Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Lebanon

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Lebanon 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 2.24 in Lebanon in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs Lebanon 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	Lebanon
1960	6.18	5.88
1961	6.16	5.89
1962	6.12	5.9
1963	6.08	5.91
1964	6.03	5.85
1965	5.95	5.77
1966	5.86	5.68
1967	5.74	5.57
1968	5.59	5.45
1969	5.41	5.32
1970	5.22	5.19
1971	4.99	5.05
1972	4.67	4.91
1973	4.28	4.79
1974	3.84	4.65
1975	3.46	4.52
1976	3.19	4.39
1977	3.02	4.28
1978	2.96	4.18
1979	2.96	4.08
1980	3.04	4.01
1981	3.11	3.95
1982	3.17	3.86
1983	3.18	3.73
1984	3.15	3.66
1985	3.12	3.53
1986	3.08	3.47
1987	3.06	3.42
1988	3.06	3.39
1989	3.06	3.36
1990	3.09	3.27
1991	3.15	3.16
1992	3.18	3.05
1993	3.2	2.94
1994	2.96	2.82
1995	2.71	2.73
1996	2.55	2.7
1997	2.41	2.67
1998	2.32	2.65
1999	2.46	2.63
2000	2.35	2.6
2001	2.4	2.58
2002	2.16	2.52
2003	2.08	2.46
2004	2.02	2.38
2005	2	2.29
2006	2.07	2.24
2007	2.02	2.2
2008	1.97	2.17
2009	1.92	2.19
2010	1.89	2.26
2011	1.86	2.32
2012	1.83	2.35
2013	1.78	2.36
2014	1.71	2.38
2015	1.65	2.38
2016	1.58	2.39
2017	1.54	2.37
2018	1.52	2.35
2019	1.5	2.33
2020	1.5	2.31
2021	1.48	2.28
2022	1.48	2.26
2023	1.48	2.24
2024	1.48	2.23
2025	1.47	2.21
2026	1.46	2.19
2027	1.46	2.17
2028	1.46	2.15
2029	1.46	2.13
2030	1.46	2.11
2031	1.46	2.1
2032	1.46	2.09
2033	1.46	2.07
2034	1.46	2.06
2035	1.46	2.05
2036	1.46	2.03
2037	1.47	2.02
2038	1.47	2.01
2039	1.47	2
2040	1.47	1.98
2041	1.48	1.97
2042	1.48	1.97
2043	1.48	1.96
2044	1.48	1.95
2045	1.49	1.94
2046	1.49	1.93
2047	1.49	1.92
2048	1.49	1.92
2049	1.5	1.91
2050	1.5	1.9

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Lebanon
1960	44.7%	42.4%
1961	45%	43.1%
1962	45.3%	43.6%
1963	45.6%	44.1%
1964	46%	44.4%
1965	46.4%	44.4%
1966	46.9%	44.2%
1967	47.5%	43.9%
1968	48.1%	43.6%
1969	48.7%	43.3%
1970	48.7%	42.9%
1971	48.1%	42.5%
1972	47.3%	42.1%
1973	46.5%	41.7%
1974	45.7%	41.3%
1975	44.9%	40.9%
1976	44.1%	40.6%
1977	43.3%	40.3%
1978	42.5%	39.8%
1979	41.7%	39.4%
1980	40.7%	39%
1981	39.6%	38.7%
1982	38.2%	38.4%
1983	36.9%	38.2%
1984	35.8%	38%
1985	34.9%	37.7%
1986	34.2%	37.5%
1987	33.6%	37.3%
1988	33.2%	37.1%
1989	33.1%	36.9%
1990	33.1%	36.7%
1991	33.2%	36.5%
1992	33%	36.2%
1993	32.8%	35.8%
1994	32.6%	35.3%
1995	32.3%	34.8%
1996	31.9%	34.2%
1997	31.5%	33.6%
1998	31.1%	33.1%
1999	30.6%	32.5%
2000	30%	31.9%
2001	29.3%	31.4%
2002	28.7%	30.8%
2003	28%	30.2%
2004	27.4%	29.6%
2005	26.8%	28.9%
2006	26.2%	28.3%
2007	25.5%	27.7%
2008	24.7%	27.2%
2009	24.1%	26.8%
2010	23.5%	26.4%
2011	23.1%	26.1%
2012	22.6%	25.9%
2013	22.5%	25.7%
2014	22.3%	25.6%
2015	21.7%	25.8%
2016	20.8%	26.4%
2017	19.9%	26.9%
2018	19.5%	27.5%
2019	19.2%	27.9%
2020	18.8%	27.9%
2021	18.5%	27.6%
2022	18.3%	27.2%
2023	18.1%	26.7%
2024	17.9%	26.2%
2025	17.6%	25.6%
2026	17.4%	25%
2027	17.1%	24.3%
2028	16.8%	23.7%
2029	16.5%	23.2%
2030	16.3%	22.7%
2031	16%	22.3%
2032	15.9%	22%
2033	15.7%	21.8%
2034	15.6%	21.8%
2035	15.5%	21.8%
2036	15.4%	21.7%
2037	15.3%	21.6%
2038	15.3%	21.6%
2039	15.2%	21.5%
2040	15.2%	21.5%
2041	15.2%	21.4%
2042	15.1%	21.3%
2043	15.1%	21.2%
2044	15.1%	21.1%
2045	15.1%	21%
2046	15.1%	20.9%
2047	15%	20.7%
2048	15%	20.5%
2049	15%	20.3%
2050	14.9%	20%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 26.2% in Lebanon in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 36.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and Lebanon compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Lebanon by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +1.22% in Lebanon. 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	Lebanon
1960	1,720	52,515
1961	1,762	53,995
1962	1,786	55,585
1963	1,796	57,054
1964	1,792	57,808
1965	1,778	58,195
1966	1,752	58,546
1967	1,716	58,957
1968	1,673	59,247
1969	1,628	59,829
1970	1,574	60,593
1971	1,549	61,278
1972	1,497	62,216
1973	1,400	63,420
1974	1,267	64,425
1975	1,142	55,423
1976	1,050	11,138
1977	996	60,232
1978	991	60,829
1979	981	61,184
1980	1,090	63,053
1981	1,169	65,084
1982	1,250	41,602
1983	1,301	66,056
1984	1,308	66,785
1985	1,302	66,368
1986	1,285	67,162
1987	1,256	69,058
1988	1,222	70,444
1989	1,178	74,577
1990	1,138	73,629
1991	1,103	79,274
1992	1,111	77,447
1993	1,130	75,278
1994	1,002	73,069
1995	853	71,016
1996	753	71,286
1997	662	71,486
1998	595	71,889
1999	647	72,437
2000	561	72,642
2001	556	73,160
2002	429	72,648
2003	387	71,232
2004	360	69,675
2005	339	67,778
2006	364	65,932
2007	319	66,965
2008	272	67,132
2009	220	69,004
2010	171	72,605
2011	121	75,523
2012	167	77,248
2013	110	80,218
2014	257	92,285
2015	157	97,385
2016	177	91,551
2017	-124	84,172
2018	-60	77,165
2019	-75	70,486
2020	-88	59,903
2021	-205	46,614
2022	-118	60,909
2023	-111	58,786

