Population in the Bahamas compared to the Dominican Republic: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Bahamas and the Dominican Republic: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Bahamas	Dominican Republic	Bahamas	Dominican Republic
1960	116,317	3,268,336	-	-
1961	122,197	3,373,233	5.06%	3.21%
1962	128,493	3,479,936	5.15%	3.16%
1963	135,087	3,588,287	5.13%	3.11%
1964	141,528	3,698,559	4.77%	3.07%
1965	147,952	3,808,963	4.54%	2.99%
1966	154,874	3,921,847	4.68%	2.96%
1967	162,267	4,038,928	4.77%	2.99%
1968	170,089	4,157,189	4.82%	2.93%
1969	177,981	4,277,035	4.64%	2.88%
1970	184,982	4,399,290	3.93%	2.86%
1971	190,857	4,524,234	3.18%	2.84%
1972	196,055	4,651,883	2.72%	2.82%
1973	200,791	4,782,227	2.42%	2.8%
1974	205,342	4,914,197	2.27%	2.76%
1975	209,886	5,046,776	2.21%	2.7%
1976	214,501	5,180,404	2.2%	2.65%
1977	219,157	5,315,443	2.17%	2.61%
1978	223,761	5,451,882	2.1%	2.57%
1979	228,230	5,589,690	2%	2.53%
1980	232,526	5,729,037	1.88%	2.49%
1981	236,614	5,868,453	1.76%	2.43%
1982	240,614	6,007,114	1.69%	2.36%
1983	244,698	6,147,248	1.7%	2.33%
1984	248,863	6,289,040	1.7%	2.31%
1985	253,154	6,430,404	1.72%	2.25%
1986	257,536	6,571,208	1.73%	2.19%
1987	261,935	6,712,515	1.71%	2.15%
1988	266,448	6,855,734	1.72%	2.13%
1989	271,178	7,002,295	1.78%	2.14%
1990	275,945	7,151,166	1.76%	2.13%
1991	280,731	7,299,853	1.73%	2.08%
1992	285,927	7,447,474	1.85%	2.02%
1993	291,339	7,594,572	1.89%	1.98%
1994	296,509	7,741,694	1.77%	1.94%
1995	301,461	7,888,115	1.67%	1.89%
1996	306,268	8,032,894	1.59%	1.84%
1997	310,904	8,174,078	1.51%	1.76%
1998	315,368	8,310,362	1.44%	1.67%
1999	319,614	8,446,208	1.35%	1.63%
2000	323,835	8,584,190	1.32%	1.63%
2001	327,836	8,720,283	1.24%	1.59%
2002	331,614	8,852,235	1.15%	1.51%
2003	335,618	8,980,620	1.21%	1.45%
2004	339,782	9,104,892	1.24%	1.38%
2005	343,894	9,225,034	1.21%	1.32%
2006	348,375	9,341,183	1.3%	1.26%
2007	353,334	9,455,658	1.42%	1.23%
2008	358,120	9,573,130	1.35%	1.24%
2009	362,810	9,695,265	1.31%	1.28%
2010	367,478	9,820,175	1.29%	1.29%
2011	371,729	9,945,621	1.16%	1.28%
2012	375,469	10,070,411	1.01%	1.25%
2013	378,953	10,193,833	0.93%	1.23%
2014	382,298	10,315,528	0.88%	1.19%
2015	385,346	10,434,829	0.8%	1.16%
2016	388,055	10,551,430	0.7%	1.12%
2017	390,485	10,666,843	0.63%	1.09%
2018	392,717	10,782,053	0.57%	1.08%
2019	394,675	10,894,043	0.5%	1.04%
2020	395,863	11,008,300	0.3%	1.05%
2021	396,373	11,123,476	0.13%	1.05%
2022	397,538	11,230,734	0.29%	0.96%
2023	399,440	11,331,265	0.48%	0.9%
2024	401,283	11,427,557	0.46%	0.85%
2025	403,042	11,520,480	0.44%	0.81%
2026	404,635	11,609,496	0.4%	0.77%
2027	406,126	11,695,935	0.37%	0.74%
2028	407,560	11,779,929	0.35%	0.72%
2029	408,950	11,860,814	0.34%	0.69%
2030	410,269	11,938,853	0.32%	0.66%
2031	411,543	12,014,148	0.31%	0.63%
2032	412,724	12,086,669	0.29%	0.6%
2033	413,846	12,156,523	0.27%	0.58%
2034	414,942	12,224,121	0.26%	0.56%
2035	415,982	12,289,431	0.25%	0.53%
2036	416,939	12,352,228	0.23%	0.51%
2037	417,847	12,412,542	0.22%	0.49%
2038	418,753	12,470,656	0.22%	0.47%
2039	419,595	12,526,156	0.2%	0.45%
2040	420,348	12,579,320	0.18%	0.42%
2041	421,079	12,630,679	0.17%	0.41%
2042	421,746	12,680,019	0.16%	0.39%
2043	422,343	12,727,289	0.14%	0.37%
2044	422,831	12,772,651	0.12%	0.36%
2045	423,269	12,816,003	0.1%	0.34%
2046	423,679	12,856,883	0.1%	0.32%
2047	423,952	12,895,158	0.06%	0.3%
2048	424,123	12,931,165	0.04%	0.28%
2049	424,251	12,964,841	0.03%	0.26%
2050	424,273	12,996,290	0.005%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Bahamas increased by 41,452 people (a 12.1% growth), while the Dominican Republic gained 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Bahamas gained 18,975 (a 4.92% growth), while the Dominican Republic's population increased by 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth).

The Bahamas was ranked 170th most populous country in 2005 and is 173rd in 2025. The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th in 2005 and ranked 84th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Bahamas' population will grow by 4.93% to 424,273 people with a rank change from 173rd to 174th. The population of the Dominican Republic will increase by 12.1% to 12,996,290 people and rank change from 84th to 90th.