Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Guyana

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Guyana 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 2.41 in Guyana in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs Guyana 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	Guyana
1960	6.18	6.33
1961	6.16	6.34
1962	6.12	6.33
1963	6.08	6.31
1964	6.03	6.23
1965	5.95	6.14
1966	5.86	6.02
1967	5.74	5.89
1968	5.59	5.75
1969	5.41	5.58
1970	5.22	5.41
1971	4.99	5.26
1972	4.67	5.08
1973	4.28	4.87
1974	3.84	4.64
1975	3.46	4.45
1976	3.19	4.28
1977	3.02	4.12
1978	2.96	3.97
1979	2.96	3.86
1980	3.04	3.77
1981	3.11	3.72
1982	3.17	3.68
1983	3.18	3.64
1984	3.15	3.54
1985	3.12	3.47
1986	3.08	3.38
1987	3.06	3.31
1988	3.06	3.23
1989	3.06	3.19
1990	3.09	3.18
1991	3.15	3.18
1992	3.18	3.19
1993	3.2	3.2
1994	2.96	3.23
1995	2.71	3.24
1996	2.55	3.23
1997	2.41	3.22
1998	2.32	3.18
1999	2.46	3.13
2000	2.35	3.06
2001	2.4	2.96
2002	2.16	2.84
2003	2.08	2.75
2004	2.02	2.68
2005	2	2.65
2006	2.07	2.66
2007	2.02	2.68
2008	1.97	2.7
2009	1.92	2.69
2010	1.89	2.68
2011	1.86	2.69
2012	1.83	2.7
2013	1.78	2.71
2014	1.71	2.7
2015	1.65	2.67
2016	1.58	2.63
2017	1.54	2.59
2018	1.52	2.55
2019	1.5	2.52
2020	1.5	2.49
2021	1.48	2.46
2022	1.48	2.44
2023	1.48	2.41
2024	1.48	2.39
2025	1.47	2.37
2026	1.46	2.35
2027	1.46	2.32
2028	1.46	2.3
2029	1.46	2.28
2030	1.46	2.26
2031	1.46	2.23
2032	1.46	2.21
2033	1.46	2.2
2034	1.46	2.18
2035	1.46	2.16
2036	1.46	2.15
2037	1.47	2.13
2038	1.47	2.12
2039	1.47	2.11
2040	1.47	2.1
2041	1.48	2.09
2042	1.48	2.07
2043	1.48	2.06
2044	1.48	2.05
2045	1.49	2.03
2046	1.49	2.02
2047	1.49	2.01
2048	1.49	2
2049	1.5	1.98
2050	1.5	1.98

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Guyana
1960	44.7%	46.8%
1961	45%	47%
1962	45.3%	47.4%
1963	45.6%	47.6%
1964	46%	47.7%
1965	46.4%	47.8%
1966	46.9%	47.7%
1967	47.5%	47.5%
1968	48.1%	47.3%
1969	48.7%	46.9%
1970	48.7%	46.6%
1971	48.1%	46.3%
1972	47.3%	46%
1973	46.5%	45.7%
1974	45.7%	45.3%
1975	44.9%	44.9%
1976	44.1%	44.4%
1977	43.3%	43.9%
1978	42.5%	43.4%
1979	41.7%	42.9%
1980	40.7%	42.5%
1981	39.6%	41.9%
1982	38.2%	41.2%
1983	36.9%	40.5%
1984	35.8%	39.9%
1985	34.9%	39.2%
1986	34.2%	38.6%
1987	33.6%	38%
1988	33.2%	37.5%
1989	33.1%	37.2%
1990	33.1%	36.9%
1991	33.2%	36.7%
1992	33%	36.5%
1993	32.8%	36.4%
1994	32.6%	36.4%
1995	32.3%	36.4%
1996	31.9%	36.4%
1997	31.5%	36.5%
1998	31.1%	36.6%
1999	30.6%	36.6%
2000	30%	36.6%
2001	29.3%	36.5%
2002	28.7%	36.4%
2003	28%	36.1%
2004	27.4%	35.8%
2005	26.8%	35.3%
2006	26.2%	34.7%
2007	25.5%	34.1%
2008	24.7%	33.5%
2009	24.1%	32.9%
2010	23.5%	32.2%
2011	23.1%	31.6%
2012	22.6%	31.1%
2013	22.5%	30.8%
2014	22.3%	30.5%
2015	21.7%	30.3%
2016	20.8%	30.1%
2017	19.9%	30%
2018	19.5%	29.5%
2019	19.2%	29.3%
2020	18.8%	29.5%
2021	18.5%	29.4%
2022	18.3%	29.4%
2023	18.1%	29.3%
2024	17.9%	29.2%
2025	17.6%	28.9%
2026	17.4%	28.7%
2027	17.1%	28.4%
2028	16.8%	28.1%
2029	16.5%	27.8%
2030	16.3%	27.4%
2031	16%	27%
2032	15.9%	26.7%
2033	15.7%	26.3%
2034	15.6%	26%
2035	15.5%	25.6%
2036	15.4%	25.2%
2037	15.3%	24.9%
2038	15.3%	24.6%
2039	15.2%	24.3%
2040	15.2%	24.1%
2041	15.2%	23.9%
2042	15.1%	23.6%
2043	15.1%	23.4%
2044	15.1%	23.3%
2045	15.1%	23.1%
2046	15.1%	22.9%
2047	15%	22.7%
2048	15%	22.6%
2049	15%	22.4%
2050	14.9%	22.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 29.2% in Guyana in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 36.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and Guyana compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Guyana by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +1.36% in Guyana. 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	Guyana
1960	1,720	17,867
1961	1,762	18,092
1962	1,786	18,344
1963	1,796	18,606
1964	1,792	18,729
1965	1,778	18,791
1966	1,752	18,862
1967	1,716	18,933
1968	1,673	19,035
1969	1,628	19,133
1970	1,574	19,233
1971	1,549	19,273
1972	1,497	19,219
1973	1,400	18,991
1974	1,267	18,589
1975	1,142	18,317
1976	1,050	18,083
1977	996	17,805
1978	991	17,539
1979	981	17,402
1980	1,090	17,298
1981	1,169	17,471
1982	1,250	17,644
1983	1,301	17,753
1984	1,308	17,466
1985	1,302	17,292
1986	1,285	16,940
1987	1,256	16,600
1988	1,222	16,189
1989	1,178	15,947
1990	1,138	15,917
1991	1,103	15,896
1992	1,111	15,990
1993	1,130	16,099
1994	1,002	16,185
1995	853	15,991
1996	753	15,768
1997	662	15,568
1998	595	15,292
1999	647	14,763
2000	561	14,128
2001	556	13,307
2002	429	12,218
2003	387	11,344
2004	360	10,767
2005	339	10,455
2006	364	10,525
2007	319	10,741
2008	272	10,792
2009	220	10,758
2010	171	10,652
2011	121	10,713
2012	167	10,633
2013	110	10,887
2014	257	11,143
2015	157	11,199
2016	177	11,168
2017	-124	11,108
2018	-60	10,946
2019	-75	11,665
2020	-88	10,307
2021	-205	8,125
2022	-118	11,042
2023	-111	10,716

