Kiribati vs Namibia: Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception

Kiribati

3.12 births per woman

in 2024

Namibia

3.21 births per woman

in 2024

Kiribati rank

53rd

Namibia rank

50th

Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception over time

Kiribati
Namibia

How they compare

Namibia currently reports 3.21 births per woman against 3.12 births per woman in Kiribati, a difference of 0.087 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Kiribati ahead.

Kiribati ranks 53rd and Namibia ranks 50th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Fertility rate vs. unmet need for contraception
Unit: births per woman
Source: United Nations Population Division, national statistical offices, and Eurostat, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 13,943 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The total fertility rate, in a given year. The unmet need for contraception shows the estimated share of married fertile women of reproductive age who do not want to become pregnant and are not using contraception.