Population growth — all countries

Population growth — Kiribati

Population growth in Kiribati in 2025 — 1.45%. Ranked 73 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 0.99 pp.

2025 1.45% −0.04 pp vs 2024
World rank 73of 217
Period maximum 2.56%1965
Period minimum -0.67%1978

Trend over time

1961–2025 · % per year

Population growth — Kiribati, 1961–2025-1012319611968197519821989199620032010201720241961: 2.44%1963: 2.5%1965: 2.56%1967: 1.04%1969: 1.49%1971: 1.97%1973: 1.73%1975: -0.38%1977: -0.65%1979: 0.51%1981: 1.58%1983: 1.63%1985: 1.93%1987: 2.43%1989: 2.38%1991: 2%1993: 1.53%1995: 1.5%1997: 1.83%1999: 1.7%2001: 1.92%2003: 2.05%2005: 2.01%2007: 2.03%2009: 2.13%2011: 1.77%2013: 1.37%2015: 1.28%2017: 1.51%2019: 1.49%2021: 1.79%2023: 1.57%2025: 1.45%
Change over the period: −0.99 pp Annual average: -0.02 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Kiribati

Kiribati 1.45%
World 0.91%
Micronesia (subregion) computed 0.34%
Population growth — Kiribati, by year Kiribati All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 1.45 −0.04 pp
2024 1.49 −0.08 pp
2023 1.57 −0.05 pp
2022 1.62 −0.17 pp
2021 1.79 +0.05 pp
2020 1.74 +0.25 pp
2019 1.49 +0 pp
2018 1.49 −0.01 pp
2017 1.51 +0.09 pp
2016 1.41 +0.13 pp
2015 1.28 −0.02 pp
2014 1.3 −0.08 pp
2013 1.37 −0.09 pp
2012 1.47 −0.3 pp
2011 1.77 −0.31 pp
2010 2.08 −0.05 pp
2009 2.13 +0.04 pp
2008 2.09 +0.06 pp
2007 2.03 +0.03 pp
2006 2 −0.01 pp
2005 2.01 +0 pp
2004 2.01 −0.04 pp
2003 2.05 −0.06 pp
2002 2.11 +0.19 pp
2001 1.92 +0.23 pp
2000 1.69 −0.01 pp
1999 1.7 −0.08 pp
1998 1.78 −0.05 pp
1997 1.83 +0.13 pp
1996 1.7 +0.19 pp
1995 1.5 +0.02 pp
1994 1.49 −0.05 pp
1993 1.53 −0.12 pp
1992 1.65 −0.35 pp
1991 2 −0.31 pp
1990 2.31 −0.07 pp
1989 2.38 −0.02 pp
1988 2.4 −0.03 pp
1987 2.43 +0.11 pp
1986 2.32 +0.4 pp
1985 1.93 +0.29 pp
1984 1.64 +0.01 pp
1983 1.63 +0.01 pp
1982 1.62 +0.04 pp
1981 1.58 −0.03 pp
1980 1.61 +1.1 pp
1979 0.51 +1.18 pp
1978 -0.67 −0.02 pp
1977 -0.65 −0.12 pp
1976 -0.54 −0.16 pp
1975 -0.38 −1.03 pp
1974 0.65 −1.09 pp
1973 1.73 −0.17 pp
1972 1.9 −0.06 pp
1971 1.97 −0.05 pp
1970 2.02 +0.53 pp
1969 1.49 +0.52 pp
1968 0.96 −0.08 pp
1967 1.04 −0.78 pp
1966 1.83 −0.73 pp
1965 2.56 +0.04 pp
1964 2.52 +0.02 pp
1963 2.5 +0.01 pp
1962 2.48 +0.04 pp
1961 2.44

Micronesia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.