Dominican Republic vs Suriname: Fertility rate, total

Dominican Republic
2.22 births per woman
in 2024
Suriname
2.23 births per woman
in 2024
Dominican Republic rank
91st
Suriname rank
89th

Fertility rate, total over time

  • Dominican Republic
  • Suriname
2468196019922024

How they compare

Suriname currently reports 2.23 births per woman against 2.22 births per woman in Dominican Republic, a difference of 0.01 births per woman.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Dominican Republic ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 91st and Suriname ranks 89th of 218 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 4 and Suriname in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Dominican Republic Suriname Difference Ahead
1960s 7.06 births per woman 6.28 births per woman 0.7811 births per woman Dominican Republic
1970s 5.34 births per woman 4.72 births per woman 0.6167 births per woman Dominican Republic
1980s 3.8 births per woman 3.67 births per woman 0.1302 births per woman Dominican Republic
1990s 3.12 births per woman 2.99 births per woman 0.1235 births per woman Dominican Republic
2000s 2.65 births per woman 2.82 births per woman 0.1733 births per woman Suriname
2010s 2.45 births per woman 2.55 births per woman 0.1018 births per woman Suriname
2020s 2.27 births per woman 2.27 births per woman 0.0016 births per woman Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fertility rate, total, Dominican Republic or Suriname?
Suriname, at 2.23 births per woman against 2.22 births per woman in Dominican Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Dominican Republic and Suriname?
0.01 births per woman, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Suriname?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Dominican Republic and Suriname rank globally for fertility rate, total?
Dominican Republic ranks 91st and Suriname ranks 89th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
Unit
births per woman
Source
World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
266 places, 17,258 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.