Fertility & birth rates in Dominican Republic and Sierra Leone

Fertility rate in Dominican Republic vs Sierra Leone 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 3.79 in Sierra Leone in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Dominican Republic vs Sierra Leone 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	Sierra Leone
1960	7.56	6.18
1961	7.49	6.21
1962	7.4	6.22
1963	7.3	6.26
1964	7.19	6.29
1965	7.05	6.31
1966	6.95	6.35
1967	6.76	6.38
1968	6.55	6.39
1969	6.37	6.39
1970	6.18	6.41
1971	6.01	6.43
1972	5.84	6.45
1973	5.67	6.47
1974	5.44	6.53
1975	5.24	6.55
1976	5.05	6.55
1977	4.84	6.57
1978	4.64	6.59
1979	4.47	6.58
1980	4.3	6.56
1981	4.15	6.55
1982	4.01	6.56
1983	3.95	6.57
1984	3.82	6.59
1985	3.69	6.59
1986	3.6	6.6
1987	3.53	6.61
1988	3.5	6.59
1989	3.48	6.57
1990	3.41	6.57
1991	3.35	6.55
1992	3.29	6.56
1993	3.23	6.57
1994	3.16	6.56
1995	3.1	6.56
1996	3.04	6.55
1997	2.92	6.53
1998	2.84	6.5
1999	2.85	6.42
2000	2.87	6.36
2001	2.83	6.31
2002	2.76	6.23
2003	2.7	6.09
2004	2.64	5.92
2005	2.57	5.81
2006	2.51	5.74
2007	2.51	5.64
2008	2.55	5.56
2009	2.57	5.45
2010	2.56	5.33
2011	2.53	5.21
2012	2.5	5.06
2013	2.47	4.87
2014	2.45	4.7
2015	2.43	4.55
2016	2.41	4.47
2017	2.4	4.39
2018	2.4	4.29
2019	2.37	4.19
2020	2.33	4.08
2021	2.29	3.98
2022	2.27	3.88
2023	2.24	3.79
2024	2.22	3.7
2025	2.19	3.61
2026	2.17	3.53
2027	2.15	3.47
2028	2.13	3.37
2029	2.11	3.3
2030	2.08	3.23
2031	2.07	3.18
2032	2.05	3.12
2033	2.03	3.07
2034	2.02	3.02
2035	2	2.97
2036	1.99	2.92
2037	1.98	2.88
2038	1.96	2.84
2039	1.95	2.79
2040	1.94	2.76
2041	1.93	2.72
2042	1.93	2.68
2043	1.92	2.65
2044	1.91	2.62
2045	1.9	2.58
2046	1.89	2.55
2047	1.89	2.53
2048	1.88	2.5
2049	1.87	2.47
2050	1.87	2.45

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Sierra Leone
1960	48.6%	38.2%
1961	48.9%	38.3%
1962	49.1%	38.3%
1963	49.2%	38.5%
1964	49.3%	38.8%
1965	49.4%	39.1%
1966	49.3%	39.4%
1967	49.2%	39.6%
1968	48.9%	39.9%
1969	48.6%	40.1%
1970	48.2%	40.3%
1971	47.7%	40.6%
1972	47.3%	40.7%
1973	46.8%	40.9%
1974	46.3%	41.1%
1975	45.8%	41.3%
1976	45.2%	41.4%
1977	44.7%	41.6%
1978	44.2%	41.7%
1979	43.7%	41.8%
1980	43.2%	41.9%
1981	42.7%	42%
1982	42.3%	42.1%
1983	41.8%	42.2%
1984	41.4%	42.3%
1985	41%	42.5%
1986	40.6%	42.6%
1987	40.2%	42.7%
1988	39.8%	42.8%
1989	39.4%	42.9%
1990	39.1%	42.9%
1991	38.7%	43%
1992	38.4%	43.1%
1993	38%	43.2%
1994	37.7%	43.3%
1995	37.3%	43.4%
1996	37%	43.5%
1997	36.6%	43.5%
1998	36.1%	43.6%
1999	35.7%	43.7%
2000	35.3%	43.8%
2001	35%	43.9%
2002	34.6%	43.9%
2003	34.2%	43.9%
2004	33.7%	43.9%
2005	33.2%	43.8%
2006	32.7%	43.7%
2007	32.2%	43.6%
2008	31.7%	43.5%
2009	31.3%	43.4%
2010	30.9%	43.2%
2011	30.5%	43%
2012	30.1%	42.8%
2013	29.8%	42.5%
2014	29.5%	42.2%
2015	29.2%	41.8%
2016	28.8%	41.4%
2017	28.5%	41%
2018	28.2%	40.6%
2019	27.9%	40.2%
2020	27.7%	39.8%
2021	27.4%	39.4%
2022	27.2%	39%
2023	26.9%	38.5%
2024	26.6%	38.1%
2025	26.2%	37.7%
2026	25.8%	37.2%
2027	25.4%	36.8%
2028	25.1%	36.3%
2029	24.7%	35.9%
2030	24.3%	35.5%
2031	24%	35.2%
2032	23.6%	34.8%
2033	23.3%	34.4%
2034	22.9%	34%
2035	22.6%	33.6%
2036	22.3%	33.2%
2037	22%	32.8%
2038	21.7%	32.4%
2039	21.5%	32%
2040	21.3%	31.6%
2041	21%	31.2%
2042	20.8%	30.9%
2043	20.6%	30.5%
2044	20.4%	30.2%
2045	20.3%	29.8%
2046	20.1%	29.5%
2047	19.9%	29.2%
2048	19.8%	28.8%
2049	19.6%	28.5%
2050	19.5%	28.2%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in the Dominican Republic and 38.1% in Sierra Leone in 2024, compared to 39.1% and 42.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Dominican Republic and Sierra Leone compared.

