Fertility & birth rates in Belarus and Dominican Republic

Fertility rate in Belarus vs Dominican Republic chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belarus was 1.21 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.24 in the Dominican Republic in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belarus vs the Dominican Republic population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belarus	Dominican Republic
1960	2.67	7.56
1961	2.59	7.49
1962	2.5	7.4
1963	2.4	7.3
1964	2.31	7.19
1965	2.27	7.05
1966	2.29	6.95
1967	2.26	6.76
1968	2.22	6.55
1969	2.26	6.37
1970	2.31	6.18
1971	2.31	6.01
1972	2.28	5.84
1973	2.25	5.67
1974	2.21	5.44
1975	2.17	5.24
1976	2.12	5.05
1977	2.08	4.84
1978	2.06	4.64
1979	2.05	4.47
1980	2.03	4.3
1981	2.02	4.15
1982	2.05	4.01
1983	2.11	3.95
1984	2.11	3.82
1985	2.09	3.69
1986	2.09	3.6
1987	2.03	3.53
1988	2.03	3.5
1989	2.03	3.48
1990	1.91	3.41
1991	1.81	3.35
1992	1.76	3.29
1993	1.62	3.23
1994	1.53	3.16
1995	1.41	3.1
1996	1.34	3.04
1997	1.25	2.92
1998	1.3	2.84
1999	1.31	2.85
2000	1.32	2.87
2001	1.29	2.83
2002	1.24	2.76
2003	1.23	2.7
2004	1.23	2.64
2005	1.25	2.57
2006	1.34	2.51
2007	1.43	2.51
2008	1.49	2.55
2009	1.51	2.57
2010	1.49	2.56
2011	1.52	2.53
2012	1.62	2.5
2013	1.67	2.47
2014	1.7	2.45
2015	1.72	2.43
2016	1.73	2.41
2017	1.54	2.4
2018	1.45	2.4
2019	1.38	2.37
2020	1.37	2.33
2021	1.37	2.29
2022	1.33	2.27
2023	1.21	2.24
2024	1.22	2.22
2025	1.23	2.19
2026	1.23	2.17
2027	1.24	2.15
2028	1.25	2.13
2029	1.25	2.11
2030	1.26	2.08
2031	1.27	2.07
2032	1.28	2.05
2033	1.28	2.03
2034	1.29	2.02
2035	1.3	2
2036	1.31	1.99
2037	1.31	1.98
2038	1.32	1.96
2039	1.32	1.95
2040	1.33	1.94
2041	1.34	1.93
2042	1.34	1.93
2043	1.35	1.92
2044	1.35	1.91
2045	1.36	1.9
2046	1.36	1.89
2047	1.37	1.89
2048	1.37	1.88
2049	1.38	1.87
2050	1.38	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belarus	Dominican Republic
1960	30.8%	48.6%
1961	31.2%	48.9%
1962	31.2%	49.1%
1963	31.1%	49.2%
1964	30.8%	49.3%
1965	30.5%	49.4%
1966	30.2%	49.3%
1967	29.9%	49.2%
1968	29.6%	48.9%
1969	29.3%	48.6%
1970	28.7%	48.2%
1971	27.9%	47.7%
1972	27.2%	47.3%
1973	26.4%	46.8%
1974	25.7%	46.3%
1975	25%	45.8%
1976	24.4%	45.2%
1977	23.9%	44.7%
1978	23.5%	44.2%
1979	23.1%	43.7%
1980	22.9%	43.2%
1981	22.8%	42.7%
1982	22.7%	42.3%
1983	22.7%	41.8%
1984	22.8%	41.4%
1985	22.9%	41%
1986	23%	40.6%
1987	23%	40.2%
1988	23.1%	39.8%
1989	23.1%	39.4%
1990	23.1%	39.1%
1991	23%	38.7%
1992	22.8%	38.4%
1993	22.6%	38%
1994	22.2%	37.7%
1995	21.8%	37.3%
1996	21.3%	37%
1997	20.7%	36.6%
1998	20%	36.1%
1999	19.3%	35.7%
2000	18.6%	35.3%
2001	17.9%	35%
2002	17.3%	34.6%
2003	16.6%	34.2%
2004	16%	33.7%
2005	15.5%	33.2%
2006	15.2%	32.7%
2007	14.9%	32.2%
2008	14.8%	31.7%
2009	14.8%	31.3%
2010	14.8%	30.9%
2011	15%	30.5%
2012	15.3%	30.1%
2013	15.6%	29.8%
2014	15.9%	29.5%
2015	16.2%	29.2%
2016	16.5%	28.8%
2017	16.7%	28.5%
2018	16.9%	28.2%
2019	17%	27.9%
2020	17%	27.7%
2021	17.1%	27.4%
2022	17%	27.2%
2023	16.7%	26.9%
2024	16.3%	26.6%
2025	15.9%	26.2%
2026	15.5%	25.8%
2027	15%	25.4%
2028	14.4%	25.1%
2029	13.8%	24.7%
2030	13.2%	24.3%
2031	12.6%	24%
2032	12.1%	23.6%
2033	11.7%	23.3%
2034	11.5%	22.9%
2035	11.3%	22.6%
2036	11.1%	22.3%
2037	11%	22%
2038	11%	21.7%
2039	11.1%	21.5%
2040	11.2%	21.3%
2041	11.3%	21%
2042	11.5%	20.8%
2043	11.6%	20.6%
2044	11.8%	20.4%
2045	12%	20.3%
2046	12.2%	20.1%
2047	12.3%	19.9%
2048	12.5%	19.8%
2049	12.6%	19.6%
2050	12.7%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16.3% of the population in Belarus and 26.6% in the Dominican Republic in 2024, compared to 23.1% and 39.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belarus and the Dominican Republic compared.

