Fertility & birth rates in Dominican Republic and Ivory Coast

Fertility rate in Dominican Republic vs Ivory Coast 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 4.28 in Ivory Coast in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Dominican Republic vs Ivory Coast 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	Ivory Coast
1960	7.56	7.69
1961	7.49	7.72
1962	7.4	7.75
1963	7.3	7.78
1964	7.19	7.81
1965	7.05	7.84
1966	6.95	7.87
1967	6.76	7.89
1968	6.55	7.91
1969	6.37	7.93
1970	6.18	7.94
1971	6.01	7.94
1972	5.84	7.94
1973	5.67	7.94
1974	5.44	7.93
1975	5.24	7.91
1976	5.05	7.88
1977	4.84	7.83
1978	4.64	7.67
1979	4.47	7.63
1980	4.3	7.59
1981	4.15	7.54
1982	4.01	7.49
1983	3.95	7.42
1984	3.82	7.35
1985	3.69	7.27
1986	3.6	7.19
1987	3.53	7.09
1988	3.5	6.97
1989	3.48	6.85
1990	3.41	6.72
1991	3.35	6.59
1992	3.29	6.43
1993	3.23	6.27
1994	3.16	6.13
1995	3.1	6.04
1996	3.04	5.95
1997	2.92	5.9
1998	2.84	5.85
1999	2.85	5.81
2000	2.87	5.77
2001	2.83	5.7
2002	2.76	5.64
2003	2.7	5.57
2004	2.64	5.53
2005	2.57	5.5
2006	2.51	5.45
2007	2.51	5.4
2008	2.55	5.36
2009	2.57	5.33
2010	2.56	5.29
2011	2.53	5.24
2012	2.5	5.19
2013	2.47	5.14
2014	2.45	5.07
2015	2.43	4.97
2016	2.41	4.87
2017	2.4	4.76
2018	2.4	4.6
2019	2.37	4.52
2020	2.33	4.46
2021	2.29	4.41
2022	2.27	4.35
2023	2.24	4.28
2024	2.22	4.23
2025	2.19	4.17
2026	2.17	4.1
2027	2.15	4.05
2028	2.13	3.99
2029	2.11	3.93
2030	2.08	3.88
2031	2.07	3.83
2032	2.05	3.78
2033	2.03	3.75
2034	2.02	3.69
2035	2	3.64
2036	1.99	3.6
2037	1.98	3.56
2038	1.96	3.51
2039	1.95	3.47
2040	1.94	3.43
2041	1.93	3.39
2042	1.93	3.35
2043	1.92	3.31
2044	1.91	3.27
2045	1.9	3.23
2046	1.89	3.2
2047	1.89	3.17
2048	1.88	3.13
2049	1.87	3.1
2050	1.87	3.07

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Ivory Coast
1960	48.6%	43.1%
1961	48.9%	43.2%
1962	49.1%	43.4%
1963	49.2%	43.6%
1964	49.3%	43.9%
1965	49.4%	44.1%
1966	49.3%	44.3%
1967	49.2%	44.6%
1968	48.9%	44.8%
1969	48.6%	44.9%
1970	48.2%	45.1%
1971	47.7%	45.1%
1972	47.3%	45.2%
1973	46.8%	45.2%
1974	46.3%	45.3%
1975	45.8%	45.4%
1976	45.2%	45.7%
1977	44.7%	46.1%
1978	44.2%	46.5%
1979	43.7%	46.8%
1980	43.2%	47.1%
1981	42.7%	47.3%
1982	42.3%	47.5%
1983	41.8%	47.7%
1984	41.4%	47.8%
1985	41%	47.9%
1986	40.6%	48%
1987	40.2%	48.1%
1988	39.8%	48%
1989	39.4%	47.9%
1990	39.1%	47.8%
1991	38.7%	47.6%
1992	38.4%	47.4%
1993	38%	47.1%
1994	37.7%	46.9%
1995	37.3%	46.7%
1996	37%	46.4%
1997	36.6%	46.2%
1998	36.1%	46.1%
1999	35.7%	46%
2000	35.3%	46%
2001	35%	46.1%
2002	34.6%	46.2%
2003	34.2%	46.2%
2004	33.7%	46.3%
2005	33.2%	46.3%
2006	32.7%	46.3%
2007	32.2%	46.4%
2008	31.7%	45.8%
2009	31.3%	44.9%
2010	30.9%	44%
2011	30.5%	43.3%
2012	30.1%	42.7%
2013	29.8%	42.2%
2014	29.5%	42%
2015	29.2%	42.2%
2016	28.8%	42.3%
2017	28.5%	42.4%
2018	28.2%	42.4%
2019	27.9%	42.3%
2020	27.7%	42.2%
2021	27.4%	42%
2022	27.2%	41.7%
2023	26.9%	41.3%
2024	26.6%	40.9%
2025	26.2%	40.5%
2026	25.8%	40%
2027	25.4%	39.7%
2028	25.1%	39.3%
2029	24.7%	38.8%
2030	24.3%	38.3%
2031	24%	37.8%
2032	23.6%	37.3%
2033	23.3%	37%
2034	22.9%	36.7%
2035	22.6%	36.4%
2036	22.3%	36.2%
2037	22%	35.9%
2038	21.7%	35.7%
2039	21.5%	35.6%
2040	21.3%	35.4%
2041	21%	35.3%
2042	20.8%	35.1%
2043	20.6%	35%
2044	20.4%	34.8%
2045	20.3%	34.7%
2046	20.1%	34.5%
2047	19.9%	34.4%
2048	19.8%	34.2%
2049	19.6%	34%
2050	19.5%	33.7%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in the Dominican Republic and 40.9% in Ivory Coast in 2024, compared to 39.1% and 47.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Dominican Republic and Ivory Coast compared.