Natural population change in Dominican Republic vs Sierra Leone by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.34% in the Dominican Republic and +2.31% in Sierra Leone. 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	Sierra Leone
1960	117,346	38,192
1961	120,316	40,022
1962	122,977	41,603
1963	124,994	43,569
1964	127,504	45,487
1965	125,345	47,223
1966	132,096	49,486
1967	133,091	51,734
1968	133,666	53,126
1969	135,445	54,768
1970	137,835	56,513
1971	140,473	58,484
1972	143,255	60,279
1973	146,283	62,443
1974	147,652	65,357
1975	149,339	67,560
1976	151,201	69,506
1977	152,825	71,663
1978	154,043	74,130
1979	154,779	75,992
1980	157,697	77,932
1981	158,419	80,111
1982	159,597	82,457
1983	163,136	84,628
1984	164,263	87,072
1985	164,091	88,869
1986	165,674	90,902
1987	167,552	94,235
1988	171,291	96,344
1989	175,365	98,298
1990	176,748	100,778
1991	177,371	105,477
1992	177,481	103,251
1993	177,691	103,317
1994	176,882	101,486
1995	175,439	100,885
1996	174,008	104,140
1997	168,419	105,433
1998	164,287	103,906
1999	167,742	102,295
2000	171,684	110,754
2001	170,193	116,647
2002	166,740	126,429
2003	163,267	130,312
2004	158,789	132,661
2005	155,405	137,234
2006	151,122	144,127
2007	152,066	145,740
2008	156,664	149,855
2009	160,893	152,669
2010	162,072	155,338
2011	162,094	158,858
2012	160,915	160,915
2013	159,330	161,265
2014	157,260	160,137
2015	154,258	162,275
2016	151,550	168,784
2017	151,565	173,259
2018	150,852	178,772
2019	144,869	181,068
2020	137,417	181,015
2021	128,866	183,326
2022	138,767	186,625
2023	132,360	188,788

Maternal mortality chart: Dominican Republic vs Sierra Leone

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 354 deaths in Sierra Leone.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominican Republic	Sierra Leone
1985	249	1,506
1986	241	1,530
1987	231	1,533
1988	221	1,549
1989	213	1,575
1990	203	1,572
1991	193	1,699
1992	185	1,681
1993	176	1,696
1994	166	1,755
1995	152	1,777
1996	138	1,726
1997	122	1,721
1998	109	1,753
1999	92	1,731
2000	76	1,603
2001	68	1,518
2002	68	1,492
2003	71	1,433
2004	78	1,366
2005	83	1,294
2006	87	1,168
2007	90	1,132
2008	94	1,093
2009	96	1,054
2010	92	1,018
2011	91	967
2012	89	915
2013	91	842
2014	95	821
2015	102	730
2016	106	633
2017	104	578
2018	107	491
2019	118	464
2020	121	422
2021	153	403
2022	124	370
2023	124	354

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.14% in the Dominican Republic and 9.43% in Sierra Leone. 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	Sierra Leone
1960	14.8%	39.1%
1961	14.6%	38.5%
1962	14.5%	38%
1963	14.3%	37.4%
1964	14.1%	36.8%
1965	13.8%	36.2%
1966	13.5%	35.6%
1967	13.3%	35%
1968	13%	34.5%
1969	12.7%	33.9%
1970	12.4%	33.4%
1971	12%	32.9%
1972	11.7%	32.3%
1973	11.3%	31.9%
1974	10.9%	31.4%
1975	10.5%	30.9%
1976	10.1%	30.5%
1977	9.71%	30%
1978	9.35%	29.6%
1979	9.01%	29.2%
1980	8.68%	28.9%
1981	8.36%	28.5%
1982	8.05%	28.1%
1983	7.76%	27.8%
1984	7.48%	27.5%
1985	7.21%	27.2%
1986	6.94%	26.9%
1987	6.69%	26.6%
1988	6.44%	26.4%
1989	6.19%	26.2%
1990	5.95%	25.9%
1991	5.7%	25.7%
1992	5.46%	25.5%
1993	5.22%	25.3%
1994	5%	25%
1995	4.78%	24.7%
1996	4.58%	24.3%
1997	4.4%	23.9%
1998	4.24%	23.4%
1999	4.1%	22.9%
2000	3.98%	22.4%
2001	3.88%	21.8%
2002	3.8%	21.3%
2003	3.73%	20.7%
2004	3.67%	20.1%
2005	3.62%	19.4%
2006	3.59%	18.8%
2007	3.56%	18.1%
2008	3.54%	17.3%
2009	3.52%	16.6%
2010	3.51%	15.9%
2011	3.5%	15.2%
2012	3.49%	14.5%
2013	3.5%	13.9%
2014	3.5%	13.7%
2015	3.5%	13.8%
2016	3.5%	12.3%
2017	3.5%	11.8%
2018	3.47%	11.3%
2019	3.43%	10.9%
2020	3.38%	10.5%
2021	3.31%	10.1%
2022	3.22%	9.77%
2023	3.14%	9.43%