Fertility & birth rates in Dominican Republic and Zambia

Fertility rate in Dominican Republic vs Zambia 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 4.1 in Zambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check the Dominican Republic vs Zambia 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	Zambia
1960	7.56	6.95
1961	7.49	6.98
1962	7.4	7.01
1963	7.3	7.06
1964	7.19	7.09
1965	7.05	7.12
1966	6.95	7.14
1967	6.76	7.15
1968	6.55	7.18
1969	6.37	7.18
1970	6.18	7.22
1971	6.01	7.26
1972	5.84	7.3
1973	5.67	7.34
1974	5.44	7.36
1975	5.24	7.42
1976	5.05	7.39
1977	4.84	7.35
1978	4.64	7.29
1979	4.47	7.22
1980	4.3	7.14
1981	4.15	7.07
1982	4.01	7.04
1983	3.95	7.01
1984	3.82	6.97
1985	3.69	6.93
1986	3.6	6.87
1987	3.53	6.8
1988	3.5	6.7
1989	3.48	6.64
1990	3.41	6.57
1991	3.35	6.46
1992	3.29	6.35
1993	3.23	6.3
1994	3.16	6.26
1995	3.1	6.23
1996	3.04	6.18
1997	2.92	6.12
1998	2.84	6.07
1999	2.85	6
2000	2.87	5.92
2001	2.83	5.85
2002	2.76	5.77
2003	2.7	5.71
2004	2.64	5.7
2005	2.57	5.7
2006	2.51	5.68
2007	2.51	5.61
2008	2.55	5.53
2009	2.57	5.45
2010	2.56	5.36
2011	2.53	5.26
2012	2.5	5.14
2013	2.47	5.01
2014	2.45	4.89
2015	2.43	4.78
2016	2.41	4.67
2017	2.4	4.57
2018	2.4	4.49
2019	2.37	4.42
2020	2.33	4.32
2021	2.29	4.25
2022	2.27	4.18
2023	2.24	4.1
2024	2.22	4.04
2025	2.19	3.97
2026	2.17	3.91
2027	2.15	3.85
2028	2.13	3.77
2029	2.11	3.72
2030	2.08	3.67
2031	2.07	3.61
2032	2.05	3.56
2033	2.03	3.5
2034	2.02	3.45
2035	2	3.4
2036	1.99	3.35
2037	1.98	3.3
2038	1.96	3.25
2039	1.95	3.19
2040	1.94	3.15
2041	1.93	3.11
2042	1.93	3.07
2043	1.92	3.03
2044	1.91	3
2045	1.9	2.96
2046	1.89	2.93
2047	1.89	2.9
2048	1.88	2.87
2049	1.87	2.84
2050	1.87	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Dominican Republic	Zambia
1960	48.6%	46%
1961	48.9%	46.2%
1962	49.1%	46.3%
1963	49.2%	46.5%
1964	49.3%	46.7%
1965	49.4%	46.9%
1966	49.3%	46.9%
1967	49.2%	47%
1968	48.9%	47.1%
1969	48.6%	47.2%
1970	48.2%	47.4%
1971	47.7%	47.7%
1972	47.3%	48%
1973	46.8%	48.3%
1974	46.3%	48.6%
1975	45.8%	48.8%
1976	45.2%	49.1%
1977	44.7%	49.2%
1978	44.2%	49.4%
1979	43.7%	49.5%
1980	43.2%	49.5%
1981	42.7%	49.4%
1982	42.3%	49.3%
1983	41.8%	49.1%
1984	41.4%	49%
1985	41%	48.9%
1986	40.6%	48.8%
1987	40.2%	48.7%
1988	39.8%	48.6%
1989	39.4%	48.5%
1990	39.1%	48.4%
1991	38.7%	48.3%
1992	38.4%	48.2%
1993	38%	48.2%
1994	37.7%	48.2%
1995	37.3%	48.2%
1996	37%	48.2%
1997	36.6%	48.2%
1998	36.1%	48.2%
1999	35.7%	48.1%
2000	35.3%	48%
2001	35%	47.8%
2002	34.6%	47.6%
2003	34.2%	47.4%
2004	33.7%	47.3%
2005	33.2%	47.1%
2006	32.7%	47%
2007	32.2%	46.8%
2008	31.7%	46.6%
2009	31.3%	46.4%
2010	30.9%	46.3%
2011	30.5%	46.1%
2012	30.1%	45.9%
2013	29.8%	45.7%
2014	29.5%	45.5%
2015	29.2%	45.2%
2016	28.8%	44.9%
2017	28.5%	44.5%
2018	28.2%	44.1%
2019	27.9%	43.8%
2020	27.7%	43.3%
2021	27.4%	42.9%
2022	27.2%	42.4%
2023	26.9%	42%
2024	26.6%	41.5%
2025	26.2%	41%
2026	25.8%	40.5%
2027	25.4%	40%
2028	25.1%	39.6%
2029	24.7%	39.2%
2030	24.3%	38.8%
2031	24%	38.5%
2032	23.6%	38.1%
2033	23.3%	37.8%
2034	22.9%	37.5%
2035	22.6%	37.1%
2036	22.3%	36.8%
2037	22%	36.5%
2038	21.7%	36.1%
2039	21.5%	35.8%
2040	21.3%	35.4%
2041	21%	35.1%
2042	20.8%	34.7%
2043	20.6%	34.4%
2044	20.4%	34%
2045	20.3%	33.7%
2046	20.1%	33.3%
2047	19.9%	33%
2048	19.8%	32.6%
2049	19.6%	32.3%
