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
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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

Indicator
Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit
live births per woman
Source
Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,683 data points, 1891–2023
Last refreshed

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.