Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Guinea

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Guinea 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 4.22 in Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs Guinea 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	Guinea
1960	6.18	6.11
1961	6.16	6.13
1962	6.12	6.14
1963	6.08	6.15
1964	6.03	6.17
1965	5.95	6.18
1966	5.86	6.19
1967	5.74	6.2
1968	5.59	6.21
1969	5.41	6.23
1970	5.22	6.24
1971	4.99	6.26
1972	4.67	6.28
1973	4.28	6.31
1974	3.84	6.34
1975	3.46	6.37
1976	3.19	6.4
1977	3.02	6.43
1978	2.96	6.44
1979	2.96	6.45
1980	3.04	6.46
1981	3.11	6.46
1982	3.17	6.49
1983	3.18	6.49
1984	3.15	6.51
1985	3.12	6.53
1986	3.08	6.55
1987	3.06	6.57
1988	3.06	6.56
1989	3.06	6.55
1990	3.09	6.52
1991	3.15	6.48
1992	3.18	6.45
1993	3.2	6.41
1994	2.96	6.36
1995	2.71	6.29
1996	2.55	6.21
1997	2.41	6.12
1998	2.32	6.05
1999	2.46	5.99
2000	2.35	5.92
2001	2.4	5.83
2002	2.16	5.78
2003	2.08	5.74
2004	2.02	5.73
2005	2	5.73
2006	2.07	5.7
2007	2.02	5.66
2008	1.97	5.6
2009	1.92	5.53
2010	1.89	5.44
2011	1.86	5.34
2012	1.83	5.23
2013	1.78	5.15
2014	1.71	5.07
2015	1.65	5
2016	1.58	4.92
2017	1.54	4.79
2018	1.52	4.67
2019	1.5	4.58
2020	1.5	4.49
2021	1.48	4.4
2022	1.48	4.3
2023	1.48	4.22
2024	1.48	4.13
2025	1.47	4.04
2026	1.46	3.96
2027	1.46	3.89
2028	1.46	3.81
2029	1.46	3.73
2030	1.46	3.66
2031	1.46	3.59
2032	1.46	3.52
2033	1.46	3.45
2034	1.46	3.38
2035	1.46	3.32
2036	1.46	3.27
2037	1.47	3.21
2038	1.47	3.16
2039	1.47	3.12
2040	1.47	3.07
2041	1.48	3.02
2042	1.48	2.98
2043	1.48	2.94
2044	1.48	2.9
2045	1.49	2.86
2046	1.49	2.82
2047	1.49	2.79
2048	1.49	2.75
2049	1.5	2.73
2050	1.5	2.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Guinea
1960	44.7%	39.6%
1961	45%	39.7%
1962	45.3%	39.9%
1963	45.6%	39.9%
1964	46%	40%
1965	46.4%	40.1%
1966	46.9%	40.2%
1967	47.5%	40.2%
1968	48.1%	40.3%
1969	48.7%	40.3%
1970	48.7%	40.4%
1971	48.1%	40.5%
1972	47.3%	40.7%
1973	46.5%	40.9%
1974	45.7%	41.1%
1975	44.9%	41.3%
1976	44.1%	41.5%
1977	43.3%	41.8%
1978	42.5%	42%
1979	41.7%	42.2%
1980	40.7%	42.4%
1981	39.6%	42.6%
1982	38.2%	42.7%
1983	36.9%	42.8%
1984	35.8%	42.9%
1985	34.9%	43%
1986	34.2%	43%
1987	33.6%	43.1%
1988	33.2%	43.1%
1989	33.1%	43.2%
1990	33.1%	43.3%
1991	33.2%	43.4%
1992	33%	43.5%
1993	32.8%	43.6%
1994	32.6%	43.7%
1995	32.3%	43.8%
1996	31.9%	43.9%
1997	31.5%	44.2%
1998	31.1%	44.5%
1999	30.6%	44.7%
2000	30%	44.9%
2001	29.3%	45.3%
2002	28.7%	45.5%
2003	28%	45.4%
2004	27.4%	45.3%
2005	26.8%	45.3%
2006	26.2%	45.3%
2007	25.5%	45.1%
2008	24.7%	44.9%
2009	24.1%	44.7%
2010	23.5%	44.5%
2011	23.1%	44.2%
2012	22.6%	44%
2013	22.5%	43.8%
2014	22.3%	43.5%
2015	21.7%	43.3%
2016	20.8%	43.1%
2017	19.9%	42.9%
2018	19.5%	42.6%
2019	19.2%	42.4%
2020	18.8%	42.1%
2021	18.5%	41.9%
2022	18.3%	41.6%
2023	18.1%	41.2%
2024	17.9%	40.9%
2025	17.6%	40.5%
2026	17.4%	40.2%
2027	17.1%	39.8%
2028	16.8%	39.5%
2029	16.5%	39.1%
2030	16.3%	38.7%
2031	16%	38.3%
2032	15.9%	37.9%
2033	15.7%	37.5%
2034	15.6%	37%
2035	15.5%	36.6%
2036	15.4%	36.2%
2037	15.3%	35.7%
2038	15.3%	35.3%
2039	15.2%	34.9%
2040	15.2%	34.5%
2041	15.2%	34.1%
2042	15.1%	33.7%
2043	15.1%	33.3%
2044	15.1%	32.9%
2045	15.1%	32.5%
2046	15.1%	32.2%
2047	15%	31.8%
2048	15%	31.5%
2049	15%	31.2%
2050	14.9%	30.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 40.9% in Guinea in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 43.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +2.6% in Guinea. 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	Guinea
1960	1,720	61,848
1961	1,762	63,766
1962	1,786	65,672
1963	1,796	67,690
1964	1,792	69,848
1965	1,778	72,134
1966	1,752	74,748
1967	1,716	77,251
1968	1,673	79,892
1969	1,628	82,799
1970	1,574	85,418
1971	1,549	88,358
1972	1,497	91,147
1973	1,400	93,764
1974	1,267	96,315
1975	1,142	99,267
1976	1,050	102,449
1977	996	105,990
1978	991	109,415
1979	981	113,141
1980	1,090	117,186
1981	1,169	121,223
1982	1,250	126,831
1983	1,301	130,629
1984	1,308	136,640
1985	1,302	142,313
1986	1,285	148,137
1987	1,256	154,178
1988	1,222	159,566
1989	1,178	164,707
1990	1,138	169,926
1991	1,103	181,299
1992	1,111	189,682
1993	1,130	195,612
1994	1,002	201,439
1995	853	205,644
1996	753	214,896
1997	662	220,373
1998	595	219,385
1999	647	223,968
2000	561	227,081
2001	556	227,642
2002	429	229,022
2003	387	234,774
2004	360	242,075
2005	339	251,209
2006	364	258,518
2007	319	266,070
2008	272	274,327
2009	220	281,920
2010	171	288,512
2011	121	293,318
2012	167	298,094
2013	110	304,430
2014	257	309,539
2015	157	316,604
2016	177	324,608
2017	-124	328,542
2018	-60	332,585
2019	-75	338,984
2020	-88	342,289
2021	-205	345,121
2022	-118	352,517
2023	-111	356,147

