Fertility & birth rates in Dominican Republic and Philippines

Fertility rate in Dominican Republic vs Philippines 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 1.92 in the Philippines in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Dominican Republic vs the Philippines 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	Philippines
1960	7.56	7
1961	7.49	6.99
1962	7.4	6.98
1963	7.3	6.95
1964	7.19	6.89
1965	7.05	6.8
1966	6.95	6.69
1967	6.76	6.57
1968	6.55	6.45
1969	6.37	6.33
1970	6.18	6.22
1971	6.01	6.08
1972	5.84	5.94
1973	5.67	5.79
1974	5.44	5.69
1975	5.24	5.6
1976	5.05	5.51
1977	4.84	5.44
1978	4.64	5.39
1979	4.47	5.26
1980	4.3	5.11
1981	4.15	4.97
1982	4.01	4.92
1983	3.95	4.87
1984	3.82	4.77
1985	3.69	4.66
1986	3.6	4.56
1987	3.53	4.51
1988	3.5	4.45
1989	3.48	4.37
1990	3.41	4.32
1991	3.35	4.27
1992	3.29	4.16
1993	3.23	4.1
1994	3.16	4.08
1995	3.1	4.07
1996	3.04	4
1997	2.92	3.94
1998	2.84	3.88
1999	2.85	3.83
2000	2.87	3.75
2001	2.83	3.72
2002	2.76	3.65
2003	2.7	3.59
2004	2.64	3.52
2005	2.57	3.45
2006	2.51	3.47
2007	2.51	3.4
2008	2.55	3.4
2009	2.57	3.38
2010	2.56	3.32
2011	2.53	3.24
2012	2.5	3.14
2013	2.47	3.04
2014	2.45	2.89
2015	2.43	2.83
2016	2.41	2.68
2017	2.4	2.53
2018	2.4	2.38
2019	2.37	2.22
2020	2.33	2.08
2021	2.29	1.95
2022	2.27	1.93
2023	2.24	1.92
2024	2.22	1.89
2025	2.19	1.88
2026	2.17	1.86
2027	2.15	1.85
2028	2.13	1.84
2029	2.11	1.83
2030	2.08	1.82
2031	2.07	1.81
2032	2.05	1.81
2033	2.03	1.8
2034	2.02	1.8
2035	2	1.79
2036	1.99	1.79
2037	1.98	1.78
2038	1.96	1.78
2039	1.95	1.77
2040	1.94	1.77
2041	1.93	1.76
2042	1.93	1.76
2043	1.92	1.76
2044	1.91	1.75
2045	1.9	1.75
2046	1.89	1.75
2047	1.89	1.75
2048	1.88	1.74
2049	1.87	1.74
2050	1.87	1.74

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Philippines
1960	48.6%	48.4%
1961	48.9%	48.8%
1962	49.1%	49.1%
1963	49.2%	49.2%
1964	49.3%	49.2%
1965	49.4%	49.2%
1966	49.3%	49.1%
1967	49.2%	49%
1968	48.9%	48.8%
1969	48.6%	48.6%
1970	48.2%	48.4%
1971	47.7%	48.2%
1972	47.3%	48%
1973	46.8%	47.7%
1974	46.3%	47.4%
1975	45.8%	46.9%
1976	45.2%	46.4%
1977	44.7%	45.8%
1978	44.2%	45.2%
1979	43.7%	44.8%
1980	43.2%	44.3%
1981	42.7%	43.9%
1982	42.3%	43.5%
1983	41.8%	43.1%
1984	41.4%	42.8%
1985	41%	42.5%
1986	40.6%	42.3%
1987	40.2%	42.2%
1988	39.8%	42%
1989	39.4%	41.9%
1990	39.1%	41.8%
1991	38.7%	41.8%
1992	38.4%	41.6%
1993	38%	41.4%
1994	37.7%	41.2%
1995	37.3%	41.1%
1996	37%	40.8%
1997	36.6%	40.5%
1998	36.1%	40.1%
1999	35.7%	39.6%
2000	35.3%	39.2%
2001	35%	38.8%
2002	34.6%	38.4%
2003	34.2%	38%
2004	33.7%	37.6%
2005	33.2%	37.2%
2006	32.7%	36.9%
2007	32.2%	36.6%
2008	31.7%	36.3%
2009	31.3%	36%
2010	30.9%	35.6%
2011	30.5%	35.2%
2012	30.1%	34.8%
2013	29.8%	34.4%
2014	29.5%	34.1%
2015	29.2%	33.5%
2016	28.8%	32.9%
2017	28.5%	32.3%
2018	28.2%	31.8%
2019	27.9%	31.3%
2020	27.7%	30.7%
2021	27.4%	30%
2022	27.2%	29.3%
2023	26.9%	28.6%
2024	26.6%	27.9%
2025	26.2%	27.1%
2026	25.8%	26.4%
2027	25.4%	25.7%
2028	25.1%	25%
2029	24.7%	24.4%
2030	24.3%	23.8%
2031	24%	23.3%
2032	23.6%	22.7%
2033	23.3%	22.2%
2034	22.9%	21.8%
2035	22.6%	21.5%
2036	22.3%	21.4%
2037	22%	21.4%
2038	21.7%	21.3%
2039	21.5%	21.2%
2040	21.3%	21.2%
2041	21%	21.1%
2042	20.8%	21%
2043	20.6%	20.9%
2044	20.4%	20.7%
2045	20.3%	20.6%
2046	20.1%	20.4%
2047	19.9%	20.3%
2048	19.8%	20.1%
2049	19.6%	19.9%
2050	19.5%	19.6%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in the Dominican Republic and 27.9% in the Philippines in 2024, compared to 39.1% and 41.8% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Dominican Republic and the Philippines compared.

