What is birth rate by women's age group in Fiji?

Birth rate by women's age group in Fiji was 21.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Fiji?

The highest recorded value was 138.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1952.

What is the lowest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Fiji?

The lowest recorded value was 21.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023.

How does Fiji rank for birth rate by women's age group?

Fiji ranks 131st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.

Is birth rate by women's age group rising or falling in Fiji?

Over the last ten years it is down 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Fiji data come from?

The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth rate by women's age group. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Birth rate by women's age group in Fiji

Name: Birth rate by women's age group in Fiji
Creator: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Fiji: Birth rate by women's age group was 21.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)

21.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19

Change on year

down 0.5%

World rank

131st

of 236 countries

All-time high

138.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19

in 1952

All-time low

21.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19

in 2023

Years of data

1950–2023

Birth rate by women's age group in Fiji, 1950–2023

Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19.

Analysis

Fiji recorded 21.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 for birth rate by women's age group in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 74 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 39.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, birth rate by women's age group in Fiji peaked at 138.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1952 and was at its lowest, 21.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, in 2023.

Fiji ranks 131st of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Birth rate by women's age group in Fiji, year by year

Annual values for Birth rate by women's age group in Fiji, 1950 to 2023.
Year	live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	Change
1950	131.13 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	—
1951	133.14 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.5%
1952	138.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.4%
1953	125.78 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-9.5%
1954	121.28 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.6%
1955	119.38 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.6%
1956	115.99 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.8%
1957	115.66 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.3%
1958	111.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.2%
1959	107.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.6%
1960	102.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.4%
1961	89.88 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-11.9%
1962	109.95 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+22.3%
1963	95.88 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-12.8%
1964	80.06 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-16.5%
1965	75.18 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-6.1%
1966	73.39 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.4%
1967	75.26 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.5%
1968	62.9 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-16.4%
1969	59.99 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.6%
1970	59.72 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1971	58.53 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.0%
1972	53 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-9.4%
1973	51.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.6%
1974	50.08 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.0%
1975	50.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.0%
1976	52.2 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.2%
1977	54.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.5%
1978	56.4 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.4%
1979	57.1 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.2%
1980	57.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.7%
1981	58.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.2%
1982	61.51 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.7%
1983	64.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.6%
1984	66.95 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.0%
1985	66.64 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%
1986	64.7 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.9%
1987	67.01 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.6%
1988	69.81 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+4.2%
1989	70.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.7%
1990	68.24 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.0%
1991	64.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.7%
1992	60.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.3%
1993	58.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.5%
1994	55.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.9%
1995	54.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.4%
1996	51.97 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.8%
1997	47.93 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-7.8%
1998	45.74 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.6%
1999	45.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%
2000	43.47 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-4.3%
2001	42.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.6%
2002	40.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.2%
2003	38.59 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.8%
2004	35.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-8.2%
2005	34.65 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-2.2%
2006	34.06 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.7%
2007	33.01 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.1%
2008	31.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-5.2%
2009	32.22 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.9%
2010	33.02 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.5%
2011	33.31 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+0.9%
2012	34.06 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.2%
2013	35.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+3.0%
2014	28.78 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-18.0%
2015	23.73 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-17.6%
2016	21.94 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-7.5%
2017	21.22 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-3.3%
2018	21.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+2.9%
2019	22.05 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	+1.0%
2020	21.7 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.6%
2021	21.55 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.7%
2022	21.27 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-1.3%
2023	21.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	-0.5%

Fiji compared with similar countries

Fiji's 21.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 27.67 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, 77% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
Fiji's 21.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 26.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19, 80% of the median. (37 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1950s	122.12 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	107.91 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	138.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1960s	82.45 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	59.99 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	109.95 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1970s	54.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	50.08 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	59.72 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1980s	64.75 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	57.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	70.33 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
1990s	55.32 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	45.41 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	68.24 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2000s	36.6 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	31.3 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	43.47 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2010s	27.5 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	21.22 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	35.09 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	10
2020s	21.42 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	21.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	21.7 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19	4

Countries ranked near Fiji

128 French Polynesia 24.34 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
129 Moldova 23.04 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
130 Turkmenistan 21.23 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
132 Georgia 21.14 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
133 Lebanon 20.83 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare
134 Cook Islands 20.58 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

More population data for Fiji

Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.5093 % change on previous year (2100)
Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -1.24 % change on previous year (2050)
Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.5093 % change on previous year (2100)
Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.4038 % change on previous year (2100)
Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.8469 % change on previous year (2100)
World population growth -0.5% (2100)
Population density 48.13 people per km² (2100)
Number of children under 5, by world region 45,775 people (2100)
Population growth rate, by level of development -0.5% (2100)
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate 1.27 % change on previous year (2025)

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Frequently asked questions

What is birth rate by women's age group in Fiji?: Birth rate by women's age group in Fiji was 21.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Fiji?: The highest recorded value was 138.96 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 1952.
What is the lowest birth rate by women's age group recorded in Fiji?: The lowest recorded value was 21.17 live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19 in 2023.
How does Fiji rank for birth rate by women's age group?: Fiji ranks 131st out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is birth rate by women's age group rising or falling in Fiji?: Over the last ten years it is down 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Fiji data come from?: The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Birth rate by women's age group. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Birth rate by women's age group
Unit: live births per 1,000 women aged 15-19
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Age-specific fertility rate for girls aged 15 to 19: the annual number of live births in this age group per 1,000 girls.