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How many babies are born in Kiribati?

3.37 thousand babies born in Kiribati in 2026. That is 0.00% of all births worldwide, and the 186th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Kiribati: history and projections

1K 180019002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Kiribati’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1800 ~710 ~17.9K 39.7 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~1.14K ~28.7K 39.7 Historical reconstruction
1950 1.64K 37.8K 43.4 UN estimate
2000 2.79K 88.6K 31.5 UN estimate
2023 3.42K 133K 25.8 UN estimate
2026 3.37K 138K 24.3 UN projection
2050 3.53K 183K 19.3 UN projection
2075 3.28K 213K 15.4 UN projection
2100 2.86K 223K 12.8 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Kiribati among estimates through 2023 were in 2011, at about 3.48K. That is roughly 4.9 times the estimated ~710 births a year in 1800.

At 3.06 children per woman, fertility in Kiribati is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Kiribati each year?

An estimated 3.37 thousand babies are born in Kiribati in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 9 a day and 0.00% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Kiribati?

Kiribati has an estimated 24.3 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 3.06 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.