Fertility & birth rates in Dominican Republic and Guinea

Fertility rate in Dominican Republic vs Guinea 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 4.22 in Guinea in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Dominican Republic vs Guinea 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	Guinea
1960	7.56	6.11
1961	7.49	6.13
1962	7.4	6.14
1963	7.3	6.15
1964	7.19	6.17
1965	7.05	6.18
1966	6.95	6.19
1967	6.76	6.2
1968	6.55	6.21
1969	6.37	6.23
1970	6.18	6.24
1971	6.01	6.26
1972	5.84	6.28
1973	5.67	6.31
1974	5.44	6.34
1975	5.24	6.37
1976	5.05	6.4
1977	4.84	6.43
1978	4.64	6.44
1979	4.47	6.45
1980	4.3	6.46
1981	4.15	6.46
1982	4.01	6.49
1983	3.95	6.49
1984	3.82	6.51
1985	3.69	6.53
1986	3.6	6.55
1987	3.53	6.57
1988	3.5	6.56
1989	3.48	6.55
1990	3.41	6.52
1991	3.35	6.48
1992	3.29	6.45
1993	3.23	6.41
1994	3.16	6.36
1995	3.1	6.29
1996	3.04	6.21
1997	2.92	6.12
1998	2.84	6.05
1999	2.85	5.99
2000	2.87	5.92
2001	2.83	5.83
2002	2.76	5.78
2003	2.7	5.74
2004	2.64	5.73
2005	2.57	5.73
2006	2.51	5.7
2007	2.51	5.66
2008	2.55	5.6
2009	2.57	5.53
2010	2.56	5.44
2011	2.53	5.34
2012	2.5	5.23
2013	2.47	5.15
2014	2.45	5.07
2015	2.43	5
2016	2.41	4.92
2017	2.4	4.79
2018	2.4	4.67
2019	2.37	4.58
2020	2.33	4.49
2021	2.29	4.4
2022	2.27	4.3
2023	2.24	4.22
2024	2.22	4.13
2025	2.19	4.04
2026	2.17	3.96
2027	2.15	3.89
2028	2.13	3.81
2029	2.11	3.73
2030	2.08	3.66
2031	2.07	3.59
2032	2.05	3.52
2033	2.03	3.45
2034	2.02	3.38
2035	2	3.32
2036	1.99	3.27
2037	1.98	3.21
2038	1.96	3.16
2039	1.95	3.12
2040	1.94	3.07
2041	1.93	3.02
2042	1.93	2.98
2043	1.92	2.94
2044	1.91	2.9
2045	1.9	2.86
2046	1.89	2.82
2047	1.89	2.79
2048	1.88	2.75
2049	1.87	2.73
2050	1.87	2.7

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Guinea
1960	48.6%	39.6%
1961	48.9%	39.7%
1962	49.1%	39.9%
1963	49.2%	39.9%
1964	49.3%	40%
1965	49.4%	40.1%
1966	49.3%	40.2%
1967	49.2%	40.2%
1968	48.9%	40.3%
1969	48.6%	40.3%
1970	48.2%	40.4%
1971	47.7%	40.5%
1972	47.3%	40.7%
1973	46.8%	40.9%
1974	46.3%	41.1%
1975	45.8%	41.3%
1976	45.2%	41.5%
1977	44.7%	41.8%
1978	44.2%	42%
1979	43.7%	42.2%
1980	43.2%	42.4%
1981	42.7%	42.6%
1982	42.3%	42.7%
1983	41.8%	42.8%
1984	41.4%	42.9%
1985	41%	43%
1986	40.6%	43%
1987	40.2%	43.1%
1988	39.8%	43.1%
1989	39.4%	43.2%
1990	39.1%	43.3%
1991	38.7%	43.4%
1992	38.4%	43.5%
1993	38%	43.6%
1994	37.7%	43.7%
1995	37.3%	43.8%
1996	37%	43.9%
1997	36.6%	44.2%
1998	36.1%	44.5%
1999	35.7%	44.7%
2000	35.3%	44.9%
2001	35%	45.3%
2002	34.6%	45.5%
2003	34.2%	45.4%
2004	33.7%	45.3%
2005	33.2%	45.3%
2006	32.7%	45.3%
2007	32.2%	45.1%
2008	31.7%	44.9%
2009	31.3%	44.7%
2010	30.9%	44.5%
2011	30.5%	44.2%
2012	30.1%	44%
2013	29.8%	43.8%
2014	29.5%	43.5%
2015	29.2%	43.3%
2016	28.8%	43.1%
2017	28.5%	42.9%
2018	28.2%	42.6%
2019	27.9%	42.4%
2020	27.7%	42.1%
2021	27.4%	41.9%
2022	27.2%	41.6%
2023	26.9%	41.2%
2024	26.6%	40.9%
2025	26.2%	40.5%
2026	25.8%	40.2%
2027	25.4%	39.8%
2028	25.1%	39.5%
2029	24.7%	39.1%
2030	24.3%	38.7%
2031	24%	38.3%
2032	23.6%	37.9%
2033	23.3%	37.5%
2034	22.9%	37%
2035	22.6%	36.6%
2036	22.3%	36.2%
2037	22%	35.7%
2038	21.7%	35.3%
2039	21.5%	34.9%
2040	21.3%	34.5%
2041	21%	34.1%
2042	20.8%	33.7%
2043	20.6%	33.3%
2044	20.4%	32.9%
2045	20.3%	32.5%
2046	20.1%	32.2%
2047	19.9%	31.8%
2048	19.8%	31.5%
2049	19.6%	31.2%
2050	19.5%	30.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in the Dominican Republic and 40.9% in Guinea in 2024, compared to 39.1% and 43.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Dominican Republic and Guinea compared.

