Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Netherlands

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Netherlands 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 1.43 in the Netherlands in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs the Netherlands 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	Netherlands
1960	6.18	3.12
1961	6.16	3.22
1962	6.12	3.18
1963	6.08	3.19
1964	6.03	3.17
1965	5.95	3.04
1966	5.86	2.9
1967	5.74	2.81
1968	5.59	2.72
1969	5.41	2.75
1970	5.22	2.57
1971	4.99	2.36
1972	4.67	2.15
1973	4.28	1.9
1974	3.84	1.77
1975	3.46	1.66
1976	3.19	1.63
1977	3.02	1.58
1978	2.96	1.58
1979	2.96	1.56
1980	3.04	1.6
1981	3.11	1.56
1982	3.17	1.5
1983	3.18	1.47
1984	3.15	1.49
1985	3.12	1.51
1986	3.08	1.55
1987	3.06	1.56
1988	3.06	1.55
1989	3.06	1.55
1990	3.09	1.62
1991	3.15	1.61
1992	3.18	1.59
1993	3.2	1.57
1994	2.96	1.57
1995	2.71	1.53
1996	2.55	1.53
1997	2.41	1.56
1998	2.32	1.63
1999	2.46	1.65
2000	2.35	1.72
2001	2.4	1.71
2002	2.16	1.73
2003	2.08	1.75
2004	2.02	1.72
2005	2	1.71
2006	2.07	1.72
2007	2.02	1.72
2008	1.97	1.77
2009	1.92	1.79
2010	1.89	1.79
2011	1.86	1.76
2012	1.83	1.72
2013	1.78	1.68
2014	1.71	1.71
2015	1.65	1.66
2016	1.58	1.66
2017	1.54	1.62
2018	1.52	1.59
2019	1.5	1.57
2020	1.5	1.54
2021	1.48	1.62
2022	1.48	1.49
2023	1.48	1.43
2024	1.48	1.43
2025	1.47	1.44
2026	1.46	1.44
2027	1.46	1.45
2028	1.46	1.45
2029	1.46	1.45
2030	1.46	1.46
2031	1.46	1.46
2032	1.46	1.47
2033	1.46	1.47
2034	1.46	1.48
2035	1.46	1.48
2036	1.46	1.48
2037	1.47	1.48
2038	1.47	1.48
2039	1.47	1.49
2040	1.47	1.49
2041	1.48	1.49
2042	1.48	1.5
2043	1.48	1.5
2044	1.48	1.5
2045	1.49	1.5
2046	1.49	1.5
2047	1.49	1.51
2048	1.49	1.51
2049	1.5	1.51
2050	1.5	1.51

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Netherlands
1960	44.7%	30%
1961	45%	29.7%
1962	45.3%	29.1%
1963	45.6%	28.7%
1964	46%	28.5%
1965	46.4%	28.3%
1966	46.9%	28.1%
1967	47.5%	27.8%
1968	48.1%	27.6%
1969	48.7%	27.5%
1970	48.7%	27.3%
1971	48.1%	27.1%
1972	47.3%	26.8%
1973	46.5%	26.4%
1974	45.7%	25.9%
1975	44.9%	25.3%
1976	44.1%	24.8%
1977	43.3%	24.2%
1978	42.5%	23.5%
1979	41.7%	22.9%
1980	40.7%	22.3%
1981	39.6%	21.8%
1982	38.2%	21.3%
1983	36.9%	20.7%
1984	35.8%	20.1%
1985	34.9%	19.5%
1986	34.2%	19.1%
1987	33.6%	18.7%
1988	33.2%	18.5%
1989	33.1%	18.4%
1990	33.1%	18.4%
1991	33.2%	18.4%
1992	33%	18.5%
1993	32.8%	18.5%
1994	32.6%	18.6%
1995	32.3%	18.6%
1996	31.9%	18.6%
1997	31.5%	18.6%
1998	31.1%	18.6%
1999	30.6%	18.7%
2000	30%	18.8%
2001	29.3%	18.8%
2002	28.7%	18.8%
2003	28%	18.7%
2004	27.4%	18.6%
2005	26.8%	18.5%
2006	26.2%	18.3%
2007	25.5%	18.1%
2008	24.7%	17.9%
2009	24.1%	17.7%
2010	23.5%	17.6%
2011	23.1%	17.4%
2012	22.6%	17.3%
2013	22.5%	17.1%
2014	22.3%	16.9%
2015	21.7%	16.6%
2016	20.8%	16.4%
2017	19.9%	16.2%
2018	19.5%	16%
2019	19.2%	15.8%
2020	18.8%	15.6%
2021	18.5%	15.5%
2022	18.3%	15.4%
2023	18.1%	15.2%
2024	17.9%	15%
2025	17.6%	14.9%
2026	17.4%	14.9%
2027	17.1%	14.8%
2028	16.8%	14.8%
2029	16.5%	14.8%
2030	16.3%	14.8%
2031	16%	14.8%
2032	15.9%	14.7%
2033	15.7%	14.7%
2034	15.6%	14.7%
2035	15.5%	14.7%
2036	15.4%	14.7%
2037	15.3%	14.6%
2038	15.3%	14.6%
2039	15.2%	14.6%
2040	15.2%	14.5%
2041	15.2%	14.5%
2042	15.1%	14.4%
2043	15.1%	14.4%
2044	15.1%	14.3%
2045	15.1%	14.2%
2046	15.1%	14.1%
2047	15%	14.1%
2048	15%	14%
2049	15%	13.9%
2050	14.9%	13.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 15% in the Netherlands in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 18.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and the Netherlands compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Netherlands by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +0.08% in the Netherlands. 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	Netherlands
1960	1,720	151,623
1961	1,762	159,450
1962	1,786	153,474
1963	1,796	154,361
1964	1,792	157,653
1965	1,778	146,308
1966	1,752	138,265
1967	1,716	138,580
1968	1,673	132,389
1969	1,628	139,082
1970	1,574	129,082
1971	1,549	116,112
1972	1,497	101,297
1973	1,400	84,668
1974	1,267	75,853
1975	1,142	64,232
1976	1,050	63,361
1977	996	63,739
1978	991	61,344
1979	981	63,172
1980	1,090	66,504
1981	1,169	62,688
1982	1,250	54,388
1983	1,301	51,722
1984	1,308	54,812
1985	1,302	55,069
1986	1,285	59,746
1987	1,256	64,526
1988	1,222	61,993
1989	1,178	59,396
1990	1,138	68,777
1991	1,103	69,321
1992	1,111	66,811
1993	1,130	58,103
1994	1,002	61,532
1995	853	54,106
1996	753	51,251
1997	662	56,198
1998	595	61,258
1999	647	60,086
2000	561	66,887
2001	556	62,580
2002	429	59,751
2003	387	58,411
2004	360	56,987
2005	339	50,592
2006	364	49,038
2007	319	49,145
2008	272	49,337
2009	220	51,244
2010	171	48,184
2011	121	45,072
2012	167	35,186
2013	110	30,248
2014	257	35,417
2015	157	23,716
2016	177	23,843
2017	-124	18,844
2018	-60	15,508
2019	-75	17,345
2020	-88	0
2021	-205	7,014
2022	-118	-1,770
2023	-111	-5,363

