Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Montenegro

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Montenegro 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 1.74 in Montenegro in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs Montenegro 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	Montenegro
1960	6.18	3.53
1961	6.16	3.49
1962	6.12	3.44
1963	6.08	3.38
1964	6.03	3.28
1965	5.95	3.19
1966	5.86	3.09
1967	5.74	2.91
1968	5.59	2.8
1969	5.41	2.79
1970	5.22	2.69
1971	4.99	2.67
1972	4.67	2.61
1973	4.28	2.51
1974	3.84	2.43
1975	3.46	2.38
1976	3.19	2.35
1977	3.02	2.31
1978	2.96	2.25
1979	2.96	2.2
1980	3.04	2.22
1981	3.11	2.19
1982	3.17	2.19
1983	3.18	2.17
1984	3.15	2.14
1985	3.12	2.13
1986	3.08	2.09
1987	3.06	2.07
1988	3.06	2.01
1989	3.06	1.94
1990	3.09	1.95
1991	3.15	2.02
1992	3.18	2.01
1993	3.2	1.96
1994	2.96	1.94
1995	2.71	1.96
1996	2.55	1.92
1997	2.41	1.89
1998	2.32	1.89
1999	2.46	1.88
2000	2.35	1.9
2001	2.4	1.86
2002	2.16	1.81
2003	2.08	1.8
2004	2.02	1.73
2005	2	1.69
2006	2.07	1.73
2007	2.02	1.8
2008	1.97	1.89
2009	1.92	1.98
2010	1.89	1.7
2011	1.86	1.65
2012	1.83	1.72
2013	1.78	1.73
2014	1.71	1.75
2015	1.65	1.7
2016	1.58	1.8
2017	1.54	1.8
2018	1.52	1.8
2019	1.5	1.8
2020	1.5	1.75
2021	1.48	1.75
2022	1.48	1.8
2023	1.48	1.74
2024	1.48	1.74
2025	1.47	1.73
2026	1.46	1.73
2027	1.46	1.73
2028	1.46	1.73
2029	1.46	1.72
2030	1.46	1.72
2031	1.46	1.72
2032	1.46	1.71
2033	1.46	1.71
2034	1.46	1.71
2035	1.46	1.7
2036	1.46	1.7
2037	1.47	1.7
2038	1.47	1.69
2039	1.47	1.69
2040	1.47	1.69
2041	1.48	1.69
2042	1.48	1.68
2043	1.48	1.68
2044	1.48	1.68
2045	1.49	1.68
2046	1.49	1.68
2047	1.49	1.67
2048	1.49	1.67
2049	1.5	1.67
2050	1.5	1.67