Natural population change in Dominican Republic vs Guinea by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.34% in the Dominican Republic and +2.6% in Guinea. 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	Guinea
1960	117,346	61,848
1961	120,316	63,766
1962	122,977	65,672
1963	124,994	67,690
1964	127,504	69,848
1965	125,345	72,134
1966	132,096	74,748
1967	133,091	77,251
1968	133,666	79,892
1969	135,445	82,799
1970	137,835	85,418
1971	140,473	88,358
1972	143,255	91,147
1973	146,283	93,764
1974	147,652	96,315
1975	149,339	99,267
1976	151,201	102,449
1977	152,825	105,990
1978	154,043	109,415
1979	154,779	113,141
1980	157,697	117,186
1981	158,419	121,223
1982	159,597	126,831
1983	163,136	130,629
1984	164,263	136,640
1985	164,091	142,313
1986	165,674	148,137
1987	167,552	154,178
1988	171,291	159,566
1989	175,365	164,707
1990	176,748	169,926
1991	177,371	181,299
1992	177,481	189,682
1993	177,691	195,612
1994	176,882	201,439
1995	175,439	205,644
1996	174,008	214,896
1997	168,419	220,373
1998	164,287	219,385
1999	167,742	223,968
2000	171,684	227,081
2001	170,193	227,642
2002	166,740	229,022
2003	163,267	234,774
2004	158,789	242,075
2005	155,405	251,209
2006	151,122	258,518
2007	152,066	266,070
2008	156,664	274,327
2009	160,893	281,920
2010	162,072	288,512
2011	162,094	293,318
2012	160,915	298,094
2013	159,330	304,430
2014	157,260	309,539
2015	154,258	316,604
2016	151,550	324,608
2017	151,565	328,542
2018	150,852	332,585
2019	144,869	338,984
2020	137,417	342,289
2021	128,866	345,121
2022	138,767	352,517
2023	132,360	356,147

Maternal mortality chart: Dominican Republic vs Guinea

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 494 deaths in Guinea.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominican Republic	Guinea
1985	249	1,248
1986	241	1,234
1987	231	1,218
1988	221	1,202
1989	213	1,188
1990	203	1,162
1991	193	1,143
1992	185	1,124
1993	176	1,094
1994	166	1,081
1995	152	1,042
1996	138	1,010
1997	122	994
1998	109	971
1999	92	960
2000	76	951
2001	68	946
2002	68	916
2003	71	892
2004	78	869
2005	83	843
2006	87	825
2007	90	802
2008	94	772
2009	96	766
2010	92	750
2011	91	728
2012	89	703
2013	91	682
2014	95	664
2015	102	642
2016	106	606
2017	104	582
2018	107	560
2019	118	548
2020	121	528
2021	153	533
2022	124	500
2023	124	494

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.14% in the Dominican Republic and 9.5% in Guinea. 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	Guinea
1960	14.8%	35%
1961	14.6%	34.7%
1962	14.5%	34.4%
1963	14.3%	34.2%
1964	14.1%	33.9%
1965	13.8%	33.6%
1966	13.5%	33.4%
1967	13.3%	33.1%
1968	13%	32.8%
1969	12.7%	32.5%
1970	12.4%	32.2%
1971	12%	31.9%
1972	11.7%	31.6%
1973	11.3%	31.3%
1974	10.9%	30.9%
1975	10.5%	30.6%
1976	10.1%	30.1%
1977	9.71%	29.7%
1978	9.35%	29.2%
1979	9.01%	28.7%
1980	8.68%	28.2%
1981	8.36%	27.7%
1982	8.05%	27.2%
1983	7.76%	26.7%
1984	7.48%	26.2%
1985	7.21%	25.8%
1986	6.94%	25.3%
1987	6.69%	24.8%
1988	6.44%	24.4%
1989	6.19%	23.9%
1990	5.95%	23.3%
1991	5.7%	22.7%
1992	5.46%	22.1%
1993	5.22%	21.4%
1994	5%	20.7%
1995	4.78%	20%
1996	4.58%	19.3%
1997	4.4%	18.6%
1998	4.24%	17.9%
1999	4.1%	17.2%
2000	3.98%	16.5%
2001	3.88%	15.9%
2002	3.8%	15.2%
2003	3.73%	14.6%
2004	3.67%	14.1%
2005	3.62%	13.7%
2006	3.59%	13.3%
2007	3.56%	12.9%
2008	3.54%	12.7%
2009	3.52%	12.4%
2010	3.51%	12.2%
2011	3.5%	12%
2012	3.49%	11.8%
2013	3.5%	11.7%
2014	3.5%	11.6%
2015	3.5%	11.4%
2016	3.5%	11.2%
2017	3.5%	11%
2018	3.47%	10.8%
2019	3.43%	10.6%
2020	3.38%	10.3%
2021	3.31%	10.1%
2022	3.22%	9.78%
2023	3.14%	9.5%