6.86
1998	4.29	6.84
1999	4.18	6.83
2000	4.07	6.79
2001	3.96	6.76
2002	3.81	6.74
2003	3.7	6.67
2004	3.73	6.61
2005	3.76	6.53
2006	3.82	6.43
2007	3.87	6.33
2008	3.9	6.2
2009	3.91	6.12
2010	3.9	6.02
2011	3.88	5.89
2012	3.77	5.73
2013	3.64	5.56
2014	3.52	5.41
2015	3.44	5.25
2016	3.38	5.11
2017	3.34	4.99
2018	3.32	4.87
2019	3.29	4.74
2020	3.25	4.62
2021	3.22	4.51
2022	3.18	4.39
2023	3.15	4.28
2024	3.12	4.16
2025	3.09	4.06
2026	3.06	3.97
2027	3.03	3.87
2028	3	3.79
2029	2.97	3.69
2030	2.94	3.61
2031	2.92	3.53
2032	2.89	3.45
2033	2.86	3.38
2034	2.84	3.31
2035	2.81	3.25
2036	2.79	3.19
2037	2.77	3.14
2038	2.74	3.09
2039	2.72	3.04
2040	2.69	2.99
2041	2.67	2.94
2042	2.64	2.9
2043	2.62	2.86
2044	2.6	2.82
2045	2.58	2.78
2046	2.56	2.74
2047	2.54	2.71
2048	2.52	2.67
2049	2.5	2.64
2050	2.48	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Uganda
1960	43.2%	46.3%
1961	43.5%	46.6%
1962	43.8%	46.8%
1963	44%	46.9%
1964	44%	46.8%
1965	43.9%	46.7%
1966	44.1%	46.6%
1967	44.5%	46.6%
1968	44.9%	46.5%
1969	45%	46.5%
1970	44.9%	46.5%
1971	44.8%	46.7%
1972	44.8%	46.9%
1973	44.6%	47.1%
1974	44.2%	47.3%
1975	43.7%	47.4%
1976	43.2%	47.5%
1977	42.8%	47.5%
1978	42.3%	47.6%
1979	41.8%	47.7%
1980	41.1%	47.9%
1981	40.5%	48%
1982	39.9%	48%
1983	39.5%	48.1%
1984	39.2%	48%
1985	39.2%	48%
1986	39.2%	48%
1987	39.4%	48%
1988	39.7%	48.1%
1989	39.9%	48.1%
1990	40.2%	48.2%
1991	40.5%	48.3%
1992	40.8%	48.4%
1993	41%	48.5%
1994	41.2%	48.6%
1995	41.2%	49.1%
1996	41.1%	49.4%
1997	41%	49.7%
1998	40.8%	49.9%
1999	40.5%	50%
2000	40.1%	50.1%
2001	39.8%	50.1%
2002	39.3%	50.1%
2003	38.9%	50.1%
2004	38.4%	50.1%
2005	38%	50.1%
2006	37.6%	50%
2007	37.3%	50%
2008	37%	49.8%
2009	36.8%	49.7%
2010	36.6%	49.5%
2011	36.4%	49.3%
2012	36.1%	49.1%
2013	35.7%	48.8%
2014	35.4%	48.5%
2015	35.2%	48.1%
2016	35%	47.5%
2017	35%	46.9%
2018	35.1%	46.3%
2019	35.1%	45.8%
2020	35.2%	45.2%
2021	35.2%	44.7%
2022	35.1%	44.3%
2023	34.9%	43.9%
2024	34.7%	43.5%
2025	34.4%	43.1%
2026	34%	42.7%
2027	33.5%	42.2%
2028	33.1%	41.8%
2029	32.7%	41.3%
2030	32.4%	40.9%
2031	32%	40.5%
2032	31.7%	40%
2033	31.3%	39.5%
2034	31%	39%
2035	30.6%	38.4%
2036	30.3%	37.8%
2037	30%	37.3%
2038	29.7%	36.7%
2039	29.4%	36.1%
2040	29.2%	35.6%
2041	29%	35.1%
2042	28.8%	34.6%
2043	28.6%	34.1%
2044	28.4%	33.6%
2045	28.3%	33.1%
2046	28.1%	32.7%
2047	27.9%	32.3%
2048	27.8%	31.8%
2049	27.6%	31.5%
2050	27.4%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 43.5% in Uganda in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 48.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Uganda compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Uganda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +3.17% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	1,141	225,080
1961	1,199	232,894
1962	1,233	241,513
1963	1,273	250,885
1964	1,318	260,733
1965	1,376	271,830
1966	1,437	282,225
1967	1,417	296,692
1968	1,393	309,725
1969	1,367	320,486
1970	1,388	333,202
1971	1,406	328,294
