Fertility & birth rates in Dominican Republic and Suriname

Fertility rate in Dominican Republic vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Dominican Republic vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	7.56	6.59
1961	7.49	6.58
1962	7.4	6.57
1963	7.3	6.51
1964	7.19	6.43
1965	7.05	6.32
1966	6.95	6.2
1967	6.76	6.04
1968	6.55	5.86
1969	6.37	5.7
1970	6.18	5.53
1971	6.01	5.36
1972	5.84	5.18
1973	5.67	5.01
1974	5.44	4.81
1975	5.24	4.63
1976	5.05	4.45
1977	4.84	4.26
1978	4.64	4.08
1979	4.47	3.93
1980	4.3	3.79
1981	4.15	3.75
1982	4.01	3.82
1983	3.95	3.87
1984	3.82	3.8
1985	3.69	3.71
1986	3.6	3.61
1987	3.53	3.53
1988	3.5	3.46
1989	3.48	3.39
1990	3.41	3.23
1991	3.35	3.09
1992	3.29	3.01
1993	3.23	2.94
1994	3.16	2.9
1995	3.1	2.9
1996	3.04	2.92
1997	2.92	2.95
1998	2.84	2.99
1999	2.85	3.02
2000	2.87	3.05
2001	2.83	3.06
2002	2.76	2.96
2003	2.7	2.84
2004	2.64	2.74
2005	2.57	2.71
2006	2.51	2.73
2007	2.51	2.74
2008	2.55	2.73
2009	2.57	2.71
2010	2.56	2.69
2011	2.53	2.67
2012	2.5	2.67
2013	2.47	2.65
2014	2.45	2.62
2015	2.43	2.57
2016	2.41	2.5
2017	2.4	2.43
2018	2.4	2.38
2019	2.37	2.35
2020	2.33	2.31
2021	2.29	2.3
2022	2.27	2.27
2023	2.24	2.25
2024	2.22	2.23
2025	2.19	2.21
2026	2.17	2.19
2027	2.15	2.16
2028	2.13	2.14
2029	2.11	2.13
2030	2.08	2.11
2031	2.07	2.09
2032	2.05	2.08
2033	2.03	2.06
2034	2.02	2.05
2035	2	2.04
2036	1.99	2.02
2037	1.98	2.01
2038	1.96	2
2039	1.95	1.99
2040	1.94	1.98
2041	1.93	1.97
2042	1.93	1.96
2043	1.92	1.95
2044	1.91	1.94
2045	1.9	1.93
2046	1.89	1.92
2047	1.89	1.91
2048	1.88	1.9
2049	1.87	1.9
2050	1.87	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Suriname
1960	48.6%	44.5%
1961	48.9%	44.6%
1962	49.1%	45.1%
1963	49.2%	46.1%
1964	49.3%	46.8%
1965	49.4%	47.4%
1966	49.3%	48%
1967	49.2%	48.5%
1968	48.9%	48.8%
1969	48.6%	48.9%
1970	48.2%	48.8%
1971	47.7%	48.5%
1972	47.3%	47.8%
1973	46.8%	46.8%
1974	46.3%	46%
1975	45.8%	45.1%
1976	45.2%	44.3%
1977	44.7%	43.4%
1978	44.2%	42.6%
1979	43.7%	41.8%
1980	43.2%	41%
1981	42.7%	40.1%
1982	42.3%	39.5%
1983	41.8%	39%
1984	41.4%	38.6%
1985	41%	38.3%
1986	40.6%	38%
1987	40.2%	37.8%
1988	39.8%	37.7%
1989	39.4%	37.5%
1990	39.1%	37.4%
1991	38.7%	37.3%
1992	38.4%	37.2%
1993	38%	37.1%
1994	37.7%	37%
1995	37.3%	36.7%
1996	37%	36.1%
1997	36.6%	35.3%
1998	36.1%	34.5%
1999	35.7%	33.7%
2000	35.3%	33%
2001	35%	32.3%
2002	34.6%	31.8%
2003	34.2%	31.3%
2004	33.7%	31%
2005	33.2%	30.9%
2006	32.7%	30.8%
2007	32.2%	30.7%
2008	31.7%	30.6%
2009	31.3%	30.5%
2010	30.9%	30.3%
2011	30.5%	30%
2012	30.1%	29.8%
2013	29.8%	29.4%
2014	29.5%	29.1%
2015	29.2%	28.7%
2016	28.8%	28.3%
2017	28.5%	27.9%
2018	28.2%	27.5%
2019	27.9%	27.2%
2020	27.7%	26.8%
2021	27.4%	26.5%
2022	27.2%	26.3%
2023	26.9%	25.9%
2024	26.6%	25.6%
2025	26.2%	25.3%
2026	25.8%	25%
2027	25.4%	24.8%
2028	25.1%	24.5%
2029	24.7%	24.2%
2030	24.3%	23.9%
2031	24%	23.6%
2032	23.6%	23.4%
2033	23.3%	23.2%
2034	22.9%	23%
2035	22.6%	22.8%
2036	22.3%	22.6%
2037	22%	22.4%
2038	21.7%	22.2%
2039	21.5%	22%
2040	21.3%	21.8%
2041	21%	21.6%
2042	20.8%	21.4%
2043	20.6%	21.3%
2044	20.4%	21.1%
2045	20.3%	20.9%
2046	20.1%	20.7%
2047	19.9%	20.5%
2048	19.8%	20.3%
2049	19.6%	20.1%
