Fertility & birth rates in Dominican Republic and Madagascar

Fertility rate in Dominican Republic vs Madagascar 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 3.97 in Madagascar in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Dominican Republic vs Madagascar 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	Madagascar
1960	7.56	7.34
1961	7.49	7.3
1962	7.4	7.26
1963	7.3	7.21
1964	7.19	7.19
1965	7.05	7.17
1966	6.95	7.16
1967	6.76	7.14
1968	6.55	7.13
1969	6.37	7.12
1970	6.18	7.1
1971	6.01	7.07
1972	5.84	7.04
1973	5.67	7.01
1974	5.44	6.99
1975	5.24	6.97
1976	5.05	6.95
1977	4.84	6.93
1978	4.64	6.9
1979	4.47	6.87
1980	4.3	6.84
1981	4.15	6.77
1982	4.01	6.7
1983	3.95	6.63
1984	3.82	6.55
1985	3.69	6.46
1986	3.6	6.34
1987	3.53	6.24
1988	3.5	6.18
1989	3.48	6.15
1990	3.41	6.14
1991	3.35	6.12
1992	3.29	6.08
1993	3.23	6.06
1994	3.16	6.04
1995	3.1	6.04
1996	3.04	6.03
1997	2.92	6.02
1998	2.84	5.99
1999	2.85	5.84
2000	2.87	5.67
2001	2.83	5.53
2002	2.76	5.41
2003	2.7	5.33
2004	2.64	5.26
2005	2.57	5.2
2006	2.51	5.13
2007	2.51	5.08
2008	2.55	5.04
2009	2.57	5
2010	2.56	4.9
2011	2.53	4.74
2012	2.5	4.61
2013	2.47	4.53
2014	2.45	4.42
2015	2.43	4.34
2016	2.41	4.29
2017	2.4	4.26
2018	2.4	4.25
2019	2.37	4.22
2020	2.33	4.17
2021	2.29	4.1
2022	2.27	4.04
2023	2.24	3.97
2024	2.22	3.91
2025	2.19	3.84
2026	2.17	3.78
2027	2.15	3.72
2028	2.13	3.66
2029	2.11	3.61
2030	2.08	3.56
2031	2.07	3.51
2032	2.05	3.46
2033	2.03	3.41
2034	2.02	3.36
2035	2	3.32
2036	1.99	3.28
2037	1.98	3.24
2038	1.96	3.2
2039	1.95	3.16
2040	1.94	3.12
2041	1.93	3.09
2042	1.93	3.05
2043	1.92	3.02
2044	1.91	2.99
2045	1.9	2.95
2046	1.89	2.92
2047	1.89	2.9
2048	1.88	2.87
2049	1.87	2.84
2050	1.87	2.82

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Madagascar
1960	48.6%	45.2%
1961	48.9%	45.8%
1962	49.1%	46.3%
1963	49.2%	46.7%
1964	49.3%	46.8%
1965	49.4%	46.7%
1966	49.3%	46.6%
1967	49.2%	46.5%
1968	48.9%	46.5%
1969	48.6%	46.4%
1970	48.2%	46.4%
1971	47.7%	46.4%
1972	47.3%	46.4%
1973	46.8%	46.4%
1974	46.3%	46.5%
1975	45.8%	46.5%
1976	45.2%	46.6%
1977	44.7%	46.7%
1978	44.2%	46.8%
1979	43.7%	46.9%
1980	43.2%	47%
1981	42.7%	47.1%
1982	42.3%	47.1%
1983	41.8%	47%
1984	41.4%	46.9%
1985	41%	46.8%
1986	40.6%	46.7%
1987	40.2%	46.5%
1988	39.8%	46.3%
1989	39.4%	46.1%
1990	39.1%	45.9%
1991	38.7%	45.7%
1992	38.4%	45.6%
1993	38%	45.5%
1994	37.7%	45.4%
1995	37.3%	45.3%
1996	37%	45.3%
1997	36.6%	45.3%
1998	36.1%	45.4%
1999	35.7%	45.4%
2000	35.3%	45.4%
2001	35%	45.4%
2002	34.6%	45.4%
2003	34.2%	45.4%
2004	33.7%	45.3%
2005	33.2%	45.2%
2006	32.7%	45%
2007	32.2%	44.8%
2008	31.7%	44.6%
2009	31.3%	44.3%
2010	30.9%	44%
2011	30.5%	43.7%
2012	30.1%	43.3%
2013	29.8%	42.8%
2014	29.5%	42.4%
2015	29.2%	42%
2016	28.8%	41.6%
2017	28.5%	41.2%
2018	28.2%	40.9%
2019	27.9%	40.7%
2020	27.7%	40.4%
2021	27.4%	40.1%
2022	27.2%	39.9%
2023	26.9%	39.6%
2024	26.6%	39.3%
2025	26.2%	38.9%
2026	25.8%	38.6%
2027	25.4%	38.4%
2028	25.1%	38.1%
2029	24.7%	37.8%
2030	24.3%	37.6%
2031	24%	37.3%
2032	23.6%	37%
2033	23.3%	36.7%
2034	22.9%	36.4%
2035	22.6%	36%
2036	22.3%	35.7%
2037	22%	35.3%
2038	21.7%	35%
2039	21.5%	34.6%
2040	21.3%	34.3%
2041	21%	34%
2042	20.8%	33.6%
2043	20.6%	33.3%
2044	20.4%	33%
2045	20.3%	32.7%
2046	20.1%	32.4%
2047	19.9%	32.1%
2048	19.8%	31.8%
2049	19.6%	31.6%
2050	19.5%	31.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in the Dominican Republic and 39.3% in Madagascar in 2024, compared to 39.1% and 45.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Dominican Republic and Madagascar compared.

