The analysis summarizes Kiribati's birth and fertility indicators across annual, five-year and ten-year periods.
The crude birth rate in Kiribati was 25.3 births per 1,000 people in 2024. The total fertility rate was 3.12 births per woman, while the adolescent fertility rate was 44.0 births per 1,000 women ages 15 to 19. Over five years, the crude birth rate changed by -2.5, and the total fertility rate changed by -0.17.
In the common comparison year 2024, Kiribati ranked 53rd of 217 economies by total fertility rate.
Kiribati Birth Rate and Fertility by Year
Data source: World Bank, World Development Indicators — Birth rate, crude, per 1,000 people (SP.DYN.CBRT.IN); Fertility rate, total, births per woman (SP.DYN.TFRT.IN); Adolescent fertility rate, births per 1,000 women ages 15-19 (SP.ADO.TFRT); Death rate, crude, per 1,000 people (SP.DYN.CDRT.IN); Population, total (population).
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About the Indicators
Birth rate, crude, per 1,000 people. The number of live births in a year per 1,000 midyear population.
Fertility rate, total, births per woman. The number of children that would be born to a woman if she survived to the end of her childbearing years and bore children according to prevailing age-specific fertility rates.
Adolescent fertility rate, births per 1,000 women ages 15-19. The annual number of births to women aged 15 to 19, per 1,000 women in that age group.
Death rate, crude, per 1,000 people. The number of deaths in a year per 1,000 midyear population.