Fertility & birth rates in Brunei and Dominica

Fertility rate in Brunei vs Dominica chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Brunei was 1.75 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.48 in Dominica in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Brunei vs Dominica population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Brunei	Dominica
1960	7.32	6.18
1961	7.19	6.16
1962	7.03	6.12
1963	6.89	6.08
1964	6.77	6.03
1965	6.65	5.95
1966	6.51	5.86
1967	6.37	5.74
1968	6.2	5.59
1969	6.01	5.41
1970	5.8	5.22
1971	5.62	4.99
1972	5.5	4.67
1973	5.36	4.28
1974	5.18	3.84
1975	4.99	3.46
1976	4.78	3.19
1977	4.58	3.02
1978	4.39	2.96
1979	4.22	2.96
1980	4.07	3.04
1981	3.94	3.11
1982	3.84	3.17
1983	3.75	3.18
1984	3.68	3.15
1985	3.61	3.12
1986	3.55	3.08
1987	3.49	3.06
1988	3.44	3.06
1989	3.36	3.06
1990	3.29	3.09
1991	3.21	3.15
1992	3.11	3.18
1993	3.01	3.2
1994	2.9	2.96
1995	2.79	2.71
1996	2.68	2.55
1997	2.6	2.41
1998	2.53	2.32
1999	2.46	2.46
2000	2.4	2.35
2001	2.34	2.4
2002	2.26	2.16
2003	2.19	2.08
2004	2.1	2.02
2005	2.02	2
2006	1.97	2.07
2007	1.93	2.02
2008	1.92	1.97
2009	1.92	1.92
2010	1.94	1.89
2011	1.96	1.86
2012	1.97	1.83
2013	1.98	1.78
2014	1.97	1.71
2015	1.95	1.65
2016	1.92	1.58
2017	1.88	1.54
2018	1.85	1.52
2019	1.82	1.5
2020	1.8	1.5
2021	1.78	1.48
2022	1.76	1.48
2023	1.75	1.48
2024	1.73	1.48
2025	1.71	1.47
2026	1.7	1.46
2027	1.68	1.46
2028	1.68	1.46
2029	1.67	1.46
2030	1.66	1.46
2031	1.65	1.46
2032	1.65	1.46
2033	1.65	1.46
2034	1.64	1.46
2035	1.64	1.46
2036	1.64	1.46
2037	1.64	1.47
2038	1.64	1.47
2039	1.63	1.47
2040	1.63	1.47
2041	1.63	1.48
2042	1.63	1.48
2043	1.62	1.48
2044	1.62	1.48
2045	1.62	1.49
2046	1.62	1.49
2047	1.62	1.49
2048	1.62	1.49
2049	1.62	1.5
2050	1.61	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Brunei	Dominica
1960	44.1%	44.7%
1961	45.2%	45%
1962	46.1%	45.3%
1963	46.6%	45.6%
1964	46.6%	46%
1965	46.5%	46.4%
1966	46%	46.9%
1967	45.4%	47.5%
1968	44.8%	48.1%
1969	44.2%	48.7%
1970	43.6%	48.7%
1971	43.3%	48.1%
1972	43%	47.3%
1973	42.6%	46.5%
1974	42%	45.7%
1975	41.3%	44.9%
1976	40.6%	44.1%
1977	39.9%	43.3%
1978	39.3%	42.5%
1979	38.9%	41.7%
1980	38.5%	40.7%
1981	38.1%	39.6%
1982	37.6%	38.2%
1983	36.9%	36.9%
1984	36.3%	35.8%
1985	35.7%	34.9%
1986	35.2%	34.2%
1987	34.9%	33.6%
1988	34.7%	33.2%
1989	34.6%	33.1%
1990	34.4%	33.1%
1991	34.4%	33.2%
1992	34.3%	33%
1993	34.1%	32.8%
1994	33.7%	32.6%
1995	33.3%	32.3%
1996	32.7%	31.9%
1997	32.2%	31.5%
1998	31.6%	31.1%
1999	31%	30.6%
2000	30.3%	30%
2001	29.6%	29.3%
2002	28.9%	28.7%
2003	28.1%	28%
2004	27.4%	27.4%
2005	26.7%	26.8%
2006	25.9%	26.2%
2007	25.5%	25.5%
2008	25.5%	24.7%
2009	25.4%	24.1%
2010	25.3%	23.5%
2011	25.2%	23.1%
2012	24.9%	22.6%
2013	24.5%	22.5%
2014	24%	22.3%
2015	23.6%	21.7%
2016	23.1%	20.8%
2017	22.7%	19.9%
2018	22.3%	19.5%
2019	21.9%	19.2%
2020	21.6%	18.8%
2021	21.3%	18.5%
2022	21.2%	18.3%
2023	21%	18.1%
2024	20.8%	17.9%
2025	20.6%	17.6%
2026	20.4%	17.4%
2027	20.1%	17.1%
2028	19.8%	16.8%
2029	19.5%	16.5%
2030	19.1%	16.3%
2031	18.8%	16%
2032	18.5%	15.9%
2033	18.2%	15.7%
2034	18%	15.6%
2035	17.7%	15.5%
2036	17.5%	15.4%
2037	17.2%	15.3%
2038	17%	15.3%
2039	16.8%	15.2%
2040	16.6%	15.2%
2041	16.4%	15.2%
2042	16.3%	15.1%
2043	16.1%	15.1%
2044	16%	15.1%
2045	15.9%	15.1%
2046	15.8%	15.1%
2047	15.7%	15%
2048	15.7%	15%
2049	15.6%	15%
2050	15.6%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Brunei and 17.9% in Dominica in 2024, compared to 34.4% and 33.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Brunei and Dominica compared.

