Fertility & birth rates in Solomon Islands and Spain

Fertility rate in Solomon Islands vs Spain chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Solomon Islands was 3.56 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.12 in Spain in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Solomon Islands	Spain
1960	7.07	2.86
1961	7.05	2.77
1962	7.04	2.8
1963	7.03	2.88
1964	7.05	3.01
1965	7.02	2.94
1966	7	2.91
1967	6.97	2.94
1968	6.95	2.87
1969	6.97	2.86
1970	6.98	2.84
1971	6.99	2.9
1972	6.99	2.87
1973	7	2.84
1974	7.01	2.88
1975	6.99	2.77
1976	6.95	2.77
1977	6.92	2.65
1978	6.87	2.54
1979	6.82	2.37
1980	6.77	2.22
1981	6.71	2.04
1982	6.64	1.94
1983	6.57	1.8
1984	6.49	1.73
1985	6.38	1.64
1986	6.26	1.56
1987	6.12	1.49
1988	5.99	1.45
1989	5.87	1.4
1990	5.74	1.36
1991	5.62	1.33
1992	5.51	1.31
1993	5.45	1.26
1994	5.4	1.19
1995	5.34	1.16
1996	5.22	1.14
1997	5.09	1.15
1998	4.98	1.13
1999	4.86	1.17
2000	4.76	1.22
2001	4.67	1.23
2002	4.6	1.25
2003	4.54	1.3
2004	4.47	1.31
2005	4.41	1.33
2006	4.39	1.36
2007	4.37	1.38
2008	4.36	1.45
2009	4.35	1.38
2010	4.34	1.37
2011	4.34	1.34
2012	4.33	1.32
2013	4.33	1.27
2014	4.36	1.32
2015	4.29	1.33
2016	4.2	1.33
2017	4.06	1.31
2018	3.93	1.26
2019	3.8	1.23
2020	3.75	1.18
2021	3.69	1.18
2022	3.62	1.16
2023	3.56	1.12
2024	3.51	1.13
2025	3.47	1.14
2026	3.42	1.14
2027	3.37	1.15
2028	3.32	1.16
2029	3.28	1.16
2030	3.24	1.17
2031	3.2	1.17
2032	3.16	1.18
2033	3.12	1.18
2034	3.08	1.19
2035	3.04	1.19
2036	3	1.2
2037	2.97	1.2
2038	2.94	1.2
2039	2.91	1.21
2040	2.88	1.21
2041	2.84	1.22
2042	2.82	1.23
2043	2.79	1.23
2044	2.76	1.24
2045	2.73	1.24
2046	2.71	1.24
2047	2.68	1.25
2048	2.66	1.25
2049	2.63	1.25
2050	2.61	1.26

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Solomon Islands	Spain
1960	46.3%	27.4%
1961	46.1%	27.4%
1962	46%	27.4%
1963	45.9%	27.4%
1964	45.8%	27.4%
1965	45.9%	27.5%
1966	46%	27.6%
1967	46.2%	27.7%
1968	46.4%	27.8%
1969	46.6%	27.8%
1970	46.7%	27.9%
1971	46.8%	27.8%
1972	46.9%	27.8%
1973	47.1%	27.7%
1974	47.5%	27.5%
1975	47.9%	27.3%
1976	48.2%	27.2%
1977	48.3%	27%
1978	48.3%	26.8%
1979	48.3%	26.4%
1980	48.3%	26%
1981	48.2%	25.5%
1982	48.1%	24.9%
1983	47.9%	24.4%
1984	47.8%	23.8%
1985	47.5%	23.2%
1986	47.3%	22.5%
1987	46.9%	21.9%
1988	46.6%	21.2%
1989	46.2%	20.5%
1990	45.8%	19.8%
1991	45.4%	19.1%
1992	45.1%	18.4%
1993	44.8%	17.8%
1994	44.5%	17.2%
1995	44.3%	16.6%
1996	44%	16.1%
1997	43.8%	15.7%
1998	43.5%	15.3%
1999	43.2%	15%
2000	42.9%	14.8%
2001	42.5%	14.7%
2002	42.2%	14.6%
2003	41.9%	14.5%
2004	41.7%	14.5%
2005	41.5%	14.5%
2006	41.3%	14.5%
2007	41.2%	14.6%
2008	41.2%	14.7%
2009	41.1%	14.8%
2010	41%	14.9%
2011	40.8%	15%
2012	40.7%	15.1%
2013	40.4%	15.1%
2014	40.2%	15.1%
2015	40%	15%
2016	39.7%	14.9%
2017	39.4%	14.8%
2018	39%	14.7%
2019	38.7%	14.4%
2020	38.4%	14.2%
2021	38.1%	13.9%
2022	37.7%	13.6%
2023	37.4%	13.3%
2024	37%	12.9%
2025	36.6%	12.6%
2026	36.1%	12.3%
2027	35.7%	12.1%
2028	35.2%	11.8%
2029	34.7%	11.6%
2030	34.3%	11.4%
2031	33.9%	11.2%
2032	33.5%	11%
2033	33.2%	10.9%
2034	32.9%	10.8%
2035	32.7%	10.7%
2036	32.4%	10.7%
2037	32.2%	10.7%
2038	31.9%	10.8%
2039	31.7%	10.8%
2040	31.5%	10.8%
2041	31.2%	10.9%
2042	31%	11%
2043	30.7%	11%
2044	30.4%	11.1%
2045	30.2%	11.2%
2046	29.9%	11.3%
2047	29.6%	11.3%
2048	29.3%	11.4%
2049	29%	11.5%
2050	28.7%	11.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in the Solomon Islands and 12.9% in Spain in 2024, compared to 45.8% and 19.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Solomon Islands and Spain compared.

