Fertility & birth rates in Dominican Republic and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Dominican Republic vs Sri Lanka 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 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Dominican Republic vs Sri Lanka 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	Sri Lanka
1960	7.56	5.35
1961	7.49	5.24
1962	7.4	5.18
1963	7.3	5.12
1964	7.19	5.06
1965	7.05	4.93
1966	6.95	4.83
1967	6.76	4.79
1968	6.55	4.66
1969	6.37	4.5
1970	6.18	4.39
1971	6.01	4.27
1972	5.84	4.16
1973	5.67	4
1974	5.44	3.86
1975	5.24	3.82
1976	5.05	3.78
1977	4.84	3.74
1978	4.64	3.81
1979	4.47	3.82
1980	4.3	3.73
1981	4.15	3.65
1982	4.01	3.32
1983	3.95	3.11
1984	3.82	3.01
1985	3.69	2.9
1986	3.6	2.74
1987	3.53	2.64
1988	3.5	2.57
1989	3.48	2.58
1990	3.41	2.54
1991	3.35	2.51
1992	3.29	2.49
1993	3.23	2.44
1994	3.16	2.4
1995	3.1	2.35
1996	3.04	2.29
1997	2.92	2.22
1998	2.84	2.14
1999	2.85	2.14
2000	2.87	2.21
2001	2.83	2.28
2002	2.76	2.31
2003	2.7	2.3
2004	2.64	2.27
2005	2.57	2.26
2006	2.51	2.29
2007	2.51	2.3
2008	2.55	2.23
2009	2.57	2.18
2010	2.56	2.13
2011	2.53	2.14
2012	2.5	2.17
2013	2.47	2.18
2014	2.45	2.13
2015	2.43	2.09
2016	2.41	2.06
2017	2.4	2.04
2018	2.4	2.03
2019	2.37	2.02
2020	2.33	2.01
2021	2.29	2
2022	2.27	1.98
2023	2.24	1.97
2024	2.22	1.95
2025	2.19	1.94
2026	2.17	1.93
2027	2.15	1.91
2028	2.13	1.9
2029	2.11	1.89
2030	2.08	1.88
2031	2.07	1.87
2032	2.05	1.86
2033	2.03	1.85
2034	2.02	1.85
2035	2	1.84
2036	1.99	1.83
2037	1.98	1.83
2038	1.96	1.82
2039	1.95	1.81
2040	1.94	1.81
2041	1.93	1.8
2042	1.93	1.8
2043	1.92	1.8
2044	1.91	1.79
2045	1.9	1.79
2046	1.89	1.79
2047	1.89	1.78
2048	1.88	1.78
2049	1.87	1.77
2050	1.87	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Sri Lanka
1960	48.6%	41%
1961	48.9%	40.9%
1962	49.1%	40.8%
1963	49.2%	40.7%
1964	49.3%	40.6%
1965	49.4%	40.5%
1966	49.3%	40.4%
1967	49.2%	40.3%
1968	48.9%	40.1%
1969	48.6%	39.9%
1970	48.2%	39.7%
1971	47.7%	39.5%
1972	47.3%	39.2%
1973	46.8%	38.8%
1974	46.3%	38.4%
1975	45.8%	38%
1976	45.2%	37.6%
1977	44.7%	37.2%
1978	44.2%	36.9%
1979	43.7%	36.7%
1980	43.2%	36.4%
1981	42.7%	36.2%
1982	42.3%	36%
1983	41.8%	35.8%
1984	41.4%	35.5%
1985	41%	35.2%
1986	40.6%	34.6%
1987	40.2%	34%
1988	39.8%	33.5%
1989	39.4%	33%
1990	39.1%	32.5%
1991	38.7%	32.1%
1992	38.4%	31.4%
1993	38%	30.6%
1994	37.7%	29.9%
1995	37.3%	29.2%
1996	37%	28.6%
1997	36.6%	28.2%
1998	36.1%	27.8%
1999	35.7%	27.4%
2000	35.3%	27%
2001	35%	26.6%
2002	34.6%	26.3%
2003	34.2%	26.1%
2004	33.7%	26%
2005	33.2%	25.8%
2006	32.7%	25.7%
2007	32.2%	25.7%
2008	31.7%	25.6%
2009	31.3%	25.5%
2010	30.9%	25.4%
2011	30.5%	25.3%
2012	30.1%	25.2%
2013	29.8%	25%
2014	29.5%	24.9%
2015	29.2%	24.7%
2016	28.8%	24.5%
2017	28.5%	24.2%
2018	28.2%	24%
2019	27.9%	23.7%
2020	27.7%	23.3%
2021	27.4%	23%
2022	27.2%	22.7%
2023	26.9%	22.4%
2024	26.6%	22%
2025	26.2%	21.7%
2026	25.8%	21.4%
2027	25.4%	21.1%
2028	25.1%	20.8%
2029	24.7%	20.5%
2030	24.3%	20.2%
2031	24%	20%
2032	23.6%	19.8%
2033	23.3%	19.6%
2034	22.9%	19.4%
2035	22.6%	19.2%
2036	22.3%	19.1%
2037	22%	18.9%
2038	21.7%	18.8%
2039	21.5%	18.7%
2040	21.3%	18.6%
2041	21%	18.4%
2042	20.8%	18.3%
2043	20.6%	18.2%
2044	20.4%	18.1%
2045	20.3%	18%
2046	20.1%	17.9%
2047	19.9%	17.7%
2048	19.8%	17.6%
2049	19.6%	17.5%
2050	19.5%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in the Dominican Republic and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 39.1% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Dominican Republic and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Dominican Republic vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.34% in the Dominican Republic and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	117,346	247,631
