Fertility & birth rates in Dominican Republic and Grenada

Fertility rate in Dominican Republic vs Grenada 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 1.49 in Grenada in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Dominican Republic vs Grenada 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	Grenada
1960	7.56	6.74
1961	7.49	6.63
1962	7.4	6.44
1963	7.3	6.2
1964	7.19	5.91
1965	7.05	5.6
1966	6.95	5.3
1967	6.76	5.04
1968	6.55	4.84
1969	6.37	4.69
1970	6.18	4.46
1971	6.01	4.31
1972	5.84	4.18
1973	5.67	4.05
1974	5.44	3.92
1975	5.24	3.75
1976	5.05	3.6
1977	4.84	3.46
1978	4.64	3.35
1979	4.47	3.34
1980	4.3	3.3
1981	4.15	2.99
1982	4.01	3.15
1983	3.95	3.31
1984	3.82	3.22
1985	3.69	3.48
1986	3.6	3.58
1987	3.53	3.58
1988	3.5	3.19
1989	3.48	3.23
1990	3.41	3.06
1991	3.35	3.11
1992	3.29	2.97
1993	3.23	2.81
1994	3.16	2.79
1995	3.1	2.82
1996	3.04	2.85
1997	2.92	2.8
1998	2.84	2.49
1999	2.85	2.39
2000	2.87	2.44
2001	2.83	2.42
2002	2.76	2.38
2003	2.7	2.33
2004	2.64	2.29
2005	2.57	2.24
2006	2.51	2.19
2007	2.51	2.15
2008	2.55	2.12
2009	2.57	2.08
2010	2.56	2.04
2011	2.53	2.01
2012	2.5	1.97
2013	2.47	1.91
2014	2.45	1.8
2015	2.43	1.72
2016	2.41	1.62
2017	2.4	1.44
2018	2.4	1.53
2019	2.37	1.54
2020	2.33	1.53
2021	2.29	1.52
2022	2.27	1.5
2023	2.24	1.49
2024	2.22	1.47
2025	2.19	1.46
2026	2.17	1.45
2027	2.15	1.44
2028	2.13	1.44
2029	2.11	1.44
2030	2.08	1.44
2031	2.07	1.44
2032	2.05	1.44
2033	2.03	1.44
2034	2.02	1.44
2035	2	1.45
2036	1.99	1.45
2037	1.98	1.45
2038	1.96	1.45
2039	1.95	1.46
2040	1.94	1.46
2041	1.93	1.46
2042	1.93	1.46
2043	1.92	1.47
2044	1.91	1.47
2045	1.9	1.47
2046	1.89	1.47
2047	1.89	1.47
2048	1.88	1.47
2049	1.87	1.48
2050	1.87	1.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Grenada
1960	48.6%	47.3%
1961	48.9%	47.2%
1962	49.1%	47.2%
1963	49.2%	47.1%
1964	49.3%	46.9%
1965	49.4%	47%
1966	49.3%	47.5%
1967	49.2%	47.6%
1968	48.9%	47.5%
1969	48.6%	47.2%
1970	48.2%	46.8%
1971	47.7%	46.2%
1972	47.3%	45.5%
1973	46.8%	44.7%
1974	46.3%	43.9%
1975	45.8%	43.1%
1976	45.2%	42.3%
1977	44.7%	41.5%
1978	44.2%	40.8%
1979	43.7%	40%
1980	43.2%	39.4%
1981	42.7%	38.6%
1982	42.3%	37.5%
1983	41.8%	36.5%
1984	41.4%	35.6%
1985	41%	34.8%
1986	40.6%	34.1%
1987	40.2%	33.6%
1988	39.8%	33.2%
1989	39.4%	33%
1990	39.1%	32.8%
1991	38.7%	32.8%
1992	38.4%	32.9%
1993	38%	33.1%
1994	37.7%	33.3%
1995	37.3%	33.5%
1996	37%	33.6%
1997	36.6%	33.6%
1998	36.1%	33.5%
1999	35.7%	33.3%
2000	35.3%	32.9%
2001	35%	32.1%
2002	34.6%	31%
2003	34.2%	29.8%
2004	33.7%	28.7%
2005	33.2%	27.7%
2006	32.7%	26.7%
2007	32.2%	25.9%
2008	31.7%	25.2%
2009	31.3%	24.6%
2010	30.9%	24%
2011	30.5%	23.6%
2012	30.1%	23.3%
2013	29.8%	23%
2014	29.5%	22.7%
2015	29.2%	22.4%
2016	28.8%	22.1%
2017	28.5%	21.8%
2018	28.2%	21.5%
2019	27.9%	21.2%
2020	27.7%	20.9%
2021	27.4%	20.6%
2022	27.2%	20.2%
2023	26.9%	19.8%
2024	26.6%	19.4%
2025	26.2%	19%
2026	25.8%	18.6%
2027	25.4%	18.1%
2028	25.1%	17.7%
2029	24.7%	17.3%
2030	24.3%	17%
2031	24%	16.7%
2032	23.6%	16.5%
2033	23.3%	16.4%
2034	22.9%	16.2%
2035	22.6%	16%
2036	22.3%	15.8%
2037	22%	15.6%
2038	21.7%	15.4%
2039	21.5%	15.2%
2040	21.3%	15%
2041	21%	14.9%
2042	20.8%	14.8%
2043	20.6%	14.6%
2044	20.4%	14.5%
2045	20.3%	14.4%
2046	20.1%	14.3%
2047	19.9%	14.1%
2048	19.8%	14%
2049	19.6%	13.9%
2050	19.5%	13.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in the Dominican Republic and 19.4% in Grenada in 2024, compared to 39.1% and 32.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Dominican Republic and Grenada compared.

