Fertility & birth rates in Dominican Republic and Libya

Fertility rate in Dominican Republic vs Libya 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 2.36 in Libya in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Dominican Republic vs Libya 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	Libya
1960	7.56	7.51
1961	7.49	7.56
1962	7.4	7.61
1963	7.3	7.69
1964	7.19	7.75
1965	7.05	7.82
1966	6.95	7.89
1967	6.76	7.93
1968	6.55	7.97
1969	6.37	8.01
1970	6.18	8.05
1971	6.01	8.1
1972	5.84	8.07
1973	5.67	8.05
1974	5.44	8.02
1975	5.24	7.98
1976	5.05	7.93
1977	4.84	7.87
1978	4.64	7.79
1979	4.47	7.68
1980	4.3	7.54
1981	4.15	7.37
1982	4.01	7.16
1983	3.95	6.91
1984	3.82	6.62
1985	3.69	6.33
1986	3.6	6.02
1987	3.53	5.72
1988	3.5	5.41
1989	3.48	5.09
1990	3.41	4.78
1991	3.35	4.46
1992	3.29	4.16
1993	3.23	3.88
1994	3.16	3.65
1995	3.1	3.44
1996	3.04	3.26
1997	2.92	3.13
1998	2.84	3.04
1999	2.85	2.97
2000	2.87	2.91
2001	2.83	2.87
2002	2.76	2.83
2003	2.7	2.8
2004	2.64	2.77
2005	2.57	2.77
2006	2.51	2.7
2007	2.51	2.65
2008	2.55	2.6
2009	2.57	2.56
2010	2.56	2.6
2011	2.53	2.65
2012	2.5	2.68
2013	2.47	2.72
2014	2.45	2.75
2015	2.43	2.71
2016	2.41	2.67
2017	2.4	2.63
2018	2.4	2.58
2019	2.37	2.54
2020	2.33	2.51
2021	2.29	2.46
2022	2.27	2.4
2023	2.24	2.36
2024	2.22	2.3
2025	2.19	2.25
2026	2.17	2.21
2027	2.15	2.18
2028	2.13	2.14
2029	2.11	2.11
2030	2.08	2.08
2031	2.07	2.06
2032	2.05	2.03
2033	2.03	2.01
2034	2.02	1.99
2035	2	1.97
2036	1.99	1.95
2037	1.98	1.94
2038	1.96	1.92
2039	1.95	1.91
2040	1.94	1.9
2041	1.93	1.89
2042	1.93	1.88
2043	1.92	1.87
2044	1.91	1.86
2045	1.9	1.85
2046	1.89	1.84
2047	1.89	1.83
2048	1.88	1.83
2049	1.87	1.82
2050	1.87	1.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Libya
1960	48.6%	43.6%
1961	48.9%	44.2%
1962	49.1%	44.8%
1963	49.2%	45.5%
1964	49.3%	46.1%
1965	49.4%	47%
1966	49.3%	48.4%
1967	49.2%	49.5%
1968	48.9%	50.3%
1969	48.6%	50.7%
1970	48.2%	50.9%
1971	47.7%	50.9%
1972	47.3%	50.9%
1973	46.8%	50.2%
1974	46.3%	49.3%
1975	45.8%	48.9%
1976	45.2%	48.6%
1977	44.7%	48.2%
1978	44.2%	48%
1979	43.7%	47.9%
1980	43.2%	47.7%
1981	42.7%	47.5%
1982	42.3%	47.3%
1983	41.8%	46.8%
1984	41.4%	46.1%
1985	41%	45.5%
1986	40.6%	44.8%
1987	40.2%	44.1%
1988	39.8%	43.4%
1989	39.4%	42.6%
1990	39.1%	41.7%
1991	38.7%	40.7%
1992	38.4%	39.7%
1993	38%	38.6%
1994	37.7%	37.4%
1995	37.3%	36.3%
1996	37%	35.2%
1997	36.6%	34.2%
1998	36.1%	33.3%
1999	35.7%	32.5%
2000	35.3%	32%
2001	35%	31.7%
2002	34.6%	31.5%
2003	34.2%	31.3%
2004	33.7%	31.2%
2005	33.2%	31.1%
2006	32.7%	30.9%
2007	32.2%	30.6%
2008	31.7%	30.3%
2009	31.3%	30.1%
2010	30.9%	29.9%
2011	30.5%	30.7%
2012	30.1%	31.5%
2013	29.8%	31.3%
2014	29.5%	31.1%
2015	29.2%	31%
2016	28.8%	30.9%
2017	28.5%	30.6%
2018	28.2%	30.3%
2019	27.9%	29.9%
2020	27.7%	29.5%
2021	27.4%	29%
2022	27.2%	28.5%
2023	26.9%	28%
2024	26.6%	27.4%
2025	26.2%	26.8%
2026	25.8%	26.2%
2027	25.4%	25.6%
2028	25.1%	25.1%
2029	24.7%	24.5%
2030	24.3%	23.9%
2031	24%	23.4%
2032	23.6%	23%
2033	23.3%	22.5%
2034	22.9%	22.1%
2035	22.6%	21.8%
2036	22.3%	21.5%
2037	22%	21.3%
2038	21.7%	21%
2039	21.5%	20.9%
2040	21.3%	20.7%
2041	21%	20.6%
2042	20.8%	20.5%
2043	20.6%	20.4%
2044	20.4%	20.3%
2045	20.3%	20.2%
2046	20.1%	20.1%
2047	19.9%	20%
2048	19.8%	19.9%
2049	19.6%	19.8%
2050	19.5%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in the Dominican Republic and 27.4% in Libya in 2024, compared to 39.1% and 41.7% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Dominican Republic and Libya compared.

