Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Dominican Republic, 1998

Dominican Republic
1998
Total fertility rate: 2.83
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1998  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dominican Republic was 2.83 children per woman in 1998 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 20-24 (175 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 25.7 years old. In total, 210,618 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.83
Births
210,618
Births per 1,000 people
25.3
Mean age of mothers
25.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
22.5%
Net reproduction rate
1.31
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.9
Population
8,310,362
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-146.11.1%2,855
15-19108.319.1%47,464
20-24175.130.8%70,022
25-29138.524.4%48,917
30-3486.315.2%27,213
35-3940.47.1%11,215
40-4411.82.1%2,683
45-491.40.3%246
50-540.10.0%7