Fertility & birth rates in Solomon Islands and United States

Fertility rate in Solomon Islands vs United States 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 1.62 in the United States in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Solomon Islands vs the United States 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	United States
1960	7.07	3.65
1961	7.05	3.62
1962	7.04	3.46
1963	7.03	3.32
1964	7.05	3.19
1965	7.02	2.91
1966	7	2.72
1967	6.97	2.56
1968	6.95	2.46
1969	6.97	2.46
1970	6.98	2.48
1971	6.99	2.27
1972	6.99	2.01
1973	7	1.88
1974	7.01	1.84
1975	6.99	1.77
1976	6.95	1.74
1977	6.92	1.79
1978	6.87	1.76
1979	6.82	1.81
1980	6.77	1.84
1981	6.71	1.81
1982	6.64	1.83
1983	6.57	1.8
1984	6.49	1.81
1985	6.38	1.84
1986	6.26	1.84
1987	6.12	1.87
1988	5.99	1.93
1989	5.87	2.01
1990	5.74	2.08
1991	5.62	2.06
1992	5.51	2.05
1993	5.45	2.02
1994	5.4	2
1995	5.34	1.98
1996	5.22	1.98
1997	5.09	1.97
1998	4.98	2
1999	4.86	2.01
2000	4.76	2.06
2001	4.67	2.03
2002	4.6	2.02
2003	4.54	2.05
2004	4.47	2.05
2005	4.41	2.06
2006	4.39	2.11
2007	4.37	2.12
2008	4.36	2.07
2009	4.35	2
2010	4.34	1.93
2011	4.34	1.89
2012	4.33	1.88
2013	4.33	1.86
2014	4.36	1.86
2015	4.29	1.84
2016	4.2	1.82
2017	4.06	1.77
2018	3.93	1.73
2019	3.8	1.71
2020	3.75	1.64
2021	3.69	1.66
2022	3.62	1.66
2023	3.56	1.62
2024	3.51	1.62
2025	3.47	1.62
2026	3.42	1.62
2027	3.37	1.62
2028	3.32	1.62
2029	3.28	1.62
2030	3.24	1.62
2031	3.2	1.62
2032	3.16	1.62
2033	3.12	1.63
2034	3.08	1.62
2035	3.04	1.63
2036	3	1.63
2037	2.97	1.63
2038	2.94	1.63
2039	2.91	1.63
2040	2.88	1.63
2041	2.84	1.63
2042	2.82	1.63
2043	2.79	1.63
2044	2.76	1.63
2045	2.73	1.64
2046	2.71	1.64
2047	2.68	1.63
2048	2.66	1.64
2049	2.63	1.63
2050	2.61	1.64

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Solomon Islands	United States
1960	46.3%	31.3%
1961	46.1%	31.4%
1962	46%	31.3%
1963	45.9%	31.1%
1964	45.8%	30.9%
1965	45.9%	30.7%
1966	46%	30.4%
1967	46.2%	30%
1968	46.4%	29.5%
1969	46.6%	29%
1970	46.7%	28.6%
1971	46.8%	28%
1972	46.9%	27.4%
1973	47.1%	26.6%
1974	47.5%	25.9%
1975	47.9%	25.2%
1976	48.2%	24.4%
1977	48.3%	23.8%
1978	48.3%	23.2%
1979	48.3%	22.8%
1980	48.3%	22.4%
1981	48.2%	22.1%
1982	48.1%	22%
1983	47.9%	21.8%
1984	47.8%	21.7%
1985	47.5%	21.5%
1986	47.3%	21.3%
1987	46.9%	21.3%
1988	46.6%	21.3%
1989	46.2%	21.5%
1990	45.8%	21.6%
1991	45.4%	21.7%
1992	45.1%	21.8%
1993	44.8%	21.9%
1994	44.5%	21.9%
1995	44.3%	21.8%
1996	44%	21.7%
1997	43.8%	21.5%
1998	43.5%	21.4%
1999	43.2%	21.3%
2000	42.9%	21.2%
2001	42.5%	21%
2002	42.2%	20.9%
2003	41.9%	20.7%
2004	41.7%	20.5%
2005	41.5%	20.3%
2006	41.3%	20.2%
2007	41.2%	20%
2008	41.2%	19.9%
2009	41.1%	19.8%
2010	41%	19.7%
2011	40.8%	19.6%
2012	40.7%	19.5%
2013	40.4%	19.4%
2014	40.2%	19.3%
2015	40%	19.2%
2016	39.7%	19.1%
2017	39.4%	18.9%
2018	39%	18.8%
2019	38.7%	18.6%
2020	38.4%	18.4%
2021	38.1%	18.1%
2022	37.7%	17.9%
2023	37.4%	17.6%
2024	37%	17.3%
2025	36.6%	17.1%
2026	36.1%	16.9%
2027	35.7%	16.7%
2028	35.2%	16.6%
2029	34.7%	16.4%
2030	34.3%	16.3%
2031	33.9%	16.1%
2032	33.5%	16%
2033	33.2%	16%
2034	32.9%	15.9%
2035	32.7%	15.9%
2036	32.4%	15.9%
2037	32.2%	15.9%
2038	31.9%	15.9%
2039	31.7%	15.9%
2040	31.5%	15.9%
2041	31.2%	16%
2042	31%	16%
2043	30.7%	16%
2044	30.4%	16%
2045	30.2%	16%
2046	29.9%	16%
2047	29.6%	16%
2048	29.3%	16%
2049	29%	15.9%
2050	28.7%	15.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in the Solomon Islands and 17.3% in the United States in 2024, compared to 45.8% and 21.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Solomon Islands and the United States compared.