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Netherlands

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 4 deaths in the Netherlands.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Netherlands
1985	61	12
1986	63	12
1987	63	12
1988	68	12
1989	69	12
1990	77	12
1991	81	12
1992	80	12
1993	79	12
1994	77	12
1995	73	12
1996	71	12
1997	67	13
1998	64	12
1999	64	13
2000	61	13
2001	58	13
2002	56	13
2003	55	12
2004	54	11
2005	54	10
2006	54	9
2007	53	8
2008	53	8
2009	50	7
2010	50	6
2011	49	7
2012	51	6
2013	50	6
2014	53	5
2015	63	5
2016	48	5
2017	44	5
2018	43	5
2019	41	5
2020	47	4
2021	110	5
2022	44	4
2023	36	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 0.4% in the Netherlands. 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	Netherlands
1960	13.6%	2.08%
1961	12.4%	2.03%
1962	11.3%	1.97%
1963	10.3%	1.92%
1964	9.41%	1.88%
1965	8.59%	1.83%
1966	7.84%	1.79%
1967	7.16%	1.74%
1968	6.54%	1.69%
1969	5.98%	1.64%
1970	5.48%	1.58%
1971	5.02%	1.53%
1972	4.61%	1.47%
1973	4.24%	1.41%
1974	3.91%	1.36%
1975	3.61%	1.31%
1976	3.35%	1.26%
1977	3.12%	1.21%
1978	2.92%	1.16%
1979	2.74%	1.12%
1980	2.58%	1.09%
1981	2.45%	1.06%
1982	2.33%	1.04%
1983	2.22%	1.02%
1984	2.14%	0.99%
1985	2.06%	0.97%
1986	2%	0.95%
1987	1.95%	0.92%
1988	1.91%	0.89%
1989	1.88%	0.86%
1990	1.85%	0.83%
1991	1.84%	0.8%
1992	1.82%	0.77%
1993	1.82%	0.74%
1994	1.82%	0.71%
1995	1.83%	0.69%
1996	1.84%	0.67%
1997	1.86%	0.66%
1998	1.88%	0.64%
1999	1.91%	0.63%
2000	1.94%	0.62%
2001	1.97%	0.61%
2002	2.01%	0.59%
2003	2.06%	0.57%
2004	2.11%	0.55%
2005	2.16%	0.53%
2006	2.22%	0.51%
2007	2.28%	0.49%
2008	2.35%	0.47%
2009	2.42%	0.46%
2010	2.5%	0.44%
2011	2.57%	0.43%
2012	2.66%	0.42%
2013	2.74%	0.42%
2014	2.83%	0.41%
2015	2.93%	0.41%
2016	3.02%	0.41%
2017	3.12%	0.4%
2018	3.21%	0.4%
2019	3.3%	0.4%
2020	3.38%	0.4%
2021	3.45%	0.4%
2022	3.51%	0.4%
2023	3.55%	0.4%