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Guinea

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 494 deaths in Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Guinea
1985	61	1,248
1986	63	1,234
1987	63	1,218
1988	68	1,202
1989	69	1,188
1990	77	1,162
1991	81	1,143
1992	80	1,124
1993	79	1,094
1994	77	1,081
1995	73	1,042
1996	71	1,010
1997	67	994
1998	64	971
1999	64	960
2000	61	951
2001	58	946
2002	56	916
2003	55	892
2004	54	869
2005	54	843
2006	54	825
2007	53	802
2008	53	772
2009	50	766
2010	50	750
2011	49	728
2012	51	703
2013	50	682
2014	53	664
2015	63	642
2016	48	606
2017	44	582
2018	43	560
2019	41	548
2020	47	528
2021	110	533
2022	44	500
2023	36	494

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 9.5% in Guinea. 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	Guinea
1960	13.6%	35%
1961	12.4%	34.7%
1962	11.3%	34.4%
1963	10.3%	34.2%
1964	9.41%	33.9%
1965	8.59%	33.6%
1966	7.84%	33.4%
1967	7.16%	33.1%
1968	6.54%	32.8%
1969	5.98%	32.5%
1970	5.48%	32.2%
1971	5.02%	31.9%
1972	4.61%	31.6%
1973	4.24%	31.3%
1974	3.91%	30.9%
1975	3.61%	30.6%
1976	3.35%	30.1%
1977	3.12%	29.7%
1978	2.92%	29.2%
1979	2.74%	28.7%
1980	2.58%	28.2%
1981	2.45%	27.7%
1982	2.33%	27.2%
1983	2.22%	26.7%
1984	2.14%	26.2%
1985	2.06%	25.8%
1986	2%	25.3%
1987	1.95%	24.8%
1988	1.91%	24.4%
1989	1.88%	23.9%
1990	1.85%	23.3%
1991	1.84%	22.7%
1992	1.82%	22.1%
1993	1.82%	21.4%
1994	1.82%	20.7%
1995	1.83%	20%
1996	1.84%	19.3%
1997	1.86%	18.6%
1998	1.88%	17.9%
1999	1.91%	17.2%
2000	1.94%	16.5%
2001	1.97%	15.9%
2002	2.01%	15.2%
2003	2.06%	14.6%
2004	2.11%	14.1%
2005	2.16%	13.7%
2006	2.22%	13.3%
2007	2.28%	12.9%
2008	2.35%	12.7%
2009	2.42%	12.4%
2010	2.5%	12.2%
2011	2.57%	12%
2012	2.66%	11.8%
2013	2.74%	11.7%
2014	2.83%	11.6%
2015	2.93%	11.4%
2016	3.02%	11.2%
2017	3.12%	11%
2018	3.21%	10.8%
2019	3.3%	10.6%
2020	3.38%	10.3%
2021	3.45%	10.1%
2022	3.51%	9.78%
2023	3.55%	9.5%