Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Indonesia

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Indonesia 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 2.13 in Indonesia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs Indonesia 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	Indonesia
1960	6.18	5.51
1961	6.16	5.52
1962	6.12	5.53
1963	6.08	5.55
1964	6.03	5.57
1965	5.95	5.59
1966	5.86	5.59
1967	5.74	5.58
1968	5.59	5.57
1969	5.41	5.55
1970	5.22	5.49
1971	4.99	5.4
1972	4.67	5.32
1973	4.28	5.25
1974	3.84	5.09
1975	3.46	5.03
1976	3.19	4.92
1977	3.02	4.81
1978	2.96	4.73
1979	2.96	4.63
1980	3.04	4.5
1981	3.11	4.36
1982	3.17	4.25
1983	3.18	4.11
1984	3.15	3.96
1985	3.12	3.73
1986	3.08	3.53
1987	3.06	3.42
1988	3.06	3.35
1989	3.06	3.25
1990	3.09	3.11
1991	3.15	3.06
1992	3.18	2.95
1993	3.2	2.9
1994	2.96	2.85
1995	2.71	2.81
1996	2.55	2.78
1997	2.41	2.74
1998	2.32	2.66
1999	2.46	2.57
2000	2.35	2.5
2001	2.4	2.47
2002	2.16	2.44
2003	2.08	2.41
2004	2.02	2.42
2005	2	2.45
2006	2.07	2.46
2007	2.02	2.48
2008	1.97	2.44
2009	1.92	2.44
2010	1.89	2.46
2011	1.86	2.52
2012	1.83	2.51
2013	1.78	2.44
2014	1.71	2.39
2015	1.65	2.35
2016	1.58	2.31
2017	1.54	2.25
2018	1.52	2.22
2019	1.5	2.21
2020	1.5	2.19
2021	1.48	2.17
2022	1.48	2.15
2023	1.48	2.13
2024	1.48	2.11
2025	1.47	2.1
2026	1.46	2.08
2027	1.46	2.06
2028	1.46	2.04
2029	1.46	2.03
2030	1.46	2.01
2031	1.46	2
2032	1.46	1.99
2033	1.46	1.98
2034	1.46	1.97
2035	1.46	1.95
2036	1.46	1.94
2037	1.47	1.94
2038	1.47	1.93
2039	1.47	1.92
2040	1.47	1.91
2041	1.48	1.9
2042	1.48	1.89
2043	1.48	1.89
2044	1.48	1.88
2045	1.49	1.87
2046	1.49	1.87
2047	1.49	1.86
2048	1.49	1.86
2049	1.5	1.85
2050	1.5	1.85

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Indonesia
1960	44.7%	39.8%
1961	45%	40%
1962	45.3%	40.3%
1963	45.6%	40.7%
1964	46%	41.1%
1965	46.4%	41.5%
1966	46.9%	41.9%
1967	47.5%	42.2%
1968	48.1%	42.5%
1969	48.7%	42.6%
1970	48.7%	42.6%
1971	48.1%	42.6%
1972	47.3%	42.5%
1973	46.5%	42.4%
1974	45.7%	42.3%
1975	44.9%	42%
1976	44.1%	41.8%
1977	43.3%	41.5%
1978	42.5%	41.2%
1979	41.7%	40.9%
1980	40.7%	40.6%
1981	39.6%	40.2%
1982	38.2%	39.8%
1983	36.9%	39.4%
1984	35.8%	39%
1985	34.9%	38.5%
1986	34.2%	38%
1987	33.6%	37.4%
1988	33.2%	36.9%
1989	33.1%	36.4%
1990	33.1%	35.9%
1991	33.2%	35.4%
1992	33%	34.8%
1993	32.8%	34.3%
1994	32.6%	33.7%
1995	32.3%	33.2%
1996	31.9%	32.7%
1997	31.5%	32.2%
1998	31.1%	31.7%
1999	30.6%	31.3%
2000	30%	30.8%
2001	29.3%	30.4%
2002	28.7%	30%
2003	28%	29.7%
2004	27.4%	29.3%
2005	26.8%	29.1%
2006	26.2%	28.8%
2007	25.5%	28.6%
2008	24.7%	28.4%
2009	24.1%	28.1%
2010	23.5%	27.9%
2011	23.1%	27.7%
2012	22.6%	27.5%
2013	22.5%	27.3%
2014	22.3%	27.2%
2015	21.7%	27%
2016	20.8%	26.8%
2017	19.9%	26.6%
2018	19.5%	26.3%
2019	19.2%	26.1%
2020	18.8%	25.8%
2021	18.5%	25.6%
2022	18.3%	25.3%
2023	18.1%	24.9%
2024	17.9%	24.6%
2025	17.6%	24.2%
2026	17.4%	23.9%
2027	17.1%	23.5%
2028	16.8%	23.1%
2029	16.5%	22.7%
2030	16.3%	22.4%
2031	16%	22.1%
2032	15.9%	21.9%
2033	15.7%	21.7%
2034	15.6%	21.5%
2035	15.5%	21.3%
2036	15.4%	21.1%
2037	15.3%	20.9%
2038	15.3%	20.8%
2039	15.2%	20.6%
2040	15.2%	20.5%
2041	15.2%	20.4%
2042	15.1%	20.2%
2043	15.1%	20.1%
2044	15.1%	20%
2045	15.1%	19.9%
2046	15.1%	19.7%
2047	15%	19.6%
2048	15%	19.5%
2049	15%	19.3%
2050	14.9%	19.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 24.6% in Indonesia in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 35.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and Indonesia compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Indonesia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +0.94% in Indonesia. 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	Indonesia
1960	1,720	2,350,971
1961	1,762	2,434,113
1962	1,786	2,525,163
1963	1,796	2,609,526
1964	1,792	2,700,138
1965	1,778	2,278,891
1966	1,752	2,715,011
1967	1,716	2,909,981
1968	1,673	2,961,608
1969	1,628	3,034,825
1970	1,574	3,080,421
1971	1,549	3,111,304
1972	1,497	3,149,726
1973	1,400	3,210,643
1974	1,267	3,196,136
1975	1,142	3,263,794
1976	1,050	3,291,479
1977	996	3,334,779
1978	991	3,412,980
1979	981	3,460,621
1980	1,090	3,484,846
1981	1,169	3,497,244
1982	1,250	3,545,504
1983	1,301	3,558,949
1984	1,308	3,549,570
1985	1,302	3,419,412
1986	1,285	3,309,905
1987	1,256	3,304,520
1988	1,222	3,331,242
1989	1,178	3,316,792
1990	1,138	3,250,906
1991	1,103	3,288,791
1992	1,111	3,241,576
1993	1,130	3,287,348
1994	1,002	3,292,127
1995	853	3,304,550
1996	753	3,331,535
1997	662	3,338,243
1998	595	3,258,820
1999	647	3,137,133
2000	561	3,080,621
2001	556	3,066,275
2002	429	3,063,044
2003	387	3,037,698
2004	360	2,894,440
2005	339	3,149,551
2006	364	3,163,026
2007	319	3,211,484
2008	272	3,138,143
2009	220	3,140,944
2010	171	3,161,082
2011	121	3,266,560
2012	167	3,259,811
2013	110	3,104,258
2014	257	3,000,907
2015	157	2,899,165
2016	177	2,814,578
2017	-124	2,682,556
2018	-60	2,587,219
2019	-75	2,548,048
2020	-88	2,152,076
2021	-205	1,764,332
2022	-118	2,429,171
2023	-111	2,364,808