Natural population change in Solomon Islands vs United States by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.38% in the Solomon Islands and +0.25% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	4,119	2,565,530
1961	4,257	2,571,681
1962	4,408	2,406,337
1963	4,571	2,289,826
1964	4,747	2,245,099
1965	4,885	1,943,030
1966	5,028	1,749,387
1967	5,151	1,669,181
1968	5,285	1,565,507
1969	5,444	1,702,487
1970	5,575	1,824,965
1971	5,814	1,640,519
1972	6,074	1,301,355
1973	6,343	1,165,499
1974	6,612	1,218,968
1975	6,635	1,252,644
1976	7,058	1,264,604
1977	7,290	1,431,556
1978	7,598	1,402,283
1979	7,874	1,597,894
1980	8,156	1,608,450
1981	8,436	1,652,153
1982	8,720	1,714,317
1983	9,011	1,636,544
1984	9,299	1,627,192
1985	9,534	1,689,258
1986	9,656	1,656,917
1987	9,943	1,720,252
1988	10,142	1,735,943
1989	10,354	1,875,826
1990	10,561	2,026,068
1991	10,789	1,926,543
1992	11,029	1,875,328
1993	11,396	1,717,685
1994	11,771	1,633,302
1995	12,124	1,546,031
1996	12,328	1,510,137
1997	12,478	1,501,014
1998	12,658	1,573,857
1999	12,809	1,564,050
2000	12,938	1,664,758
2001	13,061	1,595,826
2002	13,195	1,581,938
2003	13,344	1,653,615
2004	13,444	1,698,271
2005	13,568	1,684,445
2006	13,799	1,849,955
2007	13,963	1,897,757
2008	14,225	1,794,154
2009	14,381	1,717,920
2010	14,604	1,548,182
2011	15,095	1,441,697
2012	15,585	1,411,822
2013	16,038	1,322,711
2014	16,652	1,357,281
2015	16,909	1,270,126
2016	17,027	1,197,627
2017	16,897	1,028,037
2018	16,790	955,022
2019	16,649	887,476
2020	16,488	208,862
2021	16,626	199,137
2022	17,253	399,926
2023	17,436	502,372

Maternal mortality chart: Solomon Islands vs United States

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 17 deaths in the United States.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Solomon Islands	United States
1985	209	11
1986	226	11
1987	200	11
1988	193	12
1989	188	12
1990	184	12
1991	178	12
1992	174	11
1993	173	12
1994	170	11
1995	168	12
1996	166	11
1997	164	11
1998	165	11
1999	164	12
2000	166	12
2001	167	13
2002	168	13
2003	167	13
2004	164	13
2005	161	13
2006	159	13
2007	163	13
2008	153	14
2009	152	15
2010	148	15
2011	147	15
2012	146	16
2013	147	16
2014	147	17
2015	146	17
2016	143	18
2017	140	18
2018	136	18
2019	135	18
2020	131	22
2021	153	31
2022	126	20
2023	123	17

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in the Solomon Islands and 0.65% in the United States. 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	United States
1960	16.7%	3.01%
1961	16%	2.95%
1962	15.4%	2.89%
1963	14.7%	2.83%
1964	14%	2.77%
1965	13.3%	2.71%
1966	12.7%	2.64%
1967	12%	2.57%
1968	11.3%	2.49%
1969	10.6%	2.41%
1970	9.94%	2.32%
1971	9.29%	2.24%
1972	8.69%	2.15%
1973	8.12%	2.06%
1974	7.6%	1.97%
1975	7.9%	1.88%
1976	6.68%	1.79%
1977	6.29%	1.71%
1978	5.95%	1.63%
1979	5.64%	1.56%
1980	5.38%	1.5%
1981	5.14%	1.44%
1982	4.93%	1.39%
1983	4.74%	1.34%
1984	4.58%	1.3%
1985	4.42%	1.27%
1986	4.28%	1.24%
1987	4.16%	1.21%
1988	4.04%	1.19%
1989	3.93%	1.16%
1990	3.82%	1.12%
1991	3.72%	1.09%
1992	3.62%	1.05%
1993	3.52%	1.01%
1994	3.43%	0.98%
1995	3.35%	0.95%
1996	3.27%	0.92%
1997	3.21%	0.89%
1998	3.16%	0.87%
1999	3.11%	0.86%
2000	3.07%	0.84%
2001	3.03%	0.83%
2002	2.99%	0.82%
2003	2.97%	0.81%
2004	2.94%	0.81%
2005	2.91%	0.8%
2006	2.88%	0.79%
2007	2.85%	0.77%
2008	2.81%	0.76%
2009	2.76%	0.75%
2010	2.72%	0.73%
2011	2.67%	0.72%
2012	2.62%	0.7%
2013	2.58%	0.69%
2014	2.53%	0.68%
2015	2.49%	0.68%
2016	2.45%	0.67%
2017	2.41%	0.66%
2018	2.36%	0.65%
2019	2.3%	0.65%
2020	2.24%	0.65%
2021	2.18%	0.65%
2022	2.12%	0.65%
2023	2.06%	0.65%