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How many babies are born in Dominican Republic?

197 thousand babies born in Dominican Republic in 2026. That is 0.15% of all births worldwide, and the 86th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Dominican Republic: history and projections

1K10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Dominican Republic’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~300 ~7K 42.3 Modelled estimate
1000 ~2.8K ~66K 42.3 Modelled estimate
1500 ~7.8K ~200K 38.9 Modelled estimate
1800 ~6.42K ~150K 42.8 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~22.3K ~521K 42.8 Historical reconstruction
1950 126K 2.38M 53.1 UN estimate
2000 219K 8.58M 25.6 UN estimate
2023 203K 11.3M 17.9 UN estimate
2026 197K 11.6M 17.0 UN projection
2050 166K 13M 12.8 UN projection
2075 135K 12.9M 10.4 UN projection
2100 108K 11.7M 9.3 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Dominican Republic among estimates through 2023 were in 1993, at about 221K. That is roughly 743 times the estimated ~298 births a year in 1 CE.

At 2.17 children per woman, fertility in Dominican Republic is above the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Dominican Republic each year?

An estimated 197 thousand babies are born in Dominican Republic in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 539 a day and 0.15% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Dominican Republic?

Dominican Republic has an estimated 17.0 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 2.17 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.