Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Guinea-Bissau 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 3.84 in Guinea-Bissau in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs Guinea-Bissau 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-Bissau
1960	6.18	5.92
1961	6.16	5.93
1962	6.12	5.94
1963	6.08	5.95
1964	6.03	5.96
1965	5.95	5.97
1966	5.86	5.98
1967	5.74	5.99
1968	5.59	6.01
1969	5.41	6.02
1970	5.22	6.04
1971	4.99	6.06
1972	4.67	6.08
1973	4.28	6.1
1974	3.84	6.12
1975	3.46	6.15
1976	3.19	6.19
1977	3.02	6.25
1978	2.96	6.32
1979	2.96	6.4
1980	3.04	6.49
1981	3.11	6.57
1982	3.17	6.64
1983	3.18	6.69
1984	3.15	6.73
1985	3.12	6.74
1986	3.08	6.73
1987	3.06	6.72
1988	3.06	6.69
1989	3.06	6.66
1990	3.09	6.5
1991	3.15	6.47
1992	3.18	6.44
1993	3.2	6.37
1994	2.96	6.3
1995	2.71	6.22
1996	2.55	6.14
1997	2.41	6.06
1998	2.32	5.97
1999	2.46	5.87
2000	2.35	5.79
2001	2.4	5.69
2002	2.16	5.63
2003	2.08	5.58
2004	2.02	5.5
2005	2	5.46
2006	2.07	5.41
2007	2.02	5.37
2008	1.97	5.27
2009	1.92	5.18
2010	1.89	5.11
2011	1.86	5.07
2012	1.83	5
2013	1.78	4.93
2014	1.71	4.79
2015	1.65	4.66
2016	1.58	4.52
2017	1.54	4.35
2018	1.52	4.24
2019	1.5	4.15
2020	1.5	4.08
2021	1.48	4
2022	1.48	3.91
2023	1.48	3.84
2024	1.48	3.76
2025	1.47	3.68
2026	1.46	3.62
2027	1.46	3.56
2028	1.46	3.5
2029	1.46	3.44
2030	1.46	3.37
2031	1.46	3.31
2032	1.46	3.25
2033	1.46	3.2
2034	1.46	3.15
2035	1.46	3.09
2036	1.46	3.04
2037	1.47	3
2038	1.47	2.95
2039	1.47	2.91
2040	1.47	2.87
2041	1.48	2.84
2042	1.48	2.8
2043	1.48	2.77
2044	1.48	2.74
2045	1.49	2.71
2046	1.49	2.67
2047	1.49	2.64
2048	1.49	2.62
2049	1.5	2.59
2050	1.5	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Guinea-Bissau
1960	44.7%	36.9%
1961	45%	37.1%
1962	45.3%	37.7%
1963	45.6%	38.4%
1964	46%	39.6%
1965	46.4%	41%
1966	46.9%	41.9%
1967	47.5%	42.1%
1968	48.1%	41.8%
1969	48.7%	41.9%
1970	48.7%	41.9%
1971	48.1%	41.9%
1972	47.3%	41.9%
1973	46.5%	41.6%
1974	45.7%	41.4%
1975	44.9%	41.8%
1976	44.1%	42.6%
1977	43.3%	43.7%
1978	42.5%	44.8%
1979	41.7%	45.1%
1980	40.7%	45%
1981	39.6%	45.3%
1982	38.2%	45.5%
1983	36.9%	45.7%
1984	35.8%	45.9%
1985	34.9%	45.9%
1986	34.2%	46%
1987	33.6%	45.9%
1988	33.2%	45.9%
1989	33.1%	45.8%
1990	33.1%	45.7%
1991	33.2%	45.5%
1992	33%	45.5%
1993	32.8%	45.4%
1994	32.6%	45.4%
1995	32.3%	45.3%
1996	31.9%	45.2%
1997	31.5%	45.1%
1998	31.1%	45%
1999	30.6%	44.8%
2000	30%	44.7%
2001	29.3%	44.5%
2002	28.7%	44.3%
2003	28%	44.2%
2004	27.4%	44%
2005	26.8%	43.9%
2006	26.2%	43.8%
2007	25.5%	43.6%
2008	24.7%	43.5%
2009	24.1%	43.3%
2010	23.5%	43.2%
2011	23.1%	43%
2012	22.6%	42.8%
2013	22.5%	42.7%
2014	22.3%	42.5%
2015	21.7%	42.2%
2016	20.8%	42%
2017	19.9%	41.7%
2018	19.5%	41.3%
2019	19.2%	40.9%
2020	18.8%	40.5%
2021	18.5%	40.1%
2022	18.3%	39.7%
2023	18.1%	39.2%
2024	17.9%	38.8%
2025	17.6%	38.3%
2026	17.4%	37.8%
2027	17.1%	37.4%
2028	16.8%	36.9%
2029	16.5%	36.4%
2030	16.3%	36%
2031	16%	35.5%
2032	15.9%	35.1%
2033	15.7%	34.8%
2034	15.6%	34.4%
2035	15.5%	34.1%
2036	15.4%	33.7%
2037	15.3%	33.4%
2038	15.3%	33%
2039	15.2%	32.7%
2040	15.2%	32.4%
2041	15.2%	32%
2042	15.1%	31.7%
2043	15.1%	31.4%