Natural population change in Dominican Republic vs Madagascar by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.34% in the Dominican Republic and +2.57% in Madagascar. 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	Madagascar
1960	117,346	133,684
1961	120,316	136,578
1962	122,977	139,412
1963	124,994	142,666
1964	127,504	146,894
1965	125,345	152,362
1966	132,096	159,483
1967	133,091	167,287
1968	133,666	175,869
1969	135,445	184,562
1970	137,835	194,889
1971	140,473	204,617
1972	143,255	213,138
1973	146,283	221,768
1974	147,652	230,233
1975	149,339	238,774
1976	151,201	247,026
1977	152,825	255,399
1978	154,043	263,684
1979	154,779	270,752
1980	157,697	275,287
1981	158,419	277,535
1982	159,597	284,733
1983	163,136	290,085
1984	164,263	296,892
1985	164,091	304,199
1986	165,674	307,074
1987	167,552	317,621
1988	171,291	330,510
1989	175,365	344,279
1990	176,748	360,621
1991	177,371	375,040
1992	177,481	388,430
1993	177,691	408,801
1994	176,882	428,169
1995	175,439	450,259
1996	174,008	471,453
1997	168,419	490,905
1998	164,287	508,408
1999	167,742	516,976
2000	171,684	520,860
2001	170,193	529,656
2002	166,740	535,518
2003	163,267	544,903
2004	158,789	556,319
2005	155,405	568,143
2006	151,122	581,489
2007	152,066	597,772
2008	156,664	615,580
2009	160,893	634,008
2010	162,072	641,543
2011	162,094	640,577
2012	160,915	644,255
2013	159,330	654,230
2014	157,260	660,837
2015	154,258	668,977
2016	151,550	682,801
2017	151,565	699,498
2018	150,852	719,267
2019	144,869	735,853
2020	137,417	736,607
2021	128,866	741,416
2022	138,767	753,931
2023	132,360	766,391

Maternal mortality chart: Dominican Republic vs Madagascar

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 445 deaths in Madagascar.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominican Republic	Madagascar
1985	249	751
1986	241	730
1987	231	702
1988	221	687
1989	213	684
1990	203	692
1991	193	691
1992	185	699
1993	176	688
1994	166	688
1995	152	684
1996	138	680
1997	122	676
1998	109	663
1999	92	647
2000	76	638
2001	68	611
2002	68	593
2003	71	571
2004	78	555
2005	83	540
2006	87	528
2007	90	522
2008	94	510
2009	96	507
2010	92	500
2011	91	492
2012	89	487
2013	91	481
2014	95	477
2015	102	474
2016	106	470
2017	104	469
2018	107	466
2019	118	462
2020	121	447
2021	153	467
2022	124	439
2023	124	445

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.14% in the Dominican Republic and 6.48% in Madagascar. 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	Madagascar
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%	14.6%
1969	12.7%	14.7%
1970	12.4%	14.9%
1971	12%	15.1%
1972	11.7%	15.3%
1973	11.3%	15.6%
1974	10.9%	15.8%
1975	10.5%	16.1%
1976	10.1%	16.3%
1977	9.71%	16.5%
1978	9.35%	16.7%
1979	9.01%	16.9%
1980	8.68%	17.1%
1981	8.36%	17.4%
1982	8.05%	17.6%
1983	7.76%	17.8%
1984	7.48%	17.8%
1985	7.21%	17.7%
1986	6.94%	17.5%
1987	6.69%	17.1%
1988	6.44%	16.6%
1989	6.19%	16.1%
1990	5.95%	15.6%
1991	5.7%	15%
1992	5.46%	14.5%
1993	5.22%	14%
1994	5%	13.5%
1995	4.78%	13.1%
1996	4.58%	12.6%
1997	4.4%	12%
1998	4.24%	11.5%
1999	4.1%	11%
2000	3.98%	10.5%
2001	3.88%	10%
2002	3.8%	9.6%
2003	3.73%	9.2%
2004	3.67%	8.82%
2005	3.62%	8.46%
2006	3.59%	8.12%
2007	3.56%	7.81%
2008	3.54%	7.53%
2009	3.52%	7.28%
2010	3.51%	7.07%
2011	3.5%	6.9%
2012	3.49%	6.77%
2013	3.5%	6.69%
2014	3.5%	6.62%
2015	3.5%	6.58%
2016	3.5%	6.57%
2017	3.5%	6.57%
2018	3.47%	6.58%
2019	3.43%	6.61%
2020	3.38%	6.63%
2021	3.31%	6.62%
2022	3.22%	6.57%
2023	3.14%	6.48%