Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Rwanda

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Rwanda chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Marshall Islands was 2.92 children per woman in 2023, compared to 3.7 in Rwanda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Marshall Islands vs Rwanda population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Marshall Islands	Rwanda
1960	8.08	8.28
1961	8.12	8.28
1962	8.12	8.27
1963	8.12	8.27
1964	8.14	8.27
1965	8.16	8.25
1966	8.2	8.23
1967	8.17	8.21
1968	8.14	8.19
1969	8.11	8.18
1970	8.07	8.15
1971	8.04	8.09
1972	8	8.09
1973	7.95	8.09
1974	7.9	8.1
1975	7.83	8.1
1976	7.76	8.12
1977	7.67	8.14
1978	7.58	8.16
1979	7.47	8.13
1980	7.37	8.12
1981	7.27	8.1
1982	7.18	8.06
1983	7.08	8
1984	6.99	7.91
1985	6.87	7.79
1986	6.73	7.61
1987	6.57	7.43
1988	6.38	7.23
1989	6.18	7.03
1990	5.97	6.8
1991	5.76	6.62
1992	5.55	6.54
1993	5.38	6.48
1994	5.23	6.42
1995	5.09	6.35
1996	5.02	6.29
1997	4.96	6.24
1998	4.87	6.17
1999	4.78	6.06
2000	4.7	5.97
2001	4.58	5.89
2002	4.49	5.82
2003	4.42	5.74
2004	4.34	5.64
2005	4.28	5.5
2006	4.2	5.34
2007	4.09	5.14
2008	3.97	4.92
2009	3.83	4.71
2010	3.67	4.52
2011	3.53	4.33
2012	3.38	4.2
2013	3.25	4.14
2014	3.18	4.12
2015	3.13	4.11
2016	3.09	4.11
2017	3.06	4.08
2018	3.04	4.05
2019	3.01	3.99
2020	2.99	3.91
2021	2.96	3.84
2022	2.94	3.78
2023	2.92	3.7
2024	2.86	3.64
2025	2.82	3.59
2026	2.77	3.54
2027	2.73	3.49
2028	2.69	3.43
2029	2.65	3.38
2030	2.6	3.33
2031	2.57	3.28
2032	2.53	3.24
2033	2.5	3.19
2034	2.47	3.15
2035	2.44	3.11
2036	2.41	3.07
2037	2.38	3.03
2038	2.36	2.99
2039	2.34	2.95
2040	2.31	2.92
2041	2.29	2.89
2042	2.26	2.85
2043	2.24	2.81
2044	2.23	2.78
2045	2.21	2.75
2046	2.19	2.72
2047	2.17	2.69
2048	2.15	2.67
2049	2.13	2.64
2050	2.11	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Rwanda
1960	46.1%	49.2%
1961	46.7%	49.7%
1962	47.1%	50.2%
1963	47.4%	50.6%
1964	47.5%	50.8%
1965	47.5%	50.6%
1966	47.2%	50.2%
1967	46.7%	49.7%
1968	46.1%	49.2%
1969	45.3%	48.7%
1970	45%	48.2%
1971	45.6%	47.9%
1972	46.6%	47.5%
1973	47.3%	47.2%
1974	47.8%	46.9%
1975	48.2%	46.6%
1976	48.5%	46.4%
1977	49%	46.4%
1978	49.4%	46.4%
1979	49.8%	46.5%
1980	50.1%	46.8%
1981	50.3%	47.1%
1982	50.3%	47.4%
1983	50.4%	47.7%
1984	50.4%	48.1%
1985	50.6%	48.3%
1986	50.7%	48.6%
1987	50.8%	48.8%
1988	50.8%	48.9%
1989	50.6%	48.9%
1990	50.2%	49%
1991	49.7%	48.9%
1992	49.1%	48.7%
1993	48.4%	48.4%
1994	47.5%	50.1%
1995	46.6%	52.4%
1996	45.6%	51.4%
1997	44.7%	50.5%
1998	43.7%	49.2%
1999	42.8%	47.8%
2000	42%	46.4%
2001	41.3%	45.2%
2002	40.6%	44.3%
2003	39.9%	43.7%
2004	39.4%	43.3%
2005	39.1%	43.1%
2006	38.9%	42.9%
2007	39%	42.9%
2008	39.2%	42.8%
2009	39.4%	42.6%
2010	39.7%	42.4%
2011	39.7%	42.2%
2012	39.4%	41.9%
2013	38.8%	41.7%
2014	38.2%	41.4%
2015	37.5%	41.1%
2016	36.8%	40.9%
2017	36.2%	40.5%
2018	35.7%	40.1%
2019	35.1%	39.7%
2020	34.5%	39.2%
2021	34.4%	38.6%
2022	34.6%	38.2%
2023	34.7%	37.7%
2024	34.5%	37.4%
2025	33.9%	37%
2026	33.2%	36.7%
2027	32.6%	36.4%
2028	32%	36%
2029	31.4%	35.7%
2030	30.9%	35.4%
2031	30.3%	35%
2032	29.7%	34.7%
2033	29.2%	34.4%
2034	28.6%	34.1%
2035	28.1%	33.7%
2036	27.6%	33.4%
2037	27.3%	33.1%
2038	27.3%	32.9%
2039	27.4%	32.6%
2040	27.7%	32.3%
2041	28%	32%
2042	28.3%	31.7%
2043	28.6%	31.4%
2044	28.8%	31.1%
2045	29%	30.8%
2046	29.1%	30.5%
2047	29.1%	30.2%
2048	29%	29.9%
2049	28.8%	29.7%
2050	28.5%	29.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 37.4% in Rwanda in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 49% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Rwanda compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Rwanda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands and +2.45% in Rwanda. 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
	Marshall Islands	Rwanda
1960	452	100,627
1961	469	102,051
1962	488	102,548
1963	509	94,296
1964	536	102,562
1965	566	103,422
1966	603	105,128
1967	636	108,053
1968	685	111,422
1969	747	115,394
1970	819	119,273
1971	877	122,567
1972	913	126,403
1973	954	131,021
1974	1,000	135,743
1975	1,055	140,596
1976	1,109	147,665
1977	1,160	155,011
1978	1,207	163,779
1979	1,250	174,477
1980	1,287	184,988
1981	1,328	195,769
1982	1,375	205,147
1983	1,422	212,750
1984	1,470	219,337
1985	1,511	223,794
1986	1,544	225,526
1987	1,566	225,744
1988	1,575	223,759
1989	1,574	217,632
1990	1,556	207,895
1991	1,540	196,431
1992	1,525	188,025
1993	1,524	183,926
1994	1,524	-719,479
1995	1,522	121,137
1996	1,542	140,455
1997	1,564	174,687
1998	1,576	197,185
1999	1,590	210,518
2000	1,592	221,276
2001	1,596	230,845
2002	1,594	239,036
2003	1,600	251,243
2004	1,595	265,273
2005	1,586	275,121
2006	1,556	282,149
2007	1,507	285,791
2008	1,443	287,334
2009	1,365	287,034
2010	1,273	286,848
2011	1,185	282,922
2012	1,097	282,584
2013	1,014	286,331
2014	959	292,779
2015	912	299,114
2016	866	305,549
2017	826	310,323
2018	785	312,512
2019	746	313,525
2020	689	312,692
2021	653	309,895
2022	606	312,145
2023	550	312,762

