Fertility & birth rates in Burundi and Dominica

Fertility rate in Burundi vs Dominica chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Burundi was 4.88 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 Burundi 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
	Burundi	Dominica
1960	7	6.18
1961	7.02	6.16
1962	7.04	6.12
1963	7.07	6.08
1964	7.09	6.03
1965	7.11	5.95
1966	7.14	5.86
1967	7.16	5.74
1968	7.18	5.59
1969	7.22	5.41
1970	7.21	5.22
1971	7.21	4.99
1972	7.21	4.67
1973	7.22	4.28
1974	7.22	3.84
1975	7.24	3.46
1976	7.25	3.19
1977	7.25	3.02
1978	7.26	2.96
1979	7.31	2.96
1980	7.35	3.04
1981	7.33	3.11
1982	7.31	3.17
1983	7.3	3.18
1984	7.3	3.15
1985	7.29	3.12
1986	7.32	3.08
1987	7.38	3.06
1988	7.38	3.06
1989	7.39	3.06
1990	7.37	3.09
1991	7.34	3.15
1992	7.3	3.18
1993	7.27	3.2
1994	7.23	2.96
1995	7.18	2.71
1996	7.12	2.55
1997	7.04	2.41
1998	6.96	2.32
1999	6.9	2.46
2000	6.87	2.35
2001	6.85	2.4
2002	6.82	2.16
2003	6.79	2.08
2004	6.75	2.02
2005	6.71	2
2006	6.66	2.07
2007	6.59	2.02
2008	6.52	1.97
2009	6.41	1.92
2010	6.26	1.89
2011	6.11	1.86
2012	5.99	1.83
2013	5.89	1.78
2014	5.79	1.71
2015	5.7	1.65
2016	5.59	1.58
2017	5.48	1.54
2018	5.38	1.52
2019	5.27	1.5
2020	5.18	1.5
2021	5.08	1.48
2022	4.98	1.48
2023	4.88	1.48
2024	4.79	1.48
2025	4.68	1.47
2026	4.57	1.46
2027	4.46	1.46
2028	4.37	1.46
2029	4.28	1.46
2030	4.2	1.46
2031	4.11	1.46
2032	4.03	1.46
2033	3.95	1.46
2034	3.85	1.46
2035	3.78	1.46
2036	3.69	1.46
2037	3.62	1.47
2038	3.55	1.47
2039	3.49	1.47
2040	3.43	1.47
2041	3.37	1.48
2042	3.32	1.48
2043	3.27	1.48
2044	3.22	1.48
2045	3.17	1.49
2046	3.13	1.49
2047	3.08	1.49
2048	3.04	1.49
2049	3	1.5
2050	2.96	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Burundi	Dominica
1960	45.1%	44.7%
1961	45.2%	45%
1962	45.3%	45.3%
1963	45.5%	45.6%
1964	45.5%	46%
1965	45.4%	46.4%
1966	45.2%	46.9%
1967	45%	47.5%
1968	44.9%	48.1%
1969	44.9%	48.7%
1970	44.9%	48.7%
1971	44.9%	48.1%
1972	45.5%	47.3%
1973	46%	46.5%
1974	45.8%	45.7%
1975	45.7%	44.9%
1976	45.8%	44.1%
1977	45.8%	43.3%
1978	45.7%	42.5%
1979	45.8%	41.7%
1980	45.4%	40.7%
1981	45.2%	39.6%
1982	45.6%	38.2%
1983	45.9%	36.9%
1984	46.3%	35.8%
1985	46.8%	34.9%
1986	47.3%	34.2%
1987	47.6%	33.6%
1988	48%	33.2%
1989	48.4%	33.1%
1990	48.7%	33.1%
1991	48.9%	33.2%
1992	48.9%	33%
1993	51%	32.8%
1994	51.1%	32.6%
1995	49.1%	32.3%
1996	49.6%	31.9%
1997	49.9%	31.5%
1998	49.4%	31.1%
1999	48.7%	30.6%
2000	48.3%	30%
2001	47.7%	29.3%
2002	47.2%	28.7%
2003	46.7%	28%
2004	46.2%	27.4%
2005	45.8%	26.8%
2006	45.6%	26.2%
2007	45.4%	25.5%
2008	45.2%	24.7%
2009	45%	24.1%
2010	45.1%	23.5%
2011	45.4%	23.1%
2012	45.7%	22.6%
2013	46.1%	22.5%
2014	46.4%	22.3%
2015	47%	21.7%
2016	47.7%	20.8%
2017	47.9%	19.9%
2018	47.8%	19.5%
2019	47.3%	19.2%
2020	47%	18.8%
2021	46.5%	18.5%
2022	46%	18.3%
2023	45.4%	18.1%
2024	44.7%	17.9%
2025	44%	17.6%
2026	43.2%	17.4%
2027	42.5%	17.1%
2028	41.7%	16.8%
2029	41%	16.5%
2030	40.3%	16.3%
2031	39.7%	16%
2032	39.2%	15.9%
2033	38.8%	15.7%
2034	38.5%	15.6%
2035	38.1%	15.5%
2036	37.8%	15.4%
2037	37.5%	15.3%
2038	37.2%	15.3%
2039	36.9%	15.2%
2040	36.6%	15.2%
2041	36.4%	15.2%
2042	36.1%	15.1%
2043	35.9%	15.1%
2044	35.6%	15.1%
2045	35.4%	15.1%
2046	35.1%	15.1%
2047	34.8%	15%
2048	34.4%	15%
2049	34.1%	15%
2050	33.7%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 44.7% of the population in Burundi and 17.9% in Dominica in 2024, compared to 48.7% and 33.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Burundi and Dominica compared.

