Fertility & birth rates in Canada and Dominica

Fertility rate in Canada vs Dominica chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Canada was 1.26 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 Canada 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
	Canada	Dominica
1960	3.81	6.18
1961	3.75	6.16
1962	3.68	6.12
1963	3.61	6.08
1964	3.46	6.03
1965	3.12	5.95
1966	2.75	5.86
1967	2.53	5.74
1968	2.39	5.59
1969	2.33	5.41
1970	2.26	5.22
1971	2.14	4.99
1972	1.98	4.67
1973	1.89	4.28
1974	1.84	3.84
1975	1.82	3.46
1976	1.8	3.19
1977	1.78	3.02
1978	1.77	2.96
1979	1.75	2.96
1980	1.74	3.04
1981	1.7	3.11
1982	1.69	3.17
1983	1.68	3.18
1984	1.65	3.15
1985	1.67	3.12
1986	1.68	3.08
1987	1.68	3.06
1988	1.68	3.06
1989	1.77	3.06
1990	1.83	3.09
1991	1.72	3.15
1992	1.71	3.18
1993	1.69	3.2
1994	1.69	2.96
1995	1.67	2.71
1996	1.63	2.55
1997	1.57	2.41
1998	1.56	2.32
1999	1.55	2.46
2000	1.51	2.35
2001	1.54	2.4
2002	1.52	2.16
2003	1.55	2.08
2004	1.56	2.02
2005	1.58	2
2006	1.63	2.07
2007	1.67	2.02
2008	1.7	1.97
2009	1.69	1.92
2010	1.65	1.89
2011	1.63	1.86
2012	1.63	1.83
2013	1.61	1.78
2014	1.61	1.71
2015	1.6	1.65
2016	1.59	1.58
2017	1.55	1.54
2018	1.51	1.52
2019	1.47	1.5
2020	1.41	1.5
2021	1.44	1.48
2022	1.33	1.48
2023	1.26	1.48
2024	1.25	1.48
2025	1.24	1.47
2026	1.24	1.46
2027	1.23	1.46
2028	1.24	1.46
2029	1.23	1.46
2030	1.24	1.46
2031	1.24	1.46
2032	1.24	1.46
2033	1.25	1.46
2034	1.25	1.46
2035	1.25	1.46
2036	1.26	1.46
2037	1.26	1.47
2038	1.26	1.47
2039	1.27	1.47
2040	1.27	1.47
2041	1.27	1.48
2042	1.28	1.48
2043	1.28	1.48
2044	1.28	1.48
2045	1.28	1.49
2046	1.29	1.49
2047	1.29	1.49
2048	1.29	1.49
2049	1.3	1.5
2050	1.3	1.5

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Canada	Dominica
1960	33.8%	44.7%
1961	33.9%	45%
1962	33.9%	45.3%
1963	33.9%	45.6%
1964	33.7%	46%
1965	33.3%	46.4%
1966	32.9%	46.9%
1967	32.3%	47.5%
1968	31.6%	48.1%
1969	31%	48.7%
1970	30.2%	48.7%
1971	29.3%	48.1%
1972	28.6%	47.3%
1973	27.8%	46.5%
1974	27%	45.7%
1975	26.2%	44.9%
1976	25.5%	44.1%
1977	24.7%	43.3%
1978	24%	42.5%
1979	23.4%	41.7%
1980	22.8%	40.7%
1981	22.3%	39.6%
1982	22%	38.2%
1983	21.8%	36.9%
1984	21.6%	35.8%
1985	21.3%	34.9%
1986	21.1%	34.2%
1987	20.9%	33.6%
1988	20.8%	33.2%
1989	20.8%	33.1%
1990	20.7%	33.1%
1991	20.7%	33.2%
1992	20.7%	33%
1993	20.7%	32.8%
1994	20.6%	32.6%
1995	20.4%	32.3%
1996	20.2%	31.9%
1997	20%	31.5%
1998	19.8%	31.1%
1999	19.5%	30.6%
2000	19.2%	30%
2001	18.9%	29.3%
2002	18.6%	28.7%
2003	18.3%	28%
2004	18%	27.4%
2005	17.7%	26.8%
2006	17.4%	26.2%
2007	17.1%	25.5%
2008	16.9%	24.7%
2009	16.7%	24.1%
2010	16.6%	23.5%
2011	16.4%	23.1%
2012	16.3%	22.6%
2013	16.3%	22.5%
2014	16.2%	22.3%
2015	16.2%	21.7%
2016	16.2%	20.8%
2017	16.2%	19.9%
2018	16.1%	19.5%
2019	16%	19.2%
2020	15.9%	18.8%
2021	15.7%	18.5%
2022	15.5%	18.3%
2023	15.3%	18.1%
2024	15.1%	17.9%
2025	15%	17.6%
2026	14.9%	17.4%
2027	14.7%	17.1%
2028	14.6%	16.8%
2029	14.5%	16.5%
2030	14.4%	16.3%
2031	14.3%	16%
2032	14.2%	15.9%
2033	14.1%	15.7%
2034	14%	15.6%
2035	13.9%	15.5%
2036	13.9%	15.4%
2037	13.8%	15.3%
2038	13.8%	15.3%
2039	13.7%	15.2%
2040	13.7%	15.2%
2041	13.6%	15.2%
2042	13.6%	15.1%
2043	13.6%	15.1%
2044	13.5%	15.1%
2045	13.5%	15.1%
2046	13.5%	15.1%
2047	13.5%	15%
2048	13.5%	15%
2049	13.5%	15%
2050	13.5%	14.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.1% of the population in Canada and 17.9% in Dominica in 2024, compared to 20.7% and 33.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Canada and Dominica compared.

