Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Yemen

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Yemen 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 4.59 in Yemen in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Yemen 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	Yemen
1960	6.44	7.99
1961	6.48	8
1962	6.42	8.01
1963	6.35	8.03
1964	6.29	8.07
1965	6.26	8.1
1966	6.23	8.14
1967	6.11	8.17
1968	5.98	8.19
1969	5.85	8.22
1970	5.71	8.23
1971	5.55	8.26
1972	5.37	8.27
1973	5.2	8.29
1974	5.09	8.33
1975	5.02	8.37
1976	4.96	8.42
1977	4.96	8.47
1978	4.97	8.5
1979	4.97	8.67
1980	4.96	8.71
1981	4.96	8.75
1982	4.95	8.79
1983	4.91	8.83
1984	4.91	8.85
1985	4.91	8.86
1986	4.87	8.86
1987	4.81	8.83
1988	4.73	8.79
1989	4.69	8.71
1990	4.67	8.61
1991	4.64	8.46
1992	4.57	8.27
1993	4.49	8.05
1994	4.44	7.8
1995	4.42	7.53
1996	4.43	7
1997	4.37	6.82
1998	4.29	6.64
1999	4.18	6.49
2000	4.07	6.32
2001	3.96	6.14
2002	3.81	5.97
2003	3.7	5.84
2004	3.73	5.71
2005	3.76	5.56
2006	3.82	5.41
2007	3.87	5.26
2008	3.9	5.11
2009	3.91	5
2010	3.9	4.81
2011	3.88	4.63
2012	3.77	4.63
2013	3.64	4.62
2014	3.52	4.62
2015	3.44	4.62
2016	3.38	4.61
2017	3.34	4.61
2018	3.32	4.61
2019	3.29	4.6
2020	3.25	4.6
2021	3.22	4.6
2022	3.18	4.59
2023	3.15	4.59
2024	3.12	4.5
2025	3.09	4.41
2026	3.06	4.33
2027	3.03	4.23
2028	3	4.14
2029	2.97	4.06
2030	2.94	3.97
2031	2.92	3.87
2032	2.89	3.8
2033	2.86	3.73
2034	2.84	3.66
2035	2.81	3.59
2036	2.79	3.51
2037	2.77	3.44
2038	2.74	3.38
2039	2.72	3.32
2040	2.69	3.26
2041	2.67	3.21
2042	2.64	3.16
2043	2.62	3.12
2044	2.6	3.07
2045	2.58	3.02
2046	2.56	2.97
2047	2.54	2.93
2048	2.52	2.89
2049	2.5	2.85
2050	2.48	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Yemen
1960	43.2%	40.3%
1961	43.5%	40.4%
1962	43.8%	40.4%
1963	44%	40.6%
1964	44%	40.9%
1965	43.9%	41.3%
1966	44.1%	41.8%
1967	44.5%	42.3%
1968	44.9%	42.8%
1969	45%	43.3%
1970	44.9%	43.8%
1971	44.8%	44.3%
1972	44.8%	44.8%
1973	44.6%	45.3%
1974	44.2%	45.7%
1975	43.7%	46.2%
1976	43.2%	46.6%
1977	42.8%	47%
1978	42.3%	47.5%
1979	41.8%	47.9%
1980	41.1%	48.3%
1981	40.5%	48.7%
1982	39.9%	49.1%
1983	39.5%	49.4%
1984	39.2%	49.7%
1985	39.2%	50%
1986	39.2%	50.3%
1987	39.4%	50.5%
1988	39.7%	50.7%
1989	39.9%	50.9%
1990	40.2%	51.1%
1991	40.5%	51.2%
1992	40.8%	51.2%
1993	41%	51.2%
1994	41.2%	51.1%
1995	41.2%	50.9%
1996	41.1%	50.6%
1997	41%	50.3%
1998	40.8%	49.9%
1999	40.5%	49.5%
2000	40.1%	49%
2001	39.8%	48.6%
2002	39.3%	48.1%
2003	38.9%	47.6%
2004	38.4%	47.1%
2005	38%	46.5%
2006	37.6%	45.9%
2007	37.3%	45.3%
2008	37%	44.7%
2009	36.8%	44.1%
2010	36.6%	43.5%
2011	36.4%	43%
2012	36.1%	42.7%
2013	35.7%	42.3%
2014	35.4%	42.1%
2015	35.2%	41.8%
2016	35%	41.7%
2017	35%	41.6%
2018	35.1%	41.5%
2019	35.1%	41.4%
2020	35.2%	41.4%
2021	35.2%	41.4%
2022	35.1%	41.3%
2023	34.9%	41.2%
2024	34.7%	41.1%
2025	34.4%	41%
2026	34%	40.9%
2027	33.5%	40.8%
2028	33.1%	40.6%
2029	32.7%	40.3%
2030	32.4%	40%
2031	32%	39.6%
2032	31.7%	39.2%
2033	31.3%	38.7%
2034	31%	38.2%
2035	30.6%	37.7%
2036	30.3%	37.1%
2037	30%	36.5%
2038	29.7%	36%
2039	29.4%	35.4%
2040	29.2%	34.8%
2041	29%	34.3%
2042	28.8%	33.8%
2043	28.6%	33.4%
2044	28.4%	33%
2045	28.3%	32.6%
2046	28.1%	32.3%
2047	27.9%	32%
2048	27.8%	31.7%
2049	27.6%	31.4%
2050	27.4%	31.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 41.1% in Yemen in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 51.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Yemen compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Yemen by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +3.02% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	1,141	122,994
1961	1,199	129,787
1962	1,233	131,262
1963	1,273	133,781
1964	1,318	147,299
1965	1,376	155,398
1966	1,437	164,091
1967	1,417	173,637
1968	1,393	182,518
1969	1,367	196,305
1970	1,388	207,613
1971	1,406	219,095
1972	1,406	229,322
1973	1,409	240,235
1974	1,430	252,737
1975	1,423	266,815
1976	1,425	281,078
1977	1,426	296,115
1978	1,480	312,439
1979	1,509	336,378
1980	1,571	355,767
1981	1,635	374,482
1982	1,697	392,302
1983	1,748	414,823
1984	1,813	434,674
1985	1,881	455,576
1986	1,933	464,665
1987	1,982	493,337
1988	2,022	513,296
1989	2,073	530,464
1990	2,127	549,654
1991	2,176	565,837
1992	2,173	582,072
1993	2,161	595,459
1994	2,168	602,363
1995	2,183	607,966
1996	2,217	588,786
1997	2,220	604,443
1998	2,210	615,488
1999	2,186	633,166
2000	2,153	646,694
2001	2,121	658,704
2002	2,074	672,494
2003	2,045	694,457
2004	2,118	710,493
2005	2,188	726,708
2006	2,285	750,082
2007	2,393	764,780
2008	2,493	779,123
2009	2,573	798,911
2010	2,644	803,246
2011	2,709	806,359
2012	2,678	845,645
2013	2,629	884,929
2014	2,577	920,330
2015	2,555	939,922
2016	2,546	975,697
2017	2,549	1,006,725
2018	2,561	1,020,238
2019	2,560	1,056,432
2020	2,497	1,086,322
2021	2,408	1,103,622
2022	2,522	1,153,375
2023	2,487	1,198,150

