Fertility & birth rates in Dominican Republic and Honduras

Fertility rate in Dominican Republic vs Honduras 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 2.5 in Honduras in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Dominican Republic vs Honduras 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	Honduras
1960	7.56	7.46
1961	7.49	7.45
1962	7.4	7.44
1963	7.3	7.44
1964	7.19	7.44
1965	7.05	7.44
1966	6.95	7.41
1967	6.76	7.36
1968	6.55	7.3
1969	6.37	7.23
1970	6.18	7.17
1971	6.01	7.11
1972	5.84	7.06
1973	5.67	6.99
1974	5.44	6.91
1975	5.24	6.87
1976	5.05	6.81
1977	4.84	6.73
1978	4.64	6.63
1979	4.47	6.53
1980	4.3	6.42
1981	4.15	6.3
1982	4.01	6.18
1983	3.95	6.06
1984	3.82	5.94
1985	3.69	5.82
1986	3.6	5.7
1987	3.53	5.58
1988	3.5	5.47
1989	3.48	5.35
1990	3.41	5.27
1991	3.35	5.19
1992	3.29	5.11
1993	3.23	5.03
1994	3.16	4.93
1995	3.1	4.84
1996	3.04	4.71
1997	2.92	4.59
1998	2.84	4.47
1999	2.85	4.37
2000	2.87	4.29
2001	2.83	4.15
2002	2.76	4
2003	2.7	3.84
2004	2.64	3.71
2005	2.57	3.58
2006	2.51	3.45
2007	2.51	3.35
2008	2.55	3.26
2009	2.57	3.17
2010	2.56	3.08
2011	2.53	3
2012	2.5	2.93
2013	2.47	2.86
2014	2.45	2.79
2015	2.43	2.75
2016	2.41	2.7
2017	2.4	2.66
2018	2.4	2.65
2019	2.37	2.61
2020	2.33	2.58
2021	2.29	2.55
2022	2.27	2.52
2023	2.24	2.5
2024	2.22	2.48
2025	2.19	2.45
2026	2.17	2.42
2027	2.15	2.4
2028	2.13	2.38
2029	2.11	2.35
2030	2.08	2.32
2031	2.07	2.3
2032	2.05	2.28
2033	2.03	2.26
2034	2.02	2.24
2035	2	2.22
2036	1.99	2.2
2037	1.98	2.18
2038	1.96	2.16
2039	1.95	2.15
2040	1.94	2.13
2041	1.93	2.12
2042	1.93	2.1
2043	1.92	2.09
2044	1.91	2.07
2045	1.9	2.06
2046	1.89	2.05
2047	1.89	2.03
2048	1.88	2.02
2049	1.87	2.01
2050	1.87	2

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Honduras
1960	48.6%	47%
1961	48.9%	47.3%
1962	49.1%	47.6%
1963	49.2%	47.8%
1964	49.3%	47.9%
1965	49.4%	48%
1966	49.3%	48%
1967	49.2%	48%
1968	48.9%	48%
1969	48.6%	48%
1970	48.2%	47.9%
1971	47.7%	47.9%
1972	47.3%	47.9%
1973	46.8%	47.9%
1974	46.3%	47.8%
1975	45.8%	47.6%
1976	45.2%	47.5%
1977	44.7%	47.4%
1978	44.2%	47.4%
1979	43.7%	47.3%
1980	43.2%	47.3%
1981	42.7%	47.2%
1982	42.3%	47.1%
1983	41.8%	47.1%
1984	41.4%	47%
1985	41%	46.8%
1986	40.6%	46.7%
1987	40.2%	46.5%
1988	39.8%	46.4%
1989	39.4%	46.3%
1990	39.1%	46.1%
1991	38.7%	45.9%
1992	38.4%	45.7%
1993	38%	45.4%
1994	37.7%	45.1%
1995	37.3%	44.8%
1996	37%	44.5%
1997	36.6%	44.2%
1998	36.1%	43.8%
1999	35.7%	43.4%
2000	35.3%	43.1%
2001	35%	42.7%
2002	34.6%	42.3%
2003	34.2%	41.9%
2004	33.7%	41.5%
2005	33.2%	41%
2006	32.7%	40.4%
2007	32.2%	39.9%
2008	31.7%	39.3%
2009	31.3%	38.7%
2010	30.9%	38.1%
2011	30.5%	37.4%
2012	30.1%	36.8%
2013	29.8%	36.2%
2014	29.5%	35.6%
2015	29.2%	34.9%
2016	28.8%	34.3%
2017	28.5%	33.7%
2018	28.2%	33.1%
2019	27.9%	32.6%
2020	27.7%	32.2%
2021	27.4%	31.8%
2022	27.2%	31.4%
2023	26.9%	31%
2024	26.6%	30.6%
2025	26.2%	30.3%
2026	25.8%	29.9%
2027	25.4%	29.6%
2028	25.1%	29.3%
2029	24.7%	28.9%
2030	24.3%	28.6%
2031	24%	28.3%
2032	23.6%	28%
2033	23.3%	27.6%
2034	22.9%	27.3%
2035	22.6%	26.9%
2036	22.3%	26.6%
2037	22%	26.2%
2038	21.7%	25.9%
2039	21.5%	25.5%
2040	21.3%	25.2%
2041	21%	24.8%
2042	20.8%	24.5%
2043	20.6%	24.2%
2044	20.4%	23.9%
2045	20.3%	23.6%
2046	20.1%	23.3%
2047	19.9%	23%
2048	19.8%	22.7%
2049	19.6%	22.5%
2050	19.5%	22.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in the Dominican Republic and 30.6% in Honduras in 2024, compared to 39.1% and 46.1% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Dominican Republic and Honduras compared.

