Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Libya

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Libya 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 2.36 in Libya in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs Libya 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	Libya
1960	6.18	7.51
1961	6.16	7.56
1962	6.12	7.61
1963	6.08	7.69
1964	6.03	7.75
1965	5.95	7.82
1966	5.86	7.89
1967	5.74	7.93
1968	5.59	7.97
1969	5.41	8.01
1970	5.22	8.05
1971	4.99	8.1
1972	4.67	8.07
1973	4.28	8.05
1974	3.84	8.02
1975	3.46	7.98
1976	3.19	7.93
1977	3.02	7.87
1978	2.96	7.79
1979	2.96	7.68
1980	3.04	7.54
1981	3.11	7.37
1982	3.17	7.16
1983	3.18	6.91
1984	3.15	6.62
1985	3.12	6.33
1986	3.08	6.02
1987	3.06	5.72
1988	3.06	5.41
1989	3.06	5.09
1990	3.09	4.78
1991	3.15	4.46
1992	3.18	4.16
1993	3.2	3.88
1994	2.96	3.65
1995	2.71	3.44
1996	2.55	3.26
1997	2.41	3.13
1998	2.32	3.04
1999	2.46	2.97
2000	2.35	2.91
2001	2.4	2.87
2002	2.16	2.83
2003	2.08	2.8
2004	2.02	2.77
2005	2	2.77
2006	2.07	2.7
2007	2.02	2.65
2008	1.97	2.6
2009	1.92	2.56
2010	1.89	2.6
2011	1.86	2.65
2012	1.83	2.68
2013	1.78	2.72
2014	1.71	2.75
2015	1.65	2.71
2016	1.58	2.67
2017	1.54	2.63
2018	1.52	2.58
2019	1.5	2.54
2020	1.5	2.51
2021	1.48	2.46
2022	1.48	2.4
2023	1.48	2.36
2024	1.48	2.3
2025	1.47	2.25
2026	1.46	2.21
2027	1.46	2.18
2028	1.46	2.14
2029	1.46	2.11
2030	1.46	2.08
2031	1.46	2.06
2032	1.46	2.03
2033	1.46	2.01
2034	1.46	1.99
2035	1.46	1.97
2036	1.46	1.95
2037	1.47	1.94
2038	1.47	1.92
2039	1.47	1.91
2040	1.47	1.9
2041	1.48	1.89
2042	1.48	1.88
2043	1.48	1.87
2044	1.48	1.86
2045	1.49	1.85
2046	1.49	1.84
2047	1.49	1.83
2048	1.49	1.83
2049	1.5	1.82
2050	1.5	1.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Libya
1960	44.7%	43.6%
1961	45%	44.2%
1962	45.3%	44.8%
1963	45.6%	45.5%
1964	46%	46.1%
1965	46.4%	47%
1966	46.9%	48.4%
1967	47.5%	49.5%
1968	48.1%	50.3%
1969	48.7%	50.7%
1970	48.7%	50.9%
1971	48.1%	50.9%
1972	47.3%	50.9%
1973	46.5%	50.2%
1974	45.7%	49.3%
1975	44.9%	48.9%
1976	44.1%	48.6%
1977	43.3%	48.2%
1978	42.5%	48%
1979	41.7%	47.9%
1980	40.7%	47.7%
1981	39.6%	47.5%
1982	38.2%	47.3%
1983	36.9%	46.8%
1984	35.8%	46.1%
1985	34.9%	45.5%
1986	34.2%	44.8%
1987	33.6%	44.1%
1988	33.2%	43.4%
1989	33.1%	42.6%
1990	33.1%	41.7%
1991	33.2%	40.7%
1992	33%	39.7%
1993	32.8%	38.6%
1994	32.6%	37.4%
1995	32.3%	36.3%
1996	31.9%	35.2%
1997	31.5%	34.2%
1998	31.1%	33.3%
1999	30.6%	32.5%
2000	30%	32%
2001	29.3%	31.7%
2002	28.7%	31.5%
2003	28%	31.3%
2004	27.4%	31.2%
2005	26.8%	31.1%
2006	26.2%	30.9%
2007	25.5%	30.6%
2008	24.7%	30.3%
2009	24.1%	30.1%
2010	23.5%	29.9%
2011	23.1%	30.7%
2012	22.6%	31.5%
2013	22.5%	31.3%
2014	22.3%	31.1%
2015	21.7%	31%
2016	20.8%	30.9%
2017	19.9%	30.6%
2018	19.5%	30.3%
2019	19.2%	29.9%
2020	18.8%	29.5%
2021	18.5%	29%
2022	18.3%	28.5%
2023	18.1%	28%
2024	17.9%	27.4%
2025	17.6%	26.8%
2026	17.4%	26.2%
2027	17.1%	25.6%
2028	16.8%	25.1%
2029	16.5%	24.5%
2030	16.3%	23.9%
2031	16%	23.4%
2032	15.9%	23%
2033	15.7%	22.5%
2034	15.6%	22.1%
2035	15.5%	21.8%
2036	15.4%	21.5%
2037	15.3%	21.3%
2038	15.3%	21%
2039	15.2%	20.9%
2040	15.2%	20.7%
2041	15.2%	20.6%
2042	15.1%	20.5%
2043	15.1%	20.4%
2044	15.1%	20.3%
2045	15.1%	20.2%
2046	15.1%	20.1%
2047	15%	20%
2048	15%	19.9%
2049	15%	19.8%
2050	14.9%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 27.4% in Libya in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 41.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and Libya compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Libya by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +1.43% in Libya. 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	Libya
1960	1,720	38,391
1961	1,762	42,167
1962	1,786	46,252
1963	1,796	50,421
1964	1,792	55,227
1965	1,778	59,134
1966	1,752	60,394
1967	1,716	61,889
1968	1,673	63,971
1969	1,628	66,782
1970	1,574	70,488
1971	1,549	74,934
1972	1,497	77,864
1973	1,400	81,256
1974	1,267	89,337
1975	1,142	94,862
1976	1,050	101,146
1977	996	107,769
1978	991	114,669
1979	981	121,469
1980	1,090	128,034
1981	1,169	130,233
1982	1,250	133,511
1983	1,301	122,183
1984	1,308	110,028
1985	1,302	110,194
1986	1,285	109,325
1987	1,256	107,761
1988	1,222	105,469
1989	1,178	102,823
1990	1,138	99,898
1991	1,103	96,582
1992	1,111	93,568
1993	1,130	90,553
1994	1,002	88,765
1995	853	87,661
1996	753	86,945
1997	662	86,899
1998	595	87,613
1999	647	88,743
2000	561	89,814
2001	556	93,370
2002	429	97,598
2003	387	102,144
2004	360	107,144
2005	339	112,823
2006	364	115,645
2007	319	116,704
2008	272	117,481
2009	220	118,102
2010	171	122,926
2011	121	121,016
2012	167	108,855
2013	110	110,772
2014	257	110,420
2015	157	108,096
2016	177	105,265
2017	-124	103,891
2018	-60	101,619
2019	-75	97,842
2020	-88	92,950
2021	-205	88,005
2022	-118	91,951
2023	-111	75,760

