Colombia vs Dominican Republic: Fertility rate

Fertility rate in 2023: 1.65 births per woman in Colombia and 2.24 births per woman in Dominican Republic, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Dominican Republic, by 0.6 births per woman, or 1.36 times that in Colombia.

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births per woman · UN

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What the numbers say

Dominican Republic has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
In 2023, Colombia ranked 137 and Dominican Republic ranked 91 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Colombia at 1.6 births per woman and Dominican Republic at 1.73 births per woman in 2100.
The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.

Every year

births per woman · UN

Year	Colombia	Dominican Republic	World
2023	1.65	2.24	2.25
2022	1.66	2.27	2.27
2021	1.68	2.29	2.29
2020	1.69	2.33	2.32
2019	1.71	2.37	2.4
2018	1.71	2.4	2.44
2017	1.72	2.4	2.5
2016	1.72	2.41	2.54
2015	1.77	2.43	2.54
2014	1.82	2.45	2.56
2013	1.86	2.47	2.57
2012	1.9	2.5	2.61
2011	1.94	2.53	2.59
2010	2.01	2.56	2.6
2009	2.1	2.57	2.62
2008	2.16	2.55	2.63
2007	2.2	2.51	2.62
2006	2.24	2.51	2.63
2005	2.31	2.57	2.63
2004	2.38	2.64	2.65
2003	2.45	2.7	2.66
2002	2.49	2.76	2.68
2001	2.52	2.83	2.71
2000	2.57	2.87	2.75
1999	2.64	2.85	2.75
1998	2.72	2.83	2.78
1997	2.74	2.92	2.81
1996	2.77	3.04	2.85
1995	2.85	3.1	2.89
1994	2.94	3.16	2.93
1993	2.98	3.23	2.98
1992	2.98	3.29	3.04
1991	2.98	3.35	3.13
1990	3	3.41	3.31
1989	3.01	3.48	3.35
1988	3.04	3.5	3.39
1987	3.09	3.53	3.48
1986	3.15	3.6	3.5
1985	3.23	3.69	3.51
1984	3.35	3.82	3.55
1983	3.5	3.95	3.58
1982	3.62	4.01	3.71
1981	3.71	4.15	3.71
1980	3.8	4.3	3.74
1979	3.89	4.47	3.77
1978	4	4.64	3.79
1977	4.16	4.84	3.85
1976	4.29	5.05	3.97
1975	4.4	5.24	4.08
1974	4.53	5.44	4.26
1973	4.68	5.67	4.42
1972	4.86	5.84	4.55
1971	5.06	6.01	4.68
1970	5.28	6.18	4.83
1969	5.51	6.37	4.87
1968	5.74	6.55	4.96
1967	5.96	6.76	4.85
1966	6.16	6.95	4.96
1965	6.33	7.05	5.07
1964	6.48	7.19	5.12
1963	6.58	7.3	5.31
1962	6.66	7.4	5.02
1961	6.71	7.49	4.57
1960	6.74	7.55	4.7
1959	6.74	7.61	4.74
1958	6.72	7.64	4.93
1957	6.7	7.67	5.07
1956	6.66	7.68	4.93
1955	6.63	7.67	5
1954	6.58	7.66	5
1953	6.54	7.63	4.92
1952	6.49	7.59	5
1951	6.44	7.54	4.82
1950	6.41	7.51	4.85

