Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Philippines

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Philippines 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 1.92 in the Philippines in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs the Philippines 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	Philippines
1960	6.18	7
1961	6.16	6.99
1962	6.12	6.98
1963	6.08	6.95
1964	6.03	6.89
1965	5.95	6.8
1966	5.86	6.69
1967	5.74	6.57
1968	5.59	6.45
1969	5.41	6.33
1970	5.22	6.22
1971	4.99	6.08
1972	4.67	5.94
1973	4.28	5.79
1974	3.84	5.69
1975	3.46	5.6
1976	3.19	5.51
1977	3.02	5.44
1978	2.96	5.39
1979	2.96	5.26
1980	3.04	5.11
1981	3.11	4.97
1982	3.17	4.92
1983	3.18	4.87
1984	3.15	4.77
1985	3.12	4.66
1986	3.08	4.56
1987	3.06	4.51
1988	3.06	4.45
1989	3.06	4.37
1990	3.09	4.32
1991	3.15	4.27
1992	3.18	4.16
1993	3.2	4.1
1994	2.96	4.08
1995	2.71	4.07
1996	2.55	4
1997	2.41	3.94
1998	2.32	3.88
1999	2.46	3.83
2000	2.35	3.75
2001	2.4	3.72
2002	2.16	3.65
2003	2.08	3.59
2004	2.02	3.52
2005	2	3.45
2006	2.07	3.47
2007	2.02	3.4
2008	1.97	3.4
2009	1.92	3.38
2010	1.89	3.32
2011	1.86	3.24
2012	1.83	3.14
2013	1.78	3.04
2014	1.71	2.89
2015	1.65	2.83
2016	1.58	2.68
2017	1.54	2.53
2018	1.52	2.38
2019	1.5	2.22
2020	1.5	2.08
2021	1.48	1.95
2022	1.48	1.93
2023	1.48	1.92
2024	1.48	1.89
2025	1.47	1.88
2026	1.46	1.86
2027	1.46	1.85
2028	1.46	1.84
2029	1.46	1.83
2030	1.46	1.82
2031	1.46	1.81
2032	1.46	1.81
2033	1.46	1.8
2034	1.46	1.8
2035	1.46	1.79
2036	1.46	1.79
2037	1.47	1.78
2038	1.47	1.78
2039	1.47	1.77
2040	1.47	1.77
2041	1.48	1.76
2042	1.48	1.76
2043	1.48	1.76
2044	1.48	1.75
2045	1.49	1.75
2046	1.49	1.75
2047	1.49	1.75
2048	1.49	1.74
2049	1.5	1.74
2050	1.5	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Philippines
1960	44.7%	48.4%
1961	45%	48.8%
1962	45.3%	49.1%
1963	45.6%	49.2%
1964	46%	49.2%
1965	46.4%	49.2%
1966	46.9%	49.1%
1967	47.5%	49%
1968	48.1%	48.8%
1969	48.7%	48.6%
1970	48.7%	48.4%
1971	48.1%	48.2%
1972	47.3%	48%
1973	46.5%	47.7%
1974	45.7%	47.4%
1975	44.9%	46.9%
1976	44.1%	46.4%
1977	43.3%	45.8%
1978	42.5%	45.2%
1979	41.7%	44.8%
1980	40.7%	44.3%
1981	39.6%	43.9%
1982	38.2%	43.5%
1983	36.9%	43.1%
1984	35.8%	42.8%
1985	34.9%	42.5%
1986	34.2%	42.3%
1987	33.6%	42.2%
1988	33.2%	42%
1989	33.1%	41.9%
1990	33.1%	41.8%
1991	33.2%	41.8%
1992	33%	41.6%
1993	32.8%	41.4%
1994	32.6%	41.2%
1995	32.3%	41.1%
1996	31.9%	40.8%
1997	31.5%	40.5%
1998	31.1%	40.1%
1999	30.6%	39.6%
2000	30%	39.2%
2001	29.3%	38.8%
2002	28.7%	38.4%
2003	28%	38%
2004	27.4%	37.6%
2005	26.8%	37.2%
2006	26.2%	36.9%
2007	25.5%	36.6%
2008	24.7%	36.3%
2009	24.1%	36%
2010	23.5%	35.6%
2011	23.1%	35.2%
2012	22.6%	34.8%
2013	22.5%	34.4%
2014	22.3%	34.1%
2015	21.7%	33.5%
2016	20.8%	32.9%
2017	19.9%	32.3%
2018	19.5%	31.8%
2019	19.2%	31.3%
2020	18.8%	30.7%
2021	18.5%	30%
2022	18.3%	29.3%
2023	18.1%	28.6%
2024	17.9%	27.9%
2025	17.6%	27.1%
2026	17.4%	26.4%
2027	17.1%	25.7%
2028	16.8%	25%
2029	16.5%	24.4%
2030	16.3%	23.8%
2031	16%	23.3%
2032	15.9%	22.7%
2033	15.7%	22.2%
2034	15.6%	21.8%
2035	15.5%	21.5%
2036	15.4%	21.4%
2037	15.3%	21.4%
2038	15.3%	21.3%
2039	15.2%	21.2%
2040	15.2%	21.2%
2041	15.2%	21.1%
2042	15.1%	21%
2043	15.1%	20.9%
2044	15.1%	20.7%
2045	15.1%	20.6%
2046	15.1%	20.4%
2047	15%	20.3%
2048	15%	20.1%
2049	15%	19.9%