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Yemen

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 118 deaths in Yemen.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Yemen
1985	246	430
1986	232	430
1987	231	400
1988	220	388
1989	212	371
1990	199	359
1991	188	341
1992	175	330
1993	162	319
1994	150	311
1995	148	296
1996	141	282
1997	132	271
1998	126	260
1999	121	250
2000	119	241
2001	113	231
2002	109	218
2003	105	205
2004	106	194
2005	104	181
2006	102	171
2007	101	161
2008	100	153
2009	99	149
2010	102	144
2011	98	140
2012	98	137
2013	93	135
2014	91	134
2015	90	135
2016	88	134
2017	90	142
2018	87	134
2019	89	131
2020	89	135
2021	122	156
2022	86	125
2023	80	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 3.93% in Yemen. 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	Yemen
1960	19.9%	42.9%
1961	19.5%	42.2%
1962	18.9%	41.5%
1963	18.3%	40.8%
1964	17.7%	40%
1965	17.1%	39%
1966	16.4%	38%
1967	15.8%	36.8%
1968	15.2%	35.6%
1969	14.6%	34.3%
1970	14.1%	33%
1971	13.7%	31.8%
1972	13.3%	30.6%
1973	13%	29.5%
1974	12.7%	28.4%
1975	12.5%	27.2%
1976	12.4%	26%
1977	12.3%	24.7%
1978	12.2%	23.4%
1979	12%	22.1%
1980	11.9%	20.8%
1981	11.7%	19.6%
1982	11.6%	18.4%
1983	11.4%	17.2%
1984	11.1%	16.2%
1985	10.9%	15.3%
1986	10.6%	14.6%
1987	10.2%	14%
1988	9.87%	13.4%
1989	9.5%	12.9%
1990	9.13%	12.5%
1991	8.77%	12.1%
1992	8.44%	11.8%
1993	8.13%	11.6%
1994	7.87%	11.3%
1995	7.64%	11.1%
1996	7.42%	10.8%
1997	7.22%	10.5%
1998	7.02%	10.2%
1999	6.83%	9.77%
2000	6.64%	9.32%
2001	6.46%	8.84%
2002	6.31%	8.36%
2003	6.2%	7.9%
2004	6.13%	7.47%
2005	6.07%	7.06%
2006	6.03%	6.68%
2007	5.99%	6.33%
2008	5.93%	6.02%
2009	5.87%	5.74%
2010	5.82%	5.49%
2011	5.79%	5.3%
2012	5.78%	5.14%
2013	5.8%	4.95%
2014	5.84%	4.84%
2015	5.89%	4.9%
2016	5.95%	4.77%
2017	5.99%	4.66%
2018	5.98%	4.7%
2019	5.93%	4.59%
2020	5.86%	4.32%
2021	5.76%	4.24%
2022	5.65%	4.08%
2023	5.51%	3.93%