2044	15.1%	31%
2045	15.1%	30.7%
2046	15.1%	30.4%
2047	15%	30.1%
2048	15%	29.7%
2049	15%	29.4%
2050	14.9%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau. 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-Bissau
1960	1,720	10,618
1961	1,762	10,756
1962	1,786	10,662
1963	1,796	9,190
1964	1,792	8,989
1965	1,778	7,789
1966	1,752	6,955
1967	1,716	6,742
1968	1,673	7,289
1969	1,628	7,857
1970	1,574	7,632
1971	1,549	8,183
1972	1,497	7,911
1973	1,400	8,430
1974	1,267	10,321
1975	1,142	11,998
1976	1,050	13,688
1977	996	15,484
1978	991	17,468
1979	981	19,736
1980	1,090	21,024
1981	1,169	21,611
1982	1,250	22,131
1983	1,301	22,542
1984	1,308	22,861
1985	1,302	23,116
1986	1,285	23,301
1987	1,256	23,549
1988	1,222	23,940
1989	1,178	24,286
1990	1,138	23,936
1991	1,103	24,527
1992	1,111	25,747
1993	1,130	26,943
1994	1,002	27,895
1995	853	29,142
1996	753	29,778
1997	662	29,792
1998	595	30,390
1999	647	30,916
2000	561	32,816
2001	556	33,461
2002	429	34,561
2003	387	35,649
2004	360	36,495
2005	339	37,347
2006	364	38,886
2007	319	40,288
2008	272	40,841
2009	220	41,950
2010	171	43,067
2011	121	44,405
2012	167	45,480
2013	110	46,472
2014	257	46,615
2015	157	46,846
2016	177	46,814
2017	-124	46,318
2018	-60	46,659
2019	-75	47,196
2020	-88	46,718
2021	-205	47,242
2022	-118	48,920
2023	-111	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Guinea-Bissau

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 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Guinea-Bissau
1985	61	1,851
1986	63	1,825
1987	63	1,796
1988	68	1,759
1989	69	1,698
1990	77	1,709
1991	81	1,663
1992	80	1,633
1993	79	1,613
1994	77	1,644
1995	73	1,556
1996	71	1,539
1997	67	1,642
1998	64	1,465
1999	64	1,461
2000	61	1,295
2001	58	1,222
2002	56	1,141
2003	55	1,069
2004	54	980
2005	54	956
2006	54	831
2007	53	792
2008	53	802
2009	50	753
2010	50	698
2011	49	678
2012	51	704
2013	50	707
2014	53	662
2015	63	631
2016	48	617
2017	44	597
2018	43	585
2019	41	598
2020	47	603
2021	110	617
2022	44	539
2023	36	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau. 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-Bissau
1960	13.6%	-
1961	12.4%	-
1962	11.3%	-
1963	10.3%	-
1964	9.41%	-
1965	8.59%	-
1966	7.84%	-
1967	7.16%	-
1968	6.54%	-
1969	5.98%	-
1970	5.48%	-
1971	5.02%	-
1972	4.61%	-
1973	4.24%	-
1974	3.91%	-
1975	3.61%	-
1976	3.35%	-
1977	3.12%	-
1978	2.92%	-
1979	2.74%	-
1980	2.58%	-
1981	2.45%	-
1982	2.33%	-
1983	2.22%	-
1984	2.14%	-
1985	2.06%	24.4%
1986	2%	24%
1987	1.95%	23.5%
1988	1.91%	23.1%
1989	1.88%	22.7%
1990	1.85%	22.2%
1991	1.84%	21.8%
1992	1.82%	21.3%
1993	1.82%	20.9%
1994	1.82%	20.4%
1995	1.83%	19.9%
1996	1.84%	19.4%
1997	1.86%	18.9%
1998	1.88%	18.4%
1999	1.91%	17.9%
2000	1.94%	17.4%
2001	1.97%	16.8%
2002	2.01%	16.3%
2003	2.06%	15.7%
2004	2.11%	15.1%
2005	2.16%	14.5%
2006	2.22%	13.9%
2007	2.28%	13.2%
2008	2.35%	12.6%
2009	2.42%	12%
2010	2.5%	11.4%
2011	2.57%	10.9%
2012	2.66%	10.4%
2013	2.74%	9.93%
2014	2.83%	9.53%
2015	2.93%	9.18%
2016	3.02%	8.84%
2017	3.12%	8.53%
2018	3.21%	8.21%
2019	3.3%	7.91%
2020	3.38%	7.66%
2021	3.45%	7.41%
2022	3.51%	7.16%
2023	3.55%	6.93%