Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Uruguay

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Uruguay 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 1.41 in Uruguay in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Uruguay 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	Uruguay
1960	6.44	2.83
1961	6.48	2.85
1962	6.42	2.87
1963	6.35	2.88
1964	6.29	2.86
1965	6.26	2.84
1966	6.23	2.82
1967	6.11	2.78
1968	5.98	2.77
1969	5.85	2.77
1970	5.71	2.77
1971	5.55	2.77
1972	5.37	2.78
1973	5.2	2.86
1974	5.09	2.96
1975	5.02	3.02
1976	4.96	3.01
1977	4.96	2.9
1978	4.97	2.83
1979	4.97	2.71
1980	4.96	2.59
1981	4.96	2.53
1982	4.95	2.51
1983	4.91	2.49
1984	4.91	2.47
1985	4.91	2.47
1986	4.87	2.47
1987	4.81	2.49
1988	4.73	2.5
1989	4.69	2.5
1990	4.67	2.48
1991	4.64	2.45
1992	4.57	2.43
1993	4.49	2.41
1994	4.44	2.42
1995	4.42	2.4
1996	4.43	2.36
1997	4.37	2.33
1998	4.29	2.27
1999	4.18	2.25
2000	4.07	2.2
2001	3.96	2.16
2002	3.81	2.16
2003	3.7	2.12
2004	3.73	2.09
2005	3.76	2.1
2006	3.82	2.07
2007	3.87	2.05
2008	3.9	2.03
2009	3.91	2.02
2010	3.9	2.01
2011	3.88	1.99
2012	3.77	2.01
2013	3.64	2.03
2014	3.52	2.03
2015	3.44	2.04
2016	3.38	1.97
2017	3.34	1.82
2018	3.32	1.68
2019	3.29	1.57
2020	3.25	1.5
2021	3.22	1.45
2022	3.18	1.43
2023	3.15	1.41
2024	3.12	1.4
2025	3.09	1.39
2026	3.06	1.38
2027	3.03	1.38
2028	3	1.38
2029	2.97	1.38
2030	2.94	1.38
2031	2.92	1.39
2032	2.89	1.39
2033	2.86	1.39
2034	2.84	1.39
2035	2.81	1.4
2036	2.79	1.4
2037	2.77	1.4
2038	2.74	1.4
2039	2.72	1.41
2040	2.69	1.41
2041	2.67	1.41
2042	2.64	1.42
2043	2.62	1.42
2044	2.6	1.42
2045	2.58	1.42
2046	2.56	1.42
2047	2.54	1.43
2048	2.52	1.43
2049	2.5	1.43
2050	2.48	1.44

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Uruguay
1960	43.2%	27.6%
1961	43.5%	27.6%
1962	43.8%	27.7%
1963	44%	27.8%
1964	44%	27.9%
1965	43.9%	27.9%
1966	44.1%	28%
1967	44.5%	28%
1968	44.9%	27.9%
1969	45%	27.8%
1970	44.9%	27.8%
1971	44.8%	27.7%
1972	44.8%	27.5%
1973	44.6%	27.4%
1974	44.2%	27.4%
1975	43.7%	27.4%
1976	43.2%	27.4%
1977	42.8%	27.3%
1978	42.3%	27.3%
1979	41.8%	27.2%
1980	41.1%	27%
1981	40.5%	26.9%
1982	39.9%	26.7%
1983	39.5%	26.6%
1984	39.2%	26.5%
1985	39.2%	26.4%
1986	39.2%	26.2%
1987	39.4%	26.1%
1988	39.7%	26%
1989	39.9%	25.8%
1990	40.2%	25.6%
1991	40.5%	25.3%
1992	40.8%	25.1%
1993	41%	24.9%
1994	41.2%	24.7%
1995	41.2%	24.7%
1996	41.1%	24.6%
1997	41%	24.6%
1998	40.8%	24.5%
1999	40.5%	24.5%
2000	40.1%	24.4%
2001	39.8%	24.2%
2002	39.3%	24.1%
2003	38.9%	23.9%
2004	38.4%	23.7%
2005	38%	23.5%
2006	37.6%	23.3%
2007	37.3%	23.1%
2008	37%	22.8%
2009	36.8%	22.6%
2010	36.6%	22.3%
2011	36.4%	22%
2012	36.1%	21.7%
2013	35.7%	21.5%
2014	35.4%	21.3%
2015	35.2%	21.1%
2016	35%	21%
2017	35%	20.8%
2018	35.1%	20.5%
2019	35.1%	20.2%
2020	35.2%	19.8%
2021	35.2%	19.4%
2022	35.1%	19.1%
2023	34.9%	18.7%
2024	34.7%	18.3%
2025	34.4%	17.9%
2026	34%	17.5%
2027	33.5%	17.1%
2028	33.1%	16.7%
2029	32.7%	16.3%
2030	32.4%	15.8%
2031	32%	15.4%
2032	31.7%	15.1%
2033	31.3%	14.8%
2034	31%	14.7%
2035	30.6%	14.6%
2036	30.3%	14.5%
2037	30%	14.5%
2038	29.7%	14.4%
2039	29.4%	14.4%
2040	29.2%	14.3%
2041	29%	14.3%
2042	28.8%	14.3%
2043	28.6%	14.2%
2044	28.4%	14.1%
2045	28.3%	14.1%
2046	28.1%	14%
2047	27.9%	13.9%
2048	27.8%	13.8%
2049	27.6%	13.7%
2050	27.4%	13.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 18.3% in Uruguay in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Uruguay compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Uruguay by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +0.19% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	1,141	30,438
1961	1,199	30,975
1962	1,233	31,441
1963	1,273	31,824
1964	1,318	31,340
1965	1,376	30,807
1966	1,437	30,293
1967	1,417	29,514
1968	1,393	29,103
1969	1,367	28,805
1970	1,388	28,737
1971	1,406	28,584
1972	1,406	28,896
1973	1,409	30,213
1974	1,430	32,221
1975	1,423	33,393
1976	1,425	33,199
1977	1,426	31,321
1978	1,480	30,076
1979	1,509	27,456
1980	1,571	25,451
1981	1,635	24,968
1982	1,697	25,224
1983	1,748	24,146
1984	1,813	23,684
1985	1,881	23,988
1986	1,933	24,505
1987	1,982	24,469
1988	2,022	25,071
1989	2,073	25,322
1990	2,127	25,699
1991	2,176	25,422
1992	2,173	24,847
1993	2,161	24,212
1994	2,168	24,637
1995	2,183	24,872
1996	2,217	24,635
1997	2,220	23,737
1998	2,210	22,114
1999	2,186	21,844
2000	2,153	21,060
2001	2,121	20,729
2002	2,074	20,073
2003	2,045	18,628
2004	2,118	18,067
2005	2,188	18,926
2006	2,285	17,783
2007	2,393	17,422
2008	2,493	16,838
2009	2,573	16,947
2010	2,644	16,231
2011	2,709	14,934
2012	2,678	15,520
2013	2,629	16,318
2014	2,577	16,238
2015	2,555	16,194
2016	2,546	14,008
2017	2,549	10,907
2018	2,561	7,322
2019	2,560	3,873
2020	2,497	4,048
2021	2,408	-5,621
2022	2,522	-2,964
2023	2,487	298

