Fertility & birth rates in Malta and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate in Malta vs Solomon Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Malta was 1.06 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.56 in the Solomon Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Malta vs the Solomon Islands population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malta	Solomon Islands
1960	3.62	7.07
1961	3.27	7.05
1962	3.24	7.04
1963	2.9	7.03
1964	2.79	7.05
1965	2.52	7.02
1966	2.33	7
1967	2.24	6.97
1968	2.12	6.95
1969	2.02	6.97
1970	2.03	6.98
1971	2.06	6.99
1972	2.01	6.99
1973	1.65	7
1974	1.64	7.01
1975	2.27	6.99
1976	2.21	6.95
1977	2.14	6.92
1978	2.05	6.87
1979	2.1	6.82
1980	1.99	6.77
1981	1.87	6.71
1982	1.9	6.64
1983	1.92	6.57
1984	1.95	6.49
1985	1.95	6.38
1986	1.93	6.26
1987	1.97	6.12
1988	2.06	5.99
1989	2.1	5.87
1990	2.02	5.74
1991	1.99	5.62
1992	2.07	5.51
1993	1.96	5.45
1994	1.84	5.4
1995	1.77	5.34
1996	1.99	5.22
1997	1.93	5.09
1998	1.84	4.98
1999	1.73	4.86
2000	1.68	4.76
2001	1.48	4.67
2002	1.45	4.6
2003	1.48	4.54
2004	1.4	4.47
2005	1.38	4.41
2006	1.36	4.39
2007	1.35	4.37
2008	1.43	4.36
2009	1.42	4.35
2010	1.36	4.34
2011	1.45	4.34
2012	1.42	4.33
2013	1.36	4.33
2014	1.38	4.36
2015	1.37	4.29
2016	1.37	4.2
2017	1.26	4.06
2018	1.23	3.93
2019	1.14	3.8
2020	1.13	3.75
2021	1.13	3.69
2022	1.08	3.62
2023	1.06	3.56
2024	1.07	3.51
2025	1.08	3.47
2026	1.08	3.42
2027	1.09	3.37
2028	1.1	3.32
2029	1.11	3.28
2030	1.11	3.24
2031	1.12	3.2
2032	1.12	3.16
2033	1.13	3.12
2034	1.13	3.08
2035	1.14	3.04
2036	1.15	3
2037	1.15	2.97
2038	1.16	2.94
2039	1.16	2.91
2040	1.17	2.88
2041	1.17	2.84
2042	1.18	2.82
2043	1.18	2.79
2044	1.19	2.76
2045	1.19	2.73
2046	1.2	2.71
2047	1.2	2.68
2048	1.21	2.66
2049	1.21	2.63
2050	1.21	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Malta	Solomon Islands
1960	35.8%	46.3%
1961	35%	46.1%
1962	34.2%	46%
1963	33.4%	45.9%
1964	32.6%	45.8%
1965	31.7%	45.9%
1966	30.9%	46%
1967	30.1%	46.2%
1968	29.3%	46.4%
1969	28.5%	46.6%
1970	27.7%	46.7%
1971	26.9%	46.8%
1972	26.3%	46.9%
1973	25.6%	47.1%
1974	25%	47.5%
1975	24.5%	47.9%
1976	24.1%	48.2%
1977	23.8%	48.3%
1978	23.6%	48.3%
1979	23.5%	48.3%
1980	23.4%	48.3%
1981	23.5%	48.2%
1982	23.6%	48.1%
1983	23.8%	47.9%
1984	24%	47.8%
1985	24.1%	47.5%
1986	24.1%	47.3%
1987	24%	46.9%
1988	23.8%	46.6%
1989	23.6%	46.2%
1990	23.4%	45.8%
1991	23.1%	45.4%
1992	22.9%	45.1%
1993	22.6%	44.8%
1994	22.3%	44.5%
1995	22%	44.3%
1996	21.6%	44%
1997	21.2%	43.8%
1998	20.7%	43.5%
1999	20.2%	43.2%
2000	19.8%	42.9%
2001	19.4%	42.5%
2002	18.9%	42.2%
2003	18.4%	41.9%
2004	17.9%	41.7%
2005	17.4%	41.5%
2006	16.9%	41.3%
2007	16.4%	41.2%
2008	15.9%	41.2%
2009	15.5%	41.1%
2010	15.2%	41%
2011	14.9%	40.8%
2012	14.7%	40.7%
2013	14.5%	40.4%
2014	14.3%	40.2%
2015	14.2%	40%
2016	14.2%	39.7%
2017	14%	39.4%
2018	13.8%	39%
2019	13.6%	38.7%
2020	13.3%	38.4%
2021	13.2%	38.1%
2022	13.2%	37.7%
2023	13.2%	37.4%
2024	13%	37%
2025	12.9%	36.6%
2026	12.8%	36.1%
2027	12.6%	35.7%
2028	12.5%	35.2%
2029	12.3%	34.7%
2030	12.2%	34.3%
2031	12%	33.9%
2032	11.7%	33.5%
2033	11.5%	33.2%
2034	11.3%	32.9%
2035	11.1%	32.7%
2036	10.9%	32.4%
2037	10.8%	32.2%
2038	10.6%	31.9%
2039	10.4%	31.7%
2040	10.3%	31.5%
2041	10.1%	31.2%
2042	9.98%	31%
2043	9.86%	30.7%
2044	9.75%	30.4%
2045	9.66%	30.2%
2046	9.59%	29.9%
2047	9.55%	29.6%
2048	9.52%	29.3%
2049	9.51%	29%
2050	9.52%	28.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 13% of the population in Malta and 37% in the Solomon Islands in 2024, compared to 23.4% and 45.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Malta and the Solomon Islands compared.

