Fertility & birth rates in Rwanda and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate in Rwanda vs Solomon Islands chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Rwanda was 3.7 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 Rwanda 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
	Rwanda	Solomon Islands
1960	8.28	7.07
1961	8.28	7.05
1962	8.27	7.04
1963	8.27	7.03
1964	8.27	7.05
1965	8.25	7.02
1966	8.23	7
1967	8.21	6.97
1968	8.19	6.95
1969	8.18	6.97
1970	8.15	6.98
1971	8.09	6.99
1972	8.09	6.99
1973	8.09	7
1974	8.1	7.01
1975	8.1	6.99
1976	8.12	6.95
1977	8.14	6.92
1978	8.16	6.87
1979	8.13	6.82
1980	8.12	6.77
1981	8.1	6.71
1982	8.06	6.64
1983	8	6.57
1984	7.91	6.49
1985	7.79	6.38
1986	7.61	6.26
1987	7.43	6.12
1988	7.23	5.99
1989	7.03	5.87
1990	6.8	5.74
1991	6.62	5.62
1992	6.54	5.51
1993	6.48	5.45
1994	6.42	5.4
1995	6.35	5.34
1996	6.29	5.22
1997	6.24	5.09
1998	6.17	4.98
1999	6.06	4.86
2000	5.97	4.76
2001	5.89	4.67
2002	5.82	4.6
2003	5.74	4.54
2004	5.64	4.47
2005	5.5	4.41
2006	5.34	4.39
2007	5.14	4.37
2008	4.92	4.36
2009	4.71	4.35
2010	4.52	4.34
2011	4.33	4.34
2012	4.2	4.33
2013	4.14	4.33
2014	4.12	4.36
2015	4.11	4.29
2016	4.11	4.2
2017	4.08	4.06
2018	4.05	3.93
2019	3.99	3.8
2020	3.91	3.75
2021	3.84	3.69
2022	3.78	3.62
2023	3.7	3.56
2024	3.64	3.51
2025	3.59	3.47
2026	3.54	3.42
2027	3.49	3.37
2028	3.43	3.32
2029	3.38	3.28
2030	3.33	3.24
2031	3.28	3.2
2032	3.24	3.16
2033	3.19	3.12
2034	3.15	3.08
2035	3.11	3.04
2036	3.07	3
2037	3.03	2.97
2038	2.99	2.94
2039	2.95	2.91
2040	2.92	2.88
2041	2.89	2.84
2042	2.85	2.82
2043	2.81	2.79
2044	2.78	2.76
2045	2.75	2.73
2046	2.72	2.71
2047	2.69	2.68
2048	2.67	2.66
2049	2.64	2.63
2050	2.61	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Rwanda	Solomon Islands
1960	49.2%	46.3%
1961	49.7%	46.1%
1962	50.2%	46%
1963	50.6%	45.9%
1964	50.8%	45.8%
1965	50.6%	45.9%
1966	50.2%	46%
1967	49.7%	46.2%
1968	49.2%	46.4%
1969	48.7%	46.6%
1970	48.2%	46.7%
1971	47.9%	46.8%
1972	47.5%	46.9%
1973	47.2%	47.1%
1974	46.9%	47.5%
1975	46.6%	47.9%
1976	46.4%	48.2%
1977	46.4%	48.3%
1978	46.4%	48.3%
1979	46.5%	48.3%
1980	46.8%	48.3%
1981	47.1%	48.2%
1982	47.4%	48.1%
1983	47.7%	47.9%
1984	48.1%	47.8%
1985	48.3%	47.5%
1986	48.6%	47.3%
1987	48.8%	46.9%
1988	48.9%	46.6%
1989	48.9%	46.2%
1990	49%	45.8%
1991	48.9%	45.4%
1992	48.7%	45.1%
1993	48.4%	44.8%
1994	50.1%	44.5%
1995	52.4%	44.3%
1996	51.4%	44%
1997	50.5%	43.8%
1998	49.2%	43.5%
1999	47.8%	43.2%
2000	46.4%	42.9%
2001	45.2%	42.5%
2002	44.3%	42.2%
2003	43.7%	41.9%
2004	43.3%	41.7%
2005	43.1%	41.5%
2006	42.9%	41.3%
2007	42.9%	41.2%
2008	42.8%	41.2%
2009	42.6%	41.1%
2010	42.4%	41%
2011	42.2%	40.8%
2012	41.9%	40.7%
2013	41.7%	40.4%
2014	41.4%	40.2%
2015	41.1%	40%
2016	40.9%	39.7%
2017	40.5%	39.4%
2018	40.1%	39%
2019	39.7%	38.7%
2020	39.2%	38.4%
2021	38.6%	38.1%
2022	38.2%	37.7%
2023	37.7%	37.4%
2024	37.4%	37%
2025	37%	36.6%
2026	36.7%	36.1%
2027	36.4%	35.7%
2028	36%	35.2%
2029	35.7%	34.7%
2030	35.4%	34.3%
2031	35%	33.9%
2032	34.7%	33.5%
2033	34.4%	33.2%
2034	34.1%	32.9%
2035	33.7%	32.7%
2036	33.4%	32.4%
2037	33.1%	32.2%
2038	32.9%	31.9%
2039	32.6%	31.7%
2040	32.3%	31.5%
2041	32%	31.2%
2042	31.7%	31%
2043	31.4%	30.7%
2044	31.1%	30.4%
2045	30.8%	30.2%
2046	30.5%	29.9%
2047	30.2%	29.6%
2048	29.9%	29.3%
2049	29.7%	29%
2050	29.4%	28.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37.4% of the population in Rwanda and 37% in the Solomon Islands in 2024, compared to 49% and 45.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Rwanda and the Solomon Islands compared.