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Rwanda

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 155 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Marshall Islands, compared to 229 deaths in Rwanda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Rwanda
1985	254	1,116
1986	274	1,126
1987	282	1,145
1988	276	1,188
1989	299	1,238
1990	311	1,309
1991	297	1,386
1992	322	1,530
1993	320	1,619
1994	303	5,721
1995	303	1,505
1996	292	1,295
1997	274	1,318
1998	259	1,268
1999	250	1,073
2000	251	885
2001	231	769
2002	223	677
2003	221	551
2004	238	460
2005	234	465
2006	233	494
2007	229	494
2008	226	454
2009	224	418
2010	212	393
2011	209	358
2012	207	331
2013	201	317
2014	199	301
2015	184	292
2016	183	278
2017	179	275
2018	167	269
2019	168	261
2020	178	252
2021	206	254
2022	174	234
2023	155	229

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands and 4% in Rwanda. 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
	Marshall Islands	Rwanda
1960	12.2%	22.4%
1961	11.6%	21.9%
1962	11%	21.5%
1963	10.5%	21.3%
1964	10.1%	21.1%
1965	9.64%	21.1%
1966	9.25%	21.2%
1967	8.88%	21.4%
1968	8.53%	21.7%
1969	8.19%	22%
1970	7.87%	22.3%
1971	7.58%	22.6%
1972	7.33%	23%
1973	7.13%	23.4%
1974	6.97%	24%
1975	6.86%	24.6%
1976	6.77%	25.1%
1977	6.69%	25.1%
1978	6.61%	24.6%
1979	6.52%	23.4%
1980	6.42%	21.8%
1981	6.29%	20.1%
1982	6.15%	18.6%
1983	6%	17.4%
1984	5.83%	16.6%
1985	5.66%	16.1%
1986	5.49%	15.6%
1987	5.31%	15.2%
1988	5.13%	14.8%
1989	4.95%	14.8%
1990	4.76%	15.1%
1991	4.59%	16%
1992	4.43%	17.5%
1993	4.29%	19.3%
1994	4.2%	38.9%
1995	4.15%	21.8%
1996	4.14%	22.2%
1997	4.15%	22.2%
1998	4.19%	21.5%
1999	4.23%	20.2%
2000	4.25%	18.5%
2001	4.25%	16.7%
2002	4.24%	14.9%
2003	4.21%	13.3%
2004	4.18%	11.8%
2005	4.14%	10.5%
2006	4.1%	9.37%
2007	4.06%	8.45%
2008	4.02%	7.62%
2009	3.97%	6.92%
2010	3.94%	6.33%
2011	3.89%	5.81%
2012	3.82%	5.45%
2013	3.75%	5.17%
2014	3.66%	4.96%
2015	3.57%	4.78%
2016	3.48%	4.63%
2017	3.38%	4.52%
2018	3.29%	4.43%
2019	3.19%	4.34%
2020	3.1%	4.25%
2021	3%	4.16%
2022	2.91%	4.08%
2023	2.82%	4%