Fertility & birth rates in Dominican Republic and Vietnam

Fertility rate in Dominican Republic vs Vietnam 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 1.91 in Vietnam in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Dominican Republic vs Vietnam 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	Vietnam
1960	7.56	6.27
1961	7.49	5.48
1962	7.4	6.26
1963	7.3	6.39
1964	7.19	6.29
1965	7.05	6.16
1966	6.95	5.97
1967	6.76	5.88
1968	6.55	6.03
1969	6.37	6.01
1970	6.18	6.02
1971	6.01	6.07
1972	5.84	6.1
1973	5.67	6.11
1974	5.44	5.78
1975	5.24	5.62
1976	5.05	5.46
1977	4.84	5.29
1978	4.64	5.1
1979	4.47	4.94
1980	4.3	4.8
1981	4.15	4.67
1982	4.01	4.59
1983	3.95	4.52
1984	3.82	4.41
1985	3.69	4.21
1986	3.6	3.96
1987	3.53	3.72
1988	3.5	3.62
1989	3.48	3.64
1990	3.41	3.6
1991	3.35	3.52
1992	3.29	3.35
1993	3.23	3.17
1994	3.16	2.94
1995	3.1	2.7
1996	3.04	2.47
1997	2.92	2.27
1998	2.84	2.1
1999	2.85	2
2000	2.87	2.03
2001	2.83	2.02
2002	2.76	2.01
2003	2.7	2
2004	2.64	1.97
2005	2.57	1.89
2006	2.51	1.87
2007	2.51	1.91
2008	2.55	1.93
2009	2.57	1.92
2010	2.56	1.91
2011	2.53	1.93
2012	2.5	1.97
2013	2.47	1.98
2014	2.45	2.09
2015	2.43	2.1
2016	2.41	2
2017	2.4	1.99
2018	2.4	1.88
2019	2.37	1.94
2020	2.33	1.96
2021	2.29	1.94
2022	2.27	1.93
2023	2.24	1.91
2024	2.22	1.9
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	1.8
2033	2.03	1.79
2034	2.02	1.79
2035	2	1.78
2036	1.99	1.78
2037	1.98	1.78
2038	1.96	1.77
2039	1.95	1.77
2040	1.94	1.77
2041	1.93	1.77
2042	1.93	1.77
2043	1.92	1.76
2044	1.91	1.76
2045	1.9	1.76
2046	1.89	1.76
2047	1.89	1.75
2048	1.88	1.75
2049	1.87	1.75
2050	1.87	1.75

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Vietnam
1960	48.6%	41.1%
1961	48.9%	41.8%
1962	49.1%	42.4%
1963	49.2%	43.1%
1964	49.3%	43.4%
1965	49.4%	43.5%
1966	49.3%	43.6%
1967	49.2%	43.5%
1968	48.9%	43.4%
1969	48.6%	43.2%
1970	48.2%	42.9%
1971	47.7%	42.7%
1972	47.3%	42.4%
1973	46.8%	42.1%
1974	46.3%	41.8%
1975	45.8%	41.4%
1976	45.2%	41.2%
1977	44.7%	41%
1978	44.2%	40.6%
1979	43.7%	40.4%
1980	43.2%	40.3%
1981	42.7%	40.2%
1982	42.3%	40.2%
1983	41.8%	40.2%
1984	41.4%	40.1%
1985	41%	40.1%
1986	40.6%	39.9%
1987	40.2%	39.6%
1988	39.8%	39.2%
1989	39.4%	38.8%
1990	39.1%	38.5%
1991	38.7%	38.1%
1992	38.4%	37.7%
1993	38%	37.2%
1994	37.7%	36.7%
1995	37.3%	36.1%
1996	37%	35.4%
1997	36.6%	34.5%
1998	36.1%	33.5%
1999	35.7%	32.5%
2000	35.3%	31.5%
2001	35%	30.6%
2002	34.6%	29.9%
2003	34.2%	29.2%
2004	33.7%	28.5%
2005	33.2%	27.7%
2006	32.7%	26.9%
2007	32.2%	26.2%
2008	31.7%	25.6%
2009	31.3%	25.1%
2010	30.9%	24.6%
2011	30.5%	24.2%
2012	30.1%	24%
2013	29.8%	23.9%
2014	29.5%	24%
2015	29.2%	24%
2016	28.8%	24.1%
2017	28.5%	24.4%
2018	28.2%	24.6%
2019	27.9%	24.5%
2020	27.7%	24.4%
2021	27.4%	24.2%
2022	27.2%	23.9%
2023	26.9%	23.6%
2024	26.6%	23.2%
2025	26.2%	22.9%
2026	25.8%	22.4%
2027	25.4%	21.8%
2028	25.1%	21.1%
2029	24.7%	20.5%
2030	24.3%	19.9%
2031	24%	19.5%
2032	23.6%	19.1%
2033	23.3%	18.8%
2034	22.9%	18.5%
2035	22.6%	18.3%
2036	22.3%	18.1%
2037	22%	17.9%
2038	21.7%	17.8%
2039	21.5%	17.7%
2040	21.3%	17.6%
2041	21%	17.5%
2042	20.8%	17.5%
2043	20.6%	17.5%
2044	20.4%	17.4%
2045	20.3%	17.4%
2046	20.1%	17.3%
2047	19.9%	17.3%
2048	19.8%	17.2%
2049	19.6%	17.1%
2050	19.5%	17%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in the Dominican Republic and 23.2% in Vietnam in 2024, compared to 39.1% and 38.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Dominican Republic and Vietnam compared.