2050	14.9%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +1.31% in the Philippines. 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	Philippines
1960	1,720	1,036,017
1961	1,762	1,064,377
1962	1,786	1,091,953
1963	1,796	1,116,591
1964	1,792	1,131,586
1965	1,778	1,146,094
1966	1,752	1,156,498
1967	1,716	1,166,704
1968	1,673	1,172,146
1969	1,628	1,186,306
1970	1,574	1,198,944
1971	1,549	1,210,256
1972	1,497	1,206,414
1973	1,400	1,206,285
1974	1,267	1,218,884
1975	1,142	1,239,069
1976	1,050	1,258,286
1977	996	1,314,002
1978	991	1,364,661
1979	981	1,394,056
1980	1,090	1,413,735
1981	1,169	1,436,599
1982	1,250	1,485,790
1983	1,301	1,542,194
1984	1,308	1,579,872
1985	1,302	1,614,042
1986	1,285	1,631,491
1987	1,256	1,671,330
1988	1,222	1,707,402
1989	1,178	1,728,354
1990	1,138	1,749,622
1991	1,103	1,782,165
1992	1,111	1,769,259
1993	1,130	1,788,414
1994	1,002	1,813,827
1995	853	1,846,900
1996	753	1,849,587
1997	662	1,861,098
1998	595	1,870,371
1999	647	1,894,147
2000	561	1,902,330
2001	556	1,931,169
2002	429	1,919,556
2003	387	1,922,904
2004	360	1,924,265
2005	339	1,918,484
2006	364	1,960,246
2007	319	1,964,673
2008	272	2,007,584
2009	220	2,025,580
2010	171	2,030,979
2011	121	2,018,419
2012	167	1,979,568
2013	110	1,944,758
2014	257	1,851,828
2015	157	1,827,180
2016	177	1,718,232
2017	-124	1,622,444
2018	-60	1,495,843
2019	-75	1,352,703
2020	-88	1,253,741
2021	-205	917,928
2022	-118	1,115,825
2023	-111	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Philippines

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 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Philippines
1985	61	204
1986	63	199
1987	63	191
1988	68	184
1989	69	177
1990	77	173
1991	81	172
1992	80	160
1993	79	155
1994	77	151
1995	73	147
1996	71	141
1997	67	138
1998	64	135
1999	64	130
2000	61	127
2001	58	132
2002	56	126
2003	55	127
2004	54	122
2005	54	118
2006	54	129
2007	53	123
2008	53	123
2009	50	122
2010	50	117
2011	49	115
2012	51	110
2013	50	110
2014	53	106
2015	63	104
2016	48	98
2017	44	86
2018	43	92
2019	41	92
2020	47	88
2021	110	153
2022	44	92
2023	36	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 2.69% in the Philippines. 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	Philippines
1960	13.6%	10.1%
1961	12.4%	9.8%
1962	11.3%	9.54%
1963	10.3%	9.33%
1964	9.41%	9.13%
1965	8.59%	8.95%
1966	7.84%	8.78%
1967	7.16%	8.62%
1968	6.54%	8.48%
1969	5.98%	8.37%
1970	5.48%	8.28%
1971	5.02%	8.21%
1972	4.61%	8.18%
1973	4.24%	8.17%
1974	3.91%	8.17%
1975	3.61%	8.17%
1976	3.35%	8.15%
1977	3.12%	8.11%
1978	2.92%	8.06%
1979	2.74%	7.99%
1980	2.58%	7.9%
1981	2.45%	7.8%
1982	2.33%	7.69%
1983	2.22%	7.56%
1984	2.14%	7.4%
1985	2.06%	7.21%
1986	2%	6.96%
1987	1.95%	6.66%
1988	1.91%	6.32%
1989	1.88%	5.96%
1990	1.85%	5.6%
1991	1.84%	5.27%
1992	1.82%	4.98%
1993	1.82%	4.73%
1994	1.82%	4.51%
1995	1.83%	4.31%
1996	1.84%	4.14%
1997	1.86%	4%
1998	1.88%	3.88%
1999	1.91%	3.78%
2000	1.94%	3.69%
2001	1.97%	3.61%
2002	2.01%	3.52%
2003	2.06%	3.44%
2004	2.11%	3.36%
2005	2.16%	3.28%
2006	2.22%	3.21%
2007	2.28%	3.14%
2008	2.35%	3.07%
2009	2.42%	3.01%
2010	2.5%	2.96%
2011	2.57%	2.91%
2012	2.66%	2.87%
2013	2.74%	2.83%
2014	2.83%	2.8%
2015	2.93%	2.78%
2016	3.02%	2.78%
2017	3.12%	2.78%
2018	3.21%	2.79%
2019	3.3%	2.8%
2020	3.38%	2.79%
2021	3.45%	2.77%
2022	3.51%	2.73%
2023	3.55%	2.69%