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Uruguay

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 15 deaths in Uruguay.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Uruguay
1985	246	41
1986	232	41
1987	231	41
1988	220	39
1989	212	36
1990	199	35
1991	188	33
1992	175	33
1993	162	31
1994	150	30
1995	148	29
1996	141	28
1997	132	27
1998	126	25
1999	121	24
2000	119	23
2001	113	24
2002	109	23
2003	105	23
2004	106	21
2005	104	20
2006	102	20
2007	101	19
2008	100	19
2009	99	18
2010	102	17
2011	98	17
2012	98	16
2013	93	16
2014	91	16
2015	90	16
2016	88	16
2017	90	16
2018	87	16
2019	89	16
2020	89	20
2021	122	49
2022	86	20
2023	80	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 0.67% in Uruguay. 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	Uruguay
1960	19.9%	6.33%
1961	19.5%	6.21%
1962	18.9%	6.06%
1963	18.3%	5.93%
1964	17.7%	5.83%
1965	17.1%	5.77%
1966	16.4%	5.74%
1967	15.8%	5.7%
1968	15.2%	5.64%
1969	14.6%	5.53%
1970	14.1%	5.4%
1971	13.7%	5.33%
1972	13.3%	5.34%
1973	13%	5.39%
1974	12.7%	5.46%
1975	12.5%	5.49%
1976	12.4%	5.41%
1977	12.3%	5.18%
1978	12.2%	4.83%
1979	12%	4.41%
1980	11.9%	3.98%
1981	11.7%	3.6%
1982	11.6%	3.31%
1983	11.4%	3.1%
1984	11.1%	2.95%
1985	10.9%	2.84%
1986	10.6%	2.74%
1987	10.2%	2.62%
1988	9.87%	2.51%
1989	9.5%	2.42%
1990	9.13%	2.37%
1991	8.77%	2.32%
1992	8.44%	2.29%
1993	8.13%	2.25%
1994	7.87%	2.19%
1995	7.64%	2.12%
1996	7.42%	2.03%
1997	7.22%	1.93%
1998	7.02%	1.84%
1999	6.83%	1.76%
2000	6.64%	1.7%
2001	6.46%	1.66%
2002	6.31%	1.62%
2003	6.2%	1.58%
2004	6.13%	1.52%
2005	6.07%	1.44%
2006	6.03%	1.35%
2007	5.99%	1.27%
2008	5.93%	1.19%
2009	5.87%	1.13%
2010	5.82%	1.08%
2011	5.79%	1.04%
2012	5.78%	1%
2013	5.8%	0.97%
2014	5.84%	0.93%
2015	5.89%	0.89%
2016	5.95%	0.85%
2017	5.99%	0.81%
2018	5.98%	0.77%
2019	5.93%	0.74%
2020	5.86%	0.71%
2021	5.76%	0.7%
2022	5.65%	0.68%
2023	5.51%	0.67%