Fertility & birth rates in Bhutan and Dominican Republic

Fertility rate in Bhutan vs Dominican Republic chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Bhutan was 1.46 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 Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	Dominican Republic
1960	6.7	7.56
1961	6.7	7.49
1962	6.69	7.4
1963	6.69	7.3
1964	6.68	7.19
1965	6.68	7.05
1966	6.67	6.95
1967	6.67	6.76
1968	6.66	6.55
1969	6.66	6.37
1970	6.65	6.18
1971	6.64	6.01
1972	6.64	5.84
1973	6.63	5.67
1974	6.62	5.44
1975	6.62	5.24
1976	6.62	5.05
1977	6.61	4.84
1978	6.58	4.64
1979	6.55	4.47
1980	6.51	4.3
1981	6.46	4.15
1982	6.4	4.01
1983	6.34	3.95
1984	6.26	3.82
1985	6.18	3.69
1986	6.1	3.6
1987	6	3.53
1988	5.88	3.5
1989	5.76	3.48
1990	5.6	3.41
1991	5.45	3.35
1992	5.27	3.29
1993	5.07	3.23
1994	4.87	3.16
1995	4.62	3.1
1996	4.37	3.04
1997	4.09	2.92
1998	3.85	2.84
1999	3.61	2.85
2000	3.38	2.87
2001	3.19	2.83
2002	3.01	2.76
2003	2.87	2.7
2004	2.78	2.64
2005	2.73	2.57
2006	2.66	2.51
2007	2.59	2.51
2008	2.48	2.55
2009	2.36	2.57
2010	2.25	2.56
2011	2.15	2.53
2012	2.07	2.5
2013	2	2.47
2014	1.92	2.45
2015	1.84	2.43
2016	1.74	2.41
2017	1.62	2.4
2018	1.52	2.4
2019	1.45	2.37
2020	1.5	2.33
2021	1.49	2.29
2022	1.48	2.27
2023	1.46	2.24
2024	1.45	2.22
2025	1.44	2.19
2026	1.43	2.17
2027	1.42	2.15
2028	1.42	2.13
2029	1.42	2.11
2030	1.42	2.08
2031	1.42	2.07
2032	1.42	2.05
2033	1.42	2.03
2034	1.42	2.02
2035	1.42	2
2036	1.43	1.99
2037	1.43	1.98
2038	1.43	1.96
2039	1.43	1.95
2040	1.43	1.94
2041	1.44	1.93
2042	1.44	1.93
2043	1.44	1.92
2044	1.44	1.91
2045	1.44	1.9
2046	1.45	1.89
2047	1.45	1.89
2048	1.45	1.88
2049	1.46	1.87
2050	1.46	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Bhutan	Dominican Republic
1960	42.3%	48.6%
1961	42.1%	48.9%
1962	41.9%	49.1%
1963	41.8%	49.2%
1964	41.8%	49.3%
1965	41.7%	49.4%
1966	41.7%	49.3%
1967	41.7%	49.2%
1968	41.8%	48.9%
1969	41.8%	48.6%
1970	41.8%	48.2%
1971	41.9%	47.7%
1972	42%	47.3%
1973	42.1%	46.8%
1974	42.2%	46.3%
1975	42.3%	45.8%
1976	42.4%	45.2%
1977	42.5%	44.7%
1978	42.6%	44.2%
1979	42.7%	43.7%
1980	42.8%	43.2%
1981	42.9%	42.7%
1982	43%	42.3%
1983	43.1%	41.8%
1984	43.1%	41.4%
1985	43.1%	41%
1986	43.1%	40.6%
1987	43.1%	40.2%
1988	43%	39.8%
1989	43%	39.4%
1990	42.9%	39.1%
1991	42.8%	38.7%
1992	42.6%	38.4%
1993	42.4%	38%
1994	42.1%	37.7%
1995	41.7%	37.3%
1996	41.3%	37%
1997	40.7%	36.6%
1998	40.1%	36.1%
1999	39.4%	35.7%
2000	38.6%	35.3%
2001	37.7%	35%
2002	36.6%	34.6%
2003	35.5%	34.2%
2004	34.3%	33.7%
2005	33.2%	33.2%
2006	32.4%	32.7%
2007	31.6%	32.2%
2008	30.8%	31.7%
2009	30.1%	31.3%
2010	29.4%	30.9%
2011	28.8%	30.5%
2012	28.3%	30.1%
2013	27.8%	29.8%
2014	27.4%	29.5%
2015	27%	29.2%
2016	26.5%	28.8%
2017	25.8%	28.5%
2018	25%	28.2%
2019	24.2%	27.9%
2020	23.4%	27.7%
2021	22.7%	27.4%
2022	22%	27.2%
2023	21.5%	26.9%
2024	20.9%	26.6%
2025	20.4%	26.2%
2026	19.8%	25.8%
2027	19.3%	25.4%
2028	18.7%	25.1%
2029	18.3%	24.7%
2030	17.9%	24.3%
2031	17.6%	24%
2032	17.4%	23.6%
2033	17.2%	23.3%
2034	17.1%	22.9%
2035	17%	22.6%
2036	16.9%	22.3%
2037	16.8%	22%
2038	16.6%	21.7%
2039	16.5%	21.5%
2040	16.3%	21.3%
2041	16.2%	21%
2042	16%	20.8%
2043	15.9%	20.6%
2044	15.7%	20.4%
2045	15.6%	20.3%
2046	15.4%	20.1%
2047	15.2%	19.9%
2048	15%	19.8%
2049	14.8%	19.6%
2050	14.6%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.9% of the population in Bhutan and 26.6% in the Dominican Republic in 2024, compared to 42.9% and 39.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Bhutan and the Dominican Republic compared.