2050	19.5%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 26.6% of the population in the Dominican Republic and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 39.1% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of the Dominican Republic and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Dominican Republic vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.34% in the Dominican Republic and +2.87% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	117,346	102,335
1961	120,316	106,318
1962	122,977	110,173
1963	124,994	114,555
1964	127,504	117,197
1965	125,345	122,814
1966	132,096	127,164
1967	133,091	131,938
1968	133,666	137,315
1969	135,445	142,660
1970	137,835	149,380
1971	140,473	155,249
1972	143,255	161,648
1973	146,283	168,258
1974	147,652	174,484
1975	149,339	182,258
1976	151,201	186,762
1977	152,825	191,557
1978	154,043	194,933
1979	154,779	197,578
1980	157,697	198,817
1981	158,419	202,822
1982	159,597	207,621
1983	163,136	212,712
1984	164,263	216,695
1985	164,091	221,351
1986	165,674	224,768
1987	167,552	227,813
1988	171,291	230,118
1989	175,365	233,429
1990	176,748	235,835
1991	177,371	237,957
1992	177,481	239,953
1993	177,691	245,917
1994	176,882	252,023
1995	175,439	257,897
1996	174,008	262,468
1997	168,419	268,198
1998	164,287	275,568
1999	167,742	283,297
2000	171,684	293,186
2001	170,193	302,682
2002	166,740	316,041
2003	163,267	331,189
2004	158,789	349,352
2005	155,405	368,756
2006	151,122	387,891
2007	152,066	403,729
2008	156,664	419,560
2009	160,893	434,458
2010	162,072	448,337
2011	162,094	459,743
2012	160,915	469,406
2013	159,330	476,846
2014	157,260	483,663
2015	154,258	491,021
2016	151,550	497,521
2017	151,565	504,630
2018	150,852	515,644
2019	144,869	528,089
2020	137,417	536,484
2021	128,866	535,629
2022	138,767	563,456
2023	132,360	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Dominican Republic vs Zambia

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 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Dominican Republic	Zambia
1985	249	596
1986	241	619
1987	231	630
1988	221	635
1989	213	635
1990	203	625
1991	193	611
1992	185	581
1993	176	532
1994	166	507
1995	152	466
1996	138	433
1997	122	403
1998	109	392
1999	92	378
2000	76	340
2001	68	306
2002	68	274
2003	71	250
2004	78	260
2005	83	264
2006	87	262
2007	90	324
2008	94	394
2009	96	406
2010	92	332
2011	91	291
2012	89	256
2013	91	213
2014	95	174
2015	102	154
2016	106	158
2017	104	141
2018	107	117
2019	118	103
2020	121	99
2021	153	140
2022	124	89
2023	124	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 3.14% in the Dominican Republic and 4.47% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	14.8%	20.5%
1961	14.6%	20.1%
1962	14.5%	19.8%
1963	14.3%	19.5%
1964	14.1%	19.2%
1965	13.8%	19%
1966	13.5%	18.9%
1967	13.3%	18.7%
1968	13%	18.5%
1969	12.7%	18.3%
1970	12.4%	17.9%
1971	12%	17.4%
1972	11.7%	16.9%
1973	11.3%	16.3%
1974	10.9%	15.9%
1975	10.5%	15.5%
1976	10.1%	15.4%
1977	9.71%	15.3%
1978	9.35%	15.3%
1979	9.01%	15.4%
1980	8.68%	15.5%
1981	8.36%	15.6%
1982	8.05%	15.7%
1983	7.76%	15.9%
1984	7.48%	16.2%
1985	7.21%	16.6%
1986	6.94%	17%
1987	6.69%	17.3%
1988	6.44%	17.7%
1989	6.19%	17.9%
1990	5.95%	18.1%
1991	5.7%	18.1%
1992	5.46%	18.1%
1993	5.22%	17.9%
1994	5%	17.7%
1995	4.78%	17.3%
1996	4.58%	17%
1997	4.4%	16.7%
1998	4.24%	16.3%
1999	4.1%	15.9%
2000	3.98%	15.3%
2001	3.88%	14.4%
2002	3.8%	13.4%
2003	3.73%	12.4%
2004	3.67%	11.4%
2005	3.62%	10.5%
2006	3.59%	9.71%
2007	3.56%	9.14%
2008	3.54%	8.62%
2009	3.52%	8%
2010	3.51%	7.57%
2011	3.5%	7.31%
2012	3.49%	7.04%
2013	3.5%	6.72%
2014	3.5%	6.38%
2015	3.5%	6.15%
2016	3.5%	5.9%
2017	3.5%	5.61%
2018	3.47%	5.52%
2019	3.43%	5.41%
2020	3.38%	5.24%
2021	3.31%	4.92%
2022	3.22%	4.67%
2023	3.14%	4.47%