Natural population change in Belarus vs Dominican Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.34% in Belarus and +1.34% in the Dominican Republic. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Belarus	Dominican Republic
1960	136,399	117,346
1961	134,490	120,316
1962	124,945	122,977
1963	113,160	124,994
1964	101,618	127,504
1965	90,611	125,345
1966	84,191	132,096
1967	81,136	133,091
1968	76,782	133,666
1969	74,567	135,445
1970	75,520	137,835
1971	77,464	140,473
1972	74,036	143,255
1973	70,911	146,283
1974	71,158	147,652
1975	65,494	149,339
1976	66,677	151,201
1977	67,434	152,825
1978	67,342	154,043
1979	64,481	154,779
1980	62,101	157,697
1981	65,057	158,419
1982	65,499	159,597
1983	75,791	163,136
1984	64,415	164,263
1985	58,852	164,091
1986	74,318	165,674
1987	62,689	167,552
1988	60,840	171,291
1989	49,833	175,365
1990	32,606	176,748
1991	18,349	177,371
1992	11,238	177,481
1993	-11,263	177,691
1994	-19,431	176,882
1995	-32,621	175,439
1996	-37,591	174,008
1997	-46,540	168,419
1998	-44,316	164,287
1999	-49,131	167,742
2000	-40,916	171,684
2001	-48,650	170,193
2002	-58,207	166,740
2003	-53,882	163,267
2004	-50,597	158,789
2005	-50,252	155,405
2006	-41,301	151,122
2007	-28,683	152,066
2008	-25,726	156,664
2009	-25,662	160,893
2010	-29,400	162,072
2011	-26,493	162,094
2012	-11,336	160,915
2013	-6,610	159,330
2014	-2,834	157,260
2015	-946	154,258
2016	-1,894	151,550
2017	-17,026	151,565
2018	-26,429	150,852
2019	-32,969	144,869
2020	-64,703	137,417
2021	-67,118	128,866
2022	-47,839	138,767
2023	-56,924	132,360

Maternal mortality chart: Belarus vs Dominican Republic

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 1 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belarus, compared to 124 deaths in the Dominican Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belarus	Dominican Republic
1985	30	249
1986	30	241
1987	30	231
1988	32	221
1989	33	213
1990	33	203
1991	32	193
1992	32	185
1993	31	176
1994	30	166
1995	29	152
1996	28	138
1997	27	122
1998	25	109
1999	23	92
2000	20	76
2001	18	68
2002	16	68
2003	14	71
2004	12	78
2005	9	83
2006	7	87
2007	6	90
2008	4	94
2009	4	96
2010	3	92
2011	2	91
2012	2	89
2013	2	91
2014	2	95
2015	1	102
2016	1	106
2017	1	104
2018	1	107
2019	1	118
2020	2	121
2021	2	153
2022	1	124
2023	1	124

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.24% in Belarus and 3.14% in the Dominican Republic. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Belarus	Dominican Republic
1960	4.49%	14.8%
1961	4.05%	14.6%
1962	3.68%	14.5%
1963	3.36%	14.3%
1964	3.1%	14.1%
1965	2.88%	13.8%
1966	2.7%	13.5%
1967	2.56%	13.3%
1968	2.45%	13%
1969	2.37%	12.7%
1970	2.3%	12.4%
1971	2.25%	12%
1972	2.22%	11.7%
1973	2.2%	11.3%
1974	2.19%	10.9%
1975	2.18%	10.5%
1976	2.18%	10.1%
1977	2.16%	9.71%
1978	2.14%	9.35%
1979	2.11%	9.01%
1980	2.06%	8.68%
1981	2%	8.36%
1982	1.94%	8.05%
1983	1.88%	7.76%
1984	1.82%	7.48%
1985	1.76%	7.21%
1986	1.7%	6.94%
1987	1.64%	6.69%
1988	1.59%	6.44%
1989	1.55%	6.19%
1990	1.52%	5.95%
1991	1.52%	5.7%
1992	1.53%	5.46%
1993	1.55%	5.22%
1994	1.57%	5%
1995	1.57%	4.78%
1996	1.55%	4.58%
1997	1.51%	4.4%
1998	1.45%	4.24%
1999	1.37%	4.1%
2000	1.28%	3.98%
2001	1.18%	3.88%
2002	1.1%	3.8%
2003	1.02%	3.73%
2004	0.94%	3.67%
2005	0.87%	3.62%
2006	0.8%	3.59%
2007	0.73%	3.56%
2008	0.66%	3.54%
2009	0.61%	3.52%
2010	0.56%	3.51%
2011	0.52%	3.5%
2012	0.49%	3.49%
2013	0.46%	3.5%
2014	0.43%	3.5%
2015	0.41%	3.5%
2016	0.39%	3.5%
2017	0.36%	3.5%
2018	0.34%	3.47%
2019	0.31%	3.43%
2020	0.29%	3.38%
2021	0.27%	3.31%
2022	0.26%	3.22%
2023	0.24%	3.14%