Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Fiji

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Fiji chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Dominica was 1.48 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.28 in Fiji in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Dominica	Fiji
1960	6.18	6.36
1961	6.16	6.28
1962	6.12	6.2
1963	6.08	6.09
1964	6.03	5.96
1965	5.95	5.76
1966	5.86	5.55
1967	5.74	5.33
1968	5.59	5.11
1969	5.41	4.91
1970	5.22	4.71
1971	4.99	4.51
1972	4.67	4.32
1973	4.28	4.16
1974	3.84	4.07
1975	3.46	4.1
1976	3.19	4.12
1977	3.02	4.11
1978	2.96	4.1
1979	2.96	4.08
1980	3.04	4.04
1981	3.11	3.99
1982	3.17	3.94
1983	3.18	3.88
1984	3.15	3.8
1985	3.12	3.66
1986	3.08	3.54
1987	3.06	3.48
1988	3.06	3.43
1989	3.06	3.4
1990	3.09	3.39
1991	3.15	3.37
1992	3.18	3.33
1993	3.2	3.29
1994	2.96	3.26
1995	2.71	3.25
1996	2.55	3.25
1997	2.41	3.19
1998	2.32	3.12
1999	2.46	3.05
2000	2.35	2.99
2001	2.4	2.97
2002	2.16	2.97
2003	2.08	2.96
2004	2.02	2.94
2005	2	2.92
2006	2.07	2.91
2007	2.02	2.87
2008	1.97	2.82
2009	1.92	2.76
2010	1.89	2.7
2011	1.86	2.63
2012	1.83	2.61
2013	1.78	2.6
2014	1.71	2.59
2015	1.65	2.57
2016	1.58	2.52
2017	1.54	2.46
2018	1.52	2.42
2019	1.5	2.38
2020	1.5	2.36
2021	1.48	2.33
2022	1.48	2.31
2023	1.48	2.28
2024	1.48	2.27
2025	1.47	2.25
2026	1.46	2.23
2027	1.46	2.21
2028	1.46	2.2
2029	1.46	2.18
2030	1.46	2.16
2031	1.46	2.15
2032	1.46	2.13
2033	1.46	2.12
2034	1.46	2.1
2035	1.46	2.09
2036	1.46	2.07
2037	1.47	2.06
2038	1.47	2.05
2039	1.47	2.04
2040	1.47	2.03
2041	1.48	2.01
2042	1.48	2.01
2043	1.48	1.99
2044	1.48	1.98
2045	1.49	1.97
2046	1.49	1.96
2047	1.49	1.95
2048	1.49	1.94
2049	1.5	1.94
2050	1.5	1.93

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Fiji
1960	44.7%	46.4%
1961	45%	46.5%
1962	45.3%	46.5%
1963	45.6%	46.5%
1964	46%	46.4%
1965	46.4%	46.4%
1966	46.9%	46.3%
1967	47.5%	46.1%
1968	48.1%	45.9%
1969	48.7%	45.6%
1970	48.7%	45.2%
1971	48.1%	44.7%
1972	47.3%	44.2%
1973	46.5%	43.5%
1974	45.7%	42.8%
1975	44.9%	42.2%
1976	44.1%	41.5%
1977	43.3%	40.9%
1978	42.5%	40.4%
1979	41.7%	40%
1980	40.7%	39.6%
1981	39.6%	39.3%
1982	38.2%	39.1%
1983	36.9%	39%
1984	35.8%	38.9%
1985	34.9%	38.9%
1986	34.2%	38.8%
1987	33.6%	38.7%
1988	33.2%	38.7%
1989	33.1%	38.7%
1990	33.1%	38.7%
1991	33.2%	38.5%
1992	33%	38.2%
1993	32.8%	37.9%
1994	32.6%	37.5%
1995	32.3%	37.1%
1996	31.9%	36.6%
1997	31.5%	36.1%
1998	31.1%	35.5%
1999	30.6%	34.9%
2000	30%	34.3%
2001	29.3%	33.8%
2002	28.7%	33.4%
2003	28%	33%
2004	27.4%	32.6%
2005	26.8%	32.2%
2006	26.2%	31.9%
2007	25.5%	31.6%
2008	24.7%	31.3%
2009	24.1%	31%
2010	23.5%	30.8%
2011	23.1%	30.5%
2012	22.6%	30.2%
2013	22.5%	30%
2014	22.3%	29.8%
2015	21.7%	29.6%
2016	20.8%	29.5%
2017	19.9%	29.2%
2018	19.5%	28.9%
2019	19.2%	28.6%
2020	18.8%	28.3%
2021	18.5%	28%
2022	18.3%	27.7%
2023	18.1%	27.4%
2024	17.9%	27.1%
2025	17.6%	26.8%
2026	17.4%	26.6%
2027	17.1%	26.3%
2028	16.8%	26%
2029	16.5%	25.7%
2030	16.3%	25.4%
2031	16%	25%
2032	15.9%	24.7%
2033	15.7%	24.5%
2034	15.6%	24.2%
2035	15.5%	24%
2036	15.4%	23.8%
2037	15.3%	23.6%
2038	15.3%	23.5%
2039	15.2%	23.3%
2040	15.2%	23.2%
2041	15.2%	23%
2042	15.1%	22.9%
2043	15.1%	22.7%
2044	15.1%	22.6%
2045	15.1%	22.4%
2046	15.1%	22.3%
2047	15%	22.1%
2048	15%	21.9%
2049	15%	21.8%
2050	14.9%	21.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 27.1% in Fiji in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 38.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and Fiji compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Fiji by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +1.03% in Fiji. 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
	Dominica	Fiji
1960	1,720	13,313
1961	1,762	13,653
1962	1,786	14,429
1963	1,796	14,774
1964	1,792	14,979
1965	1,778	15,166
1966	1,752	15,111
1967	1,716	14,861
1968	1,673	14,831
1969	1,628	14,669
1970	1,574	14,538
1971	1,549	14,313
1972	1,497	13,905
1973	1,400	13,383
1974	1,267	13,557
1975	1,142	14,272
1976	1,050	14,933
1977	996	15,532
1978	991	16,196
1979	981	16,450
1980	1,090	16,907
1981	1,169	17,282
1982	1,250	17,681
1983	1,301	18,237
1984	1,308	18,499
1985	1,302	18,469
1986	1,285	18,024
1987	1,256	17,987
1988	1,222	18,063
1989	1,178	18,007
1990	1,138	17,748
1991	1,103	17,617
1992	1,111	17,170
1993	1,130	16,751
1994	1,002	16,424
1995	853	16,273
1996	753	16,163
1997	662	15,750
1998	595	15,464
1999	647	15,229
2000	561	14,724
2001	556	14,720
2002	429	14,468
2003	387	14,527
2004	360	14,526
2005	339	14,503
2006	364	14,555
2007	319	14,349
2008	272	14,000
2009	220	13,540
2010	171	13,227
2011	121	12,657
2012	167	11,716
2013	110	11,972
2014	257	11,680
2015	157	11,213
2016	177	10,807
2017	-124	10,413
2018	-60	9,779
2019	-75	9,271
2020	-88	8,730
2021	-205	6,777
2022	-118	8,223
2023	-111	8,078