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Lebanon

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 15 deaths in Lebanon.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Lebanon
1985	61	59
1986	63	58
1987	63	65
1988	68	65
1989	69	49
1990	77	48
1991	81	38
1992	80	36
1993	79	33
1994	77	30
1995	73	29
1996	71	28
1997	67	27
1998	64	26
1999	64	25
2000	61	24
2001	58	22
2002	56	21
2003	55	19
2004	54	18
2005	54	17
2006	54	17
2007	53	16
2008	53	15
2009	50	15
2010	50	15
2011	49	15
2012	51	14
2013	50	13
2014	53	14
2015	63	15
2016	48	15
2017	44	15
2018	43	15
2019	41	15
2020	47	27
2021	110	54
2022	44	15
2023	36	15

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 1.83% in Lebanon. 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	Lebanon
1960	13.6%	7.48%
1961	12.4%	7.24%
1962	11.3%	7.01%
1963	10.3%	6.8%
1964	9.41%	6.62%
1965	8.59%	6.46%
1966	7.84%	6.33%
1967	7.16%	6.22%
1968	6.54%	6.14%
1969	5.98%	6.07%
1970	5.48%	6.01%
1971	5.02%	5.98%
1972	4.61%	5.93%
1973	4.24%	5.88%
1974	3.91%	5.81%
1975	3.61%	5.73%
1976	3.35%	18.6%
1977	3.12%	7.51%
1978	2.92%	7.54%
1979	2.74%	7.6%
1980	2.58%	7.39%
1981	2.45%	7.16%
1982	2.33%	12.2%
1983	2.22%	5.39%
1984	2.14%	5.18%
1985	2.06%	4.96%
1986	2%	4.74%
1987	1.95%	5.75%
1988	1.91%	5.53%
1989	1.88%	3.34%
1990	1.85%	3.18%
1991	1.84%	3.03%
1992	1.82%	2.88%
1993	1.82%	2.75%
1994	1.82%	2.63%
1995	1.83%	2.52%
1996	1.84%	2.4%
1997	1.86%	2.3%
1998	1.88%	2.19%
1999	1.91%	2.09%
2000	1.94%	1.99%
2001	1.97%	1.89%
2002	2.01%	1.78%
2003	2.06%	1.69%
2004	2.11%	1.6%
2005	2.16%	1.52%
2006	2.22%	1.44%
2007	2.28%	1.38%
2008	2.35%	1.33%
2009	2.42%	1.3%
2010	2.5%	1.27%
2011	2.57%	1.25%
2012	2.66%	1.24%
2013	2.74%	1.24%
2014	2.83%	1.25%
2015	2.93%	1.27%
2016	3.02%	1.31%
2017	3.12%	1.35%
2018	3.21%	1.4%
2019	3.3%	1.47%
2020	3.38%	1.55%
2021	3.45%	1.63%
2022	3.51%	1.73%
2023	3.55%	1.83%