Dominican Republic vs Honduras: Fertility rate

Fertility rate in 2023: 2.24 births per woman in Dominican Republic and 2.5 births per woman in Honduras, by UN estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Honduras, by 0.26 births per woman, or 1.11 times that in Dominican Republic.

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births per woman · UN

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What the numbers say

Honduras has been higher since 1962, when it overtook Dominican Republic.
In 2023, Dominican Republic ranked 91 and Honduras ranked 80 of 229 countries, counting from the highest.
The UN projection (medium variant) puts Dominican Republic at 1.73 births per woman and Honduras at 1.77 births per woman in 2100.
The world as a whole: 2.25 births per woman in 2023.

Every year

births per woman · UN

Year	Dominican Republic	Honduras	World
2023	2.24	2.5	2.25
2022	2.27	2.52	2.27
2021	2.29	2.55	2.29
2020	2.33	2.58	2.32
2019	2.37	2.61	2.4
2018	2.4	2.65	2.44
2017	2.4	2.66	2.5
2016	2.41	2.7	2.54
2015	2.43	2.75	2.54
2014	2.45	2.79	2.56
2013	2.47	2.86	2.57
2012	2.5	2.93	2.61
2011	2.53	3	2.59
2010	2.56	3.08	2.6
2009	2.57	3.17	2.62
2008	2.55	3.26	2.63
2007	2.51	3.35	2.62
2006	2.51	3.45	2.63
2005	2.57	3.58	2.63
2004	2.64	3.71	2.65
2003	2.7	3.84	2.66
2002	2.76	4	2.68
2001	2.83	4.15	2.71
2000	2.87	4.29	2.75
1999	2.85	4.37	2.75
1998	2.83	4.47	2.78
1997	2.92	4.59	2.81
1996	3.04	4.71	2.85
1995	3.1	4.84	2.89
1994	3.16	4.94	2.93
1993	3.23	5.03	2.98
1992	3.29	5.11	3.04
1991	3.35	5.19	3.13
1990	3.41	5.27	3.31
1989	3.48	5.35	3.35
1988	3.5	5.47	3.39
1987	3.53	5.58	3.48
1986	3.6	5.7	3.5
1985	3.69	5.82	3.51
1984	3.82	5.93	3.55
1983	3.95	6.06	3.58
1982	4.01	6.18	3.71
1981	4.15	6.3	3.71
1980	4.3	6.42	3.74
1979	4.47	6.53	3.77
1978	4.64	6.63	3.79
1977	4.84	6.73	3.85
1976	5.05	6.81	3.97
1975	5.24	6.87	4.08
1974	5.44	6.91	4.26
1973	5.67	6.99	4.42
1972	5.84	7.06	4.55
1971	6.01	7.11	4.68
1970	6.18	7.17	4.83
1969	6.37	7.23	4.87
1968	6.55	7.3	4.96
1967	6.76	7.36	4.85
1966	6.95	7.41	4.96
1965	7.05	7.44	5.07
1964	7.19	7.44	5.12
1963	7.3	7.44	5.31
1962	7.4	7.44	5.02
1961	7.49	7.45	4.57
1960	7.55	7.46	4.7
1959	7.61	7.47	4.74
1958	7.64	7.49	4.93
1957	7.67	7.5	5.07
1956	7.68	7.51	4.93
1955	7.67	7.51	5
1954	7.66	7.51	5
1953	7.63	7.51	4.92
1952	7.59	7.5	5
1951	7.54	7.48	4.82
1950	7.51	7.47	4.85

UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100

Year	Dominican Republic	Honduras	World
2024	2.221.8–2.67	2.481.72–3.35	2.25
2025	2.21.74–2.68	2.451.68–3.36	2.24
2026	2.171.68–2.71	2.421.65–3.33	2.23
2027	2.151.63–2.71	2.41.6–3.35	2.22
2028	2.131.56–2.69	2.381.54–3.35	2.21
2029	2.111.52–2.7	2.351.53–3.35	2.2
2030	2.081.47–2.71	2.331.49–3.3	2.2
2031	2.071.43–2.7	2.31.47–3.27	2.19
2032	2.051.44–2.68	2.281.46–3.23	2.18
2033	2.031.39–2.68	2.261.43–3.24	2.17
2034	2.021.39–2.7	2.241.42–3.23	2.16
2035	21.37–2.7	2.221.41–3.21	2.15
2036	1.991.34–2.7	2.21.37–3.23	2.15
2037	1.981.32–2.69	2.181.36–3.22	2.14
2038	1.961.31–2.66	2.161.35–3.21	2.13
2039	1.951.28–2.66	2.151.32–3.2	2.13
2040	1.941.26–2.66	2.131.32–3.19	2.13
2041	1.941.28–2.67	2.121.32–3.14	2.12
2042	1.931.27–2.66	2.11.32–3.12	2.12
2043	1.921.27–2.66	2.091.31–3.12	2.12
2044	1.911.25–2.67	2.081.3–3.12	2.12
2045	1.91.25–2.66	2.061.29–3.11	2.12
2046	1.891.24–2.63	2.051.28–3.09	2.11
2047	1.891.24–2.61	2.031.27–3.08	2.11
2048	1.881.22–2.6	2.021.26–3.08	2.11
2049	1.871.2–2.6	2.011.25–3.08	2.1
2050	1.871.2–2.59	21.24–3.07	2.1
2051	1.861.22–2.58	1.991.23–3.06	2.09
2052	1.851.19–2.56	1.981.22–3.07	2.09
2053	1.851.18–2.55	1.971.22–3.06	2.08
2054	1.841.19–2.55	1.961.2–3.06	2.07
2055	1.841.17–2.55	1.961.19–3.03	2.07
2056	1.841.18–2.56	1.951.2–3	2.06
2057	1.831.18–2.55	1.941.2–2.97	2.05
2058	1.831.17–2.56	1.931.19–2.99	2.04
2059	1.821.15–2.53	1.921.18–2.95	2.04
2060	1.821.13–2.53	1.921.17–2.97	2.03
2061	1.811.16–2.54	1.911.16–2.98	2.02
2062	1.811.15–2.54	1.911.17–2.92	2.02
2063	1.811.14–2.52	1.91.17–2.92	2.01
2064	1.81.15–2.53	1.91.16–2.91	2
2065	1.81.14–2.51	1.891.17–2.9	2
2066	1.791.12–2.53	1.891.17–2.87	1.99
2067	1.791.13–2.53	1.881.16–2.9	1.98
2068	1.791.13–2.52	1.871.17–2.88	1.98
2069	1.781.13–2.51	1.871.14–2.85	1.97
2070	1.781.13–2.49	1.871.16–2.86	1.97
2071	1.781.13–2.5	1.861.13–2.8	1.96
2072	1.781.12–2.49	1.861.12–2.8	1.96
2073	1.771.14–2.48	1.851.13–2.8	1.95
2074	1.771.13–2.52	1.851.12–2.82	1.95
2075	1.771.12–2.51	1.851.12–2.82	1.94
2076	1.771.1–2.5	1.841.12–2.78	1.94
2077	1.761.1–2.51	1.841.11–2.76	1.94
2078	1.761.11–2.51	1.831.11–2.73	1.93
2079	1.761.11–2.51	1.831.1–2.77	1.93
2080	1.751.09–2.5	1.831.1–2.71	1.92
2081	1.751.08–2.48	1.821.09–2.71	1.92
2082	1.751.09–2.48	1.821.09–2.72	1.91
2083	1.751.09–2.46	1.821.08–2.72	1.91
2084	1.741.08–2.45	1.811.08–2.7	1.91
2085	1.741.08–2.46	1.811.09–2.68	1.9
2086	1.741.08–2.47	1.811.08–2.71	1.9
2087	1.741.06–2.47	1.811.07–2.71	1.89
2088	1.741.05–2.48	1.81.09–2.68	1.89
2089	1.741.06–2.46	1.81.09–2.66	1.88
2090	1.741.03–2.47	1.81.07–2.67	1.88
2091	1.741.04–2.48	1.791.08–2.68	1.88
2092	1.741.05–2.47	1.791.08–2.66	1.87
2093	1.731.06–2.48	1.781.07–2.67	1.87
2094	1.731.04–2.47	1.781.07–2.64	1.86
2095	1.731.05–2.46	1.781.08–2.65	1.86
2096	1.731.03–2.46	1.781.09–2.63	1.85
2097	1.731.05–2.47	1.781.1–2.63	1.85
2098	1.731.04–2.48	1.771.08–2.6	1.85
2099	1.731.04–2.48	1.771.07–2.58	1.84
2100	1.731.03–2.49	1.771.06–2.59	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.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time