Natural population change in Dominican Republic vs Philippines by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.34% in the Dominican Republic and +1.31% in the Philippines. 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	Philippines
1960	117,346	1,036,017
1961	120,316	1,064,377
1962	122,977	1,091,953
1963	124,994	1,116,591
1964	127,504	1,131,586
1965	125,345	1,146,094
1966	132,096	1,156,498
1967	133,091	1,166,704
1968	133,666	1,172,146
1969	135,445	1,186,306
1970	137,835	1,198,944
1971	140,473	1,210,256
1972	143,255	1,206,414
1973	146,283	1,206,285
1974	147,652	1,218,884
1975	149,339	1,239,069
1976	151,201	1,258,286
1977	152,825	1,314,002
1978	154,043	1,364,661
1979	154,779	1,394,056
1980	157,697	1,413,735
1981	158,419	1,436,599
1982	159,597	1,485,790
1983	163,136	1,542,194
1984	164,263	1,579,872
1985	164,091	1,614,042
1986	165,674	1,631,491
1987	167,552	1,671,330
1988	171,291	1,707,402
1989	175,365	1,728,354
1990	176,748	1,749,622
1991	177,371	1,782,165
1992	177,481	1,769,259
1993	177,691	1,788,414
1994	176,882	1,813,827
1995	175,439	1,846,900
1996	174,008	1,849,587
1997	168,419	1,861,098
1998	164,287	1,870,371
1999	167,742	1,894,147
2000	171,684	1,902,330
2001	170,193	1,931,169
2002	166,740	1,919,556
2003	163,267	1,922,904
2004	158,789	1,924,265
2005	155,405	1,918,484
2006	151,122	1,960,246
2007	152,066	1,964,673
2008	156,664	2,007,584
2009	160,893	2,025,580
2010	162,072	2,030,979
2011	162,094	2,018,419
2012	160,915	1,979,568
2013	159,330	1,944,758
2014	157,260	1,851,828
2015	154,258	1,827,180
2016	151,550	1,718,232
2017	151,565	1,622,444
2018	150,852	1,495,843
2019	144,869	1,352,703
2020	137,417	1,253,741
2021	128,866	917,928
2022	138,767	1,115,825
2023	132,360	1,123,981

Maternal mortality chart: Dominican Republic vs Philippines

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 84 deaths in the Philippines.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominican Republic	Philippines
1985	249	204
1986	241	199
1987	231	191
1988	221	184
1989	213	177
1990	203	173
1991	193	172
1992	185	160
1993	176	155
1994	166	151
1995	152	147
1996	138	141
1997	122	138
1998	109	135
1999	92	130
2000	76	127
2001	68	132
2002	68	126
2003	71	127
2004	78	122
2005	83	118
2006	87	129
2007	90	123
2008	94	123
2009	96	122
2010	92	117
2011	91	115
2012	89	110
2013	91	110
2014	95	106
2015	102	104
2016	106	98
2017	104	86
2018	107	92
2019	118	92
2020	121	88
2021	153	153
2022	124	92
2023	124	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.14% in the Dominican Republic and 2.69% in the Philippines. 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	Philippines
1960	14.8%	10.1%
1961	14.6%	9.8%
1962	14.5%	9.54%
1963	14.3%	9.33%
1964	14.1%	9.13%
1965	13.8%	8.95%
1966	13.5%	8.78%
1967	13.3%	8.62%
1968	13%	8.48%
1969	12.7%	8.37%
1970	12.4%	8.28%
1971	12%	8.21%
1972	11.7%	8.18%
1973	11.3%	8.17%
1974	10.9%	8.17%
1975	10.5%	8.17%
1976	10.1%	8.15%
1977	9.71%	8.11%
1978	9.35%	8.06%
1979	9.01%	7.99%
1980	8.68%	7.9%
1981	8.36%	7.8%
1982	8.05%	7.69%
1983	7.76%	7.56%
1984	7.48%	7.4%
1985	7.21%	7.21%
1986	6.94%	6.96%
1987	6.69%	6.66%
1988	6.44%	6.32%
1989	6.19%	5.96%
1990	5.95%	5.6%
1991	5.7%	5.27%
1992	5.46%	4.98%
1993	5.22%	4.73%
1994	5%	4.51%
1995	4.78%	4.31%
1996	4.58%	4.14%
1997	4.4%	4%
1998	4.24%	3.88%
1999	4.1%	3.78%
2000	3.98%	3.69%
2001	3.88%	3.61%
2002	3.8%	3.52%
2003	3.73%	3.44%
2004	3.67%	3.36%
2005	3.62%	3.28%
2006	3.59%	3.21%
2007	3.56%	3.14%
2008	3.54%	3.07%
2009	3.52%	3.01%
2010	3.51%	2.96%
2011	3.5%	2.91%
2012	3.49%	2.87%
2013	3.5%	2.83%
2014	3.5%	2.8%
2015	3.5%	2.78%
2016	3.5%	2.78%
2017	3.5%	2.78%
2018	3.47%	2.79%
2019	3.43%	2.8%
2020	3.38%	2.79%
2021	3.31%	2.77%
2022	3.22%	2.73%
2023	3.14%	2.69%