Natural population change in Dominican Republic vs Ivory Coast by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.34% in the Dominican Republic and +2.65% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	117,346	99,681
1961	120,316	105,568
1962	122,977	111,930
1963	124,994	118,526
1964	127,504	124,996
1965	125,345	131,601
1966	132,096	138,438
1967	133,091	145,773
1968	133,666	153,464
1969	135,445	161,541
1970	137,835	170,070
1971	140,473	179,918
1972	143,255	190,842
1973	146,283	203,429
1974	147,652	216,389
1975	149,339	228,883
1976	151,201	241,939
1977	152,825	250,858
1978	154,043	257,222
1979	154,779	268,875
1980	157,697	280,630
1981	158,419	292,755
1982	159,597	305,204
1983	163,136	317,379
1984	164,263	331,910
1985	164,091	344,549
1986	165,674	357,205
1987	167,552	370,654
1988	171,291	378,575
1989	175,365	390,081
1990	176,748	402,629
1991	177,371	413,354
1992	177,481	423,294
1993	177,691	430,759
1994	176,882	438,274
1995	175,439	453,719
1996	174,008	469,740
1997	168,419	489,984
1998	164,287	509,167
1999	167,742	527,634
2000	171,684	545,129
2001	170,193	555,220
2002	166,740	563,692
2003	163,267	568,220
2004	158,789	579,424
2005	155,405	593,685
2006	151,122	605,001
2007	152,066	617,247
2008	156,664	630,610
2009	160,893	654,439
2010	162,072	676,554
2011	162,094	694,033
2012	160,915	708,847
2013	159,330	720,228
2014	157,260	728,978
2015	154,258	731,387
2016	151,550	735,630
2017	151,565	734,553
2018	150,852	722,445
2019	144,869	727,774
2020	137,417	727,455
2021	128,866	732,191
2022	138,767	750,270
2023	132,360	758,261

Maternal mortality chart: Dominican Republic vs Ivory Coast

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 359 deaths in Ivory Coast.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominican Republic	Ivory Coast
1985	249	766
1986	241	735
1987	231	697
1988	221	671
1989	213	645
1990	203	619
1991	193	584
1992	185	546
1993	176	503
1994	166	463
1995	152	421
1996	138	381
1997	122	364
1998	109	380
1999	92	381
2000	76	378
2001	68	405
2002	68	427
2003	71	451
2004	78	456
2005	83	492
2006	87	544
2007	90	567
2008	94	562
2009	96	588
2010	92	592
2011	91	569
2012	89	566
2013	91	544
2014	95	522
2015	102	505
2016	106	488
2017	104	465
2018	107	449
2019	118	429
2020	121	447
2021	153	459
2022	124	409
2023	124	359

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.14% in the Dominican Republic and 6.71% in Ivory Coast. 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	Ivory Coast
1960	14.8%	32.1%
1961	14.6%	31.3%
1962	14.5%	30.5%
1963	14.3%	29.7%
1964	14.1%	28.9%
1965	13.8%	28.2%
1966	13.5%	27.4%
1967	13.3%	26.7%
1968	13%	26%
1969	12.7%	25.2%
1970	12.4%	24.5%
1971	12%	23.7%
1972	11.7%	22.9%
1973	11.3%	22.1%
1974	10.9%	21.2%
1975	10.5%	20.3%
1976	10.1%	19.5%
1977	9.71%	18.7%
1978	9.35%	18%
1979	9.01%	17.4%
1980	8.68%	16.9%
1981	8.36%	16.4%
1982	8.05%	16.1%
1983	7.76%	15.8%
1984	7.48%	15.5%
1985	7.21%	15.4%
1986	6.94%	15.3%
1987	6.69%	15.2%
1988	6.44%	15.2%
1989	6.19%	15.3%
1990	5.95%	15.3%
1991	5.7%	15.4%
1992	5.46%	15.4%
1993	5.22%	15.4%
1994	5%	15.3%
1995	4.78%	15.2%
1996	4.58%	15.1%
1997	4.4%	14.9%
1998	4.24%	14.6%
1999	4.1%	14.4%
2000	3.98%	14.1%
2001	3.88%	13.7%
2002	3.8%	13.3%
2003	3.73%	13%
2004	3.67%	12.6%
2005	3.62%	12.2%
2006	3.59%	11.8%
2007	3.56%	11.4%
2008	3.54%	11%
2009	3.52%	10.6%
2010	3.51%	10.2%
2011	3.5%	9.91%
2012	3.49%	9.6%
2013	3.5%	9.27%
2014	3.5%	8.92%
2015	3.5%	8.61%
2016	3.5%	8.36%
2017	3.5%	8.11%
2018	3.47%	7.85%
2019	3.43%	7.59%
2020	3.38%	7.37%
2021	3.31%	7.14%
2022	3.22%	6.92%
2023	3.14%	6.71%