Dominican Republic vs Nicaragua statistics compared

The Dominican Republic has a population of 11.4M (ranked 85/197), compared with 6.92M in Nicaragua (ranked 108/197). The Dominican Republic's land area is 18,609 sq mi versus 46,464 sq mi for Nicaragua (ranked 127th vs. 98th).

By GDP, The Dominican Republic ranks 65/197 ($124B) and Nicaragua ranks 131/197 ($19.7B). By GDP per capita, The Dominican Republic ranks 83/197 ($10,876), while Nicaragua ranks 141/197 ($2,848).

Dominican Republic and Nicaragua: Comparison Charts

Dominican Republic and Nicaragua economies compared

GDP

Dominican Republic

Nicaragua

Table

Year	GDP
	Dominican Republic	Nicaragua
1960	$672,399,700	$227,223,322
1961	$654,100,200	$244,144,237
1962	$824,100,000	$269,283,804
1963	$940,799,900	$297,324,163
1964	$1,025,599,900	$347,119,918
1965	$888,100,000	$564,290,020
1966	$983,900,000	$607,140,010
1967	$1,034,800,000	$657,140,011
1968	$1,079,100,000	$692,859,985
1969	$1,230,500,000	$750,000,003
1970	$1,485,500,000	$778,569,939
1971	$1,666,500,000	$828,569,953
1972	$1,987,400,000	$878,570,045
1973	$2,344,800,000	$1,092,900,015
1974	$2,925,700,000	$1,521,400,012
1975	$3,599,200,000	$1,581,599,959
1976	$3,951,500,000	$1,836,899,999
1977	$4,587,100,000	$2,226,999,874
1978	$4,734,400,000	$2,127,699,979
1979	$5,498,800,000	$1,567,599,982
1980	$6,761,300,000	$2,144,300,006
1981	$7,561,300,000	$2,474,700,227
1982	$8,267,400,000	$2,454,499,872
1983	$9,220,600,000	$2,753,100,058
1984	$11,594,000,000	$3,117,599,872
1985	$5,044,579,979	$2,683,699,935
1986	$6,122,128,558	$2,885,799,994
1987	$5,827,050,753	$3,851,200,118
1988	$5,374,299,981	$2,630,900,096
1989	$6,686,593,060	$1,013,184,756
1990	$7,073,675,545	$1,009,455,484
1991	$9,824,483,340	$1,488,804,124
1992	$11,605,382,504	$1,792,800,000
1993	$13,081,042,400	$1,756,454,248
1994	$14,644,734,599	$3,863,185,119
1995	$16,637,370,839	$4,140,470,000
1996	$18,241,622,548	$4,308,351,903
1997	$20,017,450,041	$4,389,973,490
1998	$21,672,215,547	$4,635,347,386
1999	$22,136,579,397	$4,856,026,259
2000	$24,305,780,629	$5,109,587,050
2001	$25,601,823,688	$5,351,752,034
2002	$27,137,440,786	$5,223,727,303
2003	$21,403,167,848	$5,322,228,351
2004	$22,322,387,382	$5,792,932,838
2005	$35,777,560,684	$6,321,324,279
2006	$37,879,830,084	$6,763,672,381
2007	$43,965,458,509	$7,423,375,015
2008	$48,091,433,554	$8,496,967,597
2009	$48,223,781,477	$8,298,702,489
2010	$53,801,053,353	$8,758,602,233
2011	$57,948,261,616	$9,774,329,333
2012	$60,561,635,556	$10,532,017,232
2013	$62,555,417,415	$10,982,988,249
2014	$67,014,329,100	$11,880,438,824
2015	$70,966,782,572	$12,756,696,261
2016	$75,552,902,636	$13,286,093,388
2017	$79,070,274,743	$13,785,893,007
2018	$84,994,732,049	$13,025,221,974
2019	$89,146,130,745	$12,699,023,614
2020	$78,546,672,407	$12,726,422,432
2021	$94,850,719,517	$14,209,020,362
2022	$113,478,087,135	$15,634,572,502
2023	$120,456,239,154	$17,805,842,284
2024	$124,282,245,639	$19,693,982,968