1972	1,406	335,935
1973	1,409	340,780
1974	1,430	345,773
1975	1,423	354,278
1976	1,425	359,458
1977	1,426	365,216
1978	1,480	371,930
1979	1,509	381,626
1980	1,571	370,287
1981	1,635	380,028
1982	1,697	390,820
1983	1,748	404,940
1984	1,813	421,241
1985	1,881	462,534
1986	1,933	487,693
1987	1,982	527,397
1988	2,022	547,759
1989	2,073	565,367
1990	2,127	587,291
1991	2,176	602,740
1992	2,173	627,139
1993	2,161	650,032
1994	2,168	675,092
1995	2,183	697,218
1996	2,217	699,707
1997	2,220	727,523
1998	2,210	741,175
1999	2,186	775,166
2000	2,153	803,069
2001	2,121	836,751
2002	2,074	868,756
2003	2,045	901,374
2004	2,118	938,623
2005	2,188	969,096
2006	2,285	999,958
2007	2,393	1,029,893
2008	2,493	1,055,935
2009	2,573	1,090,600
2010	2,644	1,121,564
2011	2,709	1,147,263
2012	2,678	1,167,473
2013	2,629	1,184,250
2014	2,577	1,201,599
2015	2,555	1,224,839
2016	2,546	1,249,565
2017	2,549	1,290,658
2018	2,561	1,332,600
2019	2,560	1,367,044
2020	2,497	1,397,288
2021	2,408	1,423,377
2022	2,522	1,455,576
2023	2,487	1,477,166

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Uganda

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 170 deaths in Uganda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Uganda
1985	246	842
1986	232	781
1987	231	709
1988	220	655
1989	212	609
1990	199	575
1991	188	549
1992	175	530
1993	162	515
1994	150	507
1995	148	514
1996	141	513
1997	132	522
1998	126	523
1999	121	504
2000	119	475
2001	113	440
2002	109	416
2003	105	395
2004	106	384
2005	104	417
2006	102	409
2007	101	345
2008	100	324
2009	99	322
2010	102	304
2011	98	295
2012	98	285
2013	93	308
2014	91	311
2015	90	299
2016	88	272
2017	90	246
2018	87	232
2019	89	219
2020	89	209
2021	122	216
2022	86	184
2023	80	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 3.88% in Uganda. 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	Uganda
1960	19.9%	22.3%
1961	19.5%	21.9%
1962	18.9%	21.6%
1963	18.3%	21.3%
1964	17.7%	20.9%
1965	17.1%	20.6%
1966	16.4%	20.3%
1967	15.8%	19.9%
1968	15.2%	19.7%
1969	14.6%	19.4%
1970	14.1%	19.3%
1971	13.7%	19.3%
1972	13.3%	19.4%
1973	13%	19.6%
1974	12.7%	19.9%
1975	12.5%	20.3%
1976	12.4%	20.7%
1977	12.3%	21.2%
1978	12.2%	21.6%
1979	12%	21.8%
1980	11.9%	22%
1981	11.7%	21.9%
1982	11.6%	21.4%
1983	11.4%	20.9%
1984	11.1%	20.3%
1985	10.9%	19.9%
1986	10.6%	19.5%
1987	10.2%	19.2%
1988	9.87%	18.9%
1989	9.5%	18.7%
1990	9.13%	18.3%
1991	8.77%	17.9%
1992	8.44%	17.4%
1993	8.13%	17%
1994	7.87%	16.7%
1995	7.64%	16.5%
1996	7.42%	16.2%
1997	7.22%	16%
1998	7.02%	15.6%
1999	6.83%	15.2%
2000	6.64%	14.6%
2001	6.46%	13.9%
2002	6.31%	13.1%
2003	6.2%	12.3%
2004	6.13%	11.5%
2005	6.07%	10.7%
2006	6.03%	9.97%
2007	5.99%	9.3%
2008	5.93%	8.69%
2009	5.87%	8.14%
2010	5.82%	7.61%
2011	5.79%	7.1%
2012	5.78%	6.67%
2013	5.8%	6.24%
2014	5.84%	5.91%
2015	5.89%	5.58%
2016	5.95%	5.25%
2017	5.99%	4.98%
2018	5.98%	4.74%
2019	5.93%	4.53%
2020	5.86%	4.35%
2021	5.76%	4.18%
2022	5.65%	4.05%
2023	5.51%	3.88%