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Fiji

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 Dominica, compared to 30 deaths in Fiji.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Fiji
1985	61	78
1986	63	76
1987	63	74
1988	68	71
1989	69	70
1990	77	70
1991	81	67
1992	80	64
1993	79	62
1994	77	58
1995	73	55
1996	71	53
1997	67	51
1998	64	49
1999	64	46
2000	61	47
2001	58	46
2002	56	48
2003	55	47
2004	54	46
2005	54	44
2006	54	43
2007	53	43
2008	53	42
2009	50	41
2010	50	40
2011	49	39
2012	51	42
2013	50	40
2014	53	38
2015	63	37
2016	48	38
2017	44	34
2018	43	35
2019	41	34
2020	47	34
2021	110	68
2022	44	32
2023	36	30

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 2.91% in Fiji. 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
	Dominica	Fiji
1960	13.6%	7.89%
1961	12.4%	7.53%
1962	11.3%	7.21%
1963	10.3%	6.9%
1964	9.41%	6.61%
1965	8.59%	6.35%
1966	7.84%	6.14%
1967	7.16%	5.97%
1968	6.54%	5.84%
1969	5.98%	5.75%
1970	5.48%	5.69%
1971	5.02%	5.66%
1972	4.61%	5.63%
1973	4.24%	5.59%
1974	3.91%	5.52%
1975	3.61%	5.41%
1976	3.35%	5.27%
1977	3.12%	5.1%
1978	2.92%	4.9%
1979	2.74%	4.68%
1980	2.58%	4.46%
1981	2.45%	4.24%
1982	2.33%	4.03%
1983	2.22%	3.84%
1984	2.14%	3.67%
1985	2.06%	3.51%
1986	2%	3.37%
1987	1.95%	3.24%
1988	1.91%	3.12%
1989	1.88%	3%
1990	1.85%	2.89%
1991	1.84%	2.78%
1992	1.82%	2.68%
1993	1.82%	2.6%
1994	1.82%	2.52%
1995	1.83%	2.45%
1996	1.84%	2.39%
1997	1.86%	2.35%
1998	1.88%	2.31%
1999	1.91%	2.28%
2000	1.94%	2.27%
2001	1.97%	2.26%
2002	2.01%	2.27%
2003	2.06%	2.28%
2004	2.11%	2.31%
2005	2.16%	2.33%
2006	2.22%	2.35%
2007	2.28%	2.35%
2008	2.35%	2.32%
2009	2.42%	2.28%
2010	2.5%	2.22%
2011	2.57%	2.16%
2012	2.66%	2.1%
2013	2.74%	2.07%
2014	2.83%	2.06%
2015	2.93%	2.09%
2016	3.02%	2.16%
2017	3.12%	2.27%
2018	3.21%	2.41%
2019	3.3%	2.57%
2020	3.38%	2.72%
2021	3.45%	2.83%
2022	3.51%	2.89%
2023	3.55%	2.91%