Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Kiribati

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Kiribati 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 3.15 in Kiribati in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs Kiribati 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	Kiribati
1960	6.18	6.44
1961	6.16	6.48
1962	6.12	6.42
1963	6.08	6.35
1964	6.03	6.29
1965	5.95	6.26
1966	5.86	6.23
1967	5.74	6.11
1968	5.59	5.98
1969	5.41	5.85
1970	5.22	5.71
1971	4.99	5.55
1972	4.67	5.37
1973	4.28	5.2
1974	3.84	5.09
1975	3.46	5.02
1976	3.19	4.96
1977	3.02	4.96
1978	2.96	4.97
1979	2.96	4.97
1980	3.04	4.96
1981	3.11	4.96
1982	3.17	4.95
1983	3.18	4.91
1984	3.15	4.91
1985	3.12	4.91
1986	3.08	4.87
1987	3.06	4.81
1988	3.06	4.73
1989	3.06	4.69
1990	3.09	4.67
1991	3.15	4.64
1992	3.18	4.57
1993	3.2	4.49
1994	2.96	4.44
1995	2.71	4.42
1996	2.55	4.43
1997	2.41	4.37
1998	2.32	4.29
1999	2.46	4.18
2000	2.35	4.07
2001	2.4	3.96
2002	2.16	3.81
2003	2.08	3.7
2004	2.02	3.73
2005	2	3.76
2006	2.07	3.82
2007	2.02	3.87
2008	1.97	3.9
2009	1.92	3.91
2010	1.89	3.9
2011	1.86	3.88
2012	1.83	3.77
2013	1.78	3.64
2014	1.71	3.52
2015	1.65	3.44
2016	1.58	3.38
2017	1.54	3.34
2018	1.52	3.32
2019	1.5	3.29
2020	1.5	3.25
2021	1.48	3.22
2022	1.48	3.18
2023	1.48	3.15
2024	1.48	3.12
2025	1.47	3.09
2026	1.46	3.06
2027	1.46	3.03
2028	1.46	3
2029	1.46	2.97
2030	1.46	2.94
2031	1.46	2.92
2032	1.46	2.89
2033	1.46	2.86
2034	1.46	2.84
2035	1.46	2.81
2036	1.46	2.79
2037	1.47	2.77
2038	1.47	2.74
2039	1.47	2.72
2040	1.47	2.69
2041	1.48	2.67
2042	1.48	2.64
2043	1.48	2.62
2044	1.48	2.6
2045	1.49	2.58
2046	1.49	2.56
2047	1.49	2.54
2048	1.49	2.52
2049	1.5	2.5
2050	1.5	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Kiribati
1960	44.7%	43.2%
1961	45%	43.5%
1962	45.3%	43.8%
1963	45.6%	44%
1964	46%	44%
1965	46.4%	43.9%
1966	46.9%	44.1%
1967	47.5%	44.5%
1968	48.1%	44.9%
1969	48.7%	45%
1970	48.7%	44.9%
1971	48.1%	44.8%
1972	47.3%	44.8%
1973	46.5%	44.6%
1974	45.7%	44.2%
1975	44.9%	43.7%
1976	44.1%	43.2%
1977	43.3%	42.8%
1978	42.5%	42.3%
1979	41.7%	41.8%
1980	40.7%	41.1%
1981	39.6%	40.5%
1982	38.2%	39.9%
1983	36.9%	39.5%
1984	35.8%	39.2%
1985	34.9%	39.2%
1986	34.2%	39.2%
1987	33.6%	39.4%
1988	33.2%	39.7%
1989	33.1%	39.9%
1990	33.1%	40.2%
1991	33.2%	40.5%
1992	33%	40.8%
1993	32.8%	41%
1994	32.6%	41.2%
1995	32.3%	41.2%
1996	31.9%	41.1%
1997	31.5%	41%
1998	31.1%	40.8%
1999	30.6%	40.5%
2000	30%	40.1%
2001	29.3%	39.8%
2002	28.7%	39.3%
2003	28%	38.9%
2004	27.4%	38.4%
2005	26.8%	38%
2006	26.2%	37.6%
2007	25.5%	37.3%
2008	24.7%	37%
2009	24.1%	36.8%
2010	23.5%	36.6%
2011	23.1%	36.4%
2012	22.6%	36.1%
2013	22.5%	35.7%
2014	22.3%	35.4%
2015	21.7%	35.2%
2016	20.8%	35%
2017	19.9%	35%
2018	19.5%	35.1%
2019	19.2%	35.1%
2020	18.8%	35.2%
2021	18.5%	35.2%
2022	18.3%	35.1%
2023	18.1%	34.9%
2024	17.9%	34.7%
2025	17.6%	34.4%
2026	17.4%	34%
2027	17.1%	33.5%
2028	16.8%	33.1%
2029	16.5%	32.7%
2030	16.3%	32.4%
2031	16%	32%
2032	15.9%	31.7%
2033	15.7%	31.3%
2034	15.6%	31%
2035	15.5%	30.6%
2036	15.4%	30.3%
2037	15.3%	30%
2038	15.3%	29.7%
2039	15.2%	29.4%
2040	15.2%	29.2%
2041	15.2%	29%
2042	15.1%	28.8%
2043	15.1%	28.6%
2044	15.1%	28.4%
2045	15.1%	28.3%
2046	15.1%	28.1%
2047	15%	27.9%
2048	15%	27.8%
2049	15%	27.6%
2050	14.9%	27.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 34.7% in Kiribati in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 40.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and Kiribati compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Kiribati by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +2.05% in Kiribati. 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	Kiribati
1960	1,720	1,141
1961	1,762	1,199
1962	1,786	1,233
1963	1,796	1,273
1964	1,792	1,318
1965	1,778	1,376
1966	1,752	1,437
1967	1,716	1,417
1968	1,673	1,393
1969	1,628	1,367
1970	1,574	1,388
1971	1,549	1,406
1972	1,497	1,406
1973	1,400	1,409
1974	1,267	1,430
1975	1,142	1,423
1976	1,050	1,425
1977	996	1,426
1978	991	1,480
1979	981	1,509
1980	1,090	1,571
1981	1,169	1,635
1982	1,250	1,697
1983	1,301	1,748
1984	1,308	1,813
1985	1,302	1,881
1986	1,285	1,933
1987	1,256	1,982
1988	1,222	2,022
1989	1,178	2,073
1990	1,138	2,127
1991	1,103	2,176
1992	1,111	2,173
1993	1,130	2,161
1994	1,002	2,168
1995	853	2,183
1996	753	2,217
1997	662	2,220
1998	595	2,210
1999	647	2,186
2000	561	2,153
2001	556	2,121
2002	429	2,074
2003	387	2,045
2004	360	2,118
2005	339	2,188
2006	364	2,285
2007	319	2,393
2008	272	2,493
2009	220	2,573
2010	171	2,644
2011	121	2,709
2012	167	2,678
2013	110	2,629
2014	257	2,577
2015	157	2,555
2016	177	2,546
2017	-124	2,549
2018	-60	2,561
2019	-75	2,560
2020	-88	2,497
2021	-205	2,408
2022	-118	2,522
2023	-111	2,487

