Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Ghana

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Ghana 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 3.4 in Ghana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs Ghana 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	Ghana
1960	6.18	6.89
1961	6.16	6.91
1962	6.12	6.94
1963	6.08	6.94
1964	6.03	6.9
1965	5.95	6.88
1966	5.86	6.86
1967	5.74	6.89
1968	5.59	6.89
1969	5.41	6.95
1970	5.22	6.95
1971	4.99	6.95
1972	4.67	6.92
1973	4.28	6.87
1974	3.84	6.82
1975	3.46	6.76
1976	3.19	6.7
1977	3.02	6.64
1978	2.96	6.56
1979	2.96	6.51
1980	3.04	6.47
1981	3.11	6.42
1982	3.17	6.31
1983	3.18	6.23
1984	3.15	6.15
1985	3.12	6.12
1986	3.08	6.08
1987	3.06	6.02
1988	3.06	5.92
1989	3.06	5.82
1990	3.09	5.74
1991	3.15	5.63
1992	3.18	5.52
1993	3.2	5.41
1994	2.96	5.25
1995	2.71	5.11
1996	2.55	4.96
1997	2.41	4.88
1998	2.32	4.83
1999	2.46	4.82
2000	2.35	4.83
2001	2.4	4.77
2002	2.16	4.69
2003	2.08	4.6
2004	2.02	4.5
2005	2	4.5
2006	2.07	4.4
2007	2.02	4.29
2008	1.97	4.22
2009	1.92	4.18
2010	1.89	4.18
2011	1.86	4.18
2012	1.83	4.15
2013	1.78	4.11
2014	1.71	4.03
2015	1.65	3.98
2016	1.58	3.87
2017	1.54	3.72
2018	1.52	3.65
2019	1.5	3.59
2020	1.5	3.54
2021	1.48	3.49
2022	1.48	3.43
2023	1.48	3.4
2024	1.48	3.34
2025	1.47	3.3
2026	1.46	3.26
2027	1.46	3.22
2028	1.46	3.18
2029	1.46	3.14
2030	1.46	3.1
2031	1.46	3.06
2032	1.46	3.03
2033	1.46	2.99
2034	1.46	2.96
2035	1.46	2.93
2036	1.46	2.9
2037	1.47	2.87
2038	1.47	2.84
2039	1.47	2.81
2040	1.47	2.78
2041	1.48	2.76
2042	1.48	2.73
2043	1.48	2.71
2044	1.48	2.68
2045	1.49	2.66
2046	1.49	2.64
2047	1.49	2.62
2048	1.49	2.59
2049	1.5	2.57
2050	1.5	2.55

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Ghana
1960	44.7%	45.4%
1961	45%	45.9%
1962	45.3%	46.4%
1963	45.6%	46.8%
1964	46%	47.1%
1965	46.4%	47.4%
1966	46.9%	47.6%
1967	47.5%	47.8%
1968	48.1%	47.9%
1969	48.7%	48.1%
1970	48.7%	48.2%
1971	48.1%	48.4%
1972	47.3%	48.4%
1973	46.5%	48.4%
1974	45.7%	48.3%
1975	44.9%	48.2%
1976	44.1%	47.9%
1977	43.3%	47.5%
1978	42.5%	47%
1979	41.7%	46.5%
1980	40.7%	46.2%
1981	39.6%	45.9%
1982	38.2%	45.7%
1983	36.9%	45.4%
1984	35.8%	45.2%
1985	34.9%	45.3%
1986	34.2%	45.4%
1987	33.6%	45.5%
1988	33.2%	45.4%
1989	33.1%	45.4%
1990	33.1%	45.3%
1991	33.2%	45.2%
1992	33%	45%
1993	32.8%	44.8%
1994	32.6%	44.5%
1995	32.3%	44.2%
1996	31.9%	43.9%
1997	31.5%	43.5%
1998	31.1%	43.1%
1999	30.6%	42.7%
2000	30%	42.3%
2001	29.3%	41.9%
2002	28.7%	41.5%
2003	28%	41.1%
2004	27.4%	40.7%
2005	26.8%	40.4%
2006	26.2%	40.1%
2007	25.5%	39.8%
2008	24.7%	39.5%
2009	24.1%	39.3%
2010	23.5%	39.1%
2011	23.1%	39%
2012	22.6%	38.9%
2013	22.5%	38.9%
2014	22.3%	38.8%
2015	21.7%	38.6%
2016	20.8%	38.4%
2017	19.9%	38.1%
2018	19.5%	37.8%
2019	19.2%	37.6%
2020	18.8%	37.2%
2021	18.5%	36.9%
2022	18.3%	36.5%
2023	18.1%	36.2%
2024	17.9%	35.8%
2025	17.6%	35.4%
2026	17.4%	35%
2027	17.1%	34.6%
2028	16.8%	34.1%
2029	16.5%	33.7%
2030	16.3%	33.3%
2031	16%	32.8%
2032	15.9%	32.5%
2033	15.7%	32.2%
2034	15.6%	31.9%
2035	15.5%	31.6%
2036	15.4%	31.4%
2037	15.3%	31.2%
2038	15.3%	30.9%
2039	15.2%	30.7%
2040	15.2%	30.5%
2041	15.2%	30.3%
2042	15.1%	30.1%
2043	15.1%	29.8%
2044	15.1%	29.6%
2045	15.1%	29.4%
2046	15.1%	29.2%
2047	15%	29%
2048	15%	28.8%
2049	15%	28.5%
2050	14.9%	28.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 35.8% in Ghana in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 45.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and Ghana compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Ghana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +2.1% in Ghana. 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	Ghana
1960	1,720	217,134
1961	1,762	222,372
1962	1,786	223,842
1963	1,796	225,367
1964	1,792	226,685
1965	1,778	229,061
1966	1,752	231,440
1967	1,716	237,156
1968	1,673	242,821
1969	1,628	251,925
1970	1,574	257,938
1971	1,549	265,442
1972	1,497	275,236
1973	1,400	283,385
1974	1,267	290,796
1975	1,142	298,267
1976	1,050	305,769
1977	996	315,429
1978	991	324,428
1979	981	334,848
1980	1,090	346,816
1981	1,169	359,572
1982	1,250	369,061
1983	1,301	379,846
1984	1,308	392,053
1985	1,302	401,722
1986	1,285	411,191
1987	1,256	419,328
1988	1,222	425,031
1989	1,178	432,541
1990	1,138	442,211
1991	1,103	448,159
1992	1,111	452,156
1993	1,130	454,669
1994	1,002	449,589
1995	853	451,748
1996	753	450,259
1997	662	459,822
1998	595	471,313
1999	647	487,210
2000	561	508,738
2001	556	519,382
2002	429	528,620
2003	387	536,656
2004	360	543,339
2005	339	563,234
2006	364	569,474
2007	319	572,332
2008	272	579,695
2009	220	592,825
2010	171	613,133
2011	121	631,501
2012	167	646,595
2013	110	658,638
2014	257	660,829
2015	157	667,729
2016	177	659,910
2017	-124	641,218
2018	-60	641,551
2019	-75	642,403
2020	-88	637,469
2021	-205	635,805
2022	-118	646,441
2023	-111	651,094