Natural population change in Dominican Republic vs Grenada by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.34% in the Dominican Republic and +0.42% in Grenada. 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	Grenada
1960	117,346	3,678
1961	120,316	3,703
1962	122,977	3,674
1963	124,994	3,601
1964	127,504	3,508
1965	125,345	3,399
1966	132,096	3,278
1967	133,091	3,158
1968	133,666	3,040
1969	135,445	2,948
1970	137,835	2,793
1971	140,473	2,705
1972	143,255	2,578
1973	146,283	2,464
1974	147,652	2,360
1975	149,339	2,224
1976	151,201	2,092
1977	152,825	1,974
1978	154,043	1,882
1979	154,779	1,871
1980	157,697	1,840
1981	158,419	1,625
1982	159,597	1,798
1983	163,136	1,817
1984	164,263	1,975
1985	164,091	2,215
1986	165,674	2,324
1987	167,552	2,345
1988	171,291	2,044
1989	175,365	2,084
1990	176,748	1,931
1991	177,371	1,953
1992	177,481	1,811
1993	177,691	1,641
1994	176,882	1,596
1995	175,439	1,580
1996	174,008	1,559
1997	168,419	1,480
1998	164,287	1,204
1999	167,742	1,092
2000	171,684	1,105
2001	170,193	1,082
2002	166,740	1,077
2003	163,267	1,074
2004	158,789	1,034
2005	155,405	1,075
2006	151,122	1,068
2007	152,066	1,059
2008	156,664	1,046
2009	160,893	1,024
2010	162,072	989
2011	162,094	954
2012	160,915	925
2013	159,330	878
2014	157,260	772
2015	154,258	684
2016	151,550	579
2017	151,565	402
2018	150,852	470
2019	144,869	462
2020	137,417	433
2021	128,866	343
2022	138,767	371
2023	132,360	334

Maternal mortality chart: Dominican Republic vs Grenada

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 48 deaths in Grenada.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominican Republic	Grenada
1985	249	71
1986	241	68
1987	231	68
1988	221	61
1989	213	64
1990	203	61
1991	193	59
1992	185	56
1993	176	53
1994	166	55
1995	152	54
1996	138	51
1997	122	50
1998	109	50
1999	92	48
2000	76	46
2001	68	45
2002	68	42
2003	71	42
2004	78	48
2005	83	40
2006	87	39
2007	90	40
2008	94	41
2009	96	41
2010	92	43
2011	91	44
2012	89	44
2013	91	44
2014	95	45
2015	102	46
2016	106	44
2017	104	45
2018	107	46
2019	118	48
2020	121	51
2021	153	52
2022	124	50
2023	124	48

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.14% in the Dominican Republic and 1.83% in Grenada. 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	Grenada
1960	14.8%	9.5%
1961	14.6%	8.83%
1962	14.5%	8.15%
1963	14.3%	7.5%
1964	14.1%	6.91%
1965	13.8%	6.39%
1966	13.5%	5.95%
1967	13.3%	5.59%
1968	13%	5.3%
1969	12.7%	5.06%
1970	12.4%	4.87%
1971	12%	4.71%
1972	11.7%	4.58%
1973	11.3%	4.47%
1974	10.9%	4.36%
1975	10.5%	4.25%
1976	10.1%	4.15%
1977	9.71%	4.03%
1978	9.35%	3.9%
1979	9.01%	3.77%
1980	8.68%	3.62%
1981	8.36%	3.46%
1982	8.05%	3.3%
1983	7.76%	3.15%
1984	7.48%	2.99%
1985	7.21%	2.85%
1986	6.94%	2.71%
1987	6.69%	2.58%
1988	6.44%	2.46%
1989	6.19%	2.35%
1990	5.95%	2.24%
1991	5.7%	2.13%
1992	5.46%	2.04%
1993	5.22%	1.95%
1994	5%	1.87%
1995	4.78%	1.79%
1996	4.58%	1.73%
1997	4.4%	1.67%
1998	4.24%	1.62%
1999	4.1%	1.58%
2000	3.98%	1.55%
2001	3.88%	1.52%
2002	3.8%	1.5%
2003	3.73%	1.49%
2004	3.67%	1.49%
2005	3.62%	1.48%
2006	3.59%	1.49%
2007	3.56%	1.5%
2008	3.54%	1.51%
2009	3.52%	1.54%
2010	3.51%	1.57%
2011	3.5%	1.6%
2012	3.49%	1.64%
2013	3.5%	1.68%
2014	3.5%	1.72%
2015	3.5%	1.75%
2016	3.5%	1.79%
2017	3.5%	1.81%
2018	3.47%	1.83%
2019	3.43%	1.85%
2020	3.38%	1.87%
2021	3.31%	1.87%
2022	3.22%	1.85%
2023	3.14%	1.83%