Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Marshall Islands

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Marshall Islands 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 2.92 in the Marshall Islands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs the Marshall Islands 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	Marshall Islands
1960	6.18	8.08
1961	6.16	8.12
1962	6.12	8.12
1963	6.08	8.12
1964	6.03	8.14
1965	5.95	8.16
1966	5.86	8.2
1967	5.74	8.17
1968	5.59	8.14
1969	5.41	8.11
1970	5.22	8.07
1971	4.99	8.04
1972	4.67	8
1973	4.28	7.95
1974	3.84	7.9
1975	3.46	7.83
1976	3.19	7.76
1977	3.02	7.67
1978	2.96	7.58
1979	2.96	7.47
1980	3.04	7.37
1981	3.11	7.27
1982	3.17	7.18
1983	3.18	7.08
1984	3.15	6.99
1985	3.12	6.87
1986	3.08	6.73
1987	3.06	6.57
1988	3.06	6.38
1989	3.06	6.18
1990	3.09	5.97
1991	3.15	5.76
1992	3.18	5.55
1993	3.2	5.38
1994	2.96	5.23
1995	2.71	5.09
1996	2.55	5.02
1997	2.41	4.96
1998	2.32	4.87
1999	2.46	4.78
2000	2.35	4.7
2001	2.4	4.58
2002	2.16	4.49
2003	2.08	4.42
2004	2.02	4.34
2005	2	4.28
2006	2.07	4.2
2007	2.02	4.09
2008	1.97	3.97
2009	1.92	3.83
2010	1.89	3.67
2011	1.86	3.53
2012	1.83	3.38
2013	1.78	3.25
2014	1.71	3.18
2015	1.65	3.13
2016	1.58	3.09
2017	1.54	3.06
2018	1.52	3.04
2019	1.5	3.01
2020	1.5	2.99
2021	1.48	2.96
2022	1.48	2.94
2023	1.48	2.92
2024	1.48	2.86
2025	1.47	2.82
2026	1.46	2.77
2027	1.46	2.73
2028	1.46	2.69
2029	1.46	2.65
2030	1.46	2.6
2031	1.46	2.57
2032	1.46	2.53
2033	1.46	2.5
2034	1.46	2.47
2035	1.46	2.44
2036	1.46	2.41
2037	1.47	2.38
2038	1.47	2.36
2039	1.47	2.34
2040	1.47	2.31
2041	1.48	2.29
2042	1.48	2.26
2043	1.48	2.24
2044	1.48	2.23
2045	1.49	2.21
2046	1.49	2.19
2047	1.49	2.17
2048	1.49	2.15
2049	1.5	2.13
2050	1.5	2.11

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Marshall Islands
1960	44.7%	46.1%
1961	45%	46.7%
1962	45.3%	47.1%
1963	45.6%	47.4%
1964	46%	47.5%
1965	46.4%	47.5%
1966	46.9%	47.2%
1967	47.5%	46.7%
1968	48.1%	46.1%
1969	48.7%	45.3%
1970	48.7%	45%
1971	48.1%	45.6%
1972	47.3%	46.6%
1973	46.5%	47.3%
1974	45.7%	47.8%
1975	44.9%	48.2%
1976	44.1%	48.5%
1977	43.3%	49%
1978	42.5%	49.4%
1979	41.7%	49.8%
1980	40.7%	50.1%
1981	39.6%	50.3%
1982	38.2%	50.3%
1983	36.9%	50.4%
1984	35.8%	50.4%
1985	34.9%	50.6%
1986	34.2%	50.7%
1987	33.6%	50.8%
1988	33.2%	50.8%
1989	33.1%	50.6%
1990	33.1%	50.2%
1991	33.2%	49.7%
1992	33%	49.1%
1993	32.8%	48.4%
1994	32.6%	47.5%
1995	32.3%	46.6%
1996	31.9%	45.6%
1997	31.5%	44.7%
1998	31.1%	43.7%
1999	30.6%	42.8%
2000	30%	42%
2001	29.3%	41.3%
2002	28.7%	40.6%
2003	28%	39.9%
2004	27.4%	39.4%
2005	26.8%	39.1%
2006	26.2%	38.9%
2007	25.5%	39%
2008	24.7%	39.2%
2009	24.1%	39.4%
2010	23.5%	39.7%
2011	23.1%	39.7%
2012	22.6%	39.4%
2013	22.5%	38.8%
2014	22.3%	38.2%
2015	21.7%	37.5%
2016	20.8%	36.8%
2017	19.9%	36.2%
2018	19.5%	35.7%
2019	19.2%	35.1%
2020	18.8%	34.5%
2021	18.5%	34.4%
2022	18.3%	34.6%
2023	18.1%	34.7%
2024	17.9%	34.5%
2025	17.6%	33.9%
2026	17.4%	33.2%
2027	17.1%	32.6%
2028	16.8%	32%
2029	16.5%	31.4%
2030	16.3%	30.9%
2031	16%	30.3%
2032	15.9%	29.7%
2033	15.7%	29.2%
2034	15.6%	28.6%
2035	15.5%	28.1%
2036	15.4%	27.6%
2037	15.3%	27.3%
2038	15.3%	27.3%
2039	15.2%	27.4%
2040	15.2%	27.7%
2041	15.2%	28%
2042	15.1%	28.3%
2043	15.1%	28.6%
2044	15.1%	28.8%
2045	15.1%	29%
2046	15.1%	29.1%
2047	15%	29.1%
2048	15%	29%
2049	15%	28.8%
2050	14.9%	28.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 34.5% in the Marshall Islands in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 50.2% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and the Marshall Islands compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Marshall Islands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +1.69% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	1,720	452
1961	1,762	469
1962	1,786	488
1963	1,796	509
1964	1,792	536
1965	1,778	566
1966	1,752	603
1967	1,716	636
1968	1,673	685
1969	1,628	747
1970	1,574	819
1971	1,549	877
1972	1,497	913
1973	1,400	954
1974	1,267	1,000
1975	1,142	1,055
1976	1,050	1,109
1977	996	1,160
1978	991	1,207
1979	981	1,250
1980	1,090	1,287
1981	1,169	1,328
1982	1,250	1,375
1983	1,301	1,422
1984	1,308	1,470
1985	1,302	1,511
1986	1,285	1,544
1987	1,256	1,566
1988	1,222	1,575
1989	1,178	1,574
1990	1,138	1,556
1991	1,103	1,540
1992	1,111	1,525
1993	1,130	1,524
1994	1,002	1,524
1995	853	1,522
1996	753	1,542
1997	662	1,564
1998	595	1,576
1999	647	1,590
2000	561	1,592
2001	556	1,596
2002	429	1,594
2003	387	1,600
2004	360	1,595
2005	339	1,586
2006	364	1,556
2007	319	1,507
2008	272	1,443
2009	220	1,365
2010	171	1,273
2011	121	1,185
2012	167	1,097
2013	110	1,014
2014	257	959
2015	157	912
2016	177	866
2017	-124	826
2018	-60	785
2019	-75	746
2020	-88	689
2021	-205	653
2022	-118	606
2023	-111	550

