Fertility & birth rates in Dominican Republic and Guinea-Bissau

Fertility rate in Dominican Republic vs Guinea-Bissau 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 3.84 in Guinea-Bissau in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Dominican Republic vs Guinea-Bissau 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-Bissau
1960	7.56	5.92
1961	7.49	5.93
1962	7.4	5.94
1963	7.3	5.95
1964	7.19	5.96
1965	7.05	5.97
1966	6.95	5.98
1967	6.76	5.99
1968	6.55	6.01
1969	6.37	6.02
1970	6.18	6.04
1971	6.01	6.06
1972	5.84	6.08
1973	5.67	6.1
1974	5.44	6.12
1975	5.24	6.15
1976	5.05	6.19
1977	4.84	6.25
1978	4.64	6.32
1979	4.47	6.4
1980	4.3	6.49
1981	4.15	6.57
1982	4.01	6.64
1983	3.95	6.69
1984	3.82	6.73
1985	3.69	6.74
1986	3.6	6.73
1987	3.53	6.72
1988	3.5	6.69
1989	3.48	6.66
1990	3.41	6.5
1991	3.35	6.47
1992	3.29	6.44
1993	3.23	6.37
1994	3.16	6.3
1995	3.1	6.22
1996	3.04	6.14
1997	2.92	6.06
1998	2.84	5.97
1999	2.85	5.87
2000	2.87	5.79
2001	2.83	5.69
2002	2.76	5.63
2003	2.7	5.58
2004	2.64	5.5
2005	2.57	5.46
2006	2.51	5.41
2007	2.51	5.37
2008	2.55	5.27
2009	2.57	5.18
2010	2.56	5.11
2011	2.53	5.07
2012	2.5	5
2013	2.47	4.93
2014	2.45	4.79
2015	2.43	4.66
2016	2.41	4.52
2017	2.4	4.35
2018	2.4	4.24
2019	2.37	4.15
2020	2.33	4.08
2021	2.29	4
2022	2.27	3.91
2023	2.24	3.84
2024	2.22	3.76
2025	2.19	3.68
2026	2.17	3.62
2027	2.15	3.56
2028	2.13	3.5
2029	2.11	3.44
2030	2.08	3.37
2031	2.07	3.31
2032	2.05	3.25
2033	2.03	3.2
2034	2.02	3.15
2035	2	3.09
2036	1.99	3.04
2037	1.98	3
2038	1.96	2.95
2039	1.95	2.91
2040	1.94	2.87
2041	1.93	2.84
2042	1.93	2.8
2043	1.92	2.77
2044	1.91	2.74
2045	1.9	2.71
2046	1.89	2.67
2047	1.89	2.64
2048	1.88	2.62
2049	1.87	2.59
2050	1.87	2.56

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Guinea-Bissau
1960	48.6%	36.9%
1961	48.9%	37.1%
1962	49.1%	37.7%
1963	49.2%	38.4%
1964	49.3%	39.6%
1965	49.4%	41%
1966	49.3%	41.9%
1967	49.2%	42.1%
1968	48.9%	41.8%
1969	48.6%	41.9%
1970	48.2%	41.9%
1971	47.7%	41.9%
1972	47.3%	41.9%
1973	46.8%	41.6%
1974	46.3%	41.4%
1975	45.8%	41.8%
1976	45.2%	42.6%
1977	44.7%	43.7%
1978	44.2%	44.8%
1979	43.7%	45.1%
1980	43.2%	45%
1981	42.7%	45.3%
1982	42.3%	45.5%
1983	41.8%	45.7%
1984	41.4%	45.9%
1985	41%	45.9%
1986	40.6%	46%
1987	40.2%	45.9%
1988	39.8%	45.9%
1989	39.4%	45.8%
1990	39.1%	45.7%
1991	38.7%	45.5%
1992	38.4%	45.5%
1993	38%	45.4%
1994	37.7%	45.4%
1995	37.3%	45.3%
1996	37%	45.2%
1997	36.6%	45.1%
1998	36.1%	45%
1999	35.7%	44.8%
2000	35.3%	44.7%
2001	35%	44.5%
2002	34.6%	44.3%
2003	34.2%	44.2%
2004	33.7%	44%
2005	33.2%	43.9%
2006	32.7%	43.8%
2007	32.2%	43.6%
2008	31.7%	43.5%
2009	31.3%	43.3%
2010	30.9%	43.2%
2011	30.5%	43%
2012	30.1%	42.8%
2013	29.8%	42.7%
2014	29.5%	42.5%
2015	29.2%	42.2%
2016	28.8%	42%
2017	28.5%	41.7%
2018	28.2%	41.3%
2019	27.9%	40.9%
2020	27.7%	40.5%
2021	27.4%	40.1%
2022	27.2%	39.7%
2023	26.9%	39.2%
2024	26.6%	38.8%
2025	26.2%	38.3%
2026	25.8%	37.8%
2027	25.4%	37.4%
2028	25.1%	36.9%
2029	24.7%	36.4%
2030	24.3%	36%
2031	24%	35.5%
2032	23.6%	35.1%
2033	23.3%	34.8%
2034	22.9%	34.4%
2035	22.6%	34.1%
2036	22.3%	33.7%
2037	22%	33.4%
2038	21.7%	33%
2039	21.5%	32.7%
2040	21.3%	32.4%
2041	21%	32%
2042	20.8%	31.7%
2043	20.6%	31.4%
2044	20.4%	31%
2045	20.3%	30.7%
2046	20.1%	30.4%
2047	19.9%	30.1%
2048	19.8%	29.7%
2049	19.6%	29.4%
2050	19.5%	29.1%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in the Dominican Republic and 38.8% in Guinea-Bissau in 2024, compared to 39.1% and 45.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Dominican Republic and Guinea-Bissau compared.

