Kiribati vs Papua New Guinea: Comparison of fertility rates that account for survival of children
Kiribati
3.15 live births per woman
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
3.1 live births per woman
in 2023
Kiribati rank
55th
Papua New Guinea rank
57th
Comparison of fertility rates that account for survival of children over time
- Kiribati
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 3.15 live births per woman against 3.1 live births per woman in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.05 live births per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Kiribati ahead.
Kiribati ranks 55th and Papua New Guinea ranks 57th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Kiribati averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.29 live births per woman | 5.82 live births per woman | 0.4672 live births per woman | Kiribati |
| 1960s | 6.24 live births per woman | 6.18 live births per woman | 0.0645 live births per woman | Kiribati |
| 1970s | 5.18 live births per woman | 6.07 live births per woman | 0.8853 live births per woman | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 4.87 live births per woman | 5.48 live births per woman | 0.6088 live births per woman | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 4.45 live births per woman | 4.86 live births per woman | 0.4066 live births per woman | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 3.85 live births per woman | 4.25 live births per woman | 0.3936 live births per woman | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 3.55 live births per woman | 3.59 live births per woman | 0.0475 live births per woman | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 3.2 live births per woman | 3.19 live births per woman | 0.0122 live births per woman | Kiribati |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher comparison of fertility rates that account for survival of children, Kiribati or Papua New Guinea?
- Kiribati, at 3.15 live births per woman against 3.1 live births per woman in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in comparison of fertility rates that account for survival of children between Kiribati and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.05 live births per woman, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Papua New Guinea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Kiribati and Papua New Guinea rank globally for comparison of fertility rates that account for survival of children?
- Kiribati ranks 55th and Papua New Guinea ranks 57th 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 Comparison of fertility rates that account for survival of children. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.