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Kiribati

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 80 deaths in Kiribati.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Kiribati
1985	61	246
1986	63	232
1987	63	231
1988	68	220
1989	69	212
1990	77	199
1991	81	188
1992	80	175
1993	79	162
1994	77	150
1995	73	148
1996	71	141
1997	67	132
1998	64	126
1999	64	121
2000	61	119
2001	58	113
2002	56	109
2003	55	105
2004	54	106
2005	54	104
2006	54	102
2007	53	101
2008	53	100
2009	50	99
2010	50	102
2011	49	98
2012	51	98
2013	50	93
2014	53	91
2015	63	90
2016	48	88
2017	44	90
2018	43	87
2019	41	89
2020	47	89
2021	110	122
2022	44	86
2023	36	80

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 5.51% in Kiribati. 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	Kiribati
1960	13.6%	19.9%
1961	12.4%	19.5%
1962	11.3%	18.9%
1963	10.3%	18.3%
1964	9.41%	17.7%
1965	8.59%	17.1%
1966	7.84%	16.4%
1967	7.16%	15.8%
1968	6.54%	15.2%
1969	5.98%	14.6%
1970	5.48%	14.1%
1971	5.02%	13.7%
1972	4.61%	13.3%
1973	4.24%	13%
1974	3.91%	12.7%
1975	3.61%	12.5%
1976	3.35%	12.4%
1977	3.12%	12.3%
1978	2.92%	12.2%
1979	2.74%	12%
1980	2.58%	11.9%
1981	2.45%	11.7%
1982	2.33%	11.6%
1983	2.22%	11.4%
1984	2.14%	11.1%
1985	2.06%	10.9%
1986	2%	10.6%
1987	1.95%	10.2%
1988	1.91%	9.87%
1989	1.88%	9.5%
1990	1.85%	9.13%
1991	1.84%	8.77%
1992	1.82%	8.44%
1993	1.82%	8.13%
1994	1.82%	7.87%
1995	1.83%	7.64%
1996	1.84%	7.42%
1997	1.86%	7.22%
1998	1.88%	7.02%
1999	1.91%	6.83%
2000	1.94%	6.64%
2001	1.97%	6.46%
2002	2.01%	6.31%
2003	2.06%	6.2%
2004	2.11%	6.13%
2005	2.16%	6.07%
2006	2.22%	6.03%
2007	2.28%	5.99%
2008	2.35%	5.93%
2009	2.42%	5.87%
2010	2.5%	5.82%
2011	2.57%	5.79%
2012	2.66%	5.78%
2013	2.74%	5.8%
2014	2.83%	5.84%
2015	2.93%	5.89%
2016	3.02%	5.95%
2017	3.12%	5.99%
2018	3.21%	5.98%
2019	3.3%	5.93%
2020	3.38%	5.86%
2021	3.45%	5.76%
2022	3.51%	5.65%
2023	3.55%	5.51%