Fertility & birth rates in Dominican Republic and Eswatini

Fertility rate in Dominican Republic vs Eswatini chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in the Dominican Republic was 2.24 children per woman in 2023, compared to 2.75 in Eswatini in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Dominican Republic vs Eswatini population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Dominican Republic	Eswatini
1960	7.56	6.75
1961	7.49	6.77
1962	7.4	6.79
1963	7.3	6.8
1964	7.19	6.79
1965	7.05	6.79
1966	6.95	6.8
1967	6.76	6.77
1968	6.55	6.76
1969	6.37	6.76
1970	6.18	6.75
1971	6.01	6.74
1972	5.84	6.72
1973	5.67	6.72
1974	5.44	6.71
1975	5.24	6.71
1976	5.05	6.7
1977	4.84	6.68
1978	4.64	6.65
1979	4.47	6.61
1980	4.3	6.57
1981	4.15	6.54
1982	4.01	6.49
1983	3.95	6.43
1984	3.82	6.36
1985	3.69	6.28
1986	3.6	6.11
1987	3.53	5.9
1988	3.5	5.69
1989	3.48	5.48
1990	3.41	5.3
1991	3.35	5.13
1992	3.29	4.98
1993	3.23	4.82
1994	3.16	4.66
1995	3.1	4.52
1996	3.04	4.38
1997	2.92	4.24
1998	2.84	4.13
1999	2.85	4.09
2000	2.87	4.03
2001	2.83	3.94
2002	2.76	3.85
2003	2.7	3.8
2004	2.64	3.76
2005	2.57	3.7
2006	2.51	3.63
2007	2.51	3.58
2008	2.55	3.57
2009	2.57	3.5
2010	2.56	3.38
2011	2.53	3.32
2012	2.5	3.27
2013	2.47	3.24
2014	2.45	3.18
2015	2.43	3.12
2016	2.41	3.07
2017	2.4	3.02
2018	2.4	2.97
2019	2.37	2.93
2020	2.33	2.89
2021	2.29	2.84
2022	2.27	2.8
2023	2.24	2.75
2024	2.22	2.72
2025	2.19	2.68
2026	2.17	2.64
2027	2.15	2.61
2028	2.13	2.57
2029	2.11	2.54
2030	2.08	2.51
2031	2.07	2.49
2032	2.05	2.45
2033	2.03	2.42
2034	2.02	2.4
2035	2	2.37
2036	1.99	2.35
2037	1.98	2.32
2038	1.96	2.3
2039	1.95	2.28
2040	1.94	2.26
2041	1.93	2.24
2042	1.93	2.22
2043	1.92	2.2
2044	1.91	2.18
2045	1.9	2.16
2046	1.89	2.14
2047	1.89	2.13
2048	1.88	2.11
2049	1.87	2.1
2050	1.87	2.08

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Eswatini
1960	48.6%	46.9%
1961	48.9%	47.2%
1962	49.1%	47.4%
1963	49.2%	47.7%
1964	49.3%	47.8%
1965	49.4%	47.7%
1966	49.3%	47.7%
1967	49.2%	47.5%
1968	48.9%	47.3%
1969	48.6%	47.2%
1970	48.2%	47.2%
1971	47.7%	47.2%
1972	47.3%	47.3%
1973	46.8%	47.4%
1974	46.3%	47.5%
1975	45.8%	47.7%
1976	45.2%	47.9%
1977	44.7%	48.1%
1978	44.2%	48.3%
1979	43.7%	48.5%
1980	43.2%	48.7%
1981	42.7%	48.9%
1982	42.3%	49.2%
1983	41.8%	49.3%
1984	41.4%	49.4%
1985	41%	49.5%
1986	40.6%	49.4%
1987	40.2%	49.3%
1988	39.8%	48.7%
1989	39.4%	48.1%
1990	39.1%	47.6%
1991	38.7%	47.1%
1992	38.4%	46.6%
1993	38%	46.4%
1994	37.7%	47%
1995	37.3%	47.4%
1996	37%	46.9%
1997	36.6%	46.2%
1998	36.1%	45.3%
1999	35.7%	44.4%
2000	35.3%	43.6%
2001	35%	42.9%
2002	34.6%	42.3%
2003	34.2%	41.8%
2004	33.7%	41.4%
2005	33.2%	41.1%
2006	32.7%	40.8%
2007	32.2%	40.4%
2008	31.7%	39.9%
2009	31.3%	39.3%
2010	30.9%	38.8%
2011	30.5%	38.4%
2012	30.1%	38%
2013	29.8%	37.6%
2014	29.5%	37.2%
2015	29.2%	36.8%
2016	28.8%	36.4%
2017	28.5%	36%
2018	28.2%	35.6%
2019	27.9%	35.1%
2020	27.7%	34.7%
2021	27.4%	34.3%
2022	27.2%	34%
2023	26.9%	33.7%
2024	26.6%	33.4%
2025	26.2%	33%
2026	25.8%	32.6%
2027	25.4%	32.2%
2028	25.1%	31.8%
2029	24.7%	31.4%
2030	24.3%	31%
2031	24%	30.7%
2032	23.6%	30.3%
2033	23.3%	29.9%
2034	22.9%	29.5%
2035	22.6%	29.1%
2036	22.3%	28.7%
2037	22%	28.4%
2038	21.7%	28%
2039	21.5%	27.7%
2040	21.3%	27.4%
2041	21%	27.1%
2042	20.8%	26.8%
2043	20.6%	26.5%
2044	20.4%	26.2%
2045	20.3%	26%
2046	20.1%	25.7%
2047	19.9%	25.4%
2048	19.8%	25.1%
2049	19.6%	24.9%
2050	19.5%	24.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in the Dominican Republic and 33.4% in Eswatini in 2024, compared to 39.1% and 47.6% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Dominican Republic and Eswatini compared.

