Fertility & birth rates in Kiribati and Zambia

Fertility rate in Kiribati vs Zambia 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 4.1 in Zambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Kiribati vs Zambia 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	Zambia
1960	6.44	6.95
1961	6.48	6.98
1962	6.42	7.01
1963	6.35	7.06
1964	6.29	7.09
1965	6.26	7.12
1966	6.23	7.14
1967	6.11	7.15
1968	5.98	7.18
1969	5.85	7.18
1970	5.71	7.22
1971	5.55	7.26
1972	5.37	7.3
1973	5.2	7.34
1974	5.09	7.36
1975	5.02	7.42
1976	4.96	7.39
1977	4.96	7.35
1978	4.97	7.29
1979	4.97	7.22
1980	4.96	7.14
1981	4.96	7.07
1982	4.95	7.04
1983	4.91	7.01
1984	4.91	6.97
1985	4.91	6.93
1986	4.87	6.87
1987	4.81	6.8
1988	4.73	6.7
1989	4.69	6.64
1990	4.67	6.57
1991	4.64	6.46
1992	4.57	6.35
1993	4.49	6.3
1994	4.44	6.26
1995	4.42	6.23
1996	4.43	6.18
1997	4.37	6.12
1998	4.29	6.07
1999	4.18	6
2000	4.07	5.92
2001	3.96	5.85
2002	3.81	5.77
2003	3.7	5.71
2004	3.73	5.7
2005	3.76	5.7
2006	3.82	5.68
2007	3.87	5.61
2008	3.9	5.53
2009	3.91	5.45
2010	3.9	5.36
2011	3.88	5.26
2012	3.77	5.14
2013	3.64	5.01
2014	3.52	4.89
2015	3.44	4.78
2016	3.38	4.67
2017	3.34	4.57
2018	3.32	4.49
2019	3.29	4.42
2020	3.25	4.32
2021	3.22	4.25
2022	3.18	4.18
2023	3.15	4.1
2024	3.12	4.04
2025	3.09	3.97
2026	3.06	3.91
2027	3.03	3.85
2028	3	3.77
2029	2.97	3.72
2030	2.94	3.67
2031	2.92	3.61
2032	2.89	3.56
2033	2.86	3.5
2034	2.84	3.45
2035	2.81	3.4
2036	2.79	3.35
2037	2.77	3.3
2038	2.74	3.25
2039	2.72	3.19
2040	2.69	3.15
2041	2.67	3.11
2042	2.64	3.07
2043	2.62	3.03
2044	2.6	3
2045	2.58	2.96
2046	2.56	2.93
2047	2.54	2.9
2048	2.52	2.87
2049	2.5	2.84
2050	2.48	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Kiribati	Zambia
1960	43.2%	46%
1961	43.5%	46.2%
1962	43.8%	46.3%
1963	44%	46.5%
1964	44%	46.7%
1965	43.9%	46.9%
1966	44.1%	46.9%
1967	44.5%	47%
1968	44.9%	47.1%
1969	45%	47.2%
1970	44.9%	47.4%
1971	44.8%	47.7%
1972	44.8%	48%
1973	44.6%	48.3%
1974	44.2%	48.6%
1975	43.7%	48.8%
1976	43.2%	49.1%
1977	42.8%	49.2%
1978	42.3%	49.4%
1979	41.8%	49.5%
1980	41.1%	49.5%
1981	40.5%	49.4%
1982	39.9%	49.3%
1983	39.5%	49.1%
1984	39.2%	49%
1985	39.2%	48.9%
1986	39.2%	48.8%
1987	39.4%	48.7%
1988	39.7%	48.6%
1989	39.9%	48.5%
1990	40.2%	48.4%
1991	40.5%	48.3%
1992	40.8%	48.2%
1993	41%	48.2%
1994	41.2%	48.2%
1995	41.2%	48.2%
1996	41.1%	48.2%
1997	41%	48.2%
1998	40.8%	48.2%
1999	40.5%	48.1%
2000	40.1%	48%
2001	39.8%	47.8%
2002	39.3%	47.6%
2003	38.9%	47.4%
2004	38.4%	47.3%
2005	38%	47.1%
2006	37.6%	47%
2007	37.3%	46.8%
2008	37%	46.6%
2009	36.8%	46.4%
2010	36.6%	46.3%
2011	36.4%	46.1%
2012	36.1%	45.9%
2013	35.7%	45.7%
2014	35.4%	45.5%
2015	35.2%	45.2%
2016	35%	44.9%
2017	35%	44.5%
2018	35.1%	44.1%
2019	35.1%	43.8%
2020	35.2%	43.3%
2021	35.2%	42.9%
2022	35.1%	42.4%
2023	34.9%	42%
2024	34.7%	41.5%
2025	34.4%	41%
2026	34%	40.5%
2027	33.5%	40%
2028	33.1%	39.6%
2029	32.7%	39.2%
2030	32.4%	38.8%
2031	32%	38.5%
2032	31.7%	38.1%
2033	31.3%	37.8%
2034	31%	37.5%
2035	30.6%	37.1%
2036	30.3%	36.8%
2037	30%	36.5%
2038	29.7%	36.1%
2039	29.4%	35.8%
2040	29.2%	35.4%
2041	29%	35.1%
2042	28.8%	34.7%
2043	28.6%	34.4%
2044	28.4%	34%
2045	28.3%	33.7%
2046	28.1%	33.3%
2047	27.9%	33%
2048	27.8%	32.6%
2049	27.6%	32.3%
