Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and Slovenia

Fertility rate in Dominica vs Slovenia 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 1.51 in Slovenia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Dominica	Slovenia
1960	6.18	2.19
1961	6.16	2.27
1962	6.12	2.28
1963	6.08	2.27
1964	6.03	2.31
1965	5.95	2.43
1966	5.86	2.47
1967	5.74	2.37
1968	5.59	2.25
1969	5.41	2.17
1970	5.22	2.11
1971	4.99	2.16
1972	4.67	2.17
1973	4.28	2.2
1974	3.84	2.13
1975	3.46	2.17
1976	3.19	2.2
1977	3.02	2.17
1978	2.96	2.2
1979	2.96	2.22
1980	3.04	2.11
1981	3.11	1.96
1982	3.17	1.93
1983	3.18	1.81
1984	3.15	1.74
1985	3.12	1.71
1986	3.08	1.67
1987	3.06	1.65
1988	3.06	1.63
1989	3.06	1.52
1990	3.09	1.46
1991	3.15	1.42
1992	3.18	1.33
1993	3.2	1.33
1994	2.96	1.32
1995	2.71	1.29
1996	2.55	1.28
1997	2.41	1.25
1998	2.32	1.23
1999	2.46	1.21
2000	2.35	1.26
2001	2.4	1.21
2002	2.16	1.21
2003	2.08	1.2
2004	2.02	1.25
2005	2	1.26
2006	2.07	1.31
2007	2.02	1.38
2008	1.97	1.53
2009	1.92	1.53
2010	1.89	1.57
2011	1.86	1.56
2012	1.83	1.58
2013	1.78	1.55
2014	1.71	1.58
2015	1.65	1.57
2016	1.58	1.58
2017	1.54	1.62
2018	1.52	1.6
2019	1.5	1.61
2020	1.5	1.59
2021	1.48	1.64
2022	1.48	1.55
2023	1.48	1.51
2024	1.48	1.51
2025	1.47	1.51
2026	1.46	1.51
2027	1.46	1.51
2028	1.46	1.52
2029	1.46	1.52
2030	1.46	1.52
2031	1.46	1.52
2032	1.46	1.52
2033	1.46	1.52
2034	1.46	1.52
2035	1.46	1.52
2036	1.46	1.53
2037	1.47	1.53
2038	1.47	1.53
2039	1.47	1.53
2040	1.47	1.53
2041	1.48	1.53
2042	1.48	1.53
2043	1.48	1.53
2044	1.48	1.53
2045	1.49	1.53
2046	1.49	1.53
2047	1.49	1.53
2048	1.49	1.54
2049	1.5	1.54
2050	1.5	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	Slovenia
1960	44.7%	27.2%
1961	45%	27.2%
1962	45.3%	27.1%
1963	45.6%	26.9%
1964	46%	26.6%
1965	46.4%	26.2%
1966	46.9%	25.8%
1967	47.5%	25.5%
1968	48.1%	25.1%
1969	48.7%	24.7%
1970	48.7%	24.3%
1971	48.1%	24%
1972	47.3%	23.9%
1973	46.5%	23.8%
1974	45.7%	23.7%
1975	44.9%	23.6%
1976	44.1%	23.4%
1977	43.3%	23.3%
1978	42.5%	23.2%
1979	41.7%	23.1%
1980	40.7%	23%
1981	39.6%	22.9%
1982	38.2%	22.8%
1983	36.9%	22.7%
1984	35.8%	22.5%
1985	34.9%	22.3%
1986	34.2%	22%
1987	33.6%	21.6%
1988	33.2%	21.4%
1989	33.1%	21.1%
1990	33.1%	20.8%
1991	33.2%	20.3%
1992	33%	19.8%
1993	32.8%	19.3%
1994	32.6%	18.8%
1995	32.3%	18.3%
1996	31.9%	17.8%
1997	31.5%	17.3%
1998	31.1%	16.8%
1999	30.6%	16.4%
2000	30%	15.9%
2001	29.3%	15.6%
2002	28.7%	15.2%
2003	28%	14.8%
2004	27.4%	14.5%
2005	26.8%	14.3%
2006	26.2%	14.1%
2007	25.5%	14%
2008	24.7%	14%
2009	24.1%	14%
2010	23.5%	14.1%
2011	23.1%	14.3%
2012	22.6%	14.4%
2013	22.5%	14.6%
2014	22.3%	14.7%
2015	21.7%	14.8%
2016	20.8%	14.9%
2017	19.9%	15%
2018	19.5%	15.1%
2019	19.2%	15.1%
2020	18.8%	15.1%
2021	18.5%	15.2%
2022	18.3%	15.1%
2023	18.1%	14.9%
2024	17.9%	14.7%
2025	17.6%	14.5%
2026	17.4%	14.2%
2027	17.1%	14%
2028	16.8%	13.8%
2029	16.5%	13.5%
2030	16.3%	13.3%
2031	16%	13.1%
2032	15.9%	13%
2033	15.7%	12.8%
2034	15.6%	12.7%
2035	15.5%	12.6%
2036	15.4%	12.5%
2037	15.3%	12.4%
2038	15.3%	12.4%
2039	15.2%	12.5%
2040	15.2%	12.5%
2041	15.2%	12.6%
2042	15.1%	12.7%
2043	15.1%	12.8%
2044	15.1%	12.9%
2045	15.1%	13%
2046	15.1%	13.2%
2047	15%	13.3%
2048	15%	13.4%
2049	15%	13.5%
2050	14.9%	13.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 14.7% in Slovenia in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 20.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and Slovenia compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs Slovenia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and -0.08% in Slovenia. 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	Slovenia
1960	1,720	12,678
1961	1,762	14,985
1962	1,786	13,150
1963	1,796	14,068
1964	1,792	12,567
1965	1,778	14,513
1966	1,752	15,697
1967	1,716	13,516
1968	1,673	11,250
1969	1,628	9,427
1970	1,574	10,004
1971	1,549	10,951
1972	1,497	10,513
1973	1,400	11,837
1974	1,267	11,367
1975	1,142	11,658
1976	1,050	12,196
1977	996	12,160
1978	991	11,920
1979	981	12,614
1980	1,090	11,027
1981	1,169	10,485
1982	1,250	9,170
1983	1,301	6,343
1984	1,308	5,990
1985	1,302	6,213
1986	1,285	6,094
1987	1,256	5,771
1988	1,222	5,986
1989	1,178	4,592
1990	1,138	3,797
1991	1,103	2,199
1992	1,111	598
1993	1,130	-199
1994	1,002	199
1995	853	0
1996	753	0
1997	662	-794
1998	595	-1,189
1999	647	-1,388
2000	561	-398
2001	556	-996
2002	429	-1,197
2003	387	-1,996
2004	360	-599
2005	339	-600
2006	364	602
2007	319	1,211
2008	272	3,437
2009	220	3,060
2010	171	3,687
2011	121	3,285
2012	167	2,674
2013	110	1,648
2014	257	2,268
2015	157	826
2016	177	826
2017	-124	-207
2018	-60	-1,037
2019	-75	-1,254
2020	-88	-5,256
2021	-205	-4,216
2022	-118	-4,858
2023	-111	-4,665