Natural population change in Dominican Republic vs Guinea-Bissau by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.34% in the Dominican Republic and +2.44% in Guinea-Bissau. 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-Bissau
1960	117,346	10,618
1961	120,316	10,756
1962	122,977	10,662
1963	124,994	9,190
1964	127,504	8,989
1965	125,345	7,789
1966	132,096	6,955
1967	133,091	6,742
1968	133,666	7,289
1969	135,445	7,857
1970	137,835	7,632
1971	140,473	8,183
1972	143,255	7,911
1973	146,283	8,430
1974	147,652	10,321
1975	149,339	11,998
1976	151,201	13,688
1977	152,825	15,484
1978	154,043	17,468
1979	154,779	19,736
1980	157,697	21,024
1981	158,419	21,611
1982	159,597	22,131
1983	163,136	22,542
1984	164,263	22,861
1985	164,091	23,116
1986	165,674	23,301
1987	167,552	23,549
1988	171,291	23,940
1989	175,365	24,286
1990	176,748	23,936
1991	177,371	24,527
1992	177,481	25,747
1993	177,691	26,943
1994	176,882	27,895
1995	175,439	29,142
1996	174,008	29,778
1997	168,419	29,792
1998	164,287	30,390
1999	167,742	30,916
2000	171,684	32,816
2001	170,193	33,461
2002	166,740	34,561
2003	163,267	35,649
2004	158,789	36,495
2005	155,405	37,347
2006	151,122	38,886
2007	152,066	40,288
2008	156,664	40,841
2009	160,893	41,950
2010	162,072	43,067
2011	162,094	44,405
2012	160,915	45,480
2013	159,330	46,472
2014	157,260	46,615
2015	154,258	46,846
2016	151,550	46,814
2017	151,565	46,318
2018	150,852	46,659
2019	144,869	47,196
2020	137,417	46,718
2021	128,866	47,242
2022	138,767	48,920
2023	132,360	49,498

Maternal mortality chart: Dominican Republic vs Guinea-Bissau

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 505 deaths in Guinea-Bissau.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominican Republic	Guinea-Bissau
1985	249	1,851
1986	241	1,825
1987	231	1,796
1988	221	1,759
1989	213	1,698
1990	203	1,709
1991	193	1,663
1992	185	1,633
1993	176	1,613
1994	166	1,644
1995	152	1,556
1996	138	1,539
1997	122	1,642
1998	109	1,465
1999	92	1,461
2000	76	1,295
2001	68	1,222
2002	68	1,141
2003	71	1,069
2004	78	980
2005	83	956
2006	87	831
2007	90	792
2008	94	802
2009	96	753
2010	92	698
2011	91	678
2012	89	704
2013	91	707
2014	95	662
2015	102	631
2016	106	617
2017	104	597
2018	107	585
2019	118	598
2020	121	603
2021	153	617
2022	124	539
2023	124	505

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.14% in the Dominican Republic and 6.93% in Guinea-Bissau. 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-Bissau
1960	14.8%	-
1961	14.6%	-
1962	14.5%	-
1963	14.3%	-
1964	14.1%	-
1965	13.8%	-
1966	13.5%	-
1967	13.3%	-
1968	13%	-
1969	12.7%	-
1970	12.4%	-
1971	12%	-
1972	11.7%	-
1973	11.3%	-
1974	10.9%	-
1975	10.5%	-
1976	10.1%	-
1977	9.71%	-
1978	9.35%	-
1979	9.01%	-
1980	8.68%	-
1981	8.36%	-
1982	8.05%	-
1983	7.76%	-
1984	7.48%	-
1985	7.21%	24.4%
1986	6.94%	24%
1987	6.69%	23.5%
1988	6.44%	23.1%
1989	6.19%	22.7%
1990	5.95%	22.2%
1991	5.7%	21.8%
1992	5.46%	21.3%
1993	5.22%	20.9%
1994	5%	20.4%
1995	4.78%	19.9%
1996	4.58%	19.4%
1997	4.4%	18.9%
1998	4.24%	18.4%
1999	4.1%	17.9%
2000	3.98%	17.4%
2001	3.88%	16.8%
2002	3.8%	16.3%
2003	3.73%	15.7%
2004	3.67%	15.1%
2005	3.62%	14.5%
2006	3.59%	13.9%
2007	3.56%	13.2%
2008	3.54%	12.6%
2009	3.52%	12%
2010	3.51%	11.4%
2011	3.5%	10.9%
2012	3.49%	10.4%
2013	3.5%	9.93%
2014	3.5%	9.53%
2015	3.5%	9.18%
2016	3.5%	8.84%
2017	3.5%	8.53%
2018	3.47%	8.21%
2019	3.43%	7.91%
2020	3.38%	7.66%
2021	3.31%	7.41%
2022	3.22%	7.16%
2023	3.14%	6.93%