Fertility & birth rates in Solomon Islands and Turkmenistan

Fertility rate in Solomon Islands vs Turkmenistan 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 2.69 in Turkmenistan in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Solomon Islands vs Turkmenistan 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	Turkmenistan
1960	7.07	6.59
1961	7.05	6.69
1962	7.04	6.76
1963	7.03	6.79
1964	7.05	6.79
1965	7.02	6.76
1966	7	6.7
1967	6.97	6.64
1968	6.95	6.56
1969	6.97	6.48
1970	6.98	6.4
1971	6.99	6.32
1972	6.99	6.2
1973	7	6.15
1974	7.01	6.09
1975	6.99	6
1976	6.95	5.9
1977	6.92	5.77
1978	6.87	5.61
1979	6.82	5.46
1980	6.77	5.3
1981	6.71	5.16
1982	6.64	5.04
1983	6.57	4.97
1984	6.49	4.96
1985	6.38	4.97
1986	6.26	4.94
1987	6.12	4.84
1988	5.99	4.68
1989	5.87	4.46
1990	5.74	4.29
1991	5.62	4.14
1992	5.51	3.96
1993	5.45	3.78
1994	5.4	3.62
1995	5.34	3.49
1996	5.22	3.29
1997	5.09	3.18
1998	4.98	3.08
1999	4.86	2.98
2000	4.76	2.9
2001	4.67	2.81
2002	4.6	2.71
2003	4.54	2.67
2004	4.47	2.67
2005	4.41	2.71
2006	4.39	2.72
2007	4.37	2.73
2008	4.36	2.75
2009	4.35	2.79
2010	4.34	2.85
2011	4.34	2.9
2012	4.33	2.96
2013	4.33	3.01
2014	4.36	3.02
2015	4.29	3.03
2016	4.2	2.99
2017	4.06	2.93
2018	3.93	2.88
2019	3.8	2.83
2020	3.75	2.79
2021	3.69	2.75
2022	3.62	2.73
2023	3.56	2.69
2024	3.51	2.66
2025	3.47	2.63
2026	3.42	2.6
2027	3.37	2.57
2028	3.32	2.54
2029	3.28	2.51
2030	3.24	2.49
2031	3.2	2.46
2032	3.16	2.43
2033	3.12	2.41
2034	3.08	2.39
2035	3.04	2.37
2036	3	2.35
2037	2.97	2.33
2038	2.94	2.31
2039	2.91	2.29
2040	2.88	2.27
2041	2.84	2.26
2042	2.82	2.24
2043	2.79	2.22
2044	2.76	2.21
2045	2.73	2.19
2046	2.71	2.18
2047	2.68	2.16
2048	2.66	2.15
2049	2.63	2.14
2050	2.61	2.13

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Solomon Islands	Turkmenistan
1960	46.3%	40.4%
1961	46.1%	41.7%
1962	46%	42.8%
1963	45.9%	43.8%
1964	45.8%	44.5%
1965	45.9%	44.9%
1966	46%	45.2%
1967	46.2%	45.4%
1968	46.4%	45.6%
1969	46.6%	45.5%
1970	46.7%	45.4%
1971	46.8%	45.1%
1972	46.9%	44.8%
1973	47.1%	44.4%
1974	47.5%	43.9%
1975	47.9%	43.4%
1976	48.2%	43%
1977	48.3%	42.5%
1978	48.3%	42.1%
1979	48.3%	41.6%
1980	48.3%	41.3%
1981	48.2%	41%
1982	48.1%	40.8%
1983	47.9%	40.7%
1984	47.8%	40.7%
1985	47.5%	40.7%
1986	47.3%	40.8%
1987	46.9%	41%
1988	46.6%	41.1%
1989	46.2%	41.2%
1990	45.8%	41.2%
1991	45.4%	41.2%
1992	45.1%	41.1%
1993	44.8%	41%
1994	44.5%	40.8%
1995	44.3%	40.5%
1996	44%	40.2%
1997	43.8%	39.6%
1998	43.5%	38.9%
1999	43.2%	38.1%
2000	42.9%	37.3%
2001	42.5%	36.4%
2002	42.2%	35.6%
2003	41.9%	34.8%
2004	41.7%	34%
2005	41.5%	33.3%
2006	41.3%	32.6%
2007	41.2%	31.9%
2008	41.2%	31.3%
2009	41.1%	30.8%
2010	41%	30.3%
2011	40.8%	30%
2012	40.7%	29.7%
2013	40.4%	29.6%
2014	40.2%	29.6%
2015	40%	29.7%
2016	39.7%	29.9%
2017	39.4%	30.2%
2018	39%	30.5%
2019	38.7%	30.9%
2020	38.4%	31.2%
2021	38.1%	31.5%
2022	37.7%	31.7%
2023	37.4%	31.7%
2024	37%	31.5%
2025	36.6%	31.2%
2026	36.1%	30.8%
2027	35.7%	30.3%
2028	35.2%	29.7%
2029	34.7%	29.1%
2030	34.3%	28.4%
2031	33.9%	27.7%
2032	33.5%	27%
2033	33.2%	26.4%
2034	32.9%	25.8%
2035	32.7%	25.3%
2036	32.4%	24.8%
2037	32.2%	24.4%
2038	31.9%	24%
2039	31.7%	23.7%
2040	31.5%	23.4%
2041	31.2%	23.3%
2042	31%	23.1%
2043	30.7%	23.1%
2044	30.4%	23%
2045	30.2%	23%
2046	29.9%	23%
2047	29.6%	23%
2048	29.3%	23%
2049	29%	23%
2050	28.7%	22.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in the Solomon Islands and 31.5% in Turkmenistan in 2024, compared to 45.8% and 41.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Solomon Islands and Turkmenistan compared.