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Indonesia

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 140 deaths in Indonesia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Indonesia
1985	61	474
1986	63	455
1987	63	437
1988	68	431
1989	69	402
1990	77	392
1991	81	378
1992	80	359
1993	79	327
1994	77	333
1995	73	334
1996	71	331
1997	67	323
1998	64	317
1999	64	321
2000	61	311
2001	58	300
2002	56	283
2003	55	279
2004	54	283
2005	54	268
2006	54	264
2007	53	257
2008	53	251
2009	50	246
2010	50	242
2011	49	230
2012	51	220
2013	50	208
2014	53	198
2015	63	190
2016	48	182
2017	44	173
2018	43	168
2019	41	161
2020	47	184
2021	110	226
2022	44	148
2023	36	140

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 2.06% in Indonesia. 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	Indonesia
1960	13.6%	22.4%
1961	12.4%	21.8%
1962	11.3%	21.2%
1963	10.3%	20.6%
1964	9.41%	20%
1965	8.59%	22.9%
1966	7.84%	18.9%
1967	7.16%	18.3%
1968	6.54%	17.7%
1969	5.98%	17.2%
1970	5.48%	16.6%
1971	5.02%	16.1%
1972	4.61%	15.5%
1973	4.24%	15%
1974	3.91%	14.6%
1975	3.61%	14.1%
1976	3.35%	13.7%
1977	3.12%	13.2%
1978	2.92%	12.8%
1979	2.74%	12.5%
1980	2.58%	12.1%
1981	2.45%	11.7%
1982	2.33%	11.3%
1983	2.22%	11%
1984	2.14%	10.6%
1985	2.06%	10.2%
1986	2%	9.88%
1987	1.95%	9.51%
1988	1.91%	9.14%
1989	1.88%	8.76%
1990	1.85%	8.39%
1991	1.84%	8.01%
1992	1.82%	7.64%
1993	1.82%	7.28%
1994	1.82%	6.94%
1995	1.83%	6.61%
1996	1.84%	6.29%
1997	1.86%	5.99%
1998	1.88%	5.71%
1999	1.91%	5.44%
2000	1.94%	5.19%
2001	1.97%	4.96%
2002	2.01%	4.73%
2003	2.06%	4.52%
2004	2.11%	4.91%
2005	2.16%	4.14%
2006	2.22%	3.96%
2007	2.28%	3.8%
2008	2.35%	3.64%
2009	2.42%	3.5%
2010	2.5%	3.36%
2011	2.57%	3.22%
2012	2.66%	3.1%
2013	2.74%	2.97%
2014	2.83%	2.86%
2015	2.93%	2.74%
2016	3.02%	2.64%
2017	3.12%	2.54%
2018	3.21%	2.45%
2019	3.3%	2.36%
2020	3.38%	2.28%
2021	3.45%	2.2%
2022	3.51%	2.13%
2023	3.55%	2.06%