Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Latvia

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Latvia 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 1.36 in Latvia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs Latvia 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	Latvia
1960	6.18	1.94
1961	6.16	1.94
1962	6.12	1.91
1963	6.08	1.85
1964	6.03	1.79
1965	5.95	1.74
1966	5.86	1.76
1967	5.74	1.8
1968	5.59	1.83
1969	5.41	1.88
1970	5.22	1.96
1971	4.99	2
1972	4.67	2
1973	4.28	1.98
1974	3.84	1.97
1975	3.46	1.96
1976	3.19	1.93
1977	3.02	1.89
1978	2.96	1.87
1979	2.96	1.87
1980	3.04	1.86
1981	3.11	1.88
1982	3.17	1.97
1983	3.18	2.07
1984	3.15	2.09
1985	3.12	2.08
1986	3.08	2.12
1987	3.06	2.15
1988	3.06	2.11
1989	3.06	2.05
1990	3.09	2.02
1991	3.15	1.86
1992	3.18	1.73
1993	3.2	1.51
1994	2.96	1.39
1995	2.71	1.25
1996	2.55	1.16
1997	2.41	1.11
1998	2.32	1.09
1999	2.46	1.16
2000	2.35	1.25
2001	2.4	1.22
2002	2.16	1.26
2003	2.08	1.32
2004	2.02	1.29
2005	2	1.39
2006	2.07	1.46
2007	2.02	1.54
2008	1.97	1.58
2009	1.92	1.46
2010	1.89	1.36
2011	1.86	1.33
2012	1.83	1.44
2013	1.78	1.52
2014	1.71	1.65
2015	1.65	1.7
2016	1.58	1.74
2017	1.54	1.69
2018	1.52	1.6
2019	1.5	1.61
2020	1.5	1.55
2021	1.48	1.57
2022	1.48	1.47
2023	1.48	1.36
2024	1.48	1.36
2025	1.47	1.37
2026	1.46	1.38
2027	1.46	1.38
2028	1.46	1.39
2029	1.46	1.39
2030	1.46	1.4
2031	1.46	1.4
2032	1.46	1.41
2033	1.46	1.41
2034	1.46	1.41
2035	1.46	1.42
2036	1.46	1.42
2037	1.47	1.42
2038	1.47	1.43
2039	1.47	1.43
2040	1.47	1.43
2041	1.48	1.44
2042	1.48	1.44
2043	1.48	1.44
2044	1.48	1.45
2045	1.49	1.45
2046	1.49	1.45
2047	1.49	1.46
2048	1.49	1.46
2049	1.5	1.46
2050	1.5	1.47

