Kiribati vs Tonga: Fertility rate: births per woman
Kiribati
3.15 live births per woman
in 2023
Tonga
3.13 live births per woman
in 2023
Kiribati rank
55th
Tonga rank
56th
Fertility rate: births per woman over time
- Kiribati
- Tonga
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 3.15 live births per woman against 3.13 live births per woman in Tonga, a difference of 0.02 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Tonga ahead.
Kiribati ranks 55th and Tonga ranks 56th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 1 and Tonga in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.29 live births per woman | 6.68 live births per woman | 0.3883 live births per woman | Tonga |
| 1960s | 6.24 live births per woman | 6.43 live births per woman | 0.1852 live births per woman | Tonga |
| 1970s | 5.18 live births per woman | 5.8 live births per woman | 0.6158 live births per woman | Tonga |
| 1980s | 4.87 live births per woman | 5.34 live births per woman | 0.471 live births per woman | Tonga |
| 1990s | 4.45 live births per woman | 4.59 live births per woman | 0.1391 live births per woman | Tonga |
| 2000s | 3.85 live births per woman | 4.12 live births per woman | 0.2643 live births per woman | Tonga |
| 2010s | 3.55 live births per woman | 3.58 live births per woman | 0.0314 live births per woman | Tonga |
| 2020s | 3.2 live births per woman | 3.18 live births per woman | 0.0175 live births per woman | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Kiribati or Tonga?
- Kiribati, at 3.15 live births per woman against 3.13 live births per woman in Tonga as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Kiribati and Tonga?
- 0.02 live births per woman, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Tonga?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Kiribati and Tonga rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Kiribati ranks 55th and Tonga ranks 56th 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.