Natural population change in Dominican Republic vs Eswatini by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.34% in the Dominican Republic and +1.63% in Eswatini. 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
	Dominican Republic	Eswatini
1960	117,346	9,947
1961	120,316	10,262
1962	122,977	10,601
1963	124,994	10,929
1964	127,504	11,266
1965	125,345	11,719
1966	132,096	12,282
1967	133,091	12,773
1968	133,666	13,449
1969	135,445	14,164
1970	137,835	14,873
1971	140,473	15,615
1972	143,255	16,353
1973	146,283	17,145
1974	147,652	17,971
1975	149,339	18,849
1976	151,201	19,734
1977	152,825	20,609
1978	154,043	21,466
1979	154,779	22,299
1980	157,697	23,153
1981	158,419	23,973
1982	159,597	24,742
1983	163,136	24,883
1984	164,263	26,149
1985	164,091	26,835
1986	165,674	27,096
1987	167,552	27,285
1988	171,291	27,396
1989	175,365	28,257
1990	176,748	28,349
1991	177,371	28,497
1992	177,481	28,446
1993	177,691	28,046
1994	176,882	26,703
1995	175,439	23,029
1996	174,008	21,858
1997	168,419	20,686
1998	164,287	19,762
1999	167,742	19,420
2000	171,684	18,830
2001	170,193	17,824
2002	166,740	16,924
2003	163,267	16,396
2004	158,789	15,979
2005	155,405	15,945
2006	151,122	16,133
2007	152,066	16,595
2008	156,664	17,275
2009	160,893	17,656
2010	162,072	17,652
2011	162,094	17,645
2012	160,915	18,308
2013	159,330	18,903
2014	157,260	19,107
2015	154,258	19,223
2016	151,550	19,233
2017	151,565	19,278
2018	150,852	19,392
2019	144,869	19,488
2020	137,417	18,899
2021	128,866	17,314
2022	138,767	20,125
2023	132,360	20,147

Maternal mortality chart: Dominican Republic vs Eswatini

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 124 deaths per 100,000 live births in the Dominican Republic, compared to 118 deaths in Eswatini.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominican Republic	Eswatini
1985	249	580
1986	241	548
1987	231	521
1988	221	494
1989	213	505
1990	203	520
1991	193	545
1992	185	580
1993	176	609
1994	166	645
1995	152	612
1996	138	604
1997	122	550
1998	109	475
1999	92	409
2000	76	361
2001	68	307
2002	68	331
2003	71	392
2004	78	451
2005	83	529
2006	87	511
2007	90	647
2008	94	766
2009	96	855
2010	92	752
2011	91	765
2012	89	613
2013	91	491
2014	95	369
2015	102	283
2016	106	213
2017	104	151
2018	107	133
2019	118	96
2020	121	102
2021	153	219
2022	124	112
2023	124	118

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.14% in the Dominican Republic and 4.5% in Eswatini. 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
	Dominican Republic	Eswatini
1960	14.8%	20.7%
1961	14.6%	20.4%
1962	14.5%	20%
1963	14.3%	19.6%
1964	14.1%	19.2%
1965	13.8%	18.8%
1966	13.5%	18.3%
1967	13.3%	17.9%
1968	13%	17.4%
1969	12.7%	17%
1970	12.4%	16.5%
1971	12%	16%
1972	11.7%	15.4%
1973	11.3%	14.9%
1974	10.9%	14.3%
1975	10.5%	13.7%
1976	10.1%	13.2%
1977	9.71%	12.6%
1978	9.35%	12%
1979	9.01%	11.5%
1980	8.68%	10.9%
1981	8.36%	10.4%
1982	8.05%	9.89%
1983	7.76%	10.4%
1984	7.48%	8.85%
1985	7.21%	8.37%
1986	6.94%	7.93%
1987	6.69%	7.54%
1988	6.44%	7.2%
1989	6.19%	6.93%
1990	5.95%	6.75%
1991	5.7%	6.72%
1992	5.46%	6.85%
1993	5.22%	7.17%
1994	5%	7.62%
1995	4.78%	8.12%
1996	4.58%	8.71%
1997	4.4%	9.3%
1998	4.24%	9.87%
1999	4.1%	10.4%
2000	3.98%	10.9%
2001	3.88%	11.3%
2002	3.8%	11.4%
2003	3.73%	11.6%
2004	3.67%	11.6%
2005	3.62%	11.6%
2006	3.59%	10.5%
2007	3.56%	10%
2008	3.54%	9.82%
2009	3.52%	9.25%
2010	3.51%	8.18%
2011	3.5%	6.81%
2012	3.49%	6.38%
2013	3.5%	6.16%
2014	3.5%	6.17%
2015	3.5%	5.86%
2016	3.5%	5.53%
2017	3.5%	5.43%
2018	3.47%	5.1%
2019	3.43%	5.16%
2020	3.38%	4.98%
2021	3.31%	4.76%
2022	3.22%	4.62%
2023	3.14%	4.5%