Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Niger

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Niger 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 6.06 in Niger in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs Niger 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	Niger
1960	6.18	7.53
1961	6.16	7.51
1962	6.12	7.5
1963	6.08	7.49
1964	6.03	7.48
1965	5.95	7.47
1966	5.86	7.48
1967	5.74	7.49
1968	5.59	7.5
1969	5.41	7.51
1970	5.22	7.51
1971	4.99	7.52
1972	4.67	7.52
1973	4.28	7.53
1974	3.84	7.54
1975	3.46	7.54
1976	3.19	7.56
1977	3.02	7.6
1978	2.96	7.66
1979	2.96	7.72
1980	3.04	7.78
1981	3.11	7.82
1982	3.17	7.86
1983	3.18	7.9
1984	3.15	7.92
1985	3.12	7.93
1986	3.08	7.9
1987	3.06	7.87
1988	3.06	7.84
1989	3.06	7.82
1990	3.09	7.81
1991	3.15	7.8
1992	3.18	7.8
1993	3.2	7.79
1994	2.96	7.79
1995	2.71	7.78
1996	2.55	7.78
1997	2.41	7.8
1998	2.32	7.84
1999	2.46	7.84
2000	2.35	7.83
2001	2.4	7.81
2002	2.16	7.8
2003	2.08	7.79
2004	2.02	7.78
2005	2	7.77
2006	2.07	7.74
2007	2.02	7.73
2008	1.97	7.7
2009	1.92	7.68
2010	1.89	7.64
2011	1.86	7.59
2012	1.83	7.53
2013	1.78	7.45
2014	1.71	7.34
2015	1.65	7.22
2016	1.58	7.04
2017	1.54	6.87
2018	1.52	6.71
2019	1.5	6.54
2020	1.5	6.37
2021	1.48	6.2
2022	1.48	6.14
2023	1.48	6.06
2024	1.48	5.93
2025	1.47	5.79
2026	1.46	5.64
2027	1.46	5.49
2028	1.46	5.35
2029	1.46	5.22
2030	1.46	5.08
2031	1.46	4.93
2032	1.46	4.8
2033	1.46	4.69
2034	1.46	4.55
2035	1.46	4.44
2036	1.46	4.32
2037	1.47	4.21
2038	1.47	4.1
2039	1.47	4
2040	1.47	3.91
2041	1.48	3.82
2042	1.48	3.74
2043	1.48	3.66
2044	1.48	3.59
2045	1.49	3.53
2046	1.49	3.46
2047	1.49	3.39
2048	1.49	3.34
2049	1.5	3.28
2050	1.5	3.22

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Niger
1960	44.7%	49%
1961	45%	48.9%
1962	45.3%	48.8%
1963	45.6%	48.8%
1964	46%	48.8%
1965	46.4%	48.7%
1966	46.9%	48.6%
1967	47.5%	48.5%
1968	48.1%	48.4%
1969	48.7%	48.3%
1970	48.7%	48.1%
1971	48.1%	48%
1972	47.3%	47.9%
1973	46.5%	47.7%
1974	45.7%	47.6%
1975	44.9%	47.4%
1976	44.1%	47.3%
1977	43.3%	47.1%
1978	42.5%	47%
1979	41.7%	47%
1980	40.7%	47%
1981	39.6%	47%
1982	38.2%	47%
1983	36.9%	47%
1984	35.8%	47%
1985	34.9%	47%
1986	34.2%	47%
1987	33.6%	47%
1988	33.2%	47%
1989	33.1%	46.9%
1990	33.1%	46.8%
1991	33.2%	46.8%
1992	33%	46.7%
1993	32.8%	46.7%
1994	32.6%	46.7%
1995	32.3%	46.7%
1996	31.9%	46.7%
1997	31.5%	46.8%
1998	31.1%	46.9%
1999	30.6%	47.1%
2000	30%	47.3%
2001	29.3%	47.5%
2002	28.7%	47.8%
2003	28%	48%
2004	27.4%	48.2%
2005	26.8%	48.5%
2006	26.2%	48.7%
2007	25.5%	48.9%
2008	24.7%	49.1%
2009	24.1%	49.3%
2010	23.5%	49.4%
2011	23.1%	49.5%
2012	22.6%	49.5%
2013	22.5%	49.4%
2014	22.3%	49.3%
2015	21.7%	49.2%
2016	20.8%	49%
2017	19.9%	48.8%
2018	19.5%	48.6%
2019	19.2%	48.3%
2020	18.8%	48%
2021	18.5%	47.7%
2022	18.3%	47.3%
2023	18.1%	47%
2024	17.9%	46.6%
2025	17.6%	46.2%
2026	17.4%	45.8%
2027	17.1%	45.5%
2028	16.8%	45%
2029	16.5%	44.6%
2030	16.3%	44.2%
2031	16%	43.8%
2032	15.9%	43.4%
2033	15.7%	43%
2034	15.6%	42.6%
2035	15.5%	42.2%
2036	15.4%	41.8%
2037	15.3%	41.3%
2038	15.3%	40.9%
2039	15.2%	40.4%
2040	15.2%	39.9%
2041	15.2%	39.4%
2042	15.1%	38.9%
2043	15.1%	38.4%
2044	15.1%	37.9%
2045	15.1%	37.4%
2046	15.1%	36.9%
2047	15%	36.4%
2048	15%	35.9%
2049	15%	35.5%
2050	14.9%	35%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 46.6% in Niger in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 46.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and Niger compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Niger by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +3.43% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	1,720	105,081
1961	1,762	107,693
1962	1,786	110,280
1963	1,796	113,072
1964	1,792	115,386
1965	1,778	116,963
1966	1,752	119,314
1967	1,716	121,358
1968	1,673	123,301
1969	1,628	125,389
1970	1,574	128,184
1971	1,549	128,223
1972	1,497	133,813
1973	1,400	137,695
1974	1,267	142,606
1975	1,142	147,962
1976	1,050	154,489
1977	996	161,792
1978	991	171,614
1979	981	180,632
1980	1,090	189,251
1981	1,169	195,938
1982	1,250	202,012
1983	1,301	207,962
1984	1,308	213,111
1985	1,302	219,206
1986	1,285	224,365
1987	1,256	231,371
1988	1,222	237,296
1989	1,178	245,278
1990	1,138	256,594
1991	1,103	266,527
1992	1,111	278,690
1993	1,130	292,135
1994	1,002	306,026
1995	853	323,630
1996	753	341,223
1997	662	358,745
1998	595	377,120
1999	647	394,212
2000	561	410,779
2001	556	428,417
2002	429	446,767
2003	387	467,295
2004	360	488,328
2005	339	511,167
2006	364	533,374
2007	319	556,808
2008	272	579,727
2009	220	602,671
2010	171	624,685
2011	121	645,175
2012	167	664,009
2013	110	686,070
2014	257	704,609
2015	157	721,630
2016	177	738,999
2017	-124	752,384
2018	-60	763,536
2019	-75	775,474
2020	-88	784,437
2021	-205	793,428
2022	-118	829,651
2023	-111	864,139

