Fertility & birth rates in Marshall Islands and Tuvalu

Fertility rate in Marshall Islands vs Tuvalu 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 3.21 in Tuvalu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Marshall Islands vs Tuvalu 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	Tuvalu
1960	8.08	5.15
1961	8.12	5.09
1962	8.12	5
1963	8.12	4.91
1964	8.14	4.83
1965	8.16	4.73
1966	8.2	4.64
1967	8.17	4.49
1968	8.14	4.36
1969	8.11	4.23
1970	8.07	4.08
1971	8.04	3.94
1972	8	3.81
1973	7.95	3.71
1974	7.9	3.63
1975	7.83	3.58
1976	7.76	3.55
1977	7.67	3.56
1978	7.58	3.59
1979	7.47	3.65
1980	7.37	3.73
1981	7.27	3.8
1982	7.18	3.88
1983	7.08	3.91
1984	6.99	3.95
1985	6.87	3.97
1986	6.73	3.97
1987	6.57	3.94
1988	6.38	3.88
1989	6.18	3.8
1990	5.97	3.75
1991	5.76	3.79
1992	5.55	3.86
1993	5.38	3.92
1994	5.23	3.92
1995	5.09	3.96
1996	5.02	3.95
1997	4.96	3.95
1998	4.87	3.95
1999	4.78	3.92
2000	4.7	3.84
2001	4.58	3.75
2002	4.49	3.64
2003	4.42	3.58
2004	4.34	3.55
2005	4.28	3.55
2006	4.2	3.53
2007	4.09	3.45
2008	3.97	3.42
2009	3.83	3.43
2010	3.67	3.44
2011	3.53	3.46
2012	3.38	3.47
2013	3.25	3.39
2014	3.18	3.33
2015	3.13	3.31
2016	3.09	3.3
2017	3.06	3.3
2018	3.04	3.33
2019	3.01	3.33
2020	2.99	3.31
2021	2.96	3.28
2022	2.94	3.24
2023	2.92	3.21
2024	2.86	3.17
2025	2.82	3.14
2026	2.77	3.1
2027	2.73	3.06
2028	2.69	3.03
2029	2.65	3
2030	2.6	2.97
2031	2.57	2.94
2032	2.53	2.91
2033	2.5	2.88
2034	2.47	2.84
2035	2.44	2.82
2036	2.41	2.79
2037	2.38	2.77
2038	2.36	2.74
2039	2.34	2.72
2040	2.31	2.69
2041	2.29	2.67
2042	2.26	2.65
2043	2.24	2.63
2044	2.23	2.61
2045	2.21	2.58
2046	2.19	2.57
2047	2.17	2.54
2048	2.15	2.52
2049	2.13	2.5
2050	2.11	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Marshall Islands	Tuvalu
1960	46.1%	41%
1961	46.7%	42.1%
1962	47.1%	43.1%
1963	47.4%	43.9%
1964	47.5%	44.1%
1965	47.5%	43.9%
1966	47.2%	43.9%
1967	46.7%	44.1%
1968	46.1%	44.3%
1969	45.3%	43.9%
1970	45%	43.2%
1971	45.6%	42.3%
1972	46.6%	41.3%
1973	47.3%	40.2%
1974	47.8%	39.4%
1975	48.2%	38.9%
1976	48.5%	38.1%
1977	49%	37%
1978	49.4%	35.5%
1979	49.8%	34.5%
1980	50.1%	34%
1981	50.3%	33.4%
1982	50.3%	32.8%
1983	50.4%	32.1%
1984	50.4%	31.6%
1985	50.6%	31.7%
1986	50.7%	32.3%
1987	50.8%	32.9%
1988	50.8%	33.5%
1989	50.6%	34.1%
1990	50.2%	34.5%
1991	49.7%	35%
1992	49.1%	35.4%
1993	48.4%	35.9%
1994	47.5%	36.1%
1995	46.6%	36.2%
1996	45.6%	36.3%
1997	44.7%	36.3%
1998	43.7%	36.3%
1999	42.8%	36.2%
2000	42%	36.3%
2001	41.3%	36.3%
2002	40.6%	36.3%
2003	39.9%	36%
2004	39.4%	35.5%
2005	39.1%	35%
2006	38.9%	34.5%
2007	39%	34%
2008	39.2%	33.5%
2009	39.4%	33.1%
2010	39.7%	32.8%
2011	39.7%	32.6%
2012	39.4%	32.5%
2013	38.8%	32.4%
2014	38.2%	32.1%
2015	37.5%	31.9%
2016	36.8%	31.8%
2017	36.2%	31.6%
2018	35.7%	31.6%
2019	35.1%	31.7%
2020	34.5%	31.7%
2021	34.4%	31.6%
2022	34.6%	32%
2023	34.7%	32.6%
2024	34.5%	32.9%
2025	33.9%	33%
2026	33.2%	32.9%
2027	32.6%	32.7%
2028	32%	32.3%
2029	31.4%	31.8%
2030	30.9%	31.2%
2031	30.3%	30.6%
2032	29.7%	29.9%
2033	29.2%	29.3%
2034	28.6%	28.7%
2035	28.1%	28.2%
2036	27.6%	27.8%
2037	27.3%	27.5%
2038	27.3%	27.1%
2039	27.4%	26.9%
2040	27.7%	26.9%
2041	28%	26.9%
2042	28.3%	26.9%
2043	28.6%	27%
2044	28.8%	27.1%
2045	29%	27.3%
2046	29.1%	27.4%
2047	29.1%	27.6%
2048	29%	27.7%
2049	28.8%	27.8%
2050	28.5%	27.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 34.5% of the population in the Marshall Islands and 32.9% in Tuvalu in 2024, compared to 50.2% and 34.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu compared.

