Fertility & birth rates in Solomon Islands and Tajikistan

Fertility rate in Solomon Islands vs Tajikistan 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 3.07 in Tajikistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Solomon Islands vs Tajikistan 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	Tajikistan
1960	7.07	6.24
1961	7.05	6.35
1962	7.04	6.48
1963	7.03	6.62
1964	7.05	6.68
1965	7.02	6.74
1966	7	6.82
1967	6.97	6.89
1968	6.95	6.91
1969	6.97	6.91
1970	6.98	6.91
1971	6.99	6.91
1972	6.99	6.89
1973	7	6.84
1974	7.01	6.77
1975	6.99	6.69
1976	6.95	6.6
1977	6.92	6.49
1978	6.87	6.4
1979	6.82	6.31
1980	6.77	6.21
1981	6.71	6.12
1982	6.64	6.03
1983	6.57	5.98
1984	6.49	5.96
1985	6.38	5.94
1986	6.26	5.91
1987	6.12	5.84
1988	5.99	5.75
1989	5.87	5.61
1990	5.74	5.46
1991	5.62	5.28
1992	5.51	5.06
1993	5.45	4.92
1994	5.4	4.79
1995	5.34	4.66
1996	5.22	3.94
1997	5.09	4.06
1998	4.98	4.07
1999	4.86	3.85
2000	4.76	3.49
2001	4.67	3.49
2002	4.6	3.47
2003	4.54	3.42
2004	4.47	3.51
2005	4.41	3.4
2006	4.39	3.34
2007	4.37	3.37
2008	4.36	3.39
2009	4.35	3.43
2010	4.34	3.46
2011	4.34	3.46
2012	4.33	3.42
2013	4.33	3.43
2014	4.36	3.46
2015	4.29	3.46
2016	4.2	3.38
2017	4.06	3.29
2018	3.93	3.29
2019	3.8	3.28
2020	3.75	3.21
2021	3.69	3.17
2022	3.62	3.13
2023	3.56	3.07
2024	3.51	3.04
2025	3.47	2.99
2026	3.42	2.96
2027	3.37	2.93
2028	3.32	2.89
2029	3.28	2.86
2030	3.24	2.83
2031	3.2	2.8
2032	3.16	2.76
2033	3.12	2.73
2034	3.08	2.7
2035	3.04	2.68
2036	3	2.65
2037	2.97	2.63
2038	2.94	2.6
2039	2.91	2.58
2040	2.88	2.55
2041	2.84	2.53
2042	2.82	2.51
2043	2.79	2.49
2044	2.76	2.46
2045	2.73	2.44
2046	2.71	2.42
2047	2.68	2.4
2048	2.66	2.38
2049	2.63	2.37
2050	2.61	2.35

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Solomon Islands	Tajikistan
1960	46.3%	40.2%
1961	46.1%	41.4%
1962	46%	42.5%
1963	45.9%	43.4%
1964	45.8%	44.1%
1965	45.9%	44.4%
1966	46%	44.6%
1967	46.2%	44.7%
1968	46.4%	44.7%
1969	46.6%	44.6%
1970	46.7%	44.6%
1971	46.8%	44.5%
1972	46.9%	44.4%
1973	47.1%	44.3%
1974	47.5%	44.2%
1975	47.9%	44%
1976	48.2%	43.8%
1977	48.3%	43.6%
1978	48.3%	43.4%
1979	48.3%	43.2%
1980	48.3%	43.2%
1981	48.2%	43.2%
1982	48.1%	43.2%
1983	47.9%	43.3%
1984	47.8%	43.3%
1985	47.5%	43.3%
1986	47.3%	43.1%
1987	46.9%	43.1%
1988	46.6%	43.2%
1989	46.2%	43.4%
1990	45.8%	43.7%
1991	45.4%	44%
1992	45.1%	44.3%
1993	44.8%	44.6%
1994	44.5%	44.8%
1995	44.3%	44.9%
1996	44%	44.7%
1997	43.8%	44.3%
1998	43.5%	43.7%
1999	43.2%	43%
2000	42.9%	42.3%
2001	42.5%	41.5%
2002	42.2%	40.7%
2003	41.9%	39.9%
2004	41.7%	39.3%
2005	41.5%	38.6%
2006	41.3%	38%
2007	41.2%	37.6%
2008	41.2%	37.3%
2009	41.1%	37%
2010	41%	36.8%
2011	40.8%	36.7%
2012	40.7%	36.7%
2013	40.4%	36.5%
2014	40.2%	36.4%
2015	40%	36.3%
2016	39.7%	36.3%
2017	39.4%	36.2%
2018	39%	36.2%
2019	38.7%	36.3%
2020	38.4%	36.4%
2021	38.1%	36.6%
2022	37.7%	36.6%
2023	37.4%	36.5%
2024	37%	36.3%
2025	36.6%	35.9%
2026	36.1%	35.4%
2027	35.7%	35%
2028	35.2%	34.5%
2029	34.7%	33.9%
2030	34.3%	33.2%
2031	33.9%	32.5%
2032	33.5%	32%
2033	33.2%	31.6%
2034	32.9%	31.2%
2035	32.7%	30.8%
2036	32.4%	30.4%
2037	32.2%	30.1%
2038	31.9%	29.8%
2039	31.7%	29.6%
2040	31.5%	29.4%
2041	31.2%	29.2%
2042	31%	29.1%
2043	30.7%	29%
2044	30.4%	28.9%
2045	30.2%	28.7%
2046	29.9%	28.6%
2047	29.6%	28.4%
2048	29.3%	28.1%
2049	29%	27.9%
2050	28.7%	27.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in the Solomon Islands and 36.3% in Tajikistan in 2024, compared to 45.8% and 43.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Solomon Islands and Tajikistan compared.