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Libya

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 59 deaths in Libya.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Libya
1985	61	86
1986	63	82
1987	63	77
1988	68	74
1989	69	70
1990	77	67
1991	81	64
1992	80	61
1993	79	60
1994	77	59
1995	73	59
1996	71	61
1997	67	64
1998	64	67
1999	64	69
2000	61	71
2001	58	71
2002	56	69
2003	55	68
2004	54	67
2005	54	66
2006	54	66
2007	53	67
2008	53	68
2009	50	70
2010	50	71
2011	49	81
2012	51	74
2013	50	75
2014	53	77
2015	63	76
2016	48	74
2017	44	69
2018	43	66
2019	41	65
2020	47	71
2021	110	98
2022	44	60
2023	36	59

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 3.08% in Libya. 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	Libya
1960	13.6%	27.7%
1961	12.4%	26%
1962	11.3%	24.3%
1963	10.3%	22.7%
1964	9.41%	21.2%
1965	8.59%	19.7%
1966	7.84%	18.3%
1967	7.16%	17%
1968	6.54%	15.8%
1969	5.98%	14.7%
1970	5.48%	13.6%
1971	5.02%	12.6%
1972	4.61%	11.7%
1973	4.24%	10.9%
1974	3.91%	10.2%
1975	3.61%	9.5%
1976	3.35%	8.91%
1977	3.12%	8.39%
1978	2.92%	7.92%
1979	2.74%	7.5%
1980	2.58%	7.11%
1981	2.45%	6.76%
1982	2.33%	6.42%
1983	2.22%	6.1%
1984	2.14%	5.79%
1985	2.06%	5.5%
1986	2%	5.21%
1987	1.95%	4.94%
1988	1.91%	4.67%
1989	1.88%	4.42%
1990	1.85%	4.19%
1991	1.84%	3.98%
1992	1.82%	3.78%
1993	1.82%	3.61%
1994	1.82%	3.46%
1995	1.83%	3.32%
1996	1.84%	3.2%
1997	1.86%	3.09%
1998	1.88%	2.99%
1999	1.91%	2.9%
2000	1.94%	2.81%
2001	1.97%	2.73%
2002	2.01%	2.65%
2003	2.06%	2.55%
2004	2.11%	2.44%
2005	2.16%	2.31%
2006	2.22%	2.17%
2007	2.28%	2.02%
2008	2.35%	1.88%
2009	2.42%	1.76%
2010	2.5%	1.66%
2011	2.57%	1.96%
2012	2.66%	1.51%
2013	2.74%	1.45%
2014	2.83%	1.39%
2015	2.93%	1.33%
2016	3.02%	1.28%
2017	3.12%	1.24%
2018	3.21%	1.19%
2019	3.3%	1.16%
2020	3.38%	1.12%
2021	3.45%	1.08%
2022	3.51%	1.05%
2023	3.55%	3.08%