Fertility & birth rates in Dominican Republic and Haiti

Fertility rate in Dominican Republic vs Haiti 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 2.66 in Haiti in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Dominican Republic vs Haiti 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	Haiti
1960	7.56	6.18
1961	7.49	6.18
1962	7.4	6.18
1963	7.3	6.17
1964	7.19	6.16
1965	7.05	6.13
1966	6.95	6.09
1967	6.76	6.05
1968	6.55	6.01
1969	6.37	5.96
1970	6.18	5.91
1971	6.01	5.88
1972	5.84	5.85
1973	5.67	5.81
1974	5.44	5.78
1975	5.24	5.75
1976	5.05	5.71
1977	4.84	5.67
1978	4.64	5.64
1979	4.47	5.59
1980	4.3	5.56
1981	4.15	5.53
1982	4.01	5.53
1983	3.95	5.51
1984	3.82	5.51
1985	3.69	5.5
1986	3.6	5.48
1987	3.53	5.47
1988	3.5	5.47
1989	3.48	5.44
1990	3.41	5.41
1991	3.35	5.32
1992	3.29	5.21
1993	3.23	5.1
1994	3.16	4.99
1995	3.1	4.88
1996	3.04	4.78
1997	2.92	4.67
1998	2.84	4.56
1999	2.85	4.45
2000	2.87	4.39
2001	2.83	4.25
2002	2.76	4.13
2003	2.7	4.05
2004	2.64	3.94
2005	2.57	3.84
2006	2.51	3.76
2007	2.51	3.69
2008	2.55	3.62
2009	2.57	3.57
2010	2.56	3.5
2011	2.53	3.43
2012	2.5	3.32
2013	2.47	3.22
2014	2.45	3.16
2015	2.43	3.11
2016	2.41	3.05
2017	2.4	2.99
2018	2.4	2.92
2019	2.37	2.86
2020	2.33	2.8
2021	2.29	2.75
2022	2.27	2.7
2023	2.24	2.66
2024	2.22	2.63
2025	2.19	2.59
2026	2.17	2.55
2027	2.15	2.52
2028	2.13	2.49
2029	2.11	2.46
2030	2.08	2.43
2031	2.07	2.41
2032	2.05	2.38
2033	2.03	2.35
2034	2.02	2.33
2035	2	2.3
2036	1.99	2.28
2037	1.98	2.26
2038	1.96	2.25
2039	1.95	2.23
2040	1.94	2.21
2041	1.93	2.19
2042	1.93	2.18
2043	1.92	2.16
2044	1.91	2.14
2045	1.9	2.13
2046	1.89	2.11
2047	1.89	2.1
2048	1.88	2.09
2049	1.87	2.07
2050	1.87	2.06

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Haiti
1960	48.6%	40.6%
1961	48.9%	40.7%
1962	49.1%	40.8%
1963	49.2%	40.8%
1964	49.3%	40.9%
1965	49.4%	40.9%
1966	49.3%	40.9%
1967	49.2%	41%
1968	48.9%	41%
1969	48.6%	41%
1970	48.2%	40.9%
1971	47.7%	40.9%
1972	47.3%	40.9%
1973	46.8%	40.9%
1974	46.3%	40.9%
1975	45.8%	41%
1976	45.2%	41%
1977	44.7%	41.1%
1978	44.2%	41.1%
1979	43.7%	41.1%
1980	43.2%	41.2%
1981	42.7%	41.2%
1982	42.3%	41.3%
1983	41.8%	41.4%
1984	41.4%	41.4%
1985	41%	41.5%
1986	40.6%	41.6%
1987	40.2%	41.7%
1988	39.8%	41.8%
1989	39.4%	41.8%
1990	39.1%	41.9%
1991	38.7%	41.9%
1992	38.4%	41.9%
1993	38%	41.8%
1994	37.7%	41.7%
1995	37.3%	41.6%
1996	37%	41.4%
1997	36.6%	41.2%
1998	36.1%	41%
1999	35.7%	40.7%
2000	35.3%	40.4%
2001	35%	40.1%
2002	34.6%	39.7%
2003	34.2%	39.3%
2004	33.7%	38.9%
2005	33.2%	38.4%
2006	32.7%	37.9%
2007	32.2%	37.5%
2008	31.7%	37.1%
2009	31.3%	36.6%
2010	30.9%	36.2%
2011	30.5%	35.9%
2012	30.1%	35.5%
2013	29.8%	35.1%
2014	29.5%	34.7%
2015	29.2%	34.3%
2016	28.8%	33.9%
2017	28.5%	33.6%
2018	28.2%	33.3%
2019	27.9%	32.9%
2020	27.7%	32.6%
2021	27.4%	32.3%
2022	27.2%	31.9%
2023	26.9%	31.6%
2024	26.6%	31.2%
2025	26.2%	30.8%
2026	25.8%	30.4%
2027	25.4%	30%
2028	25.1%	29.6%
2029	24.7%	29.2%
2030	24.3%	28.8%
2031	24%	28.5%
2032	23.6%	28.1%
2033	23.3%	27.8%
2034	22.9%	27.4%
2035	22.6%	27.1%
2036	22.3%	26.8%
2037	22%	26.5%
2038	21.7%	26.3%
2039	21.5%	26%
2040	21.3%	25.7%
2041	21%	25.5%
2042	20.8%	25.2%
2043	20.6%	25%
2044	20.4%	24.8%
2045	20.3%	24.5%
2046	20.1%	24.3%
2047	19.9%	24.1%
2048	19.8%	23.8%
2049	19.6%	23.6%
2050	19.5%	23.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in the Dominican Republic and 31.2% in Haiti in 2024, compared to 39.1% and 41.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Dominican Republic and Haiti compared.

