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Population in Kiribati compared to Mexico: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Kiribati was 134,518 in 2024 vs 130,861,007 people in Mexico in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Kiribati's population is 138,067 people compared to 132,790,957 in Mexico.

Population statistics:

  • Mexico's population is 962 times bigger than Kiribati's.
  • Kiribati is ranked the 180th most populous country in the world, while Mexico is the 11th.
  • The countries together account for 1.61% of the world: 0.002% for Kiribati vs 1.61% for Mexico.
  • For the last 10 years, Kiribati has had an average growth rate of +1.53% per year vs +0.92% in Mexico.
  • Since 2005, the population of Kiribati has increased from 98K people to 138K (40.8% growth), while Mexico has grown from 106M to 133M (25.5% growth).
  • Kiribati is projected to reach its peak in 2099 at 223K people compared to the peak of 150M people in 2058 for Mexico.

Kiribati vs Mexico: live population counter

Kiribati Mexico
Current population
138067
132790957
Population rank 180/197 11/197
Percent of world population 0.002% 1.61%
One net population change
4.41 hours
28.1 seconds
One birth every
2.56 hours
15.5 seconds
One death every
9.39 hours
39.5 seconds
One migration net change every
18.6 hours
5.03 minutes
Annual migration change -471 -104,581
Daily growth/decline +5 +3,072
Annual growth/decline +1,988 +1,121,248
Annual growth/decline rate +1.5% +0.86%
Population growth rate rank 74/197 113/197

Kiribati and Mexico: population history and growth rate by year chart

Kiribati
Population

Growth rate
Mexico
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Kiribati Mexico Kiribati Mexico
1960 47,157 36,724,615 - -
1961 48,323 37,890,118 2.47% 3.17%
1962 49,538 39,129,200 2.51% 3.27%
1963 50,791 40,424,065 2.53% 3.31%
1964 52,088 41,772,049 2.55% 3.33%
1965 53,439 43,174,477 2.59% 3.36%
1966 54,425 44,629,106 1.85% 3.37%
1967 54,996 46,129,608 1.05% 3.36%
1968 55,529 47,668,303 0.97% 3.34%
1969 56,360 49,233,194 1.5% 3.28%
1970 57,510 50,814,953 2.04% 3.21%
1971 58,652 52,412,558 1.99% 3.14%
1972 59,778 54,030,168 1.92% 3.09%
1973 60,824 55,667,284 1.75% 3.03%
1974 61,219 57,320,149 0.65% 2.97%
1975 60,987 58,982,400 -0.38% 2.9%
1976 60,661 60,645,512 -0.53% 2.82%
1977 60,267 62,308,493 -0.65% 2.74%
1978 59,864 63,979,046 -0.67% 2.68%
1979 60,172 65,648,865 0.51% 2.61%
1980 61,148 67,300,334 1.62% 2.52%
1981 62,121 68,892,108 1.59% 2.37%
1982 63,134 70,433,260 1.63% 2.24%
1983 64,169 71,971,240 1.64% 2.18%
1984 65,228 73,506,846 1.65% 2.13%
1985 66,496 75,043,414 1.94% 2.09%
1986 68,059 76,585,637 2.35% 2.06%
1987 69,733 78,136,651 2.46% 2.03%
1988 71,427 79,695,531 2.43% 2%
1989 73,147 81,247,182 2.41% 1.95%
1990 74,855 82,820,170 2.34% 1.94%
1991 76,367 84,430,572 2.02% 1.94%
1992 77,641 86,044,809 1.67% 1.91%
1993 78,841 87,653,807 1.55% 1.87%
1994 80,021 89,259,205 1.5% 1.83%
1995 81,234 90,862,455 1.52% 1.8%
1996 82,623 92,452,702 1.71% 1.75%
1997 84,147 94,021,207 1.84% 1.7%
1998 85,657 95,575,245 1.79% 1.65%
1999 87,126 97,115,707 1.71% 1.61%
2000 88,613 98,625,552 1.71% 1.55%
2001 90,335 100,099,099 1.94% 1.49%
2002 92,264 101,548,624 2.14% 1.45%
2003 94,175 102,978,515 2.07% 1.41%
2004 96,085 104,394,131 2.03% 1.37%
2005 98,035 105,811,504 2.03% 1.36%
2006 100,017 107,253,666 2.02% 1.36%
2007 102,068 108,774,360 2.05% 1.42%
2008 104,222 110,374,288 2.11% 1.47%
2009 106,467 111,999,721 2.15% 1.47%
2010 108,704 113,623,895 2.1% 1.45%
2011 110,647 115,243,504 1.79% 1.43%
2012 112,284 116,818,208 1.48% 1.37%
2013 113,838 118,343,573 1.38% 1.31%
2014 115,326 119,784,261 1.31% 1.22%
2015 116,815 121,072,306 1.29% 1.08%
2016 118,478 122,251,351 1.42% 0.97%
2017 120,275 123,400,057 1.52% 0.94%
2018 122,084 124,573,711 1.5% 0.95%
2019 123,921 125,762,982 1.5% 0.95%
2020 126,099 126,799,054 1.76% 0.82%
2021 128,377 127,648,148 1.81% 0.67%
2022 130,469 128,613,117 1.63% 0.76%
2023 132,530 129,739,759 1.58% 0.88%
2024 134,518 130,861,007 1.5% 0.86%
2025 136,501 131,946,905 1.47% 0.83%
2026 138,451 132,997,664 1.43% 0.8%
2027 140,405 134,017,711 1.41% 0.77%
2028 142,335 135,008,697 1.37% 0.74%
2029 144,231 135,970,893 1.33% 0.71%
2030 146,130 136,904,747 1.32% 0.69%
2031 148,028 137,811,068 1.3% 0.66%
2032 149,915 138,690,189 1.27% 0.64%
2033 151,768 139,542,087 1.24% 0.61%
2034 153,602 140,362,026 1.21% 0.59%
2035 155,447 141,150,818 1.2% 0.56%
2036 157,316 141,909,168 1.2% 0.54%
2037 159,188 142,637,546 1.19% 0.51%
2038 161,050 143,336,222 1.17% 0.49%
2039 162,895 143,998,296 1.15% 0.46%
2040 164,711 144,624,328 1.11% 0.43%
2041 166,508 145,217,780 1.09% 0.41%
2042 168,325 145,777,459 1.09% 0.39%
2043 170,182 146,300,011 1.1% 0.36%
2044 172,012 146,787,722 1.08% 0.33%
2045 173,818 147,240,096 1.05% 0.31%
2046 175,629 147,654,160 1.04% 0.28%
2047 177,392 148,030,153 1% 0.25%
2048 179,152 148,372,233 0.99% 0.23%
2049 180,915 148,677,894 0.98% 0.21%
2050 182,629 148,946,272 0.95% 0.18%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kiribati increased by 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth), while Mexico gained 15,260,802 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kiribati gained 21,252 (a 18.2% growth), while Mexico's population increased by 11,718,651 (a 9.68% growth).

Kiribati was ranked 183rd most populous country in 2005 and is 180th in 2025. Mexico was ranked 11th in 2005 and still ranked 11th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Kiribati's population will grow by 32.3% to 182,629 people with a rank change from 180th to 178th. The population of Mexico will increase by 12.2% to 148,946,272 people and rank change from 11th to 12th.

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