Kenya vs Kiribati: Fertility rate: births per woman
Kenya
3.21 live births per woman
in 2023
Kiribati
3.15 live births per woman
in 2023
Kenya rank
53rd
Kiribati rank
55th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Kenya
- Kiribati
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 3.21 live births per woman against 3.15 live births per woman in Kiribati, a difference of 0.06 live births per woman.
Across all 74 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.
Kenya ranks 53rd and Kiribati ranks 55th of 236 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Kiribati | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.48 live births per woman | 6.29 live births per woman | 1.2 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 1960s | 7.85 live births per woman | 6.24 live births per woman | 1.61 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 1970s | 7.8 live births per woman | 5.18 live births per woman | 2.62 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 1980s | 7 live births per woman | 4.87 live births per woman | 2.12 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 1990s | 5.52 live births per woman | 4.45 live births per woman | 1.07 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 2000s | 4.86 live births per woman | 3.85 live births per woman | 1 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 2010s | 3.87 live births per woman | 3.55 live births per woman | 0.3209 live births per woman | Kenya |
| 2020s | 3.29 live births per woman | 3.2 live births per woman | 0.086 live births per woman | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Kenya or Kiribati?
- Kenya, at 3.21 live births per woman against 3.15 live births per woman in Kiribati as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Kenya and Kiribati?
- 0.06 live births per woman, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Kiribati?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Kiribati rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Kenya ranks 53rd and Kiribati ranks 55th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.