Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Dominican Republic

Total fertility rate in the Dominican Republic in 2024 — 2.22 births. Ranked 91 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 70.6%.

2024 2.22 births −0.94% vs 2023
World rank 91of 217
Period maximum 7.56 births1960
Period minimum 2.22 births2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Dominican Republic, 1960–20240246819601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 7.56 births1962: 7.4 births1964: 7.19 births1966: 6.95 births1968: 6.55 births1970: 6.18 births1972: 5.84 births1974: 5.44 births1976: 5.05 births1978: 4.64 births1980: 4.3 births1982: 4.01 births1984: 3.82 births1986: 3.6 births1988: 3.5 births1990: 3.41 births1992: 3.29 births1994: 3.16 births1996: 3.04 births1998: 2.84 births2000: 2.87 births2002: 2.76 births2004: 2.64 births2006: 2.51 births2008: 2.55 births2010: 2.56 births2012: 2.5 births2014: 2.45 births2016: 2.41 births2018: 2.4 births2020: 2.33 births2022: 2.27 births2024: 2.22 births
Change over the period: −5.33 (−70.59%) Average annual rate: -1.89 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic 2.22 births
World 2.19 births
Caribbean computed 1.93 births
Upper-middle-income countries computed 1.44 births
Total fertility rate — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 2.22 −0.02 −0.94%
2023 2.24 −0.02 −1.06%
2022 2.27 −0.03 −1.18%
2021 2.29 −0.04 −1.5%
2020 2.33 −0.04 −1.56%
2019 2.37 −0.03 −1.29%
2018 2.4 −0 −0.04%
2017 2.4 −0.01 −0.5%
2016 2.41 −0.02 −0.82%
2015 2.43 −0.02 −0.86%
2014 2.45 −0.02 −0.93%
2013 2.47 −0.02 −0.92%
2012 2.5 −0.03 −1.19%
2011 2.53 −0.03 −1.13%
2010 2.56 −0.02 −0.7%
2009 2.57 +0.03 +1.1%
2008 2.55 +0.04 +1.43%
2007 2.51 +0 +0.08%
2006 2.51 −0.07 −2.56%
2005 2.57 −0.07 −2.54%
2004 2.64 −0.06 −2.29%
2003 2.7 −0.06 −2.21%
2002 2.76 −0.06 −2.23%
2001 2.83 −0.04 −1.46%
2000 2.87 +0.02 +0.81%
1999 2.85 +0.01 +0.39%
1998 2.84 −0.09 −2.98%
1997 2.92 −0.12 −3.88%
1996 3.04 −0.06 −1.97%
1995 3.1 −0.06 −1.96%
1994 3.16 −0.06 −1.95%
1993 3.23 −0.06 −1.86%
1992 3.29 −0.06 −1.85%
1991 3.35 −0.06 −1.82%
1990 3.41 −0.06 −1.84%
1989 3.48 −0.02 −0.71%
1988 3.5 −0.03 −0.79%
1987 3.53 −0.08 −2.08%
1986 3.6 −0.08 −2.25%
1985 3.69 −0.14 −3.56%
1984 3.82 −0.13 −3.17%
1983 3.95 −0.07 −1.67%
1982 4.01 −0.14 −3.25%
1981 4.15 −0.15 −3.56%
1980 4.3 −0.17 −3.82%
1979 4.47 −0.17 −3.68%
1978 4.64 −0.2 −4.09%
1977 4.84 −0.2 −4.04%
1976 5.05 −0.19 −3.61%
1975 5.24 −0.21 −3.77%
1974 5.44 −0.23 −4.01%
1973 5.67 −0.17 −2.98%
1972 5.84 −0.17 −2.8%
1971 6.01 −0.18 −2.83%
1970 6.18 −0.18 −2.86%
1969 6.37 −0.18 −2.78%
1968 6.55 −0.21 −3.06%
1967 6.76 −0.19 −2.79%
1966 6.95 −0.1 −1.47%
1965 7.05 −0.13 −1.85%
1964 7.19 −0.12 −1.6%
1963 7.3 −0.1 −1.36%
1962 7.4 −0.08 −1.11%
1961 7.49 −0.07 −0.9%
1960 7.56

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.