Natural population change in Dominican Republic vs Haiti by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.34% in the Dominican Republic and +1.58% in Haiti. 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	Haiti
1960	117,346	85,368
1961	120,316	87,563
1962	122,977	89,683
1963	124,994	86,394
1964	127,504	93,987
1965	125,345	95,754
1966	132,096	96,973
1967	133,091	99,266
1968	133,666	101,300
1969	135,445	103,133
1970	137,835	105,208
1971	140,473	107,968
1972	143,255	110,709
1973	146,283	113,223
1974	147,652	115,941
1975	149,339	118,508
1976	151,201	120,992
1977	152,825	123,520
1978	154,043	125,885
1979	154,779	128,206
1980	157,697	130,773
1981	158,419	133,695
1982	159,597	137,214
1983	163,136	140,422
1984	164,263	144,211
1985	164,091	148,364
1986	165,674	152,288
1987	167,552	156,468
1988	171,291	160,750
1989	175,365	163,947
1990	176,748	167,420
1991	177,371	167,919
1992	177,481	168,980
1993	177,691	169,240
1994	176,882	169,260
1995	175,439	171,852
1996	174,008	173,351
1997	168,419	174,962
1998	164,287	175,687
1999	167,742	177,421
2000	171,684	180,677
2001	170,193	178,741
2002	166,740	178,126
2003	163,267	179,543
2004	158,789	174,071
2005	155,405	180,618
2006	151,122	182,866
2007	152,066	184,223
2008	156,664	185,364
2009	160,893	187,804
2010	162,072	95,965
2011	162,094	184,695
2012	160,915	183,702
2013	159,330	181,457
2014	157,260	182,009
2015	154,258	182,063
2016	151,550	180,902
2017	151,565	180,310
2018	150,852	178,632
2019	144,869	176,550
2020	137,417	169,264
2021	128,866	158,994
2022	138,767	164,214
2023	132,360	167,381

Maternal mortality chart: Dominican Republic vs Haiti

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 328 deaths in Haiti.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominican Republic	Haiti
1985	249	991
1986	241	975
1987	231	952
1988	221	929
1989	213	900
1990	203	874
1991	193	831
1992	185	793
1993	176	747
1994	166	710
1995	152	638
1996	138	588
1997	122	551
1998	109	511
1999	92	464
2000	76	440
2001	68	428
2002	68	410
2003	71	385
2004	78	427
2005	83	355
2006	87	368
2007	90	383
2008	94	394
2009	96	397
2010	92	398
2011	91	409
2012	89	385
2013	91	380
2014	95	373
2015	102	364
2016	106	356
2017	104	351
2018	107	358
2019	118	351
2020	121	346
2021	153	385
2022	124	331
2023	124	328

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.14% in the Dominican Republic and 5.51% in Haiti. 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	Haiti
1960	14.8%	29.2%
1961	14.6%	28.8%
1962	14.5%	28.3%
1963	14.3%	27.9%
1964	14.1%	27.4%
1965	13.8%	27%
1966	13.5%	26.5%
1967	13.3%	26%
1968	13%	25.5%
1969	12.7%	25%
1970	12.4%	24.5%
1971	12%	23.9%
1972	11.7%	23.4%
1973	11.3%	22.8%
1974	10.9%	22.3%
1975	10.5%	21.7%
1976	10.1%	21.2%
1977	9.71%	20.6%
1978	9.35%	20.1%
1979	9.01%	19.6%
1980	8.68%	19.1%
1981	8.36%	18.6%
1982	8.05%	18.1%
1983	7.76%	17.6%
1984	7.48%	17.1%
1985	7.21%	16.6%
1986	6.94%	16.2%
1987	6.69%	15.8%
1988	6.44%	15.3%
1989	6.19%	14.9%
1990	5.95%	14.5%
1991	5.7%	14.1%
1992	5.46%	13.7%
1993	5.22%	13.2%
1994	5%	12.8%
1995	4.78%	12.4%
1996	4.58%	12%
1997	4.4%	11.5%
1998	4.24%	11.1%
1999	4.1%	10.7%
2000	3.98%	10.4%
2001	3.88%	10%
2002	3.8%	9.68%
2003	3.73%	9.4%
2004	3.67%	9.14%
2005	3.62%	8.91%
2006	3.59%	8.69%
2007	3.56%	8.49%
2008	3.54%	8.29%
2009	3.52%	8.11%
2010	3.51%	13.7%
2011	3.5%	7.74%
2012	3.49%	7.56%
2013	3.5%	7.38%
2014	3.5%	7.19%
2015	3.5%	6.99%
2016	3.5%	6.79%
2017	3.5%	6.61%
2018	3.47%	6.42%
2019	3.43%	6.23%
2020	3.38%	6.04%
2021	3.31%	5.85%
2022	3.22%	5.69%
2023	3.14%	5.51%