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Colombia	Dominican Republic	World
2024	1.631.29–2	2.221.8–2.67	2.25
2025	1.621.25–2.04	2.21.74–2.68	2.24
2026	1.611.19–2.02	2.171.68–2.71	2.23
2027	1.61.14–2.03	2.151.63–2.71	2.22
2028	1.591.11–2.02	2.131.56–2.69	2.21
2029	1.591.08–2.04	2.111.52–2.7	2.2
2030	1.581.07–2.04	2.081.47–2.71	2.2
2031	1.581.06–2.04	2.071.43–2.7	2.19
2032	1.581.04–2.04	2.051.44–2.68	2.18
2033	1.571.01–2.05	2.031.39–2.68	2.17
2034	1.571.02–2.06	2.021.39–2.7	2.16
2035	1.571–2.06	21.37–2.7	2.15
2036	1.570.99–2.05	1.991.34–2.7	2.15
2037	1.571–2.06	1.981.32–2.69	2.14
2038	1.571–2.08	1.961.31–2.66	2.13
2039	1.571–2.08	1.951.28–2.66	2.13
2040	1.571–2.08	1.941.26–2.66	2.13
2041	1.571–2.09	1.941.28–2.67	2.12
2042	1.570.99–2.1	1.931.27–2.66	2.12
2043	1.570.98–2.1	1.921.27–2.66	2.12
2044	1.570.97–2.11	1.911.25–2.67	2.12
2045	1.570.97–2.1	1.91.25–2.66	2.12
2046	1.570.96–2.1	1.891.24–2.63	2.11
2047	1.580.98–2.12	1.891.24–2.61	2.11
2048	1.580.96–2.14	1.881.22–2.6	2.11
2049	1.580.97–2.14	1.871.2–2.6	2.1
2050	1.580.95–2.14	1.871.2–2.59	2.1
2051	1.580.96–2.14	1.861.22–2.58	2.09
2052	1.580.96–2.15	1.851.19–2.56	2.09
2053	1.580.95–2.16	1.851.18–2.55	2.08
2054	1.580.95–2.17	1.841.19–2.55	2.07
2055	1.580.92–2.17	1.841.17–2.55	2.07
2056	1.580.91–2.17	1.841.18–2.56	2.06
2057	1.580.93–2.18	1.831.18–2.55	2.05
2058	1.580.96–2.18	1.831.17–2.56	2.04
2059	1.580.94–2.18	1.821.15–2.53	2.04
2060	1.580.93–2.19	1.821.13–2.53	2.03
2061	1.580.93–2.2	1.811.16–2.54	2.02
2062	1.580.94–2.19	1.811.15–2.54	2.02
2063	1.590.92–2.2	1.811.14–2.52	2.01
2064	1.590.93–2.2	1.81.15–2.53	2
2065	1.590.92–2.22	1.81.14–2.51	2
2066	1.590.93–2.2	1.791.12–2.53	1.99
2067	1.590.94–2.2	1.791.13–2.53	1.98
2068	1.590.93–2.2	1.791.13–2.52	1.98
2069	1.590.93–2.19	1.781.13–2.51	1.97
2070	1.590.93–2.2	1.781.13–2.49	1.97
2071	1.590.92–2.21	1.781.13–2.5	1.96
2072	1.590.91–2.2	1.781.12–2.49	1.96
2073	1.590.92–2.2	1.771.14–2.48	1.95
2074	1.590.89–2.21	1.771.13–2.52	1.95
2075	1.590.91–2.23	1.771.12–2.51	1.94
2076	1.590.89–2.23	1.771.1–2.5	1.94
2077	1.590.9–2.23	1.761.1–2.51	1.94
2078	1.590.88–2.24	1.761.11–2.51	1.93
2079	1.60.89–2.25	1.761.11–2.51	1.93
2080	1.590.89–2.24	1.751.09–2.5	1.92
2081	1.60.88–2.26	1.751.08–2.48	1.92
2082	1.60.88–2.24	1.751.09–2.48	1.91
2083	1.60.87–2.24	1.751.09–2.46	1.91
2084	1.60.9–2.26	1.741.08–2.45	1.91
2085	1.60.88–2.26	1.741.08–2.46	1.9
2086	1.60.87–2.28	1.741.08–2.47	1.9
2087	1.60.88–2.27	1.741.06–2.47	1.89
2088	1.590.86–2.27	1.741.05–2.48	1.89
2089	1.60.87–2.27	1.741.06–2.46	1.88
2090	1.60.89–2.26	1.741.03–2.47	1.88
2091	1.60.87–2.27	1.741.04–2.48	1.88
2092	1.60.85–2.27	1.741.05–2.47	1.87
2093	1.60.86–2.25	1.731.06–2.48	1.87
2094	1.60.88–2.24	1.731.04–2.47	1.86
2095	1.60.87–2.25	1.731.05–2.46	1.86
2096	1.60.87–2.26	1.731.03–2.46	1.85
2097	1.60.89–2.28	1.731.05–2.47	1.85
2098	1.60.87–2.27	1.731.04–2.48	1.85
2099	1.60.87–2.28	1.731.04–2.48	1.84
2100	1.60.87–2.28	1.731.03–2.49	1.84

Each country on its own

Good to know

The children a woman would have over her life at the year’s birth rates for each age.
Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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