Natural population change in Bhutan vs Dominican Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.74% in Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	Dominican Republic
1960	4,888	117,346
1961	5,081	120,316
1962	5,297	122,977
1963	5,551	124,994
1964	5,818	127,504
1965	6,109	125,345
1966	6,418	132,096
1967	6,744	133,091
1968	7,085	133,666
1969	7,435	135,445
1970	7,791	137,835
1971	8,161	140,473
1972	8,549	143,255
1973	8,939	146,283
1974	9,324	147,652
1975	9,775	149,339
1976	10,228	151,201
1977	10,679	152,825
1978	11,133	154,043
1979	11,583	154,779
1980	12,016	157,697
1981	12,444	158,419
1982	12,872	159,597
1983	13,284	163,136
1984	13,688	164,263
1985	14,061	164,091
1986	14,516	165,674
1987	14,887	167,552
1988	15,212	171,291
1989	15,516	175,365
1990	15,704	176,748
1991	15,801	177,371
1992	15,594	177,481
1993	13,915	177,691
1994	13,536	176,882
1995	12,938	175,439
1996	12,153	174,008
1997	11,668	168,419
1998	11,320	164,287
1999	10,940	167,742
2000	10,142	171,684
2001	9,904	170,193
2002	9,464	166,740
2003	9,132	163,267
2004	9,056	158,789
2005	9,102	155,405
2006	9,197	151,122
2007	9,322	152,066
2008	9,200	156,664
2009	8,913	160,893
2010	8,598	162,072
2011	8,282	162,094
2012	7,967	160,915
2013	7,689	159,330
2014	7,290	157,260
2015	6,762	154,258
2016	6,164	151,550
2017	5,367	151,565
2018	4,909	150,852
2019	4,643	144,869
2020	5,142	137,417
2021	5,162	128,866
2022	5,204	138,767
2023	5,153	132,360

Maternal mortality chart: Bhutan vs Dominican Republic

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 47 deaths per 100,000 live births in Bhutan, compared to 124 deaths in the Dominican Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Bhutan	Dominican Republic
1985	969	249
1986	911	241
1987	857	231
1988	798	221
1989	747	213
1990	704	203
1991	671	193
1992	656	185
1993	578	176
1994	544	166
1995	498	152
1996	450	138
1997	415	122
1998	378	109
1999	346	92
2000	324	76
2001	286	68
2002	257	68
2003	229	71
2004	207	78
2005	186	83
2006	167	87
2007	149	90
2008	133	94
2009	121	96
2010	107	92
2011	96	91
2012	86	89
2013	79	91
2014	73	95
2015	68	102
2016	63	106
2017	58	104
2018	55	107
2019	52	118
2020	51	121
2021	50	153
2022	49	124
2023	47	124

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.31% in Bhutan 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
	Bhutan	Dominican Republic
1960	-	14.8%
1961	-	14.6%
1962	-	14.5%
1963	-	14.3%
1964	-	14.1%
1965	-	13.8%
1966	-	13.5%
1967	-	13.3%
1968	27.4%	13%
1969	26.7%	12.7%
1970	26.2%	12.4%
1971	25.5%	12%
1972	24.9%	11.7%
1973	24.3%	11.3%
1974	23.6%	10.9%
1975	22.9%	10.5%
1976	22.3%	10.1%
1977	21.6%	9.71%
1978	20.9%	9.35%
1979	20.2%	9.01%
1980	19.5%	8.68%
1981	18.7%	8.36%
1982	18%	8.05%
1983	17.3%	7.76%
1984	16.6%	7.48%
1985	15.9%	7.21%
1986	15.3%	6.94%
1987	14.6%	6.69%
1988	14%	6.44%
1989	13.4%	6.19%
1990	12.8%	5.95%
1991	12.3%	5.7%
1992	11.8%	5.46%
1993	11.3%	5.22%
1994	10.8%	5%
1995	10.3%	4.78%
1996	9.75%	4.58%
1997	9.26%	4.4%
1998	8.77%	4.24%
1999	8.3%	4.1%
2000	7.85%	3.98%
2001	7.4%	3.88%
2002	6.96%	3.8%
2003	6.54%	3.73%
2004	6.12%	3.67%
2005	5.71%	3.62%
2006	5.32%	3.59%
2007	4.96%	3.56%
2008	4.62%	3.54%
2009	4.31%	3.52%
2010	4.03%	3.51%
2011	3.77%	3.5%
2012	3.56%	3.49%
2013	3.38%	3.5%
2014	3.22%	3.5%
2015	3.08%	3.5%
2016	2.96%	3.5%
2017	2.85%	3.5%
2018	2.74%	3.47%
2019	2.65%	3.43%
2020	2.55%	3.38%
2021	2.47%	3.31%
2022	2.39%	3.22%
2023	2.31%	3.14%