Fertility & birth rates in Dominican Republic and Namibia

Fertility rate in Dominican Republic vs Namibia 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 3.21 in Namibia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Dominican Republic vs Namibia 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	Namibia
1960	7.56	6.24
1961	7.49	6.29
1962	7.4	6.35
1963	7.3	6.41
1964	7.19	6.43
1965	7.05	6.45
1966	6.95	6.47
1967	6.76	6.49
1968	6.55	6.5
1969	6.37	6.51
1970	6.18	6.52
1971	6.01	6.52
1972	5.84	6.53
1973	5.67	6.54
1974	5.44	6.55
1975	5.24	6.53
1976	5.05	6.49
1977	4.84	6.44
1978	4.64	6.38
1979	4.47	6.31
1980	4.3	6.24
1981	4.15	6.16
1982	4.01	6.08
1983	3.95	6
1984	3.82	5.94
1985	3.69	5.88
1986	3.6	5.79
1987	3.53	5.7
1988	3.5	5.61
1989	3.48	5.52
1990	3.41	5.4
1991	3.35	5.29
1992	3.29	5.11
1993	3.23	4.91
1994	3.16	4.68
1995	3.1	4.42
1996	3.04	4.2
1997	2.92	4.17
1998	2.84	4.18
1999	2.85	4.14
2000	2.87	3.99
2001	2.83	3.83
2002	2.76	3.69
2003	2.7	3.58
2004	2.64	3.55
2005	2.57	3.57
2006	2.51	3.6
2007	2.51	3.61
2008	2.55	3.62
2009	2.57	3.63
2010	2.56	3.66
2011	2.53	3.66
2012	2.5	3.68
2013	2.47	3.65
2014	2.45	3.64
2015	2.43	3.6
2016	2.41	3.57
2017	2.4	3.51
2018	2.4	3.46
2019	2.37	3.4
2020	2.33	3.35
2021	2.29	3.3
2022	2.27	3.25
2023	2.24	3.21
2024	2.22	3.21
2025	2.19	3.17
2026	2.17	3.13
2027	2.15	3.09
2028	2.13	3.06
2029	2.11	3.02
2030	2.08	2.98
2031	2.07	2.94
2032	2.05	2.91
2033	2.03	2.88
2034	2.02	2.84
2035	2	2.81
2036	1.99	2.78
2037	1.98	2.75
2038	1.96	2.72
2039	1.95	2.68
2040	1.94	2.66
2041	1.93	2.63
2042	1.93	2.6
2043	1.92	2.58
2044	1.91	2.56
2045	1.9	2.53
2046	1.89	2.51
2047	1.89	2.49
2048	1.88	2.47
2049	1.87	2.45
2050	1.87	2.43

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Namibia
1960	48.6%	42.2%
1961	48.9%	42.4%
1962	49.1%	42.6%
1963	49.2%	42.7%
1964	49.3%	42.9%
1965	49.4%	43%
1966	49.3%	43.2%
1967	49.2%	43.3%
1968	48.9%	43.5%
1969	48.6%	43.6%
1970	48.2%	43.8%
1971	47.7%	43.9%
1972	47.3%	44.1%
1973	46.8%	44.3%
1974	46.3%	44.6%
1975	45.8%	44.8%
1976	45.2%	45%
1977	44.7%	45.3%
1978	44.2%	45.9%
1979	43.7%	46.3%
1980	43.2%	46.6%
1981	42.7%	47.1%
1982	42.3%	47.2%
1983	41.8%	46.9%
1984	41.4%	46.6%
1985	41%	46.2%
1986	40.6%	45.8%
1987	40.2%	45.3%
1988	39.8%	44.8%
1989	39.4%	43.4%
1990	39.1%	42.3%
1991	38.7%	42.2%
1992	38.4%	42.2%
1993	38%	42.2%
1994	37.7%	42.2%
1995	37.3%	42.1%
1996	37%	42%
1997	36.6%	41.9%
1998	36.1%	41.8%
1999	35.7%	41.7%
2000	35.3%	41.5%
2001	35%	41.3%
2002	34.6%	41%
2003	34.2%	40.5%
2004	33.7%	40%
2005	33.2%	39.4%
2006	32.7%	38.7%
2007	32.2%	38.1%
2008	31.7%	37.5%
2009	31.3%	37.1%
2010	30.9%	36.8%
2011	30.5%	36.7%
2012	30.1%	36.6%
2013	29.8%	36.6%
2014	29.5%	36.5%
2015	29.2%	36.5%
2016	28.8%	36.5%
2017	28.5%	36.7%
2018	28.2%	36.8%
2019	27.9%	37%
2020	27.7%	37.1%
2021	27.4%	37.4%
2022	27.2%	37.5%
2023	26.9%	37.3%
2024	26.6%	37%
2025	26.2%	36.7%
2026	25.8%	36.3%
2027	25.4%	35.9%
2028	25.1%	35.5%
2029	24.7%	35.1%
2030	24.3%	34.6%
2031	24%	34%
2032	23.6%	33.5%
2033	23.3%	32.9%
2034	22.9%	32.4%
2035	22.6%	31.8%
2036	22.3%	31.1%
2037	22%	30.6%
2038	21.7%	30.3%
2039	21.5%	30%
2040	21.3%	29.7%
2041	21%	29.5%
2042	20.8%	29.2%
2043	20.6%	29%
2044	20.4%	28.8%
2045	20.3%	28.5%
2046	20.1%	28.3%
2047	19.9%	28.1%
2048	19.8%	27.9%
2049	19.6%	27.7%
2050	19.5%	27.5%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in the Dominican Republic and 37% in Namibia in 2024, compared to 39.1% and 42.3% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Dominican Republic and Namibia compared.