Natural population change in Solomon Islands vs Tajikistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.38% in the Solomon Islands and +2.42% in Tajikistan. 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	Tajikistan
1960	4,119	65,415
1961	4,257	68,182
1962	4,408	70,700
1963	4,571	73,065
1964	4,747	74,030
1965	4,885	75,139
1966	5,028	76,702
1967	5,151	78,733
1968	5,285	80,698
1969	5,444	82,931
1970	5,575	85,645
1971	5,814	88,618
1972	6,074	91,677
1973	6,343	94,523
1974	6,612	97,481
1975	6,635	100,604
1976	7,058	103,777
1977	7,290	106,920
1978	7,598	110,564
1979	7,874	114,496
1980	8,156	117,888
1981	8,436	121,418
1982	8,720	127,838
1983	9,011	133,280
1984	9,299	139,145
1985	9,534	145,720
1986	9,656	155,987
1987	9,943	163,611
1988	10,142	172,805
1989	10,354	179,212
1990	10,561	178,429
1991	10,789	177,585
1992	11,029	163,652
1993	11,396	157,975
1994	11,771	167,590
1995	12,124	168,934
1996	12,328	138,287
1997	12,478	149,825
1998	12,658	153,508
1999	12,809	147,622
2000	12,938	136,549
2001	13,061	142,276
2002	13,195	146,492
2003	13,344	150,391
2004	13,444	161,201
2005	13,568	160,189
2006	13,799	164,046
2007	13,963	173,200
2008	14,225	182,337
2009	14,381	192,851
2010	14,604	201,389
2011	15,095	208,429
2012	15,585	213,078
2013	16,038	220,693
2014	16,652	227,304
2015	16,909	230,903
2016	17,027	228,547
2017	16,897	224,396
2018	16,790	228,597
2019	16,649	231,817
2020	16,488	219,467
2021	16,626	222,850
2022	17,253	228,336
2023	17,436	223,828

Maternal mortality chart: Solomon Islands vs Tajikistan

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 14 deaths in Tajikistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Solomon Islands	Tajikistan
1985	209	98
1986	226	91
1987	200	91
1988	193	83
1989	188	85
1990	184	80
1991	178	79
1992	174	84
1993	173	84
1994	170	85
1995	168	81
1996	166	82
1997	164	76
1998	165	72
1999	164	64
2000	166	58
2001	167	58
2002	168	48
2003	167	39
2004	164	36
2005	161	36
2006	159	35
2007	163	30
2008	153	29
2009	152	29
2010	148	26
2011	147	25
2012	146	23
2013	147	21
2014	147	21
2015	146	20
2016	143	20
2017	140	17
2018	136	16
2019	135	16
2020	131	25
2021	153	25
2022	126	14
2023	123	14

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in the Solomon Islands and 2.73% in Tajikistan. 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	Tajikistan
1960	16.7%	-
1961	16%	-
1962	15.4%	-
1963	14.7%	-
1964	14%	-
1965	13.3%	-
1966	12.7%	-
1967	12%	-
1968	11.3%	-
1969	10.6%	-
1970	9.94%	-
1971	9.29%	-
1972	8.69%	15.5%
1973	8.12%	15%
1974	7.6%	14.4%
1975	7.9%	14%
1976	6.68%	13.5%
1977	6.29%	13.2%
1978	5.95%	13%
1979	5.64%	12.8%
1980	5.38%	12.7%
1981	5.14%	12.6%
1982	4.93%	12.5%
1983	4.74%	12.3%
1984	4.58%	12%
1985	4.42%	11.6%
1986	4.28%	11.1%
1987	4.16%	10.5%
1988	4.04%	10.1%
1989	3.93%	9.88%
1990	3.82%	9.92%
1991	3.72%	10.2%
1992	3.62%	10.6%
1993	3.52%	10.9%
1994	3.43%	11%
1995	3.35%	10.8%
1996	3.27%	10.4%
1997	3.21%	9.86%
1998	3.16%	9.26%
1999	3.11%	8.62%
2000	3.07%	7.97%
2001	3.03%	7.34%
2002	2.99%	6.75%
2003	2.97%	6.18%
2004	2.94%	5.67%
2005	2.91%	5.22%
2006	2.88%	4.82%
2007	2.85%	4.47%
2008	2.81%	4.17%
2009	2.76%	3.92%
2010	2.72%	3.7%
2011	2.67%	3.52%
2012	2.62%	3.36%
2013	2.58%	3.23%
2014	2.53%	3.12%
2015	2.49%	3.02%
2016	2.45%	2.94%
2017	2.41%	2.88%
2018	2.36%	2.83%
2019	2.3%	2.81%
2020	2.24%	2.8%
2021	2.18%	2.79%
2022	2.12%	2.77%
2023	2.06%	2.73%