Fertility & birth rates in Brunei and Dominican Republic

Fertility rate in Brunei vs Dominican Republic 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 2.24 in the Dominican Republic in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Brunei 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
	Brunei	Dominican Republic
1960	7.32	7.56
1961	7.19	7.49
1962	7.03	7.4
1963	6.89	7.3
1964	6.77	7.19
1965	6.65	7.05
1966	6.51	6.95
1967	6.37	6.76
1968	6.2	6.55
1969	6.01	6.37
1970	5.8	6.18
1971	5.62	6.01
1972	5.5	5.84
1973	5.36	5.67
1974	5.18	5.44
1975	4.99	5.24
1976	4.78	5.05
1977	4.58	4.84
1978	4.39	4.64
1979	4.22	4.47
1980	4.07	4.3
1981	3.94	4.15
1982	3.84	4.01
1983	3.75	3.95
1984	3.68	3.82
1985	3.61	3.69
1986	3.55	3.6
1987	3.49	3.53
1988	3.44	3.5
1989	3.36	3.48
1990	3.29	3.41
1991	3.21	3.35
1992	3.11	3.29
1993	3.01	3.23
1994	2.9	3.16
1995	2.79	3.1
1996	2.68	3.04
1997	2.6	2.92
1998	2.53	2.84
1999	2.46	2.85
2000	2.4	2.87
2001	2.34	2.83
2002	2.26	2.76
2003	2.19	2.7
2004	2.1	2.64
2005	2.02	2.57
2006	1.97	2.51
2007	1.93	2.51
2008	1.92	2.55
2009	1.92	2.57
2010	1.94	2.56
2011	1.96	2.53
2012	1.97	2.5
2013	1.98	2.47
2014	1.97	2.45
2015	1.95	2.43
2016	1.92	2.41
2017	1.88	2.4
2018	1.85	2.4
2019	1.82	2.37
2020	1.8	2.33
2021	1.78	2.29
2022	1.76	2.27
2023	1.75	2.24
2024	1.73	2.22
2025	1.71	2.19
2026	1.7	2.17
2027	1.68	2.15
2028	1.68	2.13
2029	1.67	2.11
2030	1.66	2.08
2031	1.65	2.07
2032	1.65	2.05
2033	1.65	2.03
2034	1.64	2.02
2035	1.64	2
2036	1.64	1.99
2037	1.64	1.98
2038	1.64	1.96
2039	1.63	1.95
2040	1.63	1.94
2041	1.63	1.93
2042	1.63	1.93
2043	1.62	1.92
2044	1.62	1.91
2045	1.62	1.9
2046	1.62	1.89
2047	1.62	1.89
2048	1.62	1.88
2049	1.62	1.87
2050	1.61	1.87

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Brunei	Dominican Republic
1960	44.1%	48.6%
1961	45.2%	48.9%
1962	46.1%	49.1%
1963	46.6%	49.2%
1964	46.6%	49.3%
1965	46.5%	49.4%
1966	46%	49.3%
1967	45.4%	49.2%
1968	44.8%	48.9%
1969	44.2%	48.6%
1970	43.6%	48.2%
1971	43.3%	47.7%
1972	43%	47.3%
1973	42.6%	46.8%
1974	42%	46.3%
1975	41.3%	45.8%
1976	40.6%	45.2%
1977	39.9%	44.7%
1978	39.3%	44.2%
1979	38.9%	43.7%
1980	38.5%	43.2%
1981	38.1%	42.7%
1982	37.6%	42.3%
1983	36.9%	41.8%
1984	36.3%	41.4%
1985	35.7%	41%
1986	35.2%	40.6%
1987	34.9%	40.2%
1988	34.7%	39.8%
1989	34.6%	39.4%
1990	34.4%	39.1%
1991	34.4%	38.7%
1992	34.3%	38.4%
1993	34.1%	38%
1994	33.7%	37.7%
1995	33.3%	37.3%
1996	32.7%	37%
1997	32.2%	36.6%
1998	31.6%	36.1%
1999	31%	35.7%
2000	30.3%	35.3%
2001	29.6%	35%
2002	28.9%	34.6%
2003	28.1%	34.2%
2004	27.4%	33.7%
2005	26.7%	33.2%
2006	25.9%	32.7%
2007	25.5%	32.2%
2008	25.5%	31.7%
2009	25.4%	31.3%
2010	25.3%	30.9%
2011	25.2%	30.5%
2012	24.9%	30.1%
2013	24.5%	29.8%
2014	24%	29.5%
2015	23.6%	29.2%
2016	23.1%	28.8%
2017	22.7%	28.5%
2018	22.3%	28.2%
2019	21.9%	27.9%
2020	21.6%	27.7%
2021	21.3%	27.4%
2022	21.2%	27.2%
2023	21%	26.9%
2024	20.8%	26.6%
2025	20.6%	26.2%
2026	20.4%	25.8%
2027	20.1%	25.4%
2028	19.8%	25.1%
2029	19.5%	24.7%
2030	19.1%	24.3%
2031	18.8%	24%
2032	18.5%	23.6%
2033	18.2%	23.3%
2034	18%	22.9%
2035	17.7%	22.6%
2036	17.5%	22.3%
2037	17.2%	22%
2038	17%	21.7%
2039	16.8%	21.5%
2040	16.6%	21.3%
2041	16.4%	21%
2042	16.3%	20.8%
2043	16.1%	20.6%
2044	16%	20.4%
2045	15.9%	20.3%
2046	15.8%	20.1%
2047	15.7%	19.9%
2048	15.7%	19.8%
2049	15.6%	19.6%
2050	15.6%	19.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 20.8% of the population in Brunei and 26.6% in the Dominican Republic in 2024, compared to 34.4% and 39.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Brunei and the Dominican Republic compared.