2050	27.4%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.7% of the population in Kiribati and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 40.2% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Kiribati and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Kiribati vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.05% in Kiribati and +2.87% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	1,141	102,335
1961	1,199	106,318
1962	1,233	110,173
1963	1,273	114,555
1964	1,318	117,197
1965	1,376	122,814
1966	1,437	127,164
1967	1,417	131,938
1968	1,393	137,315
1969	1,367	142,660
1970	1,388	149,380
1971	1,406	155,249
1972	1,406	161,648
1973	1,409	168,258
1974	1,430	174,484
1975	1,423	182,258
1976	1,425	186,762
1977	1,426	191,557
1978	1,480	194,933
1979	1,509	197,578
1980	1,571	198,817
1981	1,635	202,822
1982	1,697	207,621
1983	1,748	212,712
1984	1,813	216,695
1985	1,881	221,351
1986	1,933	224,768
1987	1,982	227,813
1988	2,022	230,118
1989	2,073	233,429
1990	2,127	235,835
1991	2,176	237,957
1992	2,173	239,953
1993	2,161	245,917
1994	2,168	252,023
1995	2,183	257,897
1996	2,217	262,468
1997	2,220	268,198
1998	2,210	275,568
1999	2,186	283,297
2000	2,153	293,186
2001	2,121	302,682
2002	2,074	316,041
2003	2,045	331,189
2004	2,118	349,352
2005	2,188	368,756
2006	2,285	387,891
2007	2,393	403,729
2008	2,493	419,560
2009	2,573	434,458
2010	2,644	448,337
2011	2,709	459,743
2012	2,678	469,406
2013	2,629	476,846
2014	2,577	483,663
2015	2,555	491,021
2016	2,546	497,521
2017	2,549	504,630
2018	2,561	515,644
2019	2,560	528,089
2020	2,497	536,484
2021	2,408	535,629
2022	2,522	563,456
2023	2,487	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Kiribati vs Zambia

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 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Kiribati	Zambia
1985	246	596
1986	232	619
1987	231	630
1988	220	635
1989	212	635
1990	199	625
1991	188	611
1992	175	581
1993	162	532
1994	150	507
1995	148	466
1996	141	433
1997	132	403
1998	126	392
1999	121	378
2000	119	340
2001	113	306
2002	109	274
2003	105	250
2004	106	260
2005	104	264
2006	102	262
2007	101	324
2008	100	394
2009	99	406
2010	102	332
2011	98	291
2012	98	256
2013	93	213
2014	91	174
2015	90	154
2016	88	158
2017	90	141
2018	87	117
2019	89	103
2020	89	99
2021	122	140
2022	86	89
2023	80	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 5.51% in Kiribati and 4.47% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	19.9%	20.5%
1961	19.5%	20.1%
1962	18.9%	19.8%
1963	18.3%	19.5%
1964	17.7%	19.2%
1965	17.1%	19%
1966	16.4%	18.9%
1967	15.8%	18.7%
1968	15.2%	18.5%
1969	14.6%	18.3%
1970	14.1%	17.9%
1971	13.7%	17.4%
1972	13.3%	16.9%
1973	13%	16.3%
1974	12.7%	15.9%
1975	12.5%	15.5%
1976	12.4%	15.4%
1977	12.3%	15.3%
1978	12.2%	15.3%
1979	12%	15.4%
1980	11.9%	15.5%
1981	11.7%	15.6%
1982	11.6%	15.7%
1983	11.4%	15.9%
1984	11.1%	16.2%
1985	10.9%	16.6%
1986	10.6%	17%
1987	10.2%	17.3%
1988	9.87%	17.7%
1989	9.5%	17.9%
1990	9.13%	18.1%
1991	8.77%	18.1%
1992	8.44%	18.1%
1993	8.13%	17.9%
1994	7.87%	17.7%
1995	7.64%	17.3%
1996	7.42%	17%
1997	7.22%	16.7%
1998	7.02%	16.3%
1999	6.83%	15.9%
2000	6.64%	15.3%
2001	6.46%	14.4%
2002	6.31%	13.4%
2003	6.2%	12.4%
2004	6.13%	11.4%
2005	6.07%	10.5%
2006	6.03%	9.71%
2007	5.99%	9.14%
2008	5.93%	8.62%
2009	5.87%	8%
2010	5.82%	7.57%
2011	5.79%	7.31%
2012	5.78%	7.04%
2013	5.8%	6.72%
2014	5.84%	6.38%
2015	5.89%	6.15%
2016	5.95%	5.9%
2017	5.99%	5.61%
2018	5.98%	5.52%
2019	5.93%	5.41%
2020	5.86%	5.24%
2021	5.76%	4.92%
2022	5.65%	4.67%
2023	5.51%	4.47%