Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Mozambique

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Mozambique 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 4.76 in Mozambique in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs Mozambique 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	Mozambique
1960	6.18	6.31
1961	6.16	6.37
1962	6.12	6.42
1963	6.08	6.47
1964	6.03	6.51
1965	5.95	6.54
1966	5.86	6.58
1967	5.74	6.61
1968	5.59	6.65
1969	5.41	6.67
1970	5.22	6.7
1971	4.99	6.7
1972	4.67	6.7
1973	4.28	6.7
1974	3.84	6.67
1975	3.46	6.66
1976	3.19	6.64
1977	3.02	6.62
1978	2.96	6.59
1979	2.96	6.56
1980	3.04	6.53
1981	3.11	6.48
1982	3.17	6.43
1983	3.18	6.43
1984	3.15	6.44
1985	3.12	6.43
1986	3.08	6.41
1987	3.06	6.39
1988	3.06	6.37
1989	3.06	6.35
1990	3.09	6.32
1991	3.15	6.28
1992	3.18	6.22
1993	3.2	6.15
1994	2.96	6.08
1995	2.71	6.02
1996	2.55	5.97
1997	2.41	5.93
1998	2.32	5.91
1999	2.46	5.88
2000	2.35	5.83
2001	2.4	5.76
2002	2.16	5.67
2003	2.08	5.6
2004	2.02	5.55
2005	2	5.5
2006	2.07	5.45
2007	2.02	5.47
2008	1.97	5.6
2009	1.92	5.68
2010	1.89	5.66
2011	1.86	5.6
2012	1.83	5.52
2013	1.78	5.43
2014	1.71	5.3
2015	1.65	5.25
2016	1.58	5.19
2017	1.54	5.13
2018	1.52	5.07
2019	1.5	5.02
2020	1.5	4.96
2021	1.48	4.91
2022	1.48	4.84
2023	1.48	4.76
2024	1.48	4.69
2025	1.47	4.62
2026	1.46	4.54
2027	1.46	4.46
2028	1.46	4.39
2029	1.46	4.3
2030	1.46	4.23
2031	1.46	4.14
2032	1.46	4.06
2033	1.46	3.97
2034	1.46	3.89
2035	1.46	3.82
2036	1.46	3.75
2037	1.47	3.67
2038	1.47	3.6
2039	1.47	3.53
2040	1.47	3.47
2041	1.48	3.4
2042	1.48	3.34
2043	1.48	3.28
2044	1.48	3.22
2045	1.49	3.16
2046	1.49	3.11
2047	1.49	3.06
2048	1.49	3.01
2049	1.5	2.97
2050	1.5	2.92

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Mozambique
1960	44.7%	41%
1961	45%	41.2%
1962	45.3%	41.4%
1963	45.6%	41.6%
1964	46%	41.9%
1965	46.4%	42.2%
1966	46.9%	42.5%
1967	47.5%	42.7%
1968	48.1%	42.9%
1969	48.7%	43.1%
1970	48.7%	43.3%
1971	48.1%	43.4%
1972	47.3%	43.6%
1973	46.5%	43.7%
1974	45.7%	43.8%
1975	44.9%	44%
1976	44.1%	44.1%
1977	43.3%	44.3%
1978	42.5%	44.6%
1979	41.7%	44.9%
1980	40.7%	45.3%
1981	39.6%	45.6%
1982	38.2%	45.7%
1983	36.9%	45.8%
1984	35.8%	45.9%
1985	34.9%	45.9%
1986	34.2%	45.9%
1987	33.6%	45.9%
1988	33.2%	45.8%
1989	33.1%	45.7%
1990	33.1%	45.7%
1991	33.2%	45.6%
1992	33%	45.5%
1993	32.8%	45.4%
1994	32.6%	45.2%
1995	32.3%	45%
1996	31.9%	44.9%
1997	31.5%	44.8%
1998	31.1%	44.9%
1999	30.6%	45%
2000	30%	45.1%
2001	29.3%	45.1%
2002	28.7%	45.2%
2003	28%	45.3%
2004	27.4%	45.3%
2005	26.8%	45.3%
2006	26.2%	45.4%
2007	25.5%	45.4%
2008	24.7%	45.5%
2009	24.1%	45.6%
2010	23.5%	45.8%
2011	23.1%	45.8%
2012	22.6%	45.9%
2013	22.5%	45.8%
2014	22.3%	45.8%
2015	21.7%	45.7%
2016	20.8%	45.6%
2017	19.9%	45.5%
2018	19.5%	45.4%
2019	19.2%	45.3%
2020	18.8%	45.2%
2021	18.5%	45.1%
2022	18.3%	45%
2023	18.1%	44.8%
2024	17.9%	44.5%
2025	17.6%	44.2%
2026	17.4%	43.9%
2027	17.1%	43.5%
2028	16.8%	43.2%
2029	16.5%	42.9%
2030	16.3%	42.5%
2031	16%	42.2%
2032	15.9%	41.9%
2033	15.7%	41.5%
2034	15.6%	41.1%
2035	15.5%	40.7%
2036	15.4%	40.3%
2037	15.3%	39.9%
2038	15.3%	39.5%
2039	15.2%	39%
2040	15.2%	38.6%
2041	15.2%	38.2%
2042	15.1%	37.7%
2043	15.1%	37.3%
2044	15.1%	36.9%
2045	15.1%	36.4%
2046	15.1%	36%
2047	15%	35.6%
2048	15%	35.2%
2049	15%	34.8%
2050	14.9%	34.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 44.5% in Mozambique in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and Mozambique compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Mozambique by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +3.08% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	1,720	165,774
1961	1,762	171,236
1962	1,786	176,297
1963	1,796	180,867
1964	1,792	182,334
1965	1,778	185,931
1966	1,752	189,218
1967	1,716	193,044
1968	1,673	197,623
1969	1,628	202,174
1970	1,574	207,385
1971	1,549	211,137
1972	1,497	215,793
1973	1,400	226,847
1974	1,267	240,665
1975	1,142	257,984
1976	1,050	273,924
1977	996	289,193
1978	991	310,403
1979	981	331,162
1980	1,090	349,586
1981	1,169	322,207
1982	1,250	321,493
1983	1,301	324,158
1984	1,308	304,524
1985	1,302	307,625
1986	1,285	332,609
1987	1,256	334,438
1988	1,222	349,480
1989	1,178	348,833
1990	1,138	353,290
1991	1,103	357,676
1992	1,111	362,373
1993	1,130	369,518
1994	1,002	384,821
1995	853	421,630
1996	753	442,559
1997	662	461,209
1998	595	474,453
1999	647	491,814
2000	561	506,162
2001	556	519,594
2002	429	529,867
2003	387	540,992
2004	360	554,973
2005	339	570,132
2006	364	586,009
2007	319	610,913
2008	272	654,920
2009	220	693,673
2010	171	719,025
2011	121	741,303
2012	167	763,088
2013	110	784,641
2014	257	799,778
2015	157	824,435
2016	177	850,430
2017	-124	876,594
2018	-60	903,176
2019	-75	927,581
2020	-88	945,952
2021	-205	951,234
2022	-118	1,003,689
2023	-111	1,025,334

