Dominica - Birth rate
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
The value for Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) in Dominica was 9.60 as of 2017. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37.00 in 1972 and a minimum value of 9.60 in 2017.
Definition: Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.
Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu
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| Year | Value |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 25.80 |
| 1972 | 37.00 |
| 1973 | 32.70 |
| 1974 | 29.20 |
| 1975 | 25.10 |
| 1976 | 24.70 |
| 1977 | 24.00 |
| 1978 | 24.00 |
| 1979 | 21.00 |
| 1980 | 24.80 |
| 1981 | 22.50 |
| 1982 | 23.30 |
| 1983 | 24.30 |
| 1984 | 20.80 |
| 1987 | 23.60 |
| 1990 | 23.00 |
| 1992 | 24.00 |
| 1994 | 21.60 |
| 1996 | 19.10 |
| 1997 | 21.50 |
| 1998 | 16.20 |
| 2002 | 15.40 |
| 2006 | 14.90 |
| 2010 | 13.20 |
| 2014 | 12.00 |
| 2017 | 9.60 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Population
