Fertility & birth rates in Dominica and South Korea

Fertility rate in Dominica vs South Korea 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 0.72 in South Korea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Dominica vs South Korea 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	South Korea
1960	6.18	5.99
1961	6.16	5.8
1962	6.12	5.56
1963	6.08	5.33
1964	6.03	5.07
1965	5.95	4.89
1966	5.86	4.78
1967	5.74	4.62
1968	5.59	4.51
1969	5.41	4.45
1970	5.22	4.53
1971	4.99	4.54
1972	4.67	4.12
1973	4.28	4.07
1974	3.84	3.77
1975	3.46	3.43
1976	3.19	3
1977	3.02	2.99
1978	2.96	2.64
1979	2.96	2.9
1980	3.04	2.82
1981	3.11	2.57
1982	3.17	2.39
1983	3.18	2.06
1984	3.15	1.74
1985	3.12	1.66
1986	3.08	1.58
1987	3.06	1.53
1988	3.06	1.55
1989	3.06	1.56
1990	3.09	1.57
1991	3.15	1.71
1992	3.18	1.76
1993	3.2	1.65
1994	2.96	1.66
1995	2.71	1.63
1996	2.55	1.57
1997	2.41	1.54
1998	2.32	1.46
1999	2.46	1.43
2000	2.35	1.48
2001	2.4	1.31
2002	2.16	1.18
2003	2.08	1.19
2004	2.02	1.16
2005	2	1.09
2006	2.07	1.13
2007	2.02	1.26
2008	1.97	1.19
2009	1.92	1.15
2010	1.89	1.23
2011	1.86	1.24
2012	1.83	1.3
2013	1.78	1.19
2014	1.71	1.21
2015	1.65	1.24
2016	1.58	1.17
2017	1.54	1.05
2018	1.52	0.98
2019	1.5	0.92
2020	1.5	0.84
2021	1.48	0.81
2022	1.48	0.78
2023	1.48	0.72
2024	1.48	0.73
2025	1.47	0.75
2026	1.46	0.76
2027	1.46	0.78
2028	1.46	0.79
2029	1.46	0.8
2030	1.46	0.82
2031	1.46	0.83
2032	1.46	0.84
2033	1.46	0.85
2034	1.46	0.86
2035	1.46	0.88
2036	1.46	0.89
2037	1.47	0.9
2038	1.47	0.91
2039	1.47	0.92
2040	1.47	0.93
2041	1.48	0.95
2042	1.48	0.96
2043	1.48	0.96
2044	1.48	0.97
2045	1.49	0.98
2046	1.49	0.99
2047	1.49	1
2048	1.49	1.01
2049	1.5	1.02
2050	1.5	1.03

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominica	South Korea
1960	44.7%	41.3%
1961	45%	41.8%
1962	45.3%	42.3%
1963	45.6%	42.7%
1964	46%	43.1%
1965	46.4%	43.3%
1966	46.9%	43.5%
1967	47.5%	43.3%
1968	48.1%	43.1%
1969	48.7%	42.7%
1970	48.7%	42.1%
1971	48.1%	41.5%
1972	47.3%	41%
1973	46.5%	40.3%
1974	45.7%	39.5%
1975	44.9%	38.5%
1976	44.1%	37.5%
1977	43.3%	36.5%
1978	42.5%	35.6%
1979	41.7%	34.8%
1980	40.7%	34%
1981	39.6%	33.3%
1982	38.2%	32.7%
1983	36.9%	32%
1984	35.8%	31.2%
1985	34.9%	30.2%
1986	34.2%	29.2%
1987	33.6%	28.2%
1988	33.2%	27.3%
1989	33.1%	26.5%
1990	33.1%	25.8%
1991	33.2%	25.2%
1992	33%	24.7%
1993	32.8%	24.2%
1994	32.6%	23.7%
1995	32.3%	23.1%
1996	31.9%	22.5%
1997	31.5%	22%
1998	31.1%	21.6%
1999	30.6%	21.2%
2000	30%	21%
2001	29.3%	20.8%
2002	28.7%	20.5%
2003	28%	20.1%
2004	27.4%	19.7%
2005	26.8%	19.2%
2006	26.2%	18.7%
2007	25.5%	18.1%
2008	24.7%	17.5%
2009	24.1%	16.9%
2010	23.5%	16.4%
2011	23.1%	15.8%
2012	22.6%	15.2%
2013	22.5%	14.7%
2014	22.3%	14.2%
2015	21.7%	13.8%
2016	20.8%	13.4%
2017	19.9%	13%
2018	19.5%	12.7%
2019	19.2%	12.4%
2020	18.8%	12.1%
2021	18.5%	11.8%
2022	18.3%	11.4%
2023	18.1%	11%
2024	17.9%	10.6%
2025	17.6%	10.2%
2026	17.4%	9.82%
2027	17.1%	9.42%
2028	16.8%	9.06%
2029	16.5%	8.75%
2030	16.3%	8.43%
2031	16%	8.15%
2032	15.9%	7.94%
2033	15.7%	7.79%
2034	15.6%	7.7%
2035	15.5%	7.66%
2036	15.4%	7.65%
2037	15.3%	7.66%
2038	15.3%	7.68%
2039	15.2%	7.71%
2040	15.2%	7.73%
2041	15.2%	7.75%
2042	15.1%	7.76%
2043	15.1%	7.77%
2044	15.1%	7.78%
2045	15.1%	7.79%
2046	15.1%	7.8%
2047	15%	7.81%
2048	15%	7.82%
2049	15%	7.82%
2050	14.9%	7.83%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17.9% of the population in Dominica and 10.6% in South Korea in 2024, compared to 33.1% and 25.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Dominica and South Korea compared.