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Ghana

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 234 deaths in Ghana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Ghana
1985	61	943
1986	63	908
1987	63	873
1988	68	834
1989	69	799
1990	77	769
1991	81	745
1992	80	718
1993	79	696
1994	77	670
1995	73	630
1996	71	591
1997	67	553
1998	64	521
1999	64	490
2000	61	472
2001	58	460
2002	56	434
2003	55	410
2004	54	403
2005	54	390
2006	54	385
2007	53	377
2008	53	380
2009	50	369
2010	50	363
2011	49	356
2012	51	351
2013	50	338
2014	53	317
2015	63	310
2016	48	296
2017	44	287
2018	43	276
2019	41	260
2020	47	253
2021	110	264
2022	44	239
2023	36	234

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 3.71% in Ghana. 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	Ghana
1960	13.6%	20.9%
1961	12.4%	20.7%
1962	11.3%	20.5%
1963	10.3%	20.4%
1964	9.41%	20.3%
1965	8.59%	20.3%
1966	7.84%	20.3%
1967	7.16%	20.3%
1968	6.54%	20.3%
1969	5.98%	20.3%
1970	5.48%	20.2%
1971	5.02%	20.1%
1972	4.61%	19.9%
1973	4.24%	19.6%
1974	3.91%	19.2%
1975	3.61%	18.7%
1976	3.35%	18.2%
1977	3.12%	17.7%
1978	2.92%	17.2%
1979	2.74%	16.9%
1980	2.58%	16.7%
1981	2.45%	16.6%
1982	2.33%	16.4%
1983	2.22%	16.2%
1984	2.14%	15.9%
1985	2.06%	15.5%
1986	2%	15%
1987	1.95%	14.4%
1988	1.91%	13.8%
1989	1.88%	13.3%
1990	1.85%	12.8%
1991	1.84%	12.3%
1992	1.82%	12%
1993	1.82%	11.8%
1994	1.82%	11.6%
1995	1.83%	11.5%
1996	1.84%	11.3%
1997	1.86%	11.1%
1998	1.88%	10.8%
1999	1.91%	10.4%
2000	1.94%	10%
2001	1.97%	9.61%
2002	2.01%	9.21%
2003	2.06%	8.85%
2004	2.11%	8.52%
2005	2.16%	8.22%
2006	2.22%	7.93%
2007	2.28%	7.63%
2008	2.35%	7.31%
2009	2.42%	6.99%
2010	2.5%	6.65%
2011	2.57%	6.33%
2012	2.66%	6.02%
2013	2.74%	5.74%
2014	2.83%	5.48%
2015	2.93%	5.25%
2016	3.02%	5.02%
2017	3.12%	4.81%
2018	3.21%	4.6%
2019	3.3%	4.39%
2020	3.38%	4.2%
2021	3.45%	4.02%
2022	3.51%	3.85%
2023	3.55%	3.71%