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Guyana

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 75 deaths in Guyana.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Guyana
1985	61	241
1986	63	238
1987	63	234
1988	68	230
1989	69	227
1990	77	224
1991	81	219
1992	80	208
1993	79	205
1994	77	204
1995	73	207
1996	71	202
1997	67	195
1998	64	184
1999	64	178
2000	61	171
2001	58	163
2002	56	164
2003	55	164
2004	54	162
2005	54	166
2006	54	167
2007	53	158
2008	53	153
2009	50	146
2010	50	141
2011	49	135
2012	51	133
2013	50	128
2014	53	121
2015	63	117
2016	48	114
2017	44	110
2018	43	105
2019	41	107
2020	47	109
2021	110	189
2022	44	83
2023	36	75

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 2.57% in Guyana. 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	Guyana
1960	13.6%	9.19%
1961	12.4%	8.81%
1962	11.3%	8.49%
1963	10.3%	8.21%
1964	9.41%	7.99%
1965	8.59%	7.8%
1966	7.84%	7.66%
1967	7.16%	7.56%
1968	6.54%	7.48%
1969	5.98%	7.43%
1970	5.48%	7.39%
1971	5.02%	7.37%
1972	4.61%	7.35%
1973	4.24%	7.33%
1974	3.91%	7.31%
1975	3.61%	7.27%
1976	3.35%	7.24%
1977	3.12%	7.19%
1978	2.92%	7.14%
1979	2.74%	7.08%
1980	2.58%	7.02%
1981	2.45%	6.96%
1982	2.33%	6.89%
1983	2.22%	6.82%
1984	2.14%	6.74%
1985	2.06%	6.66%
1986	2%	6.57%
1987	1.95%	6.47%
1988	1.91%	6.35%
1989	1.88%	6.22%
1990	1.85%	6.08%
1991	1.84%	5.92%
1992	1.82%	5.77%
1993	1.82%	5.6%
1994	1.82%	5.45%
1995	1.83%	5.3%
1996	1.84%	5.16%
1997	1.86%	5.02%
1998	1.88%	4.89%
1999	1.91%	4.77%
2000	1.94%	4.65%
2001	1.97%	4.53%
2002	2.01%	4.42%
2003	2.06%	4.32%
2004	2.11%	4.23%
2005	2.16%	4.14%
2006	2.22%	4.05%
2007	2.28%	3.97%
2008	2.35%	3.89%
2009	2.42%	3.81%
2010	2.5%	3.73%
2011	2.57%	3.65%
2012	2.66%	3.58%
2013	2.74%	3.49%
2014	2.83%	3.4%
2015	2.93%	3.31%
2016	3.02%	3.21%
2017	3.12%	3.11%
2018	3.21%	3.02%
2019	3.3%	2.93%
2020	3.38%	2.84%
2021	3.45%	2.75%
2022	3.51%	2.66%
2023	3.55%	2.57%