2050	19.5%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in the Dominican Republic and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 39.1% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Dominican Republic and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Dominican Republic vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.34% in the Dominican Republic and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	117,346	8,170
1961	120,316	8,361
1962	122,977	8,529
1963	124,994	8,838
1964	127,504	9,174
1965	125,345	9,270
1966	132,096	9,243
1967	133,091	9,104
1968	133,666	8,980
1969	135,445	8,880
1970	137,835	8,823
1971	140,473	8,814
1972	143,255	8,893
1973	146,283	8,877
1974	147,652	8,751
1975	149,339	8,587
1976	151,201	8,327
1977	152,825	7,998
1978	154,043	7,650
1979	154,779	7,312
1980	157,697	7,002
1981	158,419	7,541
1982	159,597	8,197
1983	163,136	8,797
1984	164,263	9,031
1985	164,091	9,177
1986	165,674	9,222
1987	167,552	9,319
1988	171,291	9,347
1989	175,365	9,441
1990	176,748	9,047
1991	177,371	8,637
1992	177,481	8,355
1993	177,691	8,127
1994	176,882	7,929
1995	175,439	7,968
1996	174,008	8,031
1997	168,419	8,106
1998	164,287	8,173
1999	167,742	8,236
2000	171,684	8,323
2001	170,193	8,349
2002	166,740	7,916
2003	163,267	7,396
2004	158,789	6,948
2005	155,405	7,037
2006	151,122	7,278
2007	152,066	7,468
2008	156,664	7,552
2009	160,893	7,559
2010	162,072	7,489
2011	162,094	7,401
2012	160,915	7,405
2013	159,330	7,350
2014	157,260	7,284
2015	154,258	7,150
2016	151,550	6,979
2017	151,565	6,772
2018	150,852	6,613
2019	144,869	6,564
2020	137,417	6,640
2021	128,866	5,291
2022	138,767	6,719
2023	132,360	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Dominican Republic vs Suriname

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 Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominican Republic	Suriname
1985	249	386
1986	241	377
1987	231	372
1988	221	364
1989	213	360
1990	203	350
1991	193	347
1992	185	346
1993	176	343
1994	166	334
1995	152	331
1996	138	323
1997	122	312
1998	109	302
1999	92	291
2000	76	282
2001	68	270
2002	68	253
2003	71	238
2004	78	219
2005	83	202
2006	87	187
2007	90	173
2008	94	161
2009	96	147
2010	92	134
2011	91	126
2012	89	122
2013	91	121
2014	95	120
2015	102	115
2016	106	109
2017	104	105
2018	107	101
2019	118	97
2020	121	94
2021	153	144
2022	124	88
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 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
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%	-
1969	12.7%	-
1970	12.4%	-
1971	12%	-
1972	11.7%	-
1973	11.3%	-
1974	10.9%	-
1975	10.5%	-
1976	10.1%	-
1977	9.71%	-
1978	9.35%	-
1979	9.01%	-
1980	8.68%	-
1981	8.36%	-
1982	8.05%	-
1983	7.76%	5.67%
1984	7.48%	5.49%
1985	7.21%	5.31%
1986	6.94%	5.13%
1987	6.69%	4.97%
1988	6.44%	4.81%
1989	6.19%	4.65%
1990	5.95%	4.49%
1991	5.7%	4.34%
1992	5.46%	4.19%
1993	5.22%	4.03%
1994	5%	3.88%
1995	4.78%	3.74%
1996	4.58%	3.6%
1997	4.4%	3.47%
1998	4.24%	3.34%
1999	4.1%	3.22%
2000	3.98%	3.11%
2001	3.88%	3%
2002	3.8%	2.9%
2003	3.73%	2.81%
2004	3.67%	2.72%
2005	3.62%	2.64%
2006	3.59%	2.57%
2007	3.56%	2.5%
2008	3.54%	2.44%
2009	3.52%	2.38%
2010	3.51%	2.32%
2011	3.5%	2.26%
2012	3.49%	2.21%
2013	3.5%	2.16%
2014	3.5%	2.11%
2015	3.5%	2.05%
2016	3.5%	2%
2017	3.5%	1.95%
2018	3.47%	1.9%
2019	3.43%	1.84%
2020	3.38%	1.78%
2021	3.31%	1.73%
2022	3.22%	1.68%
2023	3.14%	1.62%