Natural population change in Malta vs Solomon Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.13% in Malta and +2.38% in the Solomon Islands. 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
	Malta	Solomon Islands
1960	5,747	4,119
1961	4,748	4,257
1962	4,664	4,408
1963	3,709	4,571
1964	3,630	4,747
1965	2,646	4,885
1966	2,458	5,028
1967	2,306	5,151
1968	2,247	5,285
1969	2,069	5,444
1970	2,270	5,575
1971	2,482	5,814
1972	2,480	6,074
1973	2,327	6,343
1974	2,687	6,612
1975	2,829	6,635
1976	2,721	7,058
1977	2,916	7,290
1978	2,389	7,598
1979	2,852	7,874
1980	2,375	8,156
1981	2,233	8,436
1982	2,835	8,720
1983	2,512	9,011
1984	2,678	9,299
1985	2,590	9,534
1986	2,395	9,656
1987	2,412	9,943
1988	2,813	10,142
1989	2,981	10,354
1990	2,621	10,561
1991	2,438	10,789
1992	2,573	11,029
1993	2,451	11,396
1994	2,136	11,771
1995	1,887	12,124
1996	2,279	12,328
1997	1,991	12,478
1998	1,656	12,658
1999	1,357	12,809
2000	1,482	12,938
2001	1,061	13,061
2002	911	13,195
2003	917	13,344
2004	883	13,444
2005	727	13,568
2006	568	13,799
2007	691	13,963
2008	777	14,225
2009	825	14,381
2010	871	14,604
2011	916	15,095
2012	714	15,585
2013	807	16,038
2014	910	16,652
2015	888	16,909
2016	1,091	17,027
2017	747	16,897
2018	774	16,790
2019	655	16,649
2020	361	16,488
2021	259	16,626
2022	54	17,253
2023	442	17,436

Maternal mortality chart: Malta vs Solomon Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 8 deaths per 100,000 live births in Malta, compared to 123 deaths in the Solomon Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Malta	Solomon Islands
1985	21	209
1986	19	226
1987	19	200
1988	17	193
1989	17	188
1990	17	184
1991	17	178
1992	17	174
1993	16	173
1994	16	170
1995	15	168
1996	16	166
1997	15	164
1998	14	165
1999	15	164
2000	13	166
2001	12	167
2002	13	168
2003	13	167
2004	11	164
2005	11	161
2006	12	159
2007	10	163
2008	10	153
2009	11	152
2010	9	148
2011	11	147
2012	9	146
2013	7	147
2014	8	147
2015	7	146
2016	10	143
2017	7	140
2018	9	136
2019	8	135
2020	10	131
2021	10	153
2022	10	126
2023	8	123

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.55% in Malta and 2.06% in the Solomon Islands. 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
	Malta	Solomon Islands
1960	4%	16.7%
1961	3.85%	16%
1962	3.73%	15.4%
1963	3.63%	14.7%
1964	3.53%	14%
1965	3.43%	13.3%
1966	3.31%	12.7%
1967	3.19%	12%
1968	3.06%	11.3%
1969	2.93%	10.6%
1970	2.79%	9.94%
1971	2.66%	9.29%
1972	2.52%	8.69%
1973	2.39%	8.12%
1974	2.26%	7.6%
1975	2.14%	7.9%
1976	2.03%	6.68%
1977	1.93%	6.29%
1978	1.84%	5.95%
1979	1.76%	5.64%
1980	1.69%	5.38%
1981	1.62%	5.14%
1982	1.57%	4.93%
1983	1.51%	4.74%
1984	1.45%	4.58%
1985	1.39%	4.42%
1986	1.33%	4.28%
1987	1.28%	4.16%
1988	1.23%	4.04%
1989	1.18%	3.93%
1990	1.13%	3.82%
1991	1.1%	3.72%
1992	1.06%	3.62%
1993	1.02%	3.52%
1994	0.98%	3.43%
1995	0.94%	3.35%
1996	0.9%	3.27%
1997	0.86%	3.21%
1998	0.82%	3.16%
1999	0.79%	3.11%
2000	0.76%	3.07%
2001	0.74%	3.03%
2002	0.72%	2.99%
2003	0.71%	2.97%
2004	0.7%	2.94%
2005	0.69%	2.91%
2006	0.69%	2.88%
2007	0.69%	2.85%
2008	0.69%	2.81%
2009	0.69%	2.76%
2010	0.69%	2.72%
2011	0.68%	2.67%
2012	0.68%	2.62%
2013	0.67%	2.58%
2014	0.67%	2.53%
2015	0.66%	2.49%
2016	0.65%	2.45%
2017	0.64%	2.41%
2018	0.63%	2.36%
2019	0.61%	2.3%
2020	0.6%	2.24%
2021	0.58%	2.18%
2022	0.57%	2.12%
2023	0.55%	2.06%