Dominican Republic and Nicaragua economies compared

GDP per capita

Dominican Republic

Nicaragua

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Dominican Republic	Nicaragua
1960	$205.7	$127.5
1961	$193.9	$132.9
1962	$236.8	$142.3
1963	$262.2	$152.5
1964	$277.3	$172.7
1965	$233.2	$272.3
1966	$250.9	$284
1967	$256.2	$297.9
1968	$259.6	$304
1969	$287.7	$319
1970	$338	$321
1971	$368	$331
1972	$427	$341
1973	$490	$413
1974	$595	$557
1975	$713	$561
1976	$763	$633
1977	$863	$744
1978	$868	$691
1979	$984	$495
1980	$1,180	$659
1981	$1,288	$740
1982	$1,376	$714
1983	$1,500	$780
1984	$1,844	$861
1985	$784	$724
1986	$932	$761
1987	$868	$992
1988	$784	$662
1989	$955	$249.2
1990	$989	$242.5
1991	$1,346	$350
1992	$1,558	$411
1993	$1,722	$394
1994	$1,892	$849
1995	$2,109	$892
1996	$2,271	$911
1997	$2,449	$913
1998	$2,608	$949
1999	$2,621	$980
2000	$2,831	$1,017
2001	$2,936	$1,052
2002	$3,066	$1,014
2003	$2,383	$1,021
2004	$2,452	$1,099
2005	$3,878	$1,183
2006	$4,055	$1,248
2007	$4,650	$1,350
2008	$5,024	$1,524
2009	$4,974	$1,467
2010	$5,479	$1,527
2011	$5,827	$1,680
2012	$6,014	$1,785
2013	$6,137	$1,835
2014	$6,496	$1,958
2015	$6,801	$2,074
2016	$7,160	$2,132
2017	$7,413	$2,183
2018	$7,883	$2,035
2019	$8,183	$1,959
2020	$7,135	$1,938
2021	$8,527	$2,138
2022	$10,104	$2,323
2023	$10,630	$2,609
2024	$10,876	$2,848

Dominican Republic vs. Nicaragua life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Dominican Republic

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Dominican Republic	Nicaragua
1950	44.1	40.6
1951	44.8	40.8
1952	45.6	41.9
1953	46.3	42.4
1954	47.1	43.1
1955	47.9	43.7
1956	48.7	44.3
1957	49.5	44.9
1958	50.2	45.5
1959	51	46.1
1960	51.7	46.4
1961	52.4	47.3
1962	53.2	48
1963	53.8	48.8
1964	54.7	49.6
1965	52.8	50.6
1966	56	51.6
1967	56.6	52.3
1968	57.3	52.9
1969	57.9	53.4
1970	58.5	53.8
1971	59.1	54.2
1972	59.7	48
1973	60.2	55
1974	60.8	55.4
1975	61.3	55.8
1976	61.7	56.1
1977	62.2	56.1
1978	62.6	53.5
1979	62.4	50.8
1980	63.4	58
1981	63.8	58.3
1982	64.2	58.7
1983	64.6	56.9
1984	65.1	56.1
1985	65.6	56.4
1986	66.1	57.6
1987	66.5	57.3
1988	66.9	59.8
1989	67.3	61.9
1990	67.7	62.5
1991	68.2	63.3
1992	68.5	63.7
1993	68.9	64.1
1994	69.2	64.5
1995	69.4	64.9
1996	69.6	65.2
1997	69.8	65.5
1998	69.9	64.1
1999	70.2	65.9
2000	70.4	66.4
2001	70.6	67
2002	70.7	68
2003	70.9	68.7
2004	70.7	69.5
2005	71	70.4
2006	71.1	71
2007	71.1	71.2
2008	71.3	71.4
2009	71.6	71.5
2010	72	71.8
2011	72.5	72
2012	72.8	72.4
2013	73	72.6
2014	73.1	72.8
2015	73	72.9
2016	72.9	73.2
2017	73.4	73.4
2018	73.6	73.9
2019	73.1	73.8
2020	72.6	70.8
2021	71.8	70.5
2022	74.2	74.5
2023	73.7	74.9
2024	73.9	75.1
2025	74	75.3

Dominican Republic and Nicaragua population clocks and comparison

Population

Dominican Republic

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Population
	Dominican Republic	Nicaragua
1960	3,268,336	1,782,370
1961	3,373,233	1,836,451
1962	3,479,936	1,892,320
1963	3,588,287	1,950,159
1964	3,698,559	2,010,176
1965	3,808,963	2,072,681
1966	3,921,847	2,137,820
1967	4,038,928	2,205,567
1968	4,157,189	2,275,836
1969	4,277,035	2,348,398
1970	4,399,290	2,423,065
1971	4,524,234	2,499,825
1972	4,651,883	2,573,578
1973	4,782,227	2,649,278
1974	4,914,197	2,732,075
1975	5,046,776	2,816,943
1976	5,180,404	2,903,851
1977	5,315,443	2,992,534
1978	5,451,882	3,080,314
1979	5,589,690	3,164,525
1980	5,729,037	3,252,403
1981	5,868,453	3,345,674
1982	6,007,114	3,438,745
1983	6,147,248	3,530,282
1984	6,289,040	3,619,104
1985	6,430,404	3,706,479
1986	6,571,208	3,794,157
1987	6,712,515	3,882,164
1988	6,855,734	3,972,320
1989	7,002,295	4,066,476
1990	7,151,166	4,162,559
1991	7,299,853	4,259,637
1992	7,447,474	4,357,026
1993	7,594,572	4,453,732
1994	7,741,694	4,549,316
1995	7,888,115	4,642,931
1996	8,032,894	4,729,974
1997	8,174,078	4,809,573
1998	8,310,362	4,883,655
1999	8,446,208	4,954,018
2000	8,584,190	5,022,633
2001	8,720,283	5,087,825
2002	8,852,235	5,149,909
2003	8,980,620	5,210,963
2004	9,104,892	5,272,912
2005	9,225,034	5,342,105
2006	9,341,183	5,418,855
2007	9,455,658	5,497,243
2008	9,573,130	5,576,593
2009	9,695,265	5,656,601
2010	9,820,175	5,737,450
2011	9,945,621	5,819,051
2012	10,070,411	5,901,287
2013	10,193,833	5,983,845
2014	10,315,528	6,066,492
2015	10,434,829	6,149,417
2016	10,551,430	6,232,666
2017	10,666,843	6,316,231
2018	10,782,053	6,400,080
2019	10,894,043	6,483,657
2020	11,008,300	6,565,267
2021	11,123,476	6,644,741
2022	11,230,734	6,730,654
2023	11,331,265	6,823,613
2024	11,427,557	6,916,140

