Fertility & birth rates in Solomon Islands and Tuvalu

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

Check the Solomon 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
	Solomon Islands	Tuvalu
1960	7.07	5.15
1961	7.05	5.09
1962	7.04	5
1963	7.03	4.91
1964	7.05	4.83
1965	7.02	4.73
1966	7	4.64
1967	6.97	4.49
1968	6.95	4.36
1969	6.97	4.23
1970	6.98	4.08
1971	6.99	3.94
1972	6.99	3.81
1973	7	3.71
1974	7.01	3.63
1975	6.99	3.58
1976	6.95	3.55
1977	6.92	3.56
1978	6.87	3.59
1979	6.82	3.65
1980	6.77	3.73
1981	6.71	3.8
1982	6.64	3.88
1983	6.57	3.91
1984	6.49	3.95
1985	6.38	3.97
1986	6.26	3.97
1987	6.12	3.94
1988	5.99	3.88
1989	5.87	3.8
1990	5.74	3.75
1991	5.62	3.79
1992	5.51	3.86
1993	5.45	3.92
1994	5.4	3.92
1995	5.34	3.96
1996	5.22	3.95
1997	5.09	3.95
1998	4.98	3.95
1999	4.86	3.92
2000	4.76	3.84
2001	4.67	3.75
2002	4.6	3.64
2003	4.54	3.58
2004	4.47	3.55
2005	4.41	3.55
2006	4.39	3.53
2007	4.37	3.45
2008	4.36	3.42
2009	4.35	3.43
2010	4.34	3.44
2011	4.34	3.46
2012	4.33	3.47
2013	4.33	3.39
2014	4.36	3.33
2015	4.29	3.31
2016	4.2	3.3
2017	4.06	3.3
2018	3.93	3.33
2019	3.8	3.33
2020	3.75	3.31
2021	3.69	3.28
2022	3.62	3.24
2023	3.56	3.21
2024	3.51	3.17
2025	3.47	3.14
2026	3.42	3.1
2027	3.37	3.06
2028	3.32	3.03
2029	3.28	3
2030	3.24	2.97
2031	3.2	2.94
2032	3.16	2.91
2033	3.12	2.88
2034	3.08	2.84
2035	3.04	2.82
2036	3	2.79
2037	2.97	2.77
2038	2.94	2.74
2039	2.91	2.72
2040	2.88	2.69
2041	2.84	2.67
2042	2.82	2.65
2043	2.79	2.63
2044	2.76	2.61
2045	2.73	2.58
2046	2.71	2.57
2047	2.68	2.54
2048	2.66	2.52
2049	2.63	2.5
2050	2.61	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Solomon Islands	Tuvalu
1960	46.3%	41%
1961	46.1%	42.1%
1962	46%	43.1%
1963	45.9%	43.9%
1964	45.8%	44.1%
1965	45.9%	43.9%
1966	46%	43.9%
1967	46.2%	44.1%
1968	46.4%	44.3%
1969	46.6%	43.9%
1970	46.7%	43.2%
1971	46.8%	42.3%
1972	46.9%	41.3%
1973	47.1%	40.2%
1974	47.5%	39.4%
1975	47.9%	38.9%
1976	48.2%	38.1%
1977	48.3%	37%
1978	48.3%	35.5%
1979	48.3%	34.5%
1980	48.3%	34%
1981	48.2%	33.4%
1982	48.1%	32.8%
1983	47.9%	32.1%
1984	47.8%	31.6%
1985	47.5%	31.7%
1986	47.3%	32.3%
1987	46.9%	32.9%
1988	46.6%	33.5%
1989	46.2%	34.1%
1990	45.8%	34.5%
1991	45.4%	35%
1992	45.1%	35.4%
1993	44.8%	35.9%
1994	44.5%	36.1%
1995	44.3%	36.2%
1996	44%	36.3%
1997	43.8%	36.3%
1998	43.5%	36.3%
1999	43.2%	36.2%
2000	42.9%	36.3%
2001	42.5%	36.3%
2002	42.2%	36.3%
2003	41.9%	36%
2004	41.7%	35.5%
2005	41.5%	35%
2006	41.3%	34.5%
2007	41.2%	34%
2008	41.2%	33.5%
2009	41.1%	33.1%
2010	41%	32.8%
2011	40.8%	32.6%
2012	40.7%	32.5%
2013	40.4%	32.4%
2014	40.2%	32.1%
2015	40%	31.9%
2016	39.7%	31.8%
2017	39.4%	31.6%
2018	39%	31.6%
2019	38.7%	31.7%
2020	38.4%	31.7%
2021	38.1%	31.6%
2022	37.7%	32%
2023	37.4%	32.6%
2024	37%	32.9%
2025	36.6%	33%
2026	36.1%	32.9%
2027	35.7%	32.7%
2028	35.2%	32.3%
2029	34.7%	31.8%
2030	34.3%	31.2%
2031	33.9%	30.6%
2032	33.5%	29.9%
2033	33.2%	29.3%
2034	32.9%	28.7%
2035	32.7%	28.2%
2036	32.4%	27.8%
2037	32.2%	27.5%
2038	31.9%	27.1%
2039	31.7%	26.9%
2040	31.5%	26.9%
2041	31.2%	26.9%
2042	31%	26.9%
2043	30.7%	27%
2044	30.4%	27.1%
2045	30.2%	27.3%
2046	29.9%	27.4%
2047	29.6%	27.6%
2048	29.3%	27.7%
2049	29%	27.8%
2050	28.7%	27.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in the Solomon Islands and 32.9% in Tuvalu in 2024, compared to 45.8% and 34.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu compared.