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Montenegro
1960	44.7%	36.1%
1961	45%	36.3%
1962	45.3%	36.4%
1963	45.6%	36.2%
1964	46%	35.9%
1965	46.4%	35.5%
1966	46.9%	35.1%
1967	47.5%	34.5%
1968	48.1%	33.9%
1969	48.7%	33.3%
1970	48.7%	32.6%
1971	48.1%	32%
1972	47.3%	31.4%
1973	46.5%	30.9%
1974	45.7%	30.4%
1975	44.9%	29.9%
1976	44.1%	29.5%
1977	43.3%	29%
1978	42.5%	28.5%
1979	41.7%	28.1%
1980	40.7%	27.8%
1981	39.6%	27.5%
1982	38.2%	27.1%
1983	36.9%	26.9%
1984	35.8%	26.6%
1985	34.9%	26.4%
1986	34.2%	26.2%
1987	33.6%	26%
1988	33.2%	25.9%
1989	33.1%	25.7%
1990	33.1%	25.6%
1991	33.2%	25.4%
1992	33%	25.1%
1993	32.8%	24.7%
1994	32.6%	24.4%
1995	32.3%	24%
1996	31.9%	23.6%
1997	31.5%	23.2%
1998	31.1%	22.8%
1999	30.6%	22.4%
2000	30%	21.9%
2001	29.3%	21.5%
2002	28.7%	21.2%
2003	28%	20.9%
2004	27.4%	20.6%
2005	26.8%	20.4%
2006	26.2%	20.1%
2007	25.5%	19.9%
2008	24.7%	19.6%
2009	24.1%	19.4%
2010	23.5%	19.2%
2011	23.1%	19%
2012	22.6%	18.8%
2013	22.5%	18.7%
2014	22.3%	18.6%
2015	21.7%	18.6%
2016	20.8%	18.6%
2017	19.9%	18.5%
2018	19.5%	18.4%
2019	19.2%	18.4%
2020	18.8%	18.4%
2021	18.5%	18.5%
2022	18.3%	18.5%
2023	18.1%	18.3%
2024	17.9%	18.1%
2025	17.6%	17.9%
2026	17.4%	17.7%
2027	17.1%	17.5%
2028	16.8%	17.2%
2029	16.5%	17%
2030	16.3%	16.8%
2031	16%	16.6%
2032	15.9%	16.3%
2033	15.7%	16.2%
2034	15.6%	16%
2035	15.5%	15.8%
2036	15.4%	15.7%
2037	15.3%	15.5%
2038	15.3%	15.4%
2039	15.2%	15.3%
2040	15.2%	15.2%
2041	15.2%	15.1%
2042	15.1%	15.1%
2043	15.1%	15%
2044	15.1%	15%
2045	15.1%	15%
2046	15.1%	14.9%
2047	15%	14.9%
2048	15%	14.9%
2049	15%	14.9%
2050	14.9%	14.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 18.1% in Montenegro in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 25.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and Montenegro compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Montenegro by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +0.07% in Montenegro. 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	Montenegro
1960	1,720	9,144
1961	1,762	9,278
1962	1,786	9,402
1963	1,796	9,449
1964	1,792	9,227
1965	1,778	9,010
1966	1,752	8,661
1967	1,716	7,961
1968	1,673	7,497
1969	1,628	7,449
1970	1,574	7,069
1971	1,549	7,168
1972	1,497	7,252
1973	1,400	7,096
1974	1,267	6,919
1975	1,142	6,878
1976	1,050	6,845
1977	996	6,650
1978	991	6,408
1979	981	6,139
1980	1,090	6,383
1981	1,169	6,275
1982	1,250	6,419
1983	1,301	6,482
1984	1,308	6,337
1985	1,302	6,283
1986	1,285	6,097
1987	1,256	5,958
1988	1,222	5,529
1989	1,178	5,129
1990	1,138	5,010
1991	1,103	5,191
1992	1,111	5,015
1993	1,130	4,638
1994	1,002	4,381
1995	853	4,527
1996	753	4,155
1997	662	3,597
1998	595	3,889
1999	647	3,454
2000	561	3,751
2001	556	3,462
2002	429	2,988
2003	387	2,632
2004	360	2,146
2005	339	1,536
2006	364	1,599
2007	319	1,848
2008	272	2,530
2009	220	2,783
2010	171	1,797
2011	121	1,365
2012	167	1,554
2013	110	1,557
2014	257	1,560
2015	157	1,062
2016	177	1,125
2017	-124	939
2018	-60	752
2019	-75	627
2020	-88	-188
2021	-205	-2,062
2022	-118	0
2023	-111	686

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Montenegro

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 6 deaths in Montenegro.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Montenegro
1985	61	11
1986	63	11
1987	63	10
1988	68	10
1989	69	10
1990	77	10
1991	81	11
1992	80	11
1993	79	11
1994	77	11
1995	73	11
1996	71	12
1997	67	12
1998	64	12
1999	64	12
2000	61	11
2001	58	11
2002	56	10
2003	55	10
2004	54	9
2005	54	8
2006	54	8
2007	53	8
2008	53	8
2009	50	8
2010	50	7
2011	49	7
2012	51	7
2013	50	7
2014	53	7
2015	63	7
2016	48	6
2017	44	7
2018	43	7
2019	41	6
2020	47	15
2021	110	15
2022	44	13
2023	36	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 0.26% in Montenegro. 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	Montenegro
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%	-
1980	2.58%	-
1981	2.45%	-
1982	2.33%	-
1983	2.22%	-
1984	2.14%	2.72%
1985	2.06%	2.48%
1986	2%	2.25%
1987	1.95%	2.05%
1988	1.91%	1.89%
1989	1.88%	1.75%
1990	1.85%	1.65%
1991	1.84%	1.58%
1992	1.82%	1.54%
1993	1.82%	1.52%
1994	1.82%	1.51%
1995	1.83%	1.51%
1996	1.84%	1.51%
1997	1.86%	1.51%
1998	1.88%	1.49%
1999	1.91%	1.46%
2000	1.94%	1.42%
2001	1.97%	1.37%
2002	2.01%	1.3%
2003	2.06%	1.22%
2004	2.11%	1.14%
2005	2.16%	1.06%
2006	2.22%	0.97%
2007	2.28%	0.89%
2008	2.35%	0.8%
2009	2.42%	0.73%
2010	2.5%	0.66%
2011	2.57%	0.59%
2012	2.66%	0.54%
2013	2.74%	0.49%
2014	2.83%	0.45%
2015	2.93%	0.41%
2016	3.02%	0.38%
2017	3.12%	0.36%
2018	3.21%	0.33%
2019	3.3%	0.32%
2020	3.38%	0.3%
2021	3.45%	0.28%
2022	3.51%	0.27%
2023	3.55%	0.26%