Natural population change in Rwanda vs Solomon Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.45% in Rwanda 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
	Rwanda	Solomon Islands
1960	100,627	4,119
1961	102,051	4,257
1962	102,548	4,408
1963	94,296	4,571
1964	102,562	4,747
1965	103,422	4,885
1966	105,128	5,028
1967	108,053	5,151
1968	111,422	5,285
1969	115,394	5,444
1970	119,273	5,575
1971	122,567	5,814
1972	126,403	6,074
1973	131,021	6,343
1974	135,743	6,612
1975	140,596	6,635
1976	147,665	7,058
1977	155,011	7,290
1978	163,779	7,598
1979	174,477	7,874
1980	184,988	8,156
1981	195,769	8,436
1982	205,147	8,720
1983	212,750	9,011
1984	219,337	9,299
1985	223,794	9,534
1986	225,526	9,656
1987	225,744	9,943
1988	223,759	10,142
1989	217,632	10,354
1990	207,895	10,561
1991	196,431	10,789
1992	188,025	11,029
1993	183,926	11,396
1994	-719,479	11,771
1995	121,137	12,124
1996	140,455	12,328
1997	174,687	12,478
1998	197,185	12,658
1999	210,518	12,809
2000	221,276	12,938
2001	230,845	13,061
2002	239,036	13,195
2003	251,243	13,344
2004	265,273	13,444
2005	275,121	13,568
2006	282,149	13,799
2007	285,791	13,963
2008	287,334	14,225
2009	287,034	14,381
2010	286,848	14,604
2011	282,922	15,095
2012	282,584	15,585
2013	286,331	16,038
2014	292,779	16,652
2015	299,114	16,909
2016	305,549	17,027
2017	310,323	16,897
2018	312,512	16,790
2019	313,525	16,649
2020	312,692	16,488
2021	309,895	16,626
2022	312,145	17,253
2023	312,762	17,436

Maternal mortality chart: Rwanda vs Solomon Islands

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 229 deaths per 100,000 live births in Rwanda, compared to 123 deaths in the Solomon Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Rwanda	Solomon Islands
1985	1,116	209
1986	1,126	226
1987	1,145	200
1988	1,188	193
1989	1,238	188
1990	1,309	184
1991	1,386	178
1992	1,530	174
1993	1,619	173
1994	5,721	170
1995	1,505	168
1996	1,295	166
1997	1,318	164
1998	1,268	165
1999	1,073	164
2000	885	166
2001	769	167
2002	677	168
2003	551	167
2004	460	164
2005	465	161
2006	494	159
2007	494	163
2008	454	153
2009	418	152
2010	393	148
2011	358	147
2012	331	146
2013	317	147
2014	301	147
2015	292	146
2016	278	143
2017	275	140
2018	269	136
2019	261	135
2020	252	131
2021	254	153
2022	234	126
2023	229	123

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4% in Rwanda 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
	Rwanda	Solomon Islands
1960	22.4%	16.7%
1961	21.9%	16%
1962	21.5%	15.4%
1963	21.3%	14.7%
1964	21.1%	14%
1965	21.1%	13.3%
1966	21.2%	12.7%
1967	21.4%	12%
1968	21.7%	11.3%
1969	22%	10.6%
1970	22.3%	9.94%
1971	22.6%	9.29%
1972	23%	8.69%
1973	23.4%	8.12%
1974	24%	7.6%
1975	24.6%	7.9%
1976	25.1%	6.68%
1977	25.1%	6.29%
1978	24.6%	5.95%
1979	23.4%	5.64%
1980	21.8%	5.38%
1981	20.1%	5.14%
1982	18.6%	4.93%
1983	17.4%	4.74%
1984	16.6%	4.58%
1985	16.1%	4.42%
1986	15.6%	4.28%
1987	15.2%	4.16%
1988	14.8%	4.04%
1989	14.8%	3.93%
1990	15.1%	3.82%
1991	16%	3.72%
1992	17.5%	3.62%
1993	19.3%	3.52%
1994	38.9%	3.43%
1995	21.8%	3.35%
1996	22.2%	3.27%
1997	22.2%	3.21%
1998	21.5%	3.16%
1999	20.2%	3.11%
2000	18.5%	3.07%
2001	16.7%	3.03%
2002	14.9%	2.99%
2003	13.3%	2.97%
2004	11.8%	2.94%
2005	10.5%	2.91%
2006	9.37%	2.88%
2007	8.45%	2.85%
2008	7.62%	2.81%
2009	6.92%	2.76%
2010	6.33%	2.72%
2011	5.81%	2.67%
2012	5.45%	2.62%
2013	5.17%	2.58%
2014	4.96%	2.53%
2015	4.78%	2.49%
2016	4.63%	2.45%
2017	4.52%	2.41%
2018	4.43%	2.36%
2019	4.34%	2.3%
2020	4.25%	2.24%
2021	4.16%	2.18%
2022	4.08%	2.12%
2023	4%	2.06%