Natural population change in Solomon Islands vs Tuvalu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.38% in the Solomon 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
	Solomon Islands	Tuvalu
1960	4,119	126
1961	4,257	120
1962	4,408	113
1963	4,571	106
1964	4,747	98
1965	4,885	93
1966	5,028	91
1967	5,151	92
1968	5,285	97
1969	5,444	102
1970	5,575	102
1971	5,814	101
1972	6,074	94
1973	6,343	101
1974	6,612	102
1975	6,635	108
1976	7,058	117
1977	7,290	128
1978	7,598	141
1979	7,874	158
1980	8,156	173
1981	8,436	186
1982	8,720	198
1983	9,011	206
1984	9,299	212
1985	9,534	215
1986	9,656	219
1987	9,943	219
1988	10,142	215
1989	10,354	208
1990	10,561	204
1991	10,789	203
1992	11,029	196
1993	11,396	202
1994	11,771	195
1995	12,124	191
1996	12,328	182
1997	12,478	177
1998	12,658	172
1999	12,809	166
2000	12,938	159
2001	13,061	151
2002	13,195	141
2003	13,344	136
2004	13,444	132
2005	13,568	131
2006	13,799	129
2007	13,963	125
2008	14,225	125
2009	14,381	130
2010	14,604	136
2011	15,095	142
2012	15,585	148
2013	16,038	148
2014	16,652	149
2015	16,909	153
2016	17,027	157
2017	16,897	163
2018	16,790	169
2019	16,649	166
2020	16,488	161
2021	16,626	151
2022	17,253	150
2023	17,436	137

Maternal mortality chart: Solomon Islands vs Tuvalu

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 170 deaths in Tuvalu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Solomon Islands	Tuvalu
1985	209	230
1986	226	226
1987	200	252
1988	193	300
1989	188	296
1990	184	291
1991	178	289
1992	174	312
1993	173	286
1994	170	284
1995	168	281
1996	166	277
1997	164	249
1998	165	245
1999	164	242
2000	166	237
2001	167	235
2002	168	234
2003	167	210
2004	164	209
2005	161	230
2006	159	226
2007	163	222
2008	153	219
2009	152	215
2010	148	213
2011	147	169
2012	146	168
2013	147	168
2014	147	168
2015	146	169
2016	143	170
2017	140	171
2018	136	153
2019	135	155
2020	131	206
2021	153	157
2022	126	220
2023	123	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in the Solomon 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
	Solomon Islands	Tuvalu
1960	16.7%	17.7%
1961	16%	17%
1962	15.4%	16.3%
1963	14.7%	15.6%
1964	14%	14.9%
1965	13.3%	14.2%
1966	12.7%	13.6%
1967	12%	12.9%
1968	11.3%	12.3%
1969	10.6%	11.7%
1970	9.94%	11.1%
1971	9.29%	10.5%
1972	8.69%	9.93%
1973	8.12%	9.37%
1974	7.6%	8.81%
1975	7.9%	8.31%
1976	6.68%	7.84%
1977	6.29%	7.43%
1978	5.95%	7.08%
1979	5.64%	6.76%
1980	5.38%	6.49%
1981	5.14%	6.26%
1982	4.93%	6.06%
1983	4.74%	5.9%
1984	4.58%	5.76%
1985	4.42%	5.66%
1986	4.28%	5.59%
1987	4.16%	5.53%
1988	4.04%	5.47%
1989	3.93%	5.42%
1990	3.82%	5.37%
1991	3.72%	5.31%
1992	3.62%	5.24%
1993	3.52%	5.15%
1994	3.43%	5.05%
1995	3.35%	4.94%
1996	3.27%	4.81%
1997	3.21%	4.67%
1998	3.16%	4.52%
1999	3.11%	4.39%
2000	3.07%	4.26%
2001	3.03%	4.16%
2002	2.99%	4.07%
2003	2.97%	3.98%
2004	2.94%	3.89%
2005	2.91%	3.8%
2006	2.88%	3.68%
2007	2.85%	3.56%
2008	2.81%	3.42%
2009	2.76%	3.28%
2010	2.72%	3.14%
2011	2.67%	3.02%
2012	2.62%	2.91%
2013	2.58%	2.8%
2014	2.53%	2.71%
2015	2.49%	2.61%
2016	2.45%	2.52%
2017	2.41%	2.43%
2018	2.36%	2.35%
2019	2.3%	2.27%
2020	2.24%	2.19%
2021	2.18%	2.12%
2022	2.12%	2.05%
2023	2.06%	1.99%