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Niger

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 350 deaths in Niger.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Niger
1985	61	1,137
1986	63	1,107
1987	63	1,074
1988	68	1,040
1989	69	1,010
1990	77	983
1991	81	957
1992	80	926
1993	79	903
1994	77	883
1995	73	865
1996	71	854
1997	67	841
1998	64	839
1999	64	841
2000	61	845
2001	58	843
2002	56	835
2003	55	813
2004	54	790
2005	54	764
2006	54	737
2007	53	704
2008	53	669
2009	50	647
2010	50	621
2011	49	585
2012	51	554
2013	50	526
2014	53	497
2015	63	473
2016	48	450
2017	44	433
2018	43	420
2019	41	406
2020	47	388
2021	110	396
2022	44	361
2023	36	350

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 11.5% in Niger. 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	Niger
1960	13.6%	-
1961	12.4%	-
1962	11.3%	-
1963	10.3%	-
1964	9.41%	-
1965	8.59%	-
1966	7.84%	-
1967	7.16%	31.9%
1968	6.54%	32.3%
1969	5.98%	32.7%
1970	5.48%	33.2%
1971	5.02%	33.6%
1972	4.61%	34%
1973	4.24%	34.2%
1974	3.91%	34.3%
1975	3.61%	34.2%
1976	3.35%	33.9%
1977	3.12%	33.5%
1978	2.92%	33%
1979	2.74%	32.6%
1980	2.58%	32.3%
1981	2.45%	32.3%
1982	2.33%	32.5%
1983	2.22%	32.9%
1984	2.14%	33.3%
1985	2.06%	33.7%
1986	2%	34%
1987	1.95%	34.1%
1988	1.91%	34%
1989	1.88%	33.7%
1990	1.85%	33.2%
1991	1.84%	32.5%
1992	1.82%	31.7%
1993	1.82%	30.6%
1994	1.82%	29.4%
1995	1.83%	28.1%
1996	1.84%	26.9%
1997	1.86%	25.7%
1998	1.88%	24.7%
1999	1.91%	23.7%
2000	1.94%	22.8%
2001	1.97%	21.8%
2002	2.01%	20.6%
2003	2.06%	19.4%
2004	2.11%	18.3%
2005	2.16%	17.2%
2006	2.22%	16.2%
2007	2.28%	15.4%
2008	2.35%	14.7%
2009	2.42%	14.1%
2010	2.5%	13.7%
2011	2.57%	13.3%
2012	2.66%	13.1%
2013	2.74%	12.9%
2014	2.83%	12.7%
2015	2.93%	12.6%
2016	3.02%	12.5%
2017	3.12%	12.4%
2018	3.21%	12.3%
2019	3.3%	12.2%
2020	3.38%	12.1%
2021	3.45%	11.9%
2022	3.51%	11.7%
2023	3.55%	11.5%