Population in Dominica compared to the DR Congo: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Dominica and the DR Congo: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominica	DR Congo	Dominica	DR Congo
1960	59,372	15,264,846	-	-
1961	60,209	15,662,374	1.41%	2.6%
1962	60,948	16,075,724	1.23%	2.64%
1963	61,739	16,507,599	1.3%	2.69%
1964	62,587	16,955,327	1.37%	2.71%
1965	63,505	17,427,802	1.47%	2.79%
1966	64,507	17,931,929	1.58%	2.89%
1967	65,585	18,462,782	1.67%	2.96%
1968	66,732	19,012,189	1.75%	2.98%
1969	67,934	19,570,445	1.8%	2.94%
1970	68,908	20,137,436	1.43%	2.9%
1971	69,532	20,695,569	0.91%	2.77%
1972	70,060	21,251,160	0.76%	2.68%
1973	70,585	21,827,665	0.75%	2.71%
1974	71,091	22,418,878	0.72%	2.71%
1975	71,570	23,021,101	0.67%	2.69%
1976	72,017	23,624,031	0.62%	2.62%
1977	72,406	24,229,061	0.54%	2.56%
1978	72,724	24,992,689	0.44%	3.15%
1979	72,959	25,886,782	0.32%	3.58%
1980	73,083	26,711,099	0.17%	3.18%
1981	72,986	27,500,515	-0.13%	2.96%
1982	72,688	28,338,190	-0.41%	3.05%
1983	72,365	29,250,963	-0.44%	3.22%
1984	72,056	30,245,081	-0.43%	3.4%
1985	71,744	31,264,816	-0.43%	3.37%
1986	71,406	32,265,196	-0.47%	3.2%
1987	71,023	33,298,904	-0.54%	3.2%
1988	70,608	34,382,752	-0.58%	3.25%
1989	70,153	35,486,866	-0.64%	3.21%
1990	69,627	36,684,063	-0.75%	3.37%
1991	69,296	37,925,817	-0.48%	3.38%
1992	69,325	39,228,910	0.04%	3.44%
1993	69,433	40,656,336	0.16%	3.64%
1994	69,477	42,626,876	0.06%	4.85%
1995	69,469	44,433,704	-0.01%	4.24%
1996	69,410	45,296,124	-0.08%	1.94%
1997	69,299	46,029,902	-0.16%	1.62%
1998	69,124	47,297,600	-0.25%	2.75%
1999	68,870	48,912,971	-0.37%	3.42%
2000	68,511	50,507,442	-0.52%	3.26%
2001	68,288	52,132,646	-0.33%	3.22%
2002	68,367	53,750,524	0.12%	3.1%
2003	68,531	55,343,867	0.24%	2.96%
2004	68,649	56,997,741	0.17%	2.99%
2005	68,734	58,775,724	0.12%	3.12%
2006	68,806	60,615,908	0.1%	3.13%
2007	68,847	62,477,752	0.06%	3.07%
2008	68,854	64,390,664	0.01%	3.06%
2009	68,864	66,412,044	0.01%	3.14%
2010	68,859	68,563,038	-0.007%	3.24%
2011	69,053	70,849,311	0.28%	3.33%
2012	69,118	73,254,618	0.09%	3.39%
2013	69,715	75,789,395	0.86%	3.46%
2014	70,373	78,403,242	0.94%	3.45%
2015	70,410	81,035,531	0.05%	3.36%
2016	69,606	83,956,415	-1.14%	3.6%
2017	68,496	87,083,398	-1.59%	3.72%
2018	68,174	90,047,644	-0.47%	3.4%
2019	67,880	92,947,442	-0.43%	3.22%
2020	67,573	95,989,998	-0.45%	3.27%
2021	67,202	99,148,932	-0.55%	3.29%
2022	66,826	102,396,968	-0.56%	3.28%
2023	66,510	105,789,731	-0.47%	3.31%
2024	66,205	109,276,265	-0.46%	3.3%
2025	65,870	112,832,475	-0.51%	3.25%
2026	65,508	116,452,162	-0.55%	3.21%
2027	65,160	120,129,744	-0.53%	3.16%
2028	64,808	123,871,555	-0.54%	3.11%
2029	64,475	127,674,141	-0.51%	3.07%
2030	64,169	131,532,201	-0.47%	3.02%
2031	63,949	135,447,495	-0.34%	2.98%
2032	63,825	139,408,613	-0.19%	2.92%
2033	63,775	143,414,031	-0.08%	2.87%
2034	63,756	147,468,142	-0.03%	2.83%
2035	63,764	151,560,102	0.01%	2.77%
2036	63,757	155,689,453	-0.01%	2.72%
2037	63,770	159,848,574	0.02%	2.67%
2038	63,784	164,045,610	0.02%	2.63%
2039	63,792	168,296,695	0.01%	2.59%
2040	63,798	172,595,578	0.009%	2.55%
2041	63,804	176,946,261	0.009%	2.52%
2042	63,778	181,350,407	-0.04%	2.49%
2043	63,731	185,805,168	-0.07%	2.46%
2044	63,677	190,312,004	-0.08%	2.43%
2045	63,630	194,865,386	-0.07%	2.39%
2046	63,575	199,464,487	-0.09%	2.36%
2047	63,501	204,105,925	-0.12%	2.33%
2048	63,411	208,783,692	-0.14%	2.29%
2049	63,303	213,497,692	-0.17%	2.26%
2050	63,191	218,246,073	-0.18%	2.22%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Dominica increased by 800 people (a 1.16% growth), while the DR Congo gained 23,340,507 people (a 38.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Dominica lost -4,098 (a 5.89% decline), while the DR Congo's population increased by 32,535,939 (a 38.8% growth).

Dominica was ranked 187th most populous country in 2006 and is 188th in 2026. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2006 and ranked 15th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Dominica's population will shrink by 3.54% to 63,191 people and will still be ranked 188th. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 87.3% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.