Natural population change in Dominican Republic vs Libya by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.34% in the Dominican Republic and +1.43% in Libya. 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	Libya
1960	117,346	38,391
1961	120,316	42,167
1962	122,977	46,252
1963	124,994	50,421
1964	127,504	55,227
1965	125,345	59,134
1966	132,096	60,394
1967	133,091	61,889
1968	133,666	63,971
1969	135,445	66,782
1970	137,835	70,488
1971	140,473	74,934
1972	143,255	77,864
1973	146,283	81,256
1974	147,652	89,337
1975	149,339	94,862
1976	151,201	101,146
1977	152,825	107,769
1978	154,043	114,669
1979	154,779	121,469
1980	157,697	128,034
1981	158,419	130,233
1982	159,597	133,511
1983	163,136	122,183
1984	164,263	110,028
1985	164,091	110,194
1986	165,674	109,325
1987	167,552	107,761
1988	171,291	105,469
1989	175,365	102,823
1990	176,748	99,898
1991	177,371	96,582
1992	177,481	93,568
1993	177,691	90,553
1994	176,882	88,765
1995	175,439	87,661
1996	174,008	86,945
1997	168,419	86,899
1998	164,287	87,613
1999	167,742	88,743
2000	171,684	89,814
2001	170,193	93,370
2002	166,740	97,598
2003	163,267	102,144
2004	158,789	107,144
2005	155,405	112,823
2006	151,122	115,645
2007	152,066	116,704
2008	156,664	117,481
2009	160,893	118,102
2010	162,072	122,926
2011	162,094	121,016
2012	160,915	108,855
2013	159,330	110,772
2014	157,260	110,420
2015	154,258	108,096
2016	151,550	105,265
2017	151,565	103,891
2018	150,852	101,619
2019	144,869	97,842
2020	137,417	92,950
2021	128,866	88,005
2022	138,767	91,951
2023	132,360	75,760

Maternal mortality chart: Dominican Republic vs Libya

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 59 deaths in Libya.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominican Republic	Libya
1985	249	86
1986	241	82
1987	231	77
1988	221	74
1989	213	70
1990	203	67
1991	193	64
1992	185	61
1993	176	60
1994	166	59
1995	152	59
1996	138	61
1997	122	64
1998	109	67
1999	92	69
2000	76	71
2001	68	71
2002	68	69
2003	71	68
2004	78	67
2005	83	66
2006	87	66
2007	90	67
2008	94	68
2009	96	70
2010	92	71
2011	91	81
2012	89	74
2013	91	75
2014	95	77
2015	102	76
2016	106	74
2017	104	69
2018	107	66
2019	118	65
2020	121	71
2021	153	98
2022	124	60
2023	124	59

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.14% in the Dominican Republic and 3.08% in Libya. 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	Libya
1960	14.8%	27.7%
1961	14.6%	26%
1962	14.5%	24.3%
1963	14.3%	22.7%
1964	14.1%	21.2%
1965	13.8%	19.7%
1966	13.5%	18.3%
1967	13.3%	17%
1968	13%	15.8%
1969	12.7%	14.7%
1970	12.4%	13.6%
1971	12%	12.6%
1972	11.7%	11.7%
1973	11.3%	10.9%
1974	10.9%	10.2%
1975	10.5%	9.5%
1976	10.1%	8.91%
1977	9.71%	8.39%
1978	9.35%	7.92%
1979	9.01%	7.5%
1980	8.68%	7.11%
1981	8.36%	6.76%
1982	8.05%	6.42%
1983	7.76%	6.1%
1984	7.48%	5.79%
1985	7.21%	5.5%
1986	6.94%	5.21%
1987	6.69%	4.94%
1988	6.44%	4.67%
1989	6.19%	4.42%
1990	5.95%	4.19%
1991	5.7%	3.98%
1992	5.46%	3.78%
1993	5.22%	3.61%
1994	5%	3.46%
1995	4.78%	3.32%
1996	4.58%	3.2%
1997	4.4%	3.09%
1998	4.24%	2.99%
1999	4.1%	2.9%
2000	3.98%	2.81%
2001	3.88%	2.73%
2002	3.8%	2.65%
2003	3.73%	2.55%
2004	3.67%	2.44%
2005	3.62%	2.31%
2006	3.59%	2.17%
2007	3.56%	2.02%
2008	3.54%	1.88%
2009	3.52%	1.76%
2010	3.51%	1.66%
2011	3.5%	1.96%
2012	3.49%	1.51%
2013	3.5%	1.45%
2014	3.5%	1.39%
2015	3.5%	1.33%
2016	3.5%	1.28%
2017	3.5%	1.24%
2018	3.47%	1.19%
2019	3.43%	1.16%
2020	3.38%	1.12%
2021	3.31%	1.08%
2022	3.22%	1.05%
2023	3.14%	3.08%