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Marshall Islands

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 155 deaths in the Marshall Islands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Marshall Islands
1985	61	254
1986	63	274
1987	63	282
1988	68	276
1989	69	299
1990	77	311
1991	81	297
1992	80	322
1993	79	320
1994	77	303
1995	73	303
1996	71	292
1997	67	274
1998	64	259
1999	64	250
2000	61	251
2001	58	231
2002	56	223
2003	55	221
2004	54	238
2005	54	234
2006	54	233
2007	53	229
2008	53	226
2009	50	224
2010	50	212
2011	49	209
2012	51	207
2013	50	201
2014	53	199
2015	63	184
2016	48	183
2017	44	179
2018	43	167
2019	41	168
2020	47	178
2021	110	206
2022	44	174
2023	36	155

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 2.82% in the Marshall Islands. 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	Marshall Islands
1960	13.6%	12.2%
1961	12.4%	11.6%
1962	11.3%	11%
1963	10.3%	10.5%
1964	9.41%	10.1%
1965	8.59%	9.64%
1966	7.84%	9.25%
1967	7.16%	8.88%
1968	6.54%	8.53%
1969	5.98%	8.19%
1970	5.48%	7.87%
1971	5.02%	7.58%
1972	4.61%	7.33%
1973	4.24%	7.13%
1974	3.91%	6.97%
1975	3.61%	6.86%
1976	3.35%	6.77%
1977	3.12%	6.69%
1978	2.92%	6.61%
1979	2.74%	6.52%
1980	2.58%	6.42%
1981	2.45%	6.29%
1982	2.33%	6.15%
1983	2.22%	6%
1984	2.14%	5.83%
1985	2.06%	5.66%
1986	2%	5.49%
1987	1.95%	5.31%
1988	1.91%	5.13%
1989	1.88%	4.95%
1990	1.85%	4.76%
1991	1.84%	4.59%
1992	1.82%	4.43%
1993	1.82%	4.29%
1994	1.82%	4.2%
1995	1.83%	4.15%
1996	1.84%	4.14%
1997	1.86%	4.15%
1998	1.88%	4.19%
1999	1.91%	4.23%
2000	1.94%	4.25%
2001	1.97%	4.25%
2002	2.01%	4.24%
2003	2.06%	4.21%
2004	2.11%	4.18%
2005	2.16%	4.14%
2006	2.22%	4.1%
2007	2.28%	4.06%
2008	2.35%	4.02%
2009	2.42%	3.97%
2010	2.5%	3.94%
2011	2.57%	3.89%
2012	2.66%	3.82%
2013	2.74%	3.75%
2014	2.83%	3.66%
2015	2.93%	3.57%
2016	3.02%	3.48%
2017	3.12%	3.38%
2018	3.21%	3.29%
2019	3.3%	3.19%
2020	3.38%	3.1%
2021	3.45%	3%
2022	3.51%	2.91%
2023	3.55%	2.82%