Fertility & birth rates in Solomon Islands and Vanuatu

Fertility rate in Solomon Islands vs Vanuatu 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 3.6 in Vanuatu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Solomon Islands vs Vanuatu 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	Vanuatu
1960	7.07	6.78
1961	7.05	6.73
1962	7.04	6.67
1963	7.03	6.62
1964	7.05	6.57
1965	7.02	6.52
1966	7	6.51
1967	6.97	6.51
1968	6.95	6.46
1969	6.97	6.41
1970	6.98	6.35
1971	6.99	6.29
1972	6.99	6.23
1973	7	6.15
1974	7.01	6.06
1975	6.99	5.98
1976	6.95	5.89
1977	6.92	5.81
1978	6.87	5.77
1979	6.82	5.73
1980	6.77	5.69
1981	6.71	5.65
1982	6.64	5.6
1983	6.57	5.55
1984	6.49	5.49
1985	6.38	5.43
1986	6.26	5.38
1987	6.12	5.33
1988	5.99	5.27
1989	5.87	5.21
1990	5.74	5.17
1991	5.62	5.13
1992	5.51	5.09
1993	5.45	5.02
1994	5.4	4.94
1995	5.34	4.85
1996	5.22	4.75
1997	5.09	4.66
1998	4.98	4.6
1999	4.86	4.56
2000	4.76	4.54
2001	4.67	4.5
2002	4.6	4.38
2003	4.54	4.29
2004	4.47	4.21
2005	4.41	4.13
2006	4.39	4.1
2007	4.37	4.12
2008	4.36	4.16
2009	4.35	4.16
2010	4.34	4.13
2011	4.34	4.09
2012	4.33	4.06
2013	4.33	4.04
2014	4.36	4
2015	4.29	3.95
2016	4.2	3.92
2017	4.06	3.88
2018	3.93	3.83
2019	3.8	3.79
2020	3.75	3.74
2021	3.69	3.7
2022	3.62	3.65
2023	3.56	3.6
2024	3.51	3.57
2025	3.47	3.53
2026	3.42	3.5
2027	3.37	3.46
2028	3.32	3.42
2029	3.28	3.39
2030	3.24	3.35
2031	3.2	3.32
2032	3.16	3.28
2033	3.12	3.25
2034	3.08	3.21
2035	3.04	3.18
2036	3	3.15
2037	2.97	3.13
2038	2.94	3.1
2039	2.91	3.08
2040	2.88	3.05
2041	2.84	3.03
2042	2.82	3
2043	2.79	2.97
2044	2.76	2.94
2045	2.73	2.92
2046	2.71	2.9
2047	2.68	2.88
2048	2.66	2.85
2049	2.63	2.83
2050	2.61	2.8

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Solomon Islands	Vanuatu
1960	46.3%	44.6%
1961	46.1%	44.8%
1962	46%	45.1%
1963	45.9%	45.2%
1964	45.8%	45.4%
1965	45.9%	45.5%
1966	46%	45.7%
1967	46.2%	45.8%
1968	46.4%	45.8%
1969	46.6%	45.8%
1970	46.7%	45.7%
1971	46.8%	45.7%
1972	46.9%	45.6%
1973	47.1%	45.5%
1974	47.5%	45.5%
1975	47.9%	45.4%
1976	48.2%	45.2%
1977	48.3%	45.1%
1978	48.3%	45%
1979	48.3%	44.5%
1980	48.3%	44%
1981	48.2%	43.9%
1982	48.1%	44%
1983	47.9%	44%
1984	47.8%	44.1%
1985	47.5%	44.2%
1986	47.3%	44.2%
1987	46.9%	44.1%
1988	46.6%	44.1%
1989	46.2%	44%
1990	45.8%	43.9%
1991	45.4%	43.9%
1992	45.1%	44.1%
1993	44.8%	44.8%
1994	44.5%	45.2%
1995	44.3%	45%
1996	44%	44.8%
1997	43.8%	44.4%
1998	43.5%	44%
1999	43.2%	43.5%
2000	42.9%	42.9%
2001	42.5%	42.4%
2002	42.2%	41.8%
2003	41.9%	41.3%
2004	41.7%	40.7%
2005	41.5%	40.2%
2006	41.3%	39.6%
2007	41.2%	39.2%
2008	41.2%	38.8%
2009	41.1%	38.5%
2010	41%	38.2%
2011	40.8%	38.1%
2012	40.7%	38.2%
2013	40.4%	38.2%
2014	40.2%	38.4%
2015	40%	38.5%
2016	39.7%	38.7%
2017	39.4%	38.8%
2018	39%	38.9%
2019	38.7%	39%
2020	38.4%	39%
2021	38.1%	39%
2022	37.7%	38.8%
2023	37.4%	38.6%
2024	37%	38.3%
2025	36.6%	38%
2026	36.1%	37.6%
2027	35.7%	37.1%
2028	35.2%	36.7%
2029	34.7%	36.2%
2030	34.3%	35.8%
2031	33.9%	35.3%
2032	33.5%	34.9%
2033	33.2%	34.5%
2034	32.9%	34.1%
2035	32.7%	33.7%
2036	32.4%	33.4%
2037	32.2%	33.2%
2038	31.9%	32.9%
2039	31.7%	32.7%
2040	31.5%	32.5%
2041	31.2%	32.3%
2042	31%	32.2%
2043	30.7%	32%
2044	30.4%	31.8%
2045	30.2%	31.6%
2046	29.9%	31.5%
2047	29.6%	31.3%
2048	29.3%	31.1%
2049	29%	30.9%
2050	28.7%	30.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 37% of the population in the Solomon Islands and 38.3% in Vanuatu in 2024, compared to 45.8% and 43.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu compared.