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Mozambique

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 99 deaths in Mozambique.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Mozambique
1985	61	1,452
1986	63	1,355
1987	63	1,348
1988	68	1,259
1989	69	1,209
1990	77	1,150
1991	81	1,094
1992	80	1,046
1993	79	968
1994	77	902
1995	73	883
1996	71	819
1997	67	738
1998	64	694
1999	64	624
2000	61	547
2001	58	473
2002	56	398
2003	55	360
2004	54	321
2005	54	301
2006	54	298
2007	53	327
2008	53	365
2009	50	352
2010	50	305
2011	49	268
2012	51	218
2013	50	196
2014	53	210
2015	63	216
2016	48	202
2017	44	187
2018	43	159
2019	41	134
2020	47	123
2021	110	180
2022	44	104
2023	36	99

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 6.17% in Mozambique. 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	Mozambique
1960	13.6%	-
1961	12.4%	-
1962	11.3%	-
1963	10.3%	26.5%
1964	9.41%	26.7%
1965	8.59%	26.8%
1966	7.84%	26.8%
1967	7.16%	26.9%
1968	6.54%	26.9%
1969	5.98%	26.9%
1970	5.48%	26.8%
1971	5.02%	26.7%
1972	4.61%	26.6%
1973	4.24%	26.4%
1974	3.91%	26.3%
1975	3.61%	26.1%
1976	3.35%	26%
1977	3.12%	25.8%
1978	2.92%	25.7%
1979	2.74%	25.7%
1980	2.58%	25.6%
1981	2.45%	25.6%
1982	2.33%	25.5%
1983	2.22%	25.3%
1984	2.14%	25.1%
1985	2.06%	24.8%
1986	2%	24.5%
1987	1.95%	24.2%
1988	1.91%	23.9%
1989	1.88%	23.6%
1990	1.85%	23.3%
1991	1.84%	23%
1992	1.82%	22.6%
1993	1.82%	22.1%
1994	1.82%	21.6%
1995	1.83%	20.9%
1996	1.84%	20.1%
1997	1.86%	19.2%
1998	1.88%	18.2%
1999	1.91%	17.2%
2000	1.94%	16.3%
2001	1.97%	15.4%
2002	2.01%	14.6%
2003	2.06%	13.9%
2004	2.11%	13.2%
2005	2.16%	12.5%
2006	2.22%	11.8%
2007	2.28%	11%
2008	2.35%	10.4%
2009	2.42%	9.75%
2010	2.5%	9.5%
2011	2.57%	9.05%
2012	2.66%	8.63%
2013	2.74%	8.26%
2014	2.83%	7.92%
2015	2.93%	7.51%
2016	3.02%	7.23%
2017	3.12%	7.09%
2018	3.21%	6.95%
2019	3.3%	6.83%
2020	3.38%	6.73%
2021	3.45%	6.58%
2022	3.51%	6.43%
2023	3.55%	6.17%