Natural population change in Brunei vs Dominica by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.01% in Brunei and -0.03% in Dominica. 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
	Brunei	Dominica
1960	3,168	1,720
1961	3,175	1,762
1962	3,128	1,786
1963	3,195	1,796
1964	3,264	1,792
1965	3,326	1,778
1966	3,403	1,752
1967	3,477	1,716
1968	3,551	1,673
1969	3,618	1,628
1970	3,694	1,574
1971	3,880	1,549
1972	4,085	1,497
1973	4,216	1,400
1974	4,334	1,267
1975	4,431	1,142
1976	4,518	1,050
1977	4,594	996
1978	4,668	991
1979	4,717	981
1980	4,775	1,090
1981	4,839	1,169
1982	4,931	1,250
1983	5,138	1,301
1984	5,373	1,308
1985	5,620	1,302
1986	5,826	1,285
1987	6,017	1,256
1988	6,135	1,222
1989	6,202	1,178
1990	6,265	1,138
1991	6,259	1,103
1992	6,169	1,111
1993	6,045	1,130
1994	5,907	1,002
1995	5,750	853
1996	5,606	753
1997	5,518	662
1998	5,466	595
1999	5,388	647
2000	5,331	561
2001	5,275	556
2002	5,169	429
2003	5,034	387
2004	4,874	360
2005	4,703	339
2006	4,590	364
2007	4,521	319
2008	4,624	272
2009	4,789	220
2010	5,003	171
2011	5,242	121
2012	5,349	167
2013	5,302	110
2014	5,206	257
2015	5,060	157
2016	4,876	177
2017	4,685	-124
2018	4,502	-60
2019	4,335	-75
2020	4,188	-88
2021	3,985	-205
2022	3,319	-118
2023	3,837	-111

Maternal mortality chart: Brunei vs Dominica

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 36 deaths per 100,000 live births in Brunei, compared to 36 deaths in Dominica.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Brunei	Dominica
1985	79	61
1986	78	63
1987	75	63
1988	73	68
1989	71	69
1990	68	77
1991	65	81
1992	62	80
1993	59	79
1994	58	77
1995	55	73
1996	54	71
1997	52	67
1998	51	64
1999	50	64
2000	48	61
2001	46	58
2002	46	56
2003	45	55
2004	44	54
2005	43	54
2006	42	54
2007	41	53
2008	40	53
2009	40	50
2010	40	50
2011	40	49
2012	40	51
2013	40	50
2014	40	53
2015	39	63
2016	39	48
2017	39	44
2018	39	43
2019	38	41
2020	39	47
2021	44	110
2022	88	44
2023	36	36

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Brunei and 3.55% in Dominica. 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
	Brunei	Dominica
1960	8.9%	13.6%
1961	8.24%	12.4%
1962	7.66%	11.3%
1963	7.15%	10.3%
1964	6.7%	9.41%
1965	6.32%	8.59%
1966	5.98%	7.84%
1967	5.69%	7.16%
1968	5.42%	6.54%
1969	5.16%	5.98%
1970	4.91%	5.48%
1971	4.64%	5.02%
1972	4.35%	4.61%
1973	4.06%	4.24%
1974	3.77%	3.91%
1975	3.49%	3.61%
1976	3.21%	3.35%
1977	2.95%	3.12%
1978	2.71%	2.92%
1979	2.48%	2.74%
1980	2.28%	2.58%
1981	2.09%	2.45%
1982	1.93%	2.33%
1983	1.79%	2.22%
1984	1.67%	2.14%
1985	1.57%	2.06%
1986	1.48%	2%
1987	1.42%	1.95%
1988	1.38%	1.91%
1989	1.35%	1.88%
1990	1.33%	1.85%
1991	1.32%	1.84%
1992	1.31%	1.82%
1993	1.3%	1.82%
1994	1.27%	1.82%
1995	1.23%	1.83%
1996	1.19%	1.84%
1997	1.15%	1.86%
1998	1.1%	1.88%
1999	1.07%	1.91%
2000	1.03%	1.94%
2001	1%	1.97%
2002	0.98%	2.01%
2003	0.96%	2.06%
2004	0.95%	2.11%
2005	0.95%	2.16%
2006	0.95%	2.22%
2007	0.95%	2.28%
2008	0.96%	2.35%
2009	0.96%	2.42%
2010	0.97%	2.5%
2011	0.98%	2.57%
2012	0.99%	2.66%
2013	0.99%	2.74%
2014	1%	2.83%
2015	1%	2.93%
2016	1%	3.02%
2017	1%	3.12%
2018	0.99%	3.21%
2019	0.98%	3.3%
2020	0.97%	3.38%
2021	0.96%	3.45%
2022	0.95%	3.51%
2023	0.94%	3.55%