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs Slovenia

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 3 deaths in Slovenia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	Slovenia
1985	61	17
1986	63	16
1987	63	16
1988	68	16
1989	69	15
1990	77	14
1991	81	13
1992	80	13
1993	79	12
1994	77	12
1995	73	11
1996	71	10
1997	67	9
1998	64	9
1999	64	8
2000	61	7
2001	58	6
2002	56	6
2003	55	6
2004	54	6
2005	54	6
2006	54	6
2007	53	6
2008	53	7
2009	50	7
2010	50	7
2011	49	6
2012	51	6
2013	50	6
2014	53	6
2015	63	5
2016	48	5
2017	44	5
2018	43	4
2019	41	4
2020	47	12
2021	110	8
2022	44	15
2023	36	3

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.55% in Dominica and 0.22% in Slovenia. 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	Slovenia
1960	13.6%	-
1961	12.4%	-
1962	11.3%	-
1963	10.3%	-
1964	9.41%	-
1965	8.59%	-
1966	7.84%	-
1967	7.16%	-
1968	6.54%	-
1969	5.98%	-
1970	5.48%	-
1971	5.02%	-
1972	4.61%	-
1973	4.24%	-
1974	3.91%	-
1975	3.61%	-
1976	3.35%	-
1977	3.12%	-
1978	2.92%	-
1979	2.74%	-
1980	2.58%	-
1981	2.45%	1.78%
1982	2.33%	1.69%
1983	2.22%	1.61%
1984	2.14%	1.53%
1985	2.06%	1.44%
1986	2%	1.36%
1987	1.95%	1.27%
1988	1.91%	1.19%
1989	1.88%	1.11%
1990	1.85%	1.04%
1991	1.84%	0.97%
1992	1.82%	0.9%
1993	1.82%	0.84%
1994	1.82%	0.79%
1995	1.83%	0.73%
1996	1.84%	0.69%
1997	1.86%	0.65%
1998	1.88%	0.61%
1999	1.91%	0.58%
2000	1.94%	0.54%
2001	1.97%	0.52%
2002	2.01%	0.49%
2003	2.06%	0.47%
2004	2.11%	0.44%
2005	2.16%	0.42%
2006	2.22%	0.4%
2007	2.28%	0.38%
2008	2.35%	0.36%
2009	2.42%	0.34%
2010	2.5%	0.32%
2011	2.57%	0.31%
2012	2.66%	0.29%
2013	2.74%	0.28%
2014	2.83%	0.27%
2015	2.93%	0.26%
2016	3.02%	0.26%
2017	3.12%	0.25%
2018	3.21%	0.24%
2019	3.3%	0.24%
2020	3.38%	0.24%
2021	3.45%	0.23%
2022	3.51%	0.23%
2023	3.55%	0.22%