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Latvia
1960	44.7%	22.2%
1961	45%	22.4%
1962	45.3%	22.6%
1963	45.6%	22.5%
1964	46%	22.4%
1965	46.4%	22.2%
1966	46.9%	22%
1967	47.5%	21.8%
1968	48.1%	21.7%
1969	48.7%	21.6%
1970	48.7%	21.6%
1971	48.1%	21.5%
1972	47.3%	21.5%
1973	46.5%	21.3%
1974	45.7%	21.2%
1975	44.9%	21%
1976	44.1%	20.8%
1977	43.3%	20.6%
1978	42.5%	20.5%
1979	41.7%	20.4%
1980	40.7%	20.5%
1981	39.6%	20.6%
1982	38.2%	20.8%
1983	36.9%	20.9%
1984	35.8%	21.1%
1985	34.9%	21.2%
1986	34.2%	21.3%
1987	33.6%	21.3%
1988	33.2%	21.4%
1989	33.1%	21.4%
1990	33.1%	21.5%
1991	33.2%	21.5%
1992	33%	21.4%
1993	32.8%	21.2%
1994	32.6%	21%
1995	32.3%	20.7%
1996	31.9%	20.2%
1997	31.5%	19.7%
1998	31.1%	19%
1999	30.6%	18.3%
2000	30%	17.7%
2001	29.3%	17%
2002	28.7%	16.4%
2003	28%	15.8%
2004	27.4%	15.2%
2005	26.8%	14.7%
2006	26.2%	14.4%
2007	25.5%	14.1%
2008	24.7%	14%
2009	24.1%	14.1%
2010	23.5%	14.2%
2011	23.1%	14.2%
2012	22.6%	14.4%
2013	22.5%	14.6%
2014	22.3%	14.8%
2015	21.7%	15.1%
2016	20.8%	15.4%
2017	19.9%	15.7%
2018	19.5%	15.8%
2019	19.2%	15.9%
2020	18.8%	16%
2021	18.5%	16%
2022	18.3%	15.9%
2023	18.1%	15.7%
2024	17.9%	15.4%
2025	17.6%	15.2%
2026	17.4%	15%
2027	17.1%	14.8%
2028	16.8%	14.5%
2029	16.5%	14.1%
2030	16.3%	13.7%
2031	16%	13.2%
2032	15.9%	12.8%
2033	15.7%	12.4%
2034	15.6%	12.2%
2035	15.5%	11.9%
2036	15.4%	11.7%
2037	15.3%	11.6%
2038	15.3%	11.6%
2039	15.2%	11.6%
2040	15.2%	11.7%
2041	15.2%	11.7%
2042	15.1%	11.8%
2043	15.1%	12%
2044	15.1%	12.1%
2045	15.1%	12.2%
2046	15.1%	12.4%
2047	15%	12.5%
2048	15%	12.6%
2049	15%	12.7%
2050	14.9%	12.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 15.4% in Latvia in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 21.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and Latvia compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Latvia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and -0.54% in Latvia. 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	Latvia
1960	1,720	14,211
1961	1,762	14,207
1962	1,786	11,562
1963	1,796	11,055
1964	1,792	12,100
1965	1,778	8,384
1966	1,752	8,677
1967	1,716	7,825
1968	1,673	7,668
1969	1,628	6,561
1970	1,574	7,785
1971	1,549	8,793
1972	1,497	7,666
1973	1,400	6,040
1974	1,267	6,824
1975	1,142	4,913
1976	1,050	4,200
1977	996	3,480
1978	991	2,997
1979	981	2,506
1980	1,090	3,265
1981	1,169	3,779
1982	1,250	6,327
1983	1,301	8,147
1984	1,308	7,430
1985	1,302	5,673
1986	1,285	10,660
1987	1,256	9,981
1988	1,222	9,022
1989	1,178	6,401
1990	1,138	2,929
1991	1,103	0
1992	1,111	-3,660
1993	1,130	-12,560
1994	1,002	-17,645
1995	853	-17,396
1996	753	-14,498
1997	662	-14,841
1998	595	-15,906
1999	647	-13,387
2000	561	-11,838
2001	556	-13,322
2002	429	-12,475
2003	387	-11,439
2004	360	-11,542
2005	339	-10,746
2006	364	-10,204
2007	319	-9,021
2008	272	-6,531
2009	220	-7,924
2010	171	-10,278
2011	121	-9,886
2012	167	-9,154
2013	110	-8,252
2014	257	-6,779
2015	157	-6,526
2016	177	-6,663
2017	-124	-7,963
2018	-60	-9,636
2019	-75	-8,995
2020	-88	-11,402
2021	-205	-17,337
2022	-118	-14,847
2023	-111	-13,517

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Latvia

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 19 deaths in Latvia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Latvia
1985	61	51
1986	63	43
1987	63	44
1988	68	42
1989	69	46
1990	77	47
1991	81	46
1992	80	48
1993	79	57
1994	77	65
1995	73	59
1996	71	45
1997	67	41
1998	64	40
1999	64	40
2000	61	34
2001	58	32
2002	56	29
2003	55	30
2004	54	28
2005	54	27
2006	54	28
2007	53	27
2008	53	25
2009	50	24
2010	50	22
2011	49	22
2012	51	20
2013	50	24
2014	53	22
2015	63	22
2016	48	23
2017	44	23
2018	43	23
2019	41	22
2020	47	21
2021	110	42
2022	44	29
2023	36	19

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 0.3% in Latvia. 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	Latvia
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%	2.08%
1980	2.58%	2.07%
1981	2.45%	2.06%
1982	2.33%	2.03%
1983	2.22%	1.96%
1984	2.14%	1.87%
1985	2.06%	1.75%
1986	2%	1.64%
1987	1.95%	1.55%
1988	1.91%	1.53%
1989	1.88%	1.58%
1990	1.85%	1.7%
1991	1.84%	1.83%
1992	1.82%	1.93%
1993	1.82%	1.99%
1994	1.82%	2%
1995	1.83%	1.98%
1996	1.84%	1.9%
1997	1.86%	1.79%
1998	1.88%	1.67%
1999	1.91%	1.54%
2000	1.94%	1.42%
2001	1.97%	1.33%
2002	2.01%	1.26%
2003	2.06%	1.19%
2004	2.11%	1.12%
2005	2.16%	1.05%
2006	2.22%	0.99%
2007	2.28%	0.93%
2008	2.35%	0.88%
2009	2.42%	0.83%
2010	2.5%	0.78%
2011	2.57%	0.72%
2012	2.66%	0.66%
2013	2.74%	0.6%
2014	2.83%	0.55%
2015	2.93%	0.51%
2016	3.02%	0.47%
2017	3.12%	0.45%
2018	3.21%	0.42%
2019	3.3%	0.4%
2020	3.38%	0.37%
2021	3.45%	0.35%
2022	3.51%	0.32%
2023	3.55%	0.3%