Natural population change in Solomon Islands vs Turkmenistan by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.38% in the Solomon Islands and +1.9% in Turkmenistan. 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	Turkmenistan
1960	4,119	49,436
1961	4,257	51,659
1962	4,408	53,248
1963	4,571	54,203
1964	4,747	54,574
1965	4,885	54,558
1966	5,028	54,353
1967	5,151	54,209
1968	5,285	54,324
1969	5,444	54,791
1970	5,575	55,617
1971	5,814	56,666
1972	6,074	57,326
1973	6,343	59,169
1974	6,612	60,925
1975	6,635	62,681
1976	7,058	64,513
1977	7,290	66,318
1978	7,598	68,437
1979	7,874	71,135
1980	8,156	74,394
1981	8,436	77,829
1982	8,720	80,989
1983	9,011	85,183
1984	9,299	90,591
1985	9,534	95,890
1986	9,656	100,930
1987	9,943	103,885
1988	10,142	104,802
1989	10,354	103,553
1990	10,561	101,099
1991	10,789	99,297
1992	11,029	96,668
1993	11,396	92,596
1994	11,771	89,319
1995	12,124	86,289
1996	12,328	80,996
1997	12,478	79,045
1998	12,658	77,342
1999	12,809	76,362
2000	12,938	76,875
2001	13,061	76,682
2002	13,195	75,639
2003	13,344	76,737
2004	13,444	79,850
2005	13,568	83,968
2006	13,799	87,840
2007	13,963	92,038
2008	14,225	96,815
2009	14,381	102,931
2010	14,604	109,318
2011	15,095	115,197
2012	15,585	120,957
2013	16,038	126,217
2014	16,652	129,677
2015	16,909	132,663
2016	17,027	132,581
2017	16,897	131,417
2018	16,790	129,537
2019	16,649	128,275
2020	16,488	124,014
2021	16,626	122,721
2022	17,253	121,814
2023	17,436	117,529

Maternal mortality chart: Solomon Islands vs Turkmenistan

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 5 deaths in Turkmenistan.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Solomon Islands	Turkmenistan
1985	209	77
1986	226	75
1987	200	72
1988	193	69
1989	188	65
1990	184	62
1991	178	60
1992	174	58
1993	173	56
1994	170	54
1995	168	50
1996	166	46
1997	164	40
1998	165	34
1999	164	29
2000	166	25
2001	167	22
2002	168	20
2003	167	18
2004	164	17
2005	161	15
2006	159	14
2007	163	13
2008	153	11
2009	152	10
2010	148	9
2011	147	8
2012	146	7
2013	147	7
2014	147	6
2015	146	6
2016	143	6
2017	140	5
2018	136	5
2019	135	5
2020	131	5
2021	153	6
2022	126	5
2023	123	5

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in the Solomon Islands and 4% in Turkmenistan. 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	Turkmenistan
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%	-
1973	8.12%	-
1974	7.6%	-
1975	7.9%	-
1976	6.68%	-
1977	6.29%	13.2%
1978	5.95%	12.8%
1979	5.64%	12.3%
1980	5.38%	11.9%
1981	5.14%	11.4%
1982	4.93%	10.9%
1983	4.74%	10.5%
1984	4.58%	9.98%
1985	4.42%	9.51%
1986	4.28%	9.08%
1987	4.16%	8.7%
1988	4.04%	8.36%
1989	3.93%	8.09%
1990	3.82%	7.91%
1991	3.72%	7.83%
1992	3.62%	7.83%
1993	3.52%	7.87%
1994	3.43%	7.92%
1995	3.35%	7.94%
1996	3.27%	7.9%
1997	3.21%	7.79%
1998	3.16%	7.59%
1999	3.11%	7.31%
2000	3.07%	6.97%
2001	3.03%	6.61%
2002	2.99%	6.24%
2003	2.97%	5.88%
2004	2.94%	5.56%
2005	2.91%	5.25%
2006	2.88%	4.99%
2007	2.85%	4.77%
2008	2.81%	4.6%
2009	2.76%	4.45%
2010	2.72%	4.36%
2011	2.67%	4.29%
2012	2.62%	4.25%
2013	2.58%	4.25%
2014	2.53%	4.25%
2015	2.49%	4.29%
2016	2.45%	4.33%
2017	2.41%	4.37%
2018	2.36%	4.36%
2019	2.3%	4.33%
2020	2.24%	4.26%
2021	2.18%	4.18%
2022	2.12%	4.1%
2023	2.06%	4%