1961	120,316	251,087
1962	122,977	256,719
1963	124,994	262,880
1964	127,504	269,584
1965	125,345	272,422
1966	132,096	275,549
1967	133,091	284,738
1968	133,666	286,642
1969	135,445	286,218
1970	137,835	286,719
1971	140,473	281,200
1972	143,255	282,494
1973	146,283	278,577
1974	147,652	275,521
1975	149,339	282,496
1976	151,201	291,816
1977	152,825	300,038
1978	154,043	317,055
1979	154,779	329,791
1980	157,697	328,155
1981	158,419	328,096
1982	159,597	300,030
1983	163,136	277,768
1984	164,263	263,175
1985	164,091	247,836
1986	165,674	233,782
1987	167,552	226,414
1988	171,291	219,184
1989	175,365	212,401
1990	176,748	224,454
1991	177,371	218,117
1992	177,481	222,230
1993	177,691	226,257
1994	176,882	228,904
1995	175,439	221,957
1996	174,008	215,290
1997	168,419	208,193
1998	164,287	201,059
1999	167,742	206,876
2000	171,684	227,060
2001	170,193	244,377
2002	166,740	252,840
2003	163,267	252,008
2004	158,789	212,527
2005	155,405	248,683
2006	151,122	248,706
2007	152,066	248,287
2008	156,664	232,225
2009	160,893	200,175
2010	162,072	224,325
2011	162,094	224,461
2012	160,915	229,138
2013	159,330	221,021
2014	157,260	211,541
2015	154,258	201,815
2016	151,550	194,232
2017	151,565	187,993
2018	150,852	183,610
2019	144,869	172,243
2020	137,417	170,968
2021	128,866	121,858
2022	138,767	95,378
2023	132,360	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Dominican Republic vs Sri Lanka

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 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominican Republic	Sri Lanka
1985	249	68
1986	241	66
1987	231	64
1988	221	62
1989	213	61
1990	203	59
1991	193	57
1992	185	54
1993	176	51
1994	166	49
1995	152	48
1996	138	47
1997	122	45
1998	109	43
1999	92	41
2000	76	39
2001	68	37
2002	68	36
2003	71	35
2004	78	37
2005	83	32
2006	87	32
2007	90	31
2008	94	30
2009	96	28
2010	92	26
2011	91	25
2012	89	24
2013	91	23
2014	95	23
2015	102	22
2016	106	22
2017	104	21
2018	107	21
2019	118	20
2020	121	23
2021	153	34
2022	124	22
2023	124	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.14% in the Dominican Republic and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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	Sri Lanka
1960	14.8%	9.41%
1961	14.6%	8.95%
1962	14.5%	8.66%
1963	14.3%	8.48%
1964	14.1%	8.3%
1965	13.8%	8.07%
1966	13.5%	7.81%
1967	13.3%	7.55%
1968	13%	7.32%
1969	12.7%	7.14%
1970	12.4%	7.02%
1971	12%	6.94%
1972	11.7%	6.86%
1973	11.3%	6.77%
1974	10.9%	6.62%
1975	10.5%	6.41%
1976	10.1%	6.12%
1977	9.71%	5.77%
1978	9.35%	5.38%
1979	9.01%	4.99%
1980	8.68%	4.63%
1981	8.36%	4.29%
1982	8.05%	3.98%
1983	7.76%	3.67%
1984	7.48%	3.35%
1985	7.21%	3.02%
1986	6.94%	2.74%
1987	6.69%	2.54%
1988	6.44%	2.41%
1989	6.19%	2.74%
1990	5.95%	2.33%
1991	5.7%	2.32%
1992	5.46%	2.29%
1993	5.22%	2.22%
1994	5%	2.14%
1995	4.78%	2.05%
1996	4.58%	1.95%
1997	4.4%	1.86%
1998	4.24%	1.76%
1999	4.1%	1.69%
2000	3.98%	1.63%
2001	3.88%	1.58%
2002	3.8%	1.55%
2003	3.73%	1.52%
2004	3.67%	2.88%
2005	3.62%	1.4%
2006	3.59%	1.33%
2007	3.56%	1.26%
2008	3.54%	1.2%
2009	3.52%	2.08%
2010	3.51%	1.12%
2011	3.5%	1.08%
2012	3.49%	1.03%
2013	3.5%	0.98%
2014	3.5%	0.92%
2015	3.5%	0.87%
2016	3.5%	0.83%
2017	3.5%	0.79%
2018	3.47%	0.76%
2019	3.43%	0.72%
2020	3.38%	0.69%
2021	3.31%	0.66%
2022	3.22%	0.64%
2023	3.14%	0.61%