Natural population change in Solomon Islands vs Vanuatu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.38% in the Solomon Islands and +2.53% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	4,119	1,796
1961	4,257	1,872
1962	4,408	1,947
1963	4,571	2,025
1964	4,747	2,098
1965	4,885	2,180
1966	5,028	2,278
1967	5,151	2,384
1968	5,285	2,470
1969	5,444	2,529
1970	5,575	2,597
1971	5,814	2,685
1972	6,074	2,775
1973	6,343	2,876
1974	6,612	2,968
1975	6,635	3,074
1976	7,058	3,174
1977	7,290	3,285
1978	7,598	3,428
1979	7,874	3,590
1980	8,156	3,383
1981	8,436	3,592
1982	8,720	3,778
1983	9,011	3,944
1984	9,299	4,088
1985	9,534	4,219
1986	9,656	4,360
1987	9,943	4,427
1988	10,142	4,577
1989	10,354	4,656
1990	10,561	4,762
1991	10,789	4,859
1992	11,029	4,941
1993	11,396	4,973
1994	11,771	4,973
1995	12,124	4,945
1996	12,328	4,897
1997	12,478	4,854
1998	12,658	4,866
1999	12,809	4,871
2000	12,938	5,026
2001	13,061	5,144
2002	13,195	5,181
2003	13,344	5,258
2004	13,444	5,353
2005	13,568	5,454
2006	13,799	5,606
2007	13,963	5,842
2008	14,225	6,138
2009	14,381	6,362
2010	14,604	6,548
2011	15,095	6,715
2012	15,585	6,877
2013	16,038	7,036
2014	16,652	7,143
2015	16,909	7,220
2016	17,027	7,315
2017	16,897	7,371
2018	16,790	7,379
2019	16,649	7,364
2020	16,488	7,233
2021	16,626	7,199
2022	17,253	7,358
2023	17,436	7,359

Maternal mortality chart: Solomon Islands vs Vanuatu

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 100 deaths in Vanuatu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Solomon Islands	Vanuatu
1985	209	211
1986	226	194
1987	200	200
1988	193	172
1989	188	162
1990	184	151
1991	178	140
1992	174	140
1993	173	133
1994	170	131
1995	168	131
1996	166	129
1997	164	131
1998	165	134
1999	164	146
2000	166	133
2001	167	132
2002	168	128
2003	167	131
2004	164	131
2005	161	127
2006	159	123
2007	163	120
2008	153	117
2009	152	114
2010	148	114
2011	147	112
2012	146	109
2013	147	110
2014	147	110
2015	146	109
2016	143	107
2017	140	107
2018	136	108
2019	135	105
2020	131	107
2021	153	124
2022	126	105
2023	123	100

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.06% in the Solomon Islands and 1.68% in Vanuatu. 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	Vanuatu
1960	16.7%	15.2%
1961	16%	14.7%
1962	15.4%	14.3%
1963	14.7%	13.8%
1964	14%	13.4%
1965	13.3%	12.9%
1966	12.7%	12.4%
1967	12%	12%
1968	11.3%	11.5%
1969	10.6%	11%
1970	9.94%	10.6%
1971	9.29%	10.2%
1972	8.69%	9.73%
1973	8.12%	9.34%
1974	7.6%	8.95%
1975	7.9%	8.58%
1976	6.68%	8.21%
1977	6.29%	7.84%
1978	5.95%	7.45%
1979	5.64%	7.07%
1980	5.38%	6.67%
1981	5.14%	6.27%
1982	4.93%	5.87%
1983	4.74%	5.48%
1984	4.58%	5.12%
1985	4.42%	4.78%
1986	4.28%	4.47%
1987	4.16%	4.2%
1988	4.04%	3.96%
1989	3.93%	3.76%
1990	3.82%	3.58%
1991	3.72%	3.43%
1992	3.62%	3.29%
1993	3.52%	3.18%
1994	3.43%	3.08%
1995	3.35%	3%
1996	3.27%	2.92%
1997	3.21%	2.86%
1998	3.16%	2.79%
1999	3.11%	2.74%
2000	3.07%	2.68%
2001	3.03%	2.63%
2002	2.99%	2.58%
2003	2.97%	2.54%
2004	2.94%	2.5%
2005	2.91%	2.45%
2006	2.88%	2.4%
2007	2.85%	2.34%
2008	2.81%	2.27%
2009	2.76%	2.2%
2010	2.72%	2.12%
2011	2.67%	2.05%
2012	2.62%	1.99%
2013	2.58%	1.94%
2014	2.53%	1.9%
2015	2.49%	1.87%
2016	2.45%	1.84%
2017	2.41%	1.82%
2018	2.36%	1.8%
2019	2.3%	1.78%
2020	2.24%	1.77%
2021	2.18%	1.74%
2022	2.12%	1.71%
2023	2.06%	1.68%