Natural population change in Canada vs Dominica by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.22% in Canada 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
	Canada	Dominica
1960	338,487	1,720
1961	334,360	1,762
1962	325,745	1,786
1963	318,595	1,796
1964	307,268	1,792
1965	269,589	1,778
1966	236,566	1,752
1967	220,450	1,716
1968	211,589	1,673
1969	216,588	1,628
1970	215,372	1,574
1971	208,640	1,549
1972	188,857	1,497
1973	184,432	1,400
1974	182,464	1,267
1975	196,718	1,142
1976	196,979	1,050
1977	199,297	996
1978	194,102	991
1979	203,293	981
1980	203,480	1,090
1981	206,005	1,169
1982	200,935	1,250
1983	202,931	1,301
1984	204,856	1,308
1985	204,153	1,302
1986	190,532	1,285
1987	190,416	1,256
1988	192,901	1,222
1989	207,304	1,178
1990	213,222	1,138
1991	207,477	1,103
1992	204,273	1,111
1993	186,451	1,130
1994	179,804	1,002
1995	167,023	853
1996	153,973	753
1997	134,577	662
1998	126,651	595
1999	118,565	647
2000	110,469	561
2001	114,777	556
2002	106,621	429
2003	110,749	387
2004	111,786	360
2005	116,074	339
2006	130,285	364
2007	134,845	319
2008	142,963	272
2009	144,609	220
2010	139,425	171
2011	133,923	121
2012	135,382	167
2013	129,799	110
2014	127,563	257
2015	117,825	157
2016	115,555	177
2017	98,672	-124
2018	88,974	-60
2019	86,523	-75
2020	53,241	-88
2021	57,360	-205
2022	15,574	-118
2023	28,058	-111

Maternal mortality chart: Canada vs Dominica

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 12 deaths per 100,000 live births in Canada, compared to 36 deaths in Dominica.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Canada	Dominica
1985	7	61
1986	7	63
1987	7	63
1988	7	68
1989	8	69
1990	7	77
1991	8	81
1992	8	80
1993	8	79
1994	8	77
1995	8	73
1996	9	71
1997	8	67
1998	9	64
1999	9	64
2000	9	61
2001	10	58
2002	10	56
2003	10	55
2004	10	54
2005	11	54
2006	11	54
2007	11	53
2008	12	53
2009	12	50
2010	11	50
2011	11	49
2012	11	51
2013	11	50
2014	12	53
2015	11	63
2016	12	48
2017	12	44
2018	13	43
2019	12	41
2020	17	47
2021	14	110
2022	15	44
2023	12	36

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.51% in Canada 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
	Canada	Dominica
1960	3.26%	13.6%
1961	3.15%	12.4%
1962	3.05%	11.3%
1963	2.94%	10.3%
1964	2.82%	9.41%
1965	2.71%	8.59%
1966	2.6%	7.84%
1967	2.5%	7.16%
1968	2.4%	6.54%
1969	2.3%	5.98%
1970	2.19%	5.48%
1971	2.09%	5.02%
1972	1.99%	4.61%
1973	1.89%	4.24%
1974	1.79%	3.91%
1975	1.7%	3.61%
1976	1.6%	3.35%
1977	1.51%	3.12%
1978	1.42%	2.92%
1979	1.33%	2.74%
1980	1.25%	2.58%
1981	1.18%	2.45%
1982	1.12%	2.33%
1983	1.06%	2.22%
1984	1.01%	2.14%
1985	0.98%	2.06%
1986	0.94%	2%
1987	0.91%	1.95%
1988	0.88%	1.91%
1989	0.85%	1.88%
1990	0.82%	1.85%
1991	0.8%	1.84%
1992	0.77%	1.82%
1993	0.74%	1.82%
1994	0.72%	1.82%
1995	0.69%	1.83%
1996	0.67%	1.84%
1997	0.65%	1.86%
1998	0.64%	1.88%
1999	0.63%	1.91%
2000	0.62%	1.94%
2001	0.62%	1.97%
2002	0.62%	2.01%
2003	0.62%	2.06%
2004	0.61%	2.11%
2005	0.61%	2.16%
2006	0.6%	2.22%
2007	0.6%	2.28%
2008	0.59%	2.35%
2009	0.58%	2.42%
2010	0.57%	2.5%
2011	0.56%	2.57%
2012	0.56%	2.66%
2013	0.55%	2.74%
2014	0.54%	2.83%
2015	0.54%	2.93%
2016	0.53%	3.02%
2017	0.52%	3.12%
2018	0.52%	3.21%
2019	0.51%	3.3%
2020	0.51%	3.38%
2021	0.51%	3.45%
2022	0.51%	3.51%
2023	0.51%	3.55%