Natural population change in Dominica vs South Korea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been -0.03% in Dominica and +0.06% in South Korea. 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	South Korea
1960	1,720	728,010
1961	1,762	730,173
1962	1,786	712,590
1963	1,796	685,824
1964	1,792	655,501
1965	1,778	641,090
1966	1,752	623,534
1967	1,716	692,169
1968	1,673	684,487
1969	1,628	694,227
1970	1,574	747,987
1971	1,549	789,185
1972	1,497	740,469
1973	1,400	699,115
1974	1,267	673,030
1975	1,142	603,300
1976	1,050	530,558
1977	996	578,947
1978	991	499,084
1979	981	623,068
1980	1,090	583,294
1981	1,169	631,189
1982	1,250	605,626
1983	1,301	514,844
1984	1,308	436,384
1985	1,302	416,219
1986	1,285	395,651
1987	1,256	378,758
1988	1,222	399,297
1989	1,178	403,266
1990	1,138	411,546
1991	1,103	467,594
1992	1,111	494,352
1993	1,130	477,302
1994	1,002	473,200
1995	853	468,967
1996	753	446,142
1997	662	422,773
1998	595	393,436
1999	647	368,272
2000	561	390,167
2001	556	312,643
2002	429	247,752
2003	387	244,251
2004	360	225,988
2005	339	187,920
2006	364	203,441
2007	319	248,286
2008	272	215,841
2009	220	197,231
2010	171	213,083
2011	121	214,728
2012	167	215,859
2013	110	166,415
2014	257	167,464
2015	157	163,248
2016	177	122,923
2017	-124	71,907
2018	-60	30,951
2019	-75	10,353
2020	-88	-31,101
2021	-205	-56,947
2022	-118	-124,014
2023	-111	-77,569

Maternal mortality chart: Dominica vs South Korea

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 South Korea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominica	South Korea
1985	61	38
1986	63	35
1987	63	34
1988	68	31
1989	69	29
1990	77	28
1991	81	28
1992	80	26
1993	79	24
1994	77	23
1995	73	22
1996	71	20
1997	67	19
1998	64	18
1999	64	17
2000	61	15
2001	58	14
2002	56	13
2003	55	13
2004	54	12
2005	54	11
2006	54	10
2007	53	10
2008	53	9
2009	50	9
2010	50	8
2011	49	8
2012	51	8
2013	50	7
2014	53	7
2015	63	6
2016	48	6
2017	44	6
2018	43	5
2019	41	5
2020	47	12
2021	110	5
2022	44	7
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 0.28% in South Korea. 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	South Korea
1960	13.6%	11.2%
1961	12.4%	10.6%
1962	11.3%	10.1%
1963	10.3%	9.67%
1964	9.41%	9.18%
1965	8.59%	8.68%
1966	7.84%	8.16%
1967	7.16%	7.62%
1968	6.54%	7.1%
1969	5.98%	6.59%
1970	5.48%	6.12%
1971	5.02%	5.71%
1972	4.61%	5.36%
1973	4.24%	5.07%
1974	3.91%	4.82%
1975	3.61%	4.61%
1976	3.35%	4.42%
1977	3.12%	4.23%
1978	2.92%	4.04%
1979	2.74%	3.84%
1980	2.58%	3.63%
1981	2.45%	3.4%
1982	2.33%	3.17%
1983	2.22%	2.93%
1984	2.14%	2.7%
1985	2.06%	2.46%
1986	2%	2.25%
1987	1.95%	2.05%
1988	1.91%	1.87%
1989	1.88%	1.71%
1990	1.85%	1.57%
1991	1.84%	1.44%
1992	1.82%	1.33%
1993	1.82%	1.23%
1994	1.82%	1.14%
1995	1.83%	1.05%
1996	1.84%	0.98%
1997	1.86%	0.91%
1998	1.88%	0.85%
1999	1.91%	0.8%
2000	1.94%	0.75%
2001	1.97%	0.71%
2002	2.01%	0.68%
2003	2.06%	0.64%
2004	2.11%	0.6%
2005	2.16%	0.56%
2006	2.22%	0.52%
2007	2.28%	0.48%
2008	2.35%	0.45%
2009	2.42%	0.43%
2010	2.5%	0.41%
2011	2.57%	0.4%
2012	2.66%	0.38%
2013	2.74%	0.37%
2014	2.83%	0.36%
2015	2.93%	0.35%
2016	3.02%	0.34%
2017	3.12%	0.33%
2018	3.21%	0.32%
2019	3.3%	0.31%
2020	3.38%	0.3%
2021	3.45%	0.29%
2022	3.51%	0.28%
2023	3.55%	0.28%