Natural population change in Burundi vs Dominica by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +3% in Burundi 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
	Burundi	Dominica
1960	70,032	1,720
1961	71,216	1,762
1962	74,710	1,786
1963	75,962	1,796
1964	77,528	1,792
1965	78,208	1,778
1966	83,651	1,752
1967	86,373	1,716
1968	88,765	1,673
1969	90,852	1,628
1970	92,476	1,574
1971	95,153	1,549
1972	30,532	1,497
1973	74,805	1,400
1974	95,486	1,267
1975	101,172	1,142
1976	104,396	1,050
1977	108,488	996
1978	114,884	991
1979	123,377	981
1980	127,746	1,090
1981	146,231	1,169
1982	147,090	1,250
1983	152,801	1,301
1984	154,366	1,308
1985	156,896	1,302
1986	156,170	1,285
1987	157,481	1,256
1988	145,234	1,222
1989	157,547	1,178
1990	156,617	1,138
1991	156,148	1,103
1992	156,420	1,111
1993	128,898	1,130
1994	112,968	1,002
1995	160,284	853
1996	158,920	753
1997	150,404	662
1998	154,010	595
1999	166,699	647
2000	173,867	561
2001	184,541	556
2002	201,892	429
2003	216,295	387
2004	234,891	360
2005	253,401	339
2006	269,874	364
2007	285,323	319
2008	300,750	272
2009	319,583	220
2010	341,808	171
2011	348,934	121
2012	354,068	167
2013	362,224	110
2014	367,797	257
2015	370,856	157
2016	358,393	177
2017	353,879	-124
2018	351,704	-60
2019	357,672	-75
2020	361,654	-88
2021	359,844	-205
2022	363,786	-118
2023	368,917	-111

Maternal mortality chart: Burundi vs Dominica

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 392 deaths per 100,000 live births in Burundi, compared to 36 deaths in Dominica.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Burundi	Dominica
1985	1,428	61
1986	1,441	63
1987	1,446	63
1988	1,519	68
1989	1,511	69
1990	1,515	77
1991	1,513	81
1992	1,464	80
1993	1,801	79
1994	1,215	77
1995	1,293	73
1996	1,236	71
1997	1,100	67
1998	969	64
1999	899	64
2000	860	61
2001	799	58
2002	743	56
2003	705	55
2004	687	54
2005	685	54
2006	670	54
2007	655	53
2008	635	53
2009	612	50
2010	614	50
2011	597	49
2012	575	51
2013	555	50
2014	533	53
2015	525	63
2016	501	48
2017	482	44
2018	464	43
2019	449	41
2020	441	47
2021	447	110
2022	412	44
2023	392	36

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 4.92% in Burundi 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
	Burundi	Dominica
1960	-	13.6%
1961	-	12.4%
1962	-	11.3%
1963	-	10.3%
1964	24.2%	9.41%
1965	24.4%	8.59%
1966	24.5%	7.84%
1967	24.7%	7.16%
1968	24.9%	6.54%
1969	25%	5.98%
1970	25.1%	5.48%
1971	25.1%	5.02%
1972	31.9%	4.61%
1973	25.2%	4.24%
1974	25.2%	3.91%
1975	25.1%	3.61%
1976	25%	3.35%
1977	24.6%	3.12%
1978	24.1%	2.92%
1979	23.3%	2.74%
1980	22.4%	2.58%
1981	21.4%	2.45%
1982	20.3%	2.33%
1983	19.3%	2.22%
1984	18.4%	2.14%
1985	17.7%	2.06%
1986	17.2%	2%
1987	16.9%	1.95%
1988	16.8%	1.91%
1989	16.9%	1.88%
1990	17%	1.85%
1991	17.1%	1.84%
1992	17.2%	1.82%
1993	19.5%	1.82%
1994	17.2%	1.82%
1995	17.1%	1.83%
1996	17%	1.84%
1997	16.7%	1.86%
1998	16.3%	1.88%
1999	15.9%	1.91%
2000	15.4%	1.94%
2001	14.9%	1.97%
2002	14.3%	2.01%
2003	13.7%	2.06%
2004	13.1%	2.11%
2005	12.4%	2.16%
2006	11.7%	2.22%
2007	11%	2.28%
2008	10.3%	2.35%
2009	9.66%	2.42%
2010	9.08%	2.5%
2011	8.53%	2.57%
2012	8.02%	2.66%
2013	7.55%	2.74%
2014	7.13%	2.83%
2015	6.76%	2.93%
2016	6.44%	3.02%
2017	6.15%	3.12%
2018	5.9%	3.21%
2019	5.67%	3.3%
2020	5.46%	3.38%
2021	5.26%	3.45%
2022	5.08%	3.51%
2023	4.92%	3.55%