Natural population change in Solomon Islands vs Spain by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.38% in the Solomon Islands and -0.13% in Spain. 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
	Solomon Islands	Spain
1960	4,119	398,960
1961	4,257	396,537
1962	4,408	384,690
1963	4,571	394,338
1964	4,747	429,885
1965	4,885	405,819
1966	5,028	397,084
1967	5,151	402,001
1968	5,285	387,423
1969	5,444	367,851
1970	5,575	378,723
1971	5,814	369,625
1972	6,074	391,030
1973	6,343	374,381
1974	6,612	396,182
1975	6,635	371,882
1976	7,058	375,834
1977	7,290	361,465
1978	7,598	339,157
1979	7,874	312,407
1980	8,156	281,184
1981	8,436	237,879
1982	8,720	231,714
1983	9,011	183,223
1984	9,299	172,487
1985	9,534	146,184
1986	9,656	131,188
1987	9,943	116,054
1988	10,142	100,794
1989	10,354	81,538
1990	10,561	66,075
1991	10,789	58,450
1992	11,029	62,652
1993	11,396	47,234
1994	11,771	31,639
1995	12,124	15,889
1996	12,328	11,967
1997	12,478	20,028
1998	12,658	4,022
1999	12,809	8,077
2000	12,938	36,512
2001	13,061	44,936
2002	13,195	53,861
2003	13,344	54,844
2004	13,444	85,844
2005	13,568	78,576
2006	13,799	110,994
2007	13,963	108,545
2008	14,225	133,267
2009	14,381	106,635
2010	14,604	102,469
2011	15,095	84,137
2012	15,585	51,450
2013	16,038	37,284
2014	16,652	32,522
2015	16,909	-4,642
2016	17,027	0
2017	16,897	-32,600
2018	16,790	-56,139
2019	16,649	-56,542
2020	16,488	-151,551
2021	16,626	-113,865
2022	17,253	-133,801
2023	17,436	-111,201

Maternal mortality chart: Solomon Islands vs Spain

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 123 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Solomon Islands, compared to 3 deaths in Spain.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Solomon Islands	Spain
1985	209	6
1986	226	7
1987	200	7
1988	193	7
1989	188	7
1990	184	6
1991	178	6
1992	174	6
1993	173	6
1994	170	6
1995	168	6
1996	166	6
1997	164	5
1998	165	5
1999	164	5
2000	166	5
2001	167	5
2002	168	5
2003	167	4
2004	164	5
2005	161	5
2006	159	4
2007	163	4
2008	153	4
2009	152	4
2010	148	4
2011	147	4
2012	146	4
2013	147	4
2014	147	4
2015	146	4
2016	143	3
2017	140	3
2018	136	3
2019	135	3
2020	131	4
2021	153	4
2022	126	4
2023	123	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in the Solomon Islands and 0.31% in Spain. 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
	Solomon Islands	Spain
1960	16.7%	5.47%
1961	16%	5.2%
1962	15.4%	4.94%
1963	14.7%	4.68%
1964	14%	4.45%
1965	13.3%	4.23%
1966	12.7%	4.03%
1967	12%	3.83%
1968	11.3%	3.61%
1969	10.6%	3.39%
1970	9.94%	3.16%
1971	9.29%	2.94%
1972	8.69%	2.72%
1973	8.12%	2.52%
1974	7.6%	2.33%
1975	7.9%	2.17%
1976	6.68%	2.02%
1977	6.29%	1.87%
1978	5.95%	1.74%
1979	5.64%	1.61%
1980	5.38%	1.49%
1981	5.14%	1.38%
1982	4.93%	1.3%
1983	4.74%	1.23%
1984	4.58%	1.17%
1985	4.42%	1.11%
1986	4.28%	1.07%
1987	4.16%	1.03%
1988	4.04%	0.99%
1989	3.93%	0.95%
1990	3.82%	0.92%
1991	3.72%	0.88%
1992	3.62%	0.83%
1993	3.52%	0.79%
1994	3.43%	0.74%
1995	3.35%	0.69%
1996	3.27%	0.65%
1997	3.21%	0.61%
1998	3.16%	0.58%
1999	3.11%	0.56%
2000	3.07%	0.54%
2001	3.03%	0.53%
2002	2.99%	0.51%
2003	2.97%	0.5%
2004	2.94%	0.49%
2005	2.91%	0.47%
2006	2.88%	0.45%
2007	2.85%	0.44%
2008	2.81%	0.42%
2009	2.76%	0.4%
2010	2.72%	0.38%
2011	2.67%	0.37%
2012	2.62%	0.36%
2013	2.58%	0.35%
2014	2.53%	0.34%
2015	2.49%	0.33%
2016	2.45%	0.33%
2017	2.41%	0.32%
2018	2.36%	0.32%
2019	2.3%	0.32%
2020	2.24%	0.32%
2021	2.18%	0.31%
2022	2.12%	0.31%
2023	2.06%	0.31%