Natural population change in Dominican Republic vs Namibia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.34% in the Dominican Republic and +2.04% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	117,346	14,307
1961	120,316	14,936
1962	122,977	15,656
1963	124,994	16,430
1964	127,504	17,134
1965	125,345	17,902
1966	132,096	18,635
1967	133,091	19,498
1968	133,666	20,470
1969	135,445	21,387
1970	137,835	22,414
1971	140,473	23,467
1972	143,255	24,606
1973	146,283	25,754
1974	147,652	26,844
1975	149,339	27,882
1976	151,201	28,785
1977	152,825	29,241
1978	154,043	29,821
1979	154,779	28,930
1980	157,697	28,142
1981	158,419	27,938
1982	159,597	27,474
1983	163,136	28,307
1984	164,263	29,395
1985	164,091	30,575
1986	165,674	31,764
1987	167,552	33,340
1988	171,291	34,798
1989	175,365	37,715
1990	176,748	43,956
1991	177,371	44,523
1992	177,481	43,945
1993	177,691	42,861
1994	176,882	41,316
1995	175,439	39,119
1996	174,008	37,177
1997	168,419	37,256
1998	164,287	37,500
1999	167,742	37,233
2000	171,684	35,280
2001	170,193	32,942
2002	166,740	31,947
2003	163,267	31,115
2004	158,789	31,478
2005	155,405	32,909
2006	151,122	34,690
2007	152,066	36,430
2008	156,664	38,147
2009	160,893	39,942
2010	162,072	42,046
2011	162,094	43,557
2012	160,915	46,204
2013	159,330	47,801
2014	157,260	49,581
2015	154,258	50,846
2016	151,550	52,228
2017	151,565	52,975
2018	150,852	53,970
2019	144,869	54,769
2020	137,417	55,034
2021	128,866	50,160
2022	138,767	54,534
2023	132,360	58,435

Maternal mortality chart: Dominican Republic vs Namibia

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 139 deaths in Namibia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominican Republic	Namibia
1985	249	354
1986	241	348
1987	231	336
1988	221	342
1989	213	306
1990	203	325
1991	193	337
1992	185	346
1993	176	354
1994	166	367
1995	152	369
1996	138	387
1997	122	383
1998	109	396
1999	92	371
2000	76	384
2001	68	376
2002	68	313
2003	71	290
2004	78	282
2005	83	344
2006	87	408
2007	90	489
2008	94	537
2009	96	547
2010	92	531
2011	91	498
2012	89	439
2013	91	402
2014	95	369
2015	102	307
2016	106	250
2017	104	213
2018	107	198
2019	118	175
2020	121	143
2021	153	254
2022	124	127
2023	124	139

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.14% in the Dominican Republic and 4.07% in Namibia. 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	Namibia
1960	14.8%	-
1961	14.6%	-
1962	14.5%	-
1963	14.3%	-
1964	14.1%	-
1965	13.8%	-
1966	13.5%	-
1967	13.3%	9.66%
1968	13%	9.64%
1969	12.7%	9.65%
1970	12.4%	9.65%
1971	12%	9.67%
1972	11.7%	9.68%
1973	11.3%	9.73%
1974	10.9%	9.79%
1975	10.5%	9.89%
1976	10.1%	10%
1977	9.71%	10.2%
1978	9.35%	10.3%
1979	9.01%	10.3%
1980	8.68%	10.3%
1981	8.36%	10.2%
1982	8.05%	9.93%
1983	7.76%	9.61%
1984	7.48%	9.22%
1985	7.21%	8.81%
1986	6.94%	8.43%
1987	6.69%	8.09%
1988	6.44%	7.81%
1989	6.19%	7.57%
1990	5.95%	7.39%
1991	5.7%	7.24%
1992	5.46%	7.14%
1993	5.22%	7.1%
1994	5%	7.13%
1995	4.78%	7.24%
1996	4.58%	7.39%
1997	4.4%	7.56%
1998	4.24%	7.7%
1999	4.1%	7.79%
2000	3.98%	7.79%
2001	3.88%	7.71%
2002	3.8%	7.61%
2003	3.73%	7.51%
2004	3.67%	7.41%
2005	3.62%	7.05%
2006	3.59%	6.49%
2007	3.56%	6.06%
2008	3.54%	5.64%
2009	3.52%	5.29%
2010	3.51%	5.08%
2011	3.5%	5.16%
2012	3.49%	5.51%
2013	3.5%	5.4%
2014	3.5%	5.31%
2015	3.5%	5.5%
2016	3.5%	5.42%
2017	3.5%	5.19%
2018	3.47%	5.01%
2019	3.43%	4.78%
2020	3.38%	4.57%
2021	3.31%	4.38%
2022	3.22%	4.2%
2023	3.14%	4.07%