Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Rwanda

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Rwanda 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 3.7 in Rwanda in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs Rwanda 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	Rwanda
1960	6.18	8.28
1961	6.16	8.28
1962	6.12	8.27
1963	6.08	8.27
1964	6.03	8.27
1965	5.95	8.25
1966	5.86	8.23
1967	5.74	8.21
1968	5.59	8.19
1969	5.41	8.18
1970	5.22	8.15
1971	4.99	8.09
1972	4.67	8.09
1973	4.28	8.09
1974	3.84	8.1
1975	3.46	8.1
1976	3.19	8.12
1977	3.02	8.14
1978	2.96	8.16
1979	2.96	8.13
1980	3.04	8.12
1981	3.11	8.1
1982	3.17	8.06
1983	3.18	8
1984	3.15	7.91
1985	3.12	7.79
1986	3.08	7.61
1987	3.06	7.43
1988	3.06	7.23
1989	3.06	7.03
1990	3.09	6.8
1991	3.15	6.62
1992	3.18	6.54
1993	3.2	6.48
1994	2.96	6.42
1995	2.71	6.35
1996	2.55	6.29
1997	2.41	6.24
1998	2.32	6.17
1999	2.46	6.06
2000	2.35	5.97
2001	2.4	5.89
2002	2.16	5.82
2003	2.08	5.74
2004	2.02	5.64
2005	2	5.5
2006	2.07	5.34
2007	2.02	5.14
2008	1.97	4.92
2009	1.92	4.71
2010	1.89	4.52
2011	1.86	4.33
2012	1.83	4.2
2013	1.78	4.14
2014	1.71	4.12
2015	1.65	4.11
2016	1.58	4.11
2017	1.54	4.08
2018	1.52	4.05
2019	1.5	3.99
2020	1.5	3.91
2021	1.48	3.84
2022	1.48	3.78
2023	1.48	3.7
2024	1.48	3.64
2025	1.47	3.59
2026	1.46	3.54
2027	1.46	3.49
2028	1.46	3.43
2029	1.46	3.38
2030	1.46	3.33
2031	1.46	3.28
2032	1.46	3.24
2033	1.46	3.19
2034	1.46	3.15
2035	1.46	3.11
2036	1.46	3.07
2037	1.47	3.03
2038	1.47	2.99
2039	1.47	2.95
2040	1.47	2.92
2041	1.48	2.89
2042	1.48	2.85
2043	1.48	2.81
2044	1.48	2.78
2045	1.49	2.75
2046	1.49	2.72
2047	1.49	2.69
2048	1.49	2.67
2049	1.5	2.64
2050	1.5	2.61

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Rwanda
1960	44.7%	49.2%
1961	45%	49.7%
1962	45.3%	50.2%
1963	45.6%	50.6%
1964	46%	50.8%
1965	46.4%	50.6%
1966	46.9%	50.2%
1967	47.5%	49.7%
1968	48.1%	49.2%
1969	48.7%	48.7%
1970	48.7%	48.2%
1971	48.1%	47.9%
1972	47.3%	47.5%
1973	46.5%	47.2%
1974	45.7%	46.9%
1975	44.9%	46.6%
1976	44.1%	46.4%
1977	43.3%	46.4%
1978	42.5%	46.4%
1979	41.7%	46.5%
1980	40.7%	46.8%
1981	39.6%	47.1%
1982	38.2%	47.4%
1983	36.9%	47.7%
1984	35.8%	48.1%
1985	34.9%	48.3%
1986	34.2%	48.6%
1987	33.6%	48.8%
1988	33.2%	48.9%
1989	33.1%	48.9%
1990	33.1%	49%
1991	33.2%	48.9%
1992	33%	48.7%
1993	32.8%	48.4%
1994	32.6%	50.1%
1995	32.3%	52.4%
1996	31.9%	51.4%
1997	31.5%	50.5%
1998	31.1%	49.2%
1999	30.6%	47.8%
2000	30%	46.4%
2001	29.3%	45.2%
2002	28.7%	44.3%
2003	28%	43.7%
2004	27.4%	43.3%
2005	26.8%	43.1%
2006	26.2%	42.9%
2007	25.5%	42.9%
2008	24.7%	42.8%
2009	24.1%	42.6%
2010	23.5%	42.4%
2011	23.1%	42.2%
2012	22.6%	41.9%
2013	22.5%	41.7%
2014	22.3%	41.4%
2015	21.7%	41.1%
2016	20.8%	40.9%
2017	19.9%	40.5%
2018	19.5%	40.1%
2019	19.2%	39.7%
2020	18.8%	39.2%
2021	18.5%	38.6%
2022	18.3%	38.2%
2023	18.1%	37.7%
2024	17.9%	37.4%
2025	17.6%	37%
2026	17.4%	36.7%
2027	17.1%	36.4%
2028	16.8%	36%
2029	16.5%	35.7%
2030	16.3%	35.4%
2031	16%	35%
2032	15.9%	34.7%
2033	15.7%	34.4%
2034	15.6%	34.1%
2035	15.5%	33.7%
2036	15.4%	33.4%
2037	15.3%	33.1%
2038	15.3%	32.9%
2039	15.2%	32.6%
2040	15.2%	32.3%
2041	15.2%	32%
2042	15.1%	31.7%
2043	15.1%	31.4%
2044	15.1%	31.1%
2045	15.1%	30.8%
2046	15.1%	30.5%
2047	15%	30.2%
2048	15%	29.9%
2049	15%	29.7%
2050	14.9%	29.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 37.4% in Rwanda in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 49% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and Rwanda compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Rwanda by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +2.45% in Rwanda. 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	Rwanda
1960	1,720	100,627
1961	1,762	102,051
1962	1,786	102,548
1963	1,796	94,296
1964	1,792	102,562
1965	1,778	103,422
1966	1,752	105,128
1967	1,716	108,053
1968	1,673	111,422
1969	1,628	115,394
1970	1,574	119,273
1971	1,549	122,567
1972	1,497	126,403
1973	1,400	131,021
1974	1,267	135,743
1975	1,142	140,596
1976	1,050	147,665
1977	996	155,011
1978	991	163,779
1979	981	174,477
1980	1,090	184,988
1981	1,169	195,769
1982	1,250	205,147
1983	1,301	212,750
1984	1,308	219,337
1985	1,302	223,794
1986	1,285	225,526
1987	1,256	225,744
1988	1,222	223,759
1989	1,178	217,632
1990	1,138	207,895
1991	1,103	196,431
1992	1,111	188,025
1993	1,130	183,926
1994	1,002	-719,479
1995	853	121,137
1996	753	140,455
1997	662	174,687
1998	595	197,185
1999	647	210,518
2000	561	221,276
2001	556	230,845
2002	429	239,036
2003	387	251,243
2004	360	265,273
2005	339	275,121
2006	364	282,149
2007	319	285,791
2008	272	287,334
2009	220	287,034
2010	171	286,848
2011	121	282,922
2012	167	282,584
2013	110	286,331
2014	257	292,779
2015	157	299,114
2016	177	305,549
2017	-124	310,323
2018	-60	312,512
2019	-75	313,525
2020	-88	312,692
2021	-205	309,895
2022	-118	312,145
2023	-111	312,762