Natural population change in Dominican Republic vs Honduras by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.34% in the Dominican Republic and +1.85% in Honduras. 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	Honduras
1960	117,346	62,602
1961	120,316	64,672
1962	122,977	67,332
1963	124,994	69,883
1964	127,504	72,756
1965	125,345	75,622
1966	132,096	78,369
1967	133,091	81,131
1968	133,666	84,070
1969	135,445	87,273
1970	137,835	90,875
1971	140,473	94,597
1972	143,255	98,634
1973	146,283	99,553
1974	147,652	98,141
1975	149,339	111,469
1976	151,201	115,754
1977	152,825	119,333
1978	154,043	122,593
1979	154,779	125,957
1980	157,697	128,856
1981	158,419	131,789
1982	159,597	134,629
1983	163,136	137,597
1984	164,263	139,851
1985	164,091	142,190
1986	165,674	144,500
1987	167,552	146,750
1988	171,291	149,130
1989	175,365	152,266
1990	176,748	156,537
1991	177,371	160,933
1992	177,481	165,434
1993	177,691	169,358
1994	176,882	173,437
1995	175,439	177,309
1996	174,008	180,083
1997	168,419	182,308
1998	164,287	169,632
1999	167,742	186,816
2000	171,684	190,308
2001	170,193	190,636
2002	166,740	189,653
2003	163,267	187,854
2004	158,789	186,774
2005	155,405	185,216
2006	151,122	183,381
2007	152,066	183,052
2008	156,664	182,607
2009	160,893	182,250
2010	162,072	180,318
2011	162,094	180,164
2012	160,915	180,384
2013	159,330	179,999
2014	157,260	180,075
2015	154,258	181,098
2016	151,550	182,243
2017	151,565	182,731
2018	150,852	184,953
2019	144,869	185,200
2020	137,417	179,553
2021	128,866	172,890
2022	138,767	186,257
2023	132,360	186,125

Maternal mortality chart: Dominican Republic vs Honduras

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 47 deaths in Honduras.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominican Republic	Honduras
1985	249	199
1986	241	191
1987	231	183
1988	221	177
1989	213	169
1990	203	159
1991	193	148
1992	185	138
1993	176	128
1994	166	119
1995	152	109
1996	138	101
1997	122	96
1998	109	91
1999	92	86
2000	76	82
2001	68	78
2002	68	75
2003	71	75
2004	78	74
2005	83	73
2006	87	72
2007	90	72
2008	94	72
2009	96	71
2010	92	72
2011	91	68
2012	89	64
2013	91	62
2014	95	60
2015	102	57
2016	106	55
2017	104	53
2018	107	52
2019	118	51
2020	121	57
2021	153	88
2022	124	48
2023	124	47

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.14% in the Dominican Republic and 1.55% in Honduras. 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	Honduras
1960	14.8%	20.7%
1961	14.6%	20%
1962	14.5%	19.4%
1963	14.3%	18.7%
1964	14.1%	18.1%
1965	13.8%	17.5%
1966	13.5%	16.9%
1967	13.3%	16.3%
1968	13%	15.7%
1969	12.7%	15.2%
1970	12.4%	14.6%
1971	12%	14%
1972	11.7%	13.5%
1973	11.3%	12.9%
1974	10.9%	14.9%
1975	10.5%	11.9%
1976	10.1%	11.4%
1977	9.71%	10.9%
1978	9.35%	10.4%
1979	9.01%	9.94%
1980	8.68%	9.48%
1981	8.36%	9.05%
1982	8.05%	8.62%
1983	7.76%	8.2%
1984	7.48%	7.81%
1985	7.21%	7.43%
1986	6.94%	7.07%
1987	6.69%	6.73%
1988	6.44%	6.4%
1989	6.19%	6.1%
1990	5.95%	5.81%
1991	5.7%	5.54%
1992	5.46%	5.29%
1993	5.22%	5.06%
1994	5%	4.84%
1995	4.78%	4.64%
1996	4.58%	4.44%
1997	4.4%	4.25%
1998	4.24%	6.49%
1999	4.1%	3.9%
2000	3.98%	3.73%
2001	3.88%	3.57%
2002	3.8%	3.41%
2003	3.73%	3.26%
2004	3.67%	3.11%
2005	3.62%	2.98%
2006	3.59%	2.86%
2007	3.56%	2.75%
2008	3.54%	2.65%
2009	3.52%	2.55%
2010	3.51%	2.46%
2011	3.5%	2.37%
2012	3.49%	2.28%
2013	3.5%	2.2%
2014	3.5%	2.12%
2015	3.5%	2.05%
2016	3.5%	1.98%
2017	3.5%	1.91%
2018	3.47%	1.84%
2019	3.43%	1.78%
2020	3.38%	1.72%
2021	3.31%	1.66%
2022	3.22%	1.6%
2023	3.14%	1.55%