Natural population change in Marshall Islands vs Tuvalu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.69% in the Marshall Islands and +1.48% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	452	126
1961	469	120
1962	488	113
1963	509	106
1964	536	98
1965	566	93
1966	603	91
1967	636	92
1968	685	97
1969	747	102
1970	819	102
1971	877	101
1972	913	94
1973	954	101
1974	1,000	102
1975	1,055	108
1976	1,109	117
1977	1,160	128
1978	1,207	141
1979	1,250	158
1980	1,287	173
1981	1,328	186
1982	1,375	198
1983	1,422	206
1984	1,470	212
1985	1,511	215
1986	1,544	219
1987	1,566	219
1988	1,575	215
1989	1,574	208
1990	1,556	204
1991	1,540	203
1992	1,525	196
1993	1,524	202
1994	1,524	195
1995	1,522	191
1996	1,542	182
1997	1,564	177
1998	1,576	172
1999	1,590	166
2000	1,592	159
2001	1,596	151
2002	1,594	141
2003	1,600	136
2004	1,595	132
2005	1,586	131
2006	1,556	129
2007	1,507	125
2008	1,443	125
2009	1,365	130
2010	1,273	136
2011	1,185	142
2012	1,097	148
2013	1,014	148
2014	959	149
2015	912	153
2016	866	157
2017	826	163
2018	785	169
2019	746	166
2020	689	161
2021	653	151
2022	606	150
2023	550	137

Maternal mortality chart: Marshall Islands vs Tuvalu

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 170 deaths in Tuvalu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Marshall Islands	Tuvalu
1985	254	230
1986	274	226
1987	282	252
1988	276	300
1989	299	296
1990	311	291
1991	297	289
1992	322	312
1993	320	286
1994	303	284
1995	303	281
1996	292	277
1997	274	249
1998	259	245
1999	250	242
2000	251	237
2001	231	235
2002	223	234
2003	221	210
2004	238	209
2005	234	230
2006	233	226
2007	229	222
2008	226	219
2009	224	215
2010	212	213
2011	209	169
2012	207	168
2013	201	168
2014	199	168
2015	184	169
2016	183	170
2017	179	171
2018	167	153
2019	168	155
2020	178	206
2021	206	157
2022	174	220
2023	155	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.82% in the Marshall Islands and 1.99% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	12.2%	17.7%
1961	11.6%	17%
1962	11%	16.3%
1963	10.5%	15.6%
1964	10.1%	14.9%
1965	9.64%	14.2%
1966	9.25%	13.6%
1967	8.88%	12.9%
1968	8.53%	12.3%
1969	8.19%	11.7%
1970	7.87%	11.1%
1971	7.58%	10.5%
1972	7.33%	9.93%
1973	7.13%	9.37%
1974	6.97%	8.81%
1975	6.86%	8.31%
1976	6.77%	7.84%
1977	6.69%	7.43%
1978	6.61%	7.08%
1979	6.52%	6.76%
1980	6.42%	6.49%
1981	6.29%	6.26%
1982	6.15%	6.06%
1983	6%	5.9%
1984	5.83%	5.76%
1985	5.66%	5.66%
1986	5.49%	5.59%
1987	5.31%	5.53%
1988	5.13%	5.47%
1989	4.95%	5.42%
1990	4.76%	5.37%
1991	4.59%	5.31%
1992	4.43%	5.24%
1993	4.29%	5.15%
1994	4.2%	5.05%
1995	4.15%	4.94%
1996	4.14%	4.81%
1997	4.15%	4.67%
1998	4.19%	4.52%
1999	4.23%	4.39%
2000	4.25%	4.26%
2001	4.25%	4.16%
2002	4.24%	4.07%
2003	4.21%	3.98%
2004	4.18%	3.89%
2005	4.14%	3.8%
2006	4.1%	3.68%
2007	4.06%	3.56%
2008	4.02%	3.42%
2009	3.97%	3.28%
2010	3.94%	3.14%
2011	3.89%	3.02%
2012	3.82%	2.91%
2013	3.75%	2.8%
2014	3.66%	2.71%
2015	3.57%	2.61%
2016	3.48%	2.52%
2017	3.38%	2.43%
2018	3.29%	2.35%
2019	3.19%	2.27%
2020	3.1%	2.19%
2021	3%	2.12%
2022	2.91%	2.05%
2023	2.82%	1.99%