Kiribati vs Tuvalu: Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility)

Kiribati
3.15 live births per woman
in 2023
Tuvalu
3.21 live births per woman
in 2023
Kiribati rank
55th
Tuvalu rank
53rd

Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility) over time

  • Kiribati
  • Tuvalu
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How they compare

Tuvalu 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.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kiribati ahead.

Kiribati ranks 55th and Tuvalu ranks 53rd of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 7 and Tuvalu in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kiribati Tuvalu Difference Ahead
1950s 6.29 live births per woman 5.34 live births per woman 0.9506 live births per woman Kiribati
1960s 6.24 live births per woman 4.74 live births per woman 1.5 live births per woman Kiribati
1970s 5.18 live births per woman 3.71 live births per woman 1.47 live births per woman Kiribati
1980s 4.87 live births per woman 3.88 live births per woman 0.9881 live births per woman Kiribati
1990s 4.45 live births per woman 3.9 live births per woman 0.5514 live births per woman Kiribati
2000s 3.85 live births per woman 3.57 live births per woman 0.2806 live births per woman Kiribati
2010s 3.55 live births per woman 3.37 live births per woman 0.1809 live births per woman Kiribati
2020s 3.2 live births per woman 3.26 live births per woman 0.059 live births per woman Tuvalu

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Kiribati or Tuvalu?
Tuvalu, 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 Kiribati and Tuvalu?
0.06 live births per woman, with Tuvalu ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Tuvalu?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Kiribati and Tuvalu rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
Kiribati ranks 55th and Tuvalu ranks 53rd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Human Fertility Database (2026); 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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Indicator
Fertility rate: births per woman
Unit
live births per woman
Source
Human Fertility Database (2026); 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

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.