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Rwanda

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 229 deaths in Rwanda.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Rwanda
1985	61	1,116
1986	63	1,126
1987	63	1,145
1988	68	1,188
1989	69	1,238
1990	77	1,309
1991	81	1,386
1992	80	1,530
1993	79	1,619
1994	77	5,721
1995	73	1,505
1996	71	1,295
1997	67	1,318
1998	64	1,268
1999	64	1,073
2000	61	885
2001	58	769
2002	56	677
2003	55	551
2004	54	460
2005	54	465
2006	54	494
2007	53	494
2008	53	454
2009	50	418
2010	50	393
2011	49	358
2012	51	331
2013	50	317
2014	53	301
2015	63	292
2016	48	278
2017	44	275
2018	43	269
2019	41	261
2020	47	252
2021	110	254
2022	44	234
2023	36	229

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 4% in Rwanda. 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	Rwanda
1960	13.6%	22.4%
1961	12.4%	21.9%
1962	11.3%	21.5%
1963	10.3%	21.3%
1964	9.41%	21.1%
1965	8.59%	21.1%
1966	7.84%	21.2%
1967	7.16%	21.4%
1968	6.54%	21.7%
1969	5.98%	22%
1970	5.48%	22.3%
1971	5.02%	22.6%
1972	4.61%	23%
1973	4.24%	23.4%
1974	3.91%	24%
1975	3.61%	24.6%
1976	3.35%	25.1%
1977	3.12%	25.1%
1978	2.92%	24.6%
1979	2.74%	23.4%
1980	2.58%	21.8%
1981	2.45%	20.1%
1982	2.33%	18.6%
1983	2.22%	17.4%
1984	2.14%	16.6%
1985	2.06%	16.1%
1986	2%	15.6%
1987	1.95%	15.2%
1988	1.91%	14.8%
1989	1.88%	14.8%
1990	1.85%	15.1%
1991	1.84%	16%
1992	1.82%	17.5%
1993	1.82%	19.3%
1994	1.82%	38.9%
1995	1.83%	21.8%
1996	1.84%	22.2%
1997	1.86%	22.2%
1998	1.88%	21.5%
1999	1.91%	20.2%
2000	1.94%	18.5%
2001	1.97%	16.7%
2002	2.01%	14.9%
2003	2.06%	13.3%
2004	2.11%	11.8%
2005	2.16%	10.5%
2006	2.22%	9.37%
2007	2.28%	8.45%
2008	2.35%	7.62%
2009	2.42%	6.92%
2010	2.5%	6.33%
2011	2.57%	5.81%
2012	2.66%	5.45%
2013	2.74%	5.17%
2014	2.83%	4.96%
2015	2.93%	4.78%
2016	3.02%	4.63%
2017	3.12%	4.52%
2018	3.21%	4.43%
2019	3.3%	4.34%
2020	3.38%	4.25%
2021	3.45%	4.16%
2022	3.51%	4.08%
2023	3.55%	4%