Fertility in Dominican Republic, 2026

Dominican Republic
2026
Total fertility rate: 2.17
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2026 1996, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2026  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Dominican Republic is projected at 2.17 children per woman in 2026 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births are projected to be most frequent among women aged 25-29 (121 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother would be 27.7 years old. In total, 196,929 babies are projected to be born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024 (medium-variant projection).

Total fertility rate
2.17
Births
196,929
Births per 1,000 people
17.0
Mean age of mothers
27.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
11.3%
Net reproduction rate
1.02
Boys per 100 girls at birth
104.4
Population
11,609,500
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
10-140.60.1%306
15-1945.510.5%22,201
20-24114.126.3%53,395
25-29120.627.8%55,026
30-3492.721.4%41,455
35-3947.611.0%19,736
40-4411.92.8%4,467
45-491.00.2%336
50-540.00.0%6