Fertility rates in Dominican Republic and Nicaragua

Fertility rate

Dominican Republic

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Dominican Republic	Nicaragua
1960	7.56	7.16
1961	7.49	7.11
1962	7.4	7.1
1963	7.3	7.08
1964	7.19	7.06
1965	7.05	7.03
1966	6.95	6.99
1967	6.76	6.94
1968	6.55	6.89
1969	6.37	6.83
1970	6.18	6.77
1971	6.01	6.71
1972	5.84	6.65
1973	5.67	6.59
1974	5.44	6.52
1975	5.24	6.45
1976	5.05	6.37
1977	4.84	6.28
1978	4.64	6.16
1979	4.47	6.07
1980	4.3	5.96
1981	4.15	5.84
1982	4.01	5.74
1983	3.95	5.61
1984	3.82	5.49
1985	3.69	5.36
1986	3.6	5.22
1987	3.53	5.07
1988	3.5	4.93
1989	3.48	4.76
1990	3.41	4.6
1991	3.35	4.43
1992	3.29	4.27
1993	3.23	4.1
1994	3.16	3.94
1995	3.1	3.78
1996	3.04	3.62
1997	2.92	3.47
1998	2.84	3.34
1999	2.85	3.22
2000	2.87	3.12
2001	2.83	3
2002	2.76	2.89
2003	2.7	2.83
2004	2.64	2.78
2005	2.57	2.77
2006	2.51	2.73
2007	2.51	2.7
2008	2.55	2.66
2009	2.57	2.63
2010	2.56	2.6
2011	2.53	2.56
2012	2.5	2.53
2013	2.47	2.49
2014	2.45	2.46
2015	2.43	2.43
2016	2.41	2.41
2017	2.4	2.38
2018	2.4	2.35
2019	2.37	2.32
2020	2.33	2.3
2021	2.29	2.27
2022	2.27	2.24
2023	2.24	2.22

Dominican Republic and Nicaragua demographics compared

Median age

Dominican Republic

Nicaragua

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Dominican Republic	Nicaragua
1960	15.7	16.2
1961	15.6	16.1
1962	15.5	16
1963	15.4	15.9
1964	15.3	15.9
1965	15.3	15.9
1966	15.3	16
1967	15.4	16
1968	15.5	16
1969	15.6	16.1
1970	15.8	16.1
1971	16	16.1
1972	16.2	16.2
1973	16.4	16.2
1974	16.5	16.2
1975	16.8	16.2
1976	17	16.2
1977	17.2	16.2
1978	17.4	16.2
1979	17.6	16.2
1980	17.8	16.2
1981	18	16.2
1982	18.3	16.2
1983	18.5	16.3
1984	18.7	16.3
1985	18.9	16.3
1986	19.1	16.3
1987	19.3	16.4
1988	19.5	16.4
1989	19.7	16.5
1990	19.9	16.7
1991	20.1	16.8
1992	20.3	17
1993	20.5	17.2
1994	20.7	17.4
1995	20.9	17.6
1996	21.1	17.9
1997	21.4	18.1
1998	21.6	18.4
1999	21.9	18.8
2000	22.1	19.1
2001	22.4	19.4
2002	22.6	19.7
2003	22.9	20.1
2004	23.1	20.4
2005	23.4	20.8
2006	23.7	21.1
2007	24	21.4
2008	24.2	21.7
2009	24.5	22
2010	24.7	22.2
2011	25	22.5
2012	25.3	22.8
2013	25.6	23.1
2014	25.9	23.4
2015	26.2	23.7
2016	26.5	24
2017	26.8	24.3
2018	27.1	24.7
2019	27.4	25
2020	27.7	25.3
2021	28	25.6
2022	28.3	25.9
2023	28.7	26.3
2024	29	26.6

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