Natural population change in Brunei vs Dominican Republic by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.01% in Brunei 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
	Brunei	Dominican Republic
1960	3,168	117,346
1961	3,175	120,316
1962	3,128	122,977
1963	3,195	124,994
1964	3,264	127,504
1965	3,326	125,345
1966	3,403	132,096
1967	3,477	133,091
1968	3,551	133,666
1969	3,618	135,445
1970	3,694	137,835
1971	3,880	140,473
1972	4,085	143,255
1973	4,216	146,283
1974	4,334	147,652
1975	4,431	149,339
1976	4,518	151,201
1977	4,594	152,825
1978	4,668	154,043
1979	4,717	154,779
1980	4,775	157,697
1981	4,839	158,419
1982	4,931	159,597
1983	5,138	163,136
1984	5,373	164,263
1985	5,620	164,091
1986	5,826	165,674
1987	6,017	167,552
1988	6,135	171,291
1989	6,202	175,365
1990	6,265	176,748
1991	6,259	177,371
1992	6,169	177,481
1993	6,045	177,691
1994	5,907	176,882
1995	5,750	175,439
1996	5,606	174,008
1997	5,518	168,419
1998	5,466	164,287
1999	5,388	167,742
2000	5,331	171,684
2001	5,275	170,193
2002	5,169	166,740
2003	5,034	163,267
2004	4,874	158,789
2005	4,703	155,405
2006	4,590	151,122
2007	4,521	152,066
2008	4,624	156,664
2009	4,789	160,893
2010	5,003	162,072
2011	5,242	162,094
2012	5,349	160,915
2013	5,302	159,330
2014	5,206	157,260
2015	5,060	154,258
2016	4,876	151,550
2017	4,685	151,565
2018	4,502	150,852
2019	4,335	144,869
2020	4,188	137,417
2021	3,985	128,866
2022	3,319	138,767
2023	3,837	132,360

Maternal mortality chart: Brunei vs Dominican Republic

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 124 deaths in the Dominican Republic.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Brunei	Dominican Republic
1985	79	249
1986	78	241
1987	75	231
1988	73	221
1989	71	213
1990	68	203
1991	65	193
1992	62	185
1993	59	176
1994	58	166
1995	55	152
1996	54	138
1997	52	122
1998	51	109
1999	50	92
2000	48	76
2001	46	68
2002	46	68
2003	45	71
2004	44	78
2005	43	83
2006	42	87
2007	41	90
2008	40	94
2009	40	96
2010	40	92
2011	40	91
2012	40	89
2013	40	91
2014	40	95
2015	39	102
2016	39	106
2017	39	104
2018	39	107
2019	38	118
2020	39	121
2021	44	153
2022	88	124
2023	36	124

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.94% in Brunei 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
	Brunei	Dominican Republic
1960	8.9%	14.8%
1961	8.24%	14.6%
1962	7.66%	14.5%
1963	7.15%	14.3%
1964	6.7%	14.1%
1965	6.32%	13.8%
1966	5.98%	13.5%
1967	5.69%	13.3%
1968	5.42%	13%
1969	5.16%	12.7%
1970	4.91%	12.4%
1971	4.64%	12%
1972	4.35%	11.7%
1973	4.06%	11.3%
1974	3.77%	10.9%
1975	3.49%	10.5%
1976	3.21%	10.1%
1977	2.95%	9.71%
1978	2.71%	9.35%
1979	2.48%	9.01%
1980	2.28%	8.68%
1981	2.09%	8.36%
1982	1.93%	8.05%
1983	1.79%	7.76%
1984	1.67%	7.48%
1985	1.57%	7.21%
1986	1.48%	6.94%
1987	1.42%	6.69%
1988	1.38%	6.44%
1989	1.35%	6.19%
1990	1.33%	5.95%
1991	1.32%	5.7%
1992	1.31%	5.46%
1993	1.3%	5.22%
1994	1.27%	5%
1995	1.23%	4.78%
1996	1.19%	4.58%
1997	1.15%	4.4%
1998	1.1%	4.24%
1999	1.07%	4.1%
2000	1.03%	3.98%
2001	1%	3.88%
2002	0.98%	3.8%
2003	0.96%	3.73%
2004	0.95%	3.67%
2005	0.95%	3.62%
2006	0.95%	3.59%
2007	0.95%	3.56%
2008	0.96%	3.54%
2009	0.96%	3.52%
2010	0.97%	3.51%
2011	0.98%	3.5%
2012	0.99%	3.49%
2013	0.99%	3.5%
2014	1%	3.5%
2015	1%	3.5%
2016	1%	3.5%
2017	1%	3.5%
2018	0.99%	3.47%
2019	0.98%	3.43%
2020	0.97%	3.38%
2021	0.96%	3.31%
2022	0.95%	3.22%
2023	0.94%	3.14%