Natural population change in Dominican Republic vs Vietnam by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.34% in the Dominican Republic and +0.97% in Vietnam. 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	Vietnam
1960	117,346	955,268
1961	120,316	798,978
1962	122,977	960,046
1963	124,994	961,067
1964	127,504	950,219
1965	125,345	913,761
1966	132,096	876,283
1967	133,091	862,071
1968	133,666	815,116
1969	135,445	878,359
1970	137,835	905,902
1971	140,473	963,259
1972	143,255	921,524
1973	146,283	1,061,707
1974	147,652	1,000,505
1975	149,339	1,175,181
1976	151,201	1,232,608
1977	152,825	1,259,315
1978	154,043	1,286,991
1979	154,779	1,314,563
1980	157,697	1,321,595
1981	158,419	1,358,500
1982	159,597	1,407,959
1983	163,136	1,453,913
1984	164,263	1,477,448
1985	164,091	1,453,954
1986	165,674	1,407,957
1987	167,552	1,359,481
1988	171,291	1,370,108
1989	175,365	1,423,622
1990	176,748	1,449,157
1991	177,371	1,459,311
1992	177,481	1,419,952
1993	177,691	1,370,365
1994	176,882	1,291,534
1995	175,439	1,203,666
1996	174,008	1,108,686
1997	168,419	1,028,116
1998	164,287	959,016
1999	167,742	925,519
2000	171,684	966,894
2001	170,193	985,610
2002	166,740	991,427
2003	163,267	1,001,470
2004	158,789	985,438
2005	155,405	942,084
2006	151,122	943,041
2007	152,066	981,689
2008	156,664	1,008,141
2009	160,893	1,007,778
2010	162,072	1,005,559
2011	162,094	1,029,859
2012	160,915	1,063,741
2013	159,330	1,071,570
2014	157,260	1,151,221
2015	154,258	1,145,903
2016	151,550	1,045,094
2017	151,565	1,001,833
2018	150,852	882,977
2019	144,869	895,262
2020	137,417	924,004
2021	128,866	799,593
2022	138,767	775,914
2023	132,360	727,955

Maternal mortality chart: Dominican Republic vs Vietnam

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 48 deaths in Vietnam.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominican Republic	Vietnam
1985	249	186
1986	241	174
1987	231	163
1988	221	155
1989	213	152
1990	203	147
1991	193	142
1992	185	139
1993	176	135
1994	166	130
1995	152	119
1996	138	111
1997	122	104
1998	109	93
1999	92	86
2000	76	83
2001	68	78
2002	68	74
2003	71	71
2004	78	72
2005	83	69
2006	87	67
2007	90	66
2008	94	65
2009	96	64
2010	92	62
2011	91	61
2012	89	60
2013	91	60
2014	95	59
2015	102	58
2016	106	56
2017	104	55
2018	107	53
2019	118	52
2020	121	51
2021	153	52
2022	124	49
2023	124	48

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% in Vietnam. 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	Vietnam
1960	14.8%	-
1961	14.6%	-
1962	14.5%	-
1963	14.3%	-
1964	14.1%	8.73%
1965	13.8%	9.93%
1966	13.5%	9.97%
1967	13.3%	10%
1968	13%	11.6%
1969	12.7%	10.8%
1970	12.4%	10.7%
1971	12%	10.5%
1972	11.7%	11.9%
1973	11.3%	10.4%
1974	10.9%	10.7%
1975	10.5%	7.75%
1976	10.1%	7.6%
1977	9.71%	7.44%
1978	9.35%	7.27%
1979	9.01%	7.1%
1980	8.68%	6.94%
1981	8.36%	6.79%
1982	8.05%	6.64%
1983	7.76%	6.5%
1984	7.48%	6.36%
1985	7.21%	6.21%
1986	6.94%	6.04%
1987	6.69%	5.85%
1988	6.44%	5.64%
1989	6.19%	5.4%
1990	5.95%	5.15%
1991	5.7%	4.9%
1992	5.46%	4.64%
1993	5.22%	4.39%
1994	5%	4.14%
1995	4.78%	3.9%
1996	4.58%	3.68%
1997	4.4%	3.48%
1998	4.24%	3.29%
1999	4.1%	3.13%
2000	3.98%	2.98%
2001	3.88%	2.86%
2002	3.8%	2.74%
2003	3.73%	2.65%
2004	3.67%	2.57%
2005	3.62%	2.5%
2006	3.59%	2.45%
2007	3.56%	2.4%
2008	3.54%	2.36%
2009	3.52%	2.33%
2010	3.51%	2.31%
2011	3.5%	2.28%
2012	3.49%	2.26%
2013	3.5%	2.24%
2014	3.5%	2.22%
2015	3.5%	2.2%
2016	3.5%	2.18%
2017	3.5%	2.15%
2018	3.47%	2.14%
2019	3.43%	2.12%
2020	3.38%	2.1%
2021	3.31%	2.07%
2022	3.22%	2.04%
2023	3.14%	2%