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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominica	Dominican Republic	Dominica	Dominican Republic
1960	59,372	3,268,336	-	-
1961	60,209	3,373,233	1.41%	3.21%
1962	60,948	3,479,936	1.23%	3.16%
1963	61,739	3,588,287	1.3%	3.11%
1964	62,587	3,698,559	1.37%	3.07%
1965	63,505	3,808,963	1.47%	2.99%
1966	64,507	3,921,847	1.58%	2.96%
1967	65,585	4,038,928	1.67%	2.99%
1968	66,732	4,157,189	1.75%	2.93%
1969	67,934	4,277,035	1.8%	2.88%
1970	68,908	4,399,290	1.43%	2.86%
1971	69,532	4,524,234	0.91%	2.84%
1972	70,060	4,651,883	0.76%	2.82%
1973	70,585	4,782,227	0.75%	2.8%
1974	71,091	4,914,197	0.72%	2.76%
1975	71,570	5,046,776	0.67%	2.7%
1976	72,017	5,180,404	0.62%	2.65%
1977	72,406	5,315,443	0.54%	2.61%
1978	72,724	5,451,882	0.44%	2.57%
1979	72,959	5,589,690	0.32%	2.53%
1980	73,083	5,729,037	0.17%	2.49%
1981	72,986	5,868,453	-0.13%	2.43%
1982	72,688	6,007,114	-0.41%	2.36%
1983	72,365	6,147,248	-0.44%	2.33%
1984	72,056	6,289,040	-0.43%	2.31%
1985	71,744	6,430,404	-0.43%	2.25%
1986	71,406	6,571,208	-0.47%	2.19%
1987	71,023	6,712,515	-0.54%	2.15%
1988	70,608	6,855,734	-0.58%	2.13%
1989	70,153	7,002,295	-0.64%	2.14%
1990	69,627	7,151,166	-0.75%	2.13%
1991	69,296	7,299,853	-0.48%	2.08%
1992	69,325	7,447,474	0.04%	2.02%
1993	69,433	7,594,572	0.16%	1.98%
1994	69,477	7,741,694	0.06%	1.94%
1995	69,469	7,888,115	-0.01%	1.89%
1996	69,410	8,032,894	-0.08%	1.84%
1997	69,299	8,174,078	-0.16%	1.76%
1998	69,124	8,310,362	-0.25%	1.67%
1999	68,870	8,446,208	-0.37%	1.63%
2000	68,511	8,584,190	-0.52%	1.63%
2001	68,288	8,720,283	-0.33%	1.59%
2002	68,367	8,852,235	0.12%	1.51%
2003	68,531	8,980,620	0.24%	1.45%
2004	68,649	9,104,892	0.17%	1.38%
2005	68,734	9,225,034	0.12%	1.32%
2006	68,806	9,341,183	0.1%	1.26%
2007	68,847	9,455,658	0.06%	1.23%
2008	68,854	9,573,130	0.01%	1.24%
2009	68,864	9,695,265	0.01%	1.28%
2010	68,859	9,820,175	-0.007%	1.29%
2011	69,053	9,945,621	0.28%	1.28%
2012	69,118	10,070,411	0.09%	1.25%
2013	69,715	10,193,833	0.86%	1.23%
2014	70,373	10,315,528	0.94%	1.19%
2015	70,410	10,434,829	0.05%	1.16%
2016	69,606	10,551,430	-1.14%	1.12%
2017	68,496	10,666,843	-1.59%	1.09%
2018	68,174	10,782,053	-0.47%	1.08%
2019	67,880	10,894,043	-0.43%	1.04%
2020	67,573	11,008,300	-0.45%	1.05%
2021	67,202	11,123,476	-0.55%	1.05%
2022	66,826	11,230,734	-0.56%	0.96%
2023	66,510	11,331,265	-0.47%	0.9%
2024	66,205	11,427,557	-0.46%	0.85%
2025	65,870	11,520,480	-0.51%	0.81%
2026	65,508	11,609,496	-0.55%	0.77%
2027	65,160	11,695,935	-0.53%	0.74%
2028	64,808	11,779,929	-0.54%	0.72%
2029	64,475	11,860,814	-0.51%	0.69%
2030	64,169	11,938,853	-0.47%	0.66%
2031	63,949	12,014,148	-0.34%	0.63%
2032	63,825	12,086,669	-0.19%	0.6%
2033	63,775	12,156,523	-0.08%	0.58%
2034	63,756	12,224,121	-0.03%	0.56%
2035	63,764	12,289,431	0.01%	0.53%
2036	63,757	12,352,228	-0.01%	0.51%
2037	63,770	12,412,542	0.02%	0.49%
2038	63,784	12,470,656	0.02%	0.47%
2039	63,792	12,526,156	0.01%	0.45%
2040	63,798	12,579,320	0.009%	0.42%
2041	63,804	12,630,679	0.009%	0.41%
2042	63,778	12,680,019	-0.04%	0.39%
2043	63,731	12,727,289	-0.07%	0.37%
2044	63,677	12,772,651	-0.08%	0.36%
2045	63,630	12,816,003	-0.07%	0.34%
2046	63,575	12,856,883	-0.09%	0.32%
2047	63,501	12,895,158	-0.12%	0.3%
2048	63,411	12,931,165	-0.14%	0.28%
2049	63,303	12,964,841	-0.17%	0.26%
2050	63,191	12,996,290	-0.18%	0.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Dominica increased by 1,676 people (a 2.44% growth), while the Dominican Republic gained 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Dominica lost -4,540 (a 6.45% decline), while the Dominican Republic's population increased by 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth).

Dominica was ranked 187th most populous country in 2005 and is 188th 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) Dominica's population will shrink by 4.07% to 63,191 people and will still be ranked 188th. The population of the Dominican Republic will increase by 12.1% to 12,996,290 people and rank change from 84th to 90th.