The latest officially reported population of Dominica was 66,205 in 2024 vs 5,380,257 people in Ireland in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Dominica's population is 65,870 people compared to 5,474,763 in Ireland.
Population statistics:
- Ireland's population is 83.1 times bigger than Dominica's.
- Dominica is ranked the 188th most populous country in the world, while Ireland is the 121st.
- The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.0008% for Dominica vs 0.07% for Ireland.
- For the last 10 years, Dominica has had an average growth rate of -0.47% per year vs +1.39% in Ireland.
- Since 2005, the population of Dominica has decreased from 68.7K people to 65.9K (4.17% decline), while Ireland has grown from 4.16M to 5.47M (31.6% growth).
- Ireland is projected to reach its peak in 2053 at 6.12M people, while Dominica's population already peaked in 1980 at 73.1K people and is projected to decrease to 49.1K people by 2100.
Dominica vs Ireland: live population counter
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| Current population |
65870
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5474763
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| Population rank | 188/197 | 121/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0008% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
1.2 days
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7.23 minutes
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| One birth every |
11.9 hours
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9.61 minutes
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| One death every |
10.3 hours
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15 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.82 days
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13.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -200 | +39,059 |
| Daily growth/decline | -1 | +199 |
| Annual growth/decline | -305 | +72,657 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -0.46% | +1.37% |
| Population growth rate rank | 183/197 | 78/197 |
Dominica and Ireland: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 59,372 | 2,828,600 | - | - |
| 1961 | 60,209 | 2,824,400 | 1.41% | -0.15% |
| 1962 | 60,948 | 2,836,050 | 1.23% | 0.41% |
| 1963 | 61,739 | 2,852,650 | 1.3% | 0.59% |
| 1964 | 62,587 | 2,866,550 | 1.37% | 0.49% |
| 1965 | 63,505 | 2,877,300 | 1.47% | 0.38% |
| 1966 | 64,507 | 2,888,800 | 1.58% | 0.4% |
| 1967 | 65,585 | 2,902,450 | 1.67% | 0.47% |
| 1968 | 66,732 | 2,915,550 | 1.75% | 0.45% |
| 1969 | 67,934 | 2,932,650 | 1.8% | 0.59% |
| 1970 | 68,908 | 2,957,250 | 1.43% | 0.84% |
| 1971 | 69,532 | 2,992,050 | 0.91% | 1.18% |
| 1972 | 70,060 | 3,036,850 | 0.76% | 1.5% |
| 1973 | 70,585 | 3,085,950 | 0.75% | 1.62% |
| 1974 | 71,091 | 3,137,500 | 0.72% | 1.67% |
| 1975 | 71,570 | 3,189,550 | 0.67% | 1.66% |
| 1976 | 72,017 | 3,238,050 | 0.62% | 1.52% |
| 1977 | 72,406 | 3,282,200 | 0.54% | 1.36% |
| 1978 | 72,724 | 3,329,100 | 0.44% | 1.43% |
| 1979 | 72,959 | 3,373,750 | 0.32% | 1.34% |
| 1980 | 73,083 | 3,412,800 | 0.17% | 1.16% |
| 1981 | 72,986 | 3,453,000 | -0.13% | 1.18% |
| 1982 | 72,688 | 3,485,800 | -0.41% | 0.95% |
| 1983 | 72,365 | 3,510,600 | -0.44% | 0.71% |
| 1984 | 72,056 | 3,532,423 | -0.43% | 0.62% |
| 1985 | 71,744 | 3,538,082 | -0.43% | 0.16% |
| 1986 | 71,406 | 3,539,690 | -0.47% | 0.05% |
| 1987 | 71,023 | 3,540,057 | -0.54% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 70,608 | 3,524,949 | -0.58% | -0.43% |
| 1989 | 70,153 | 3,511,009 | -0.64% | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 69,627 | 3,513,974 | -0.75% | 0.08% |
| 1991 | 69,296 | 3,534,235 | -0.48% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 69,325 | 3,558,430 | 0.04% | 0.68% |
| 1993 | 69,433 | 3,576,261 | 0.16% | 0.5% |
| 1994 | 69,477 | 3,590,386 | 0.06% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 69,469 | 3,608,841 | -0.01% | 0.51% |
| 1996 | 69,410 | 3,637,510 | -0.08% | 0.79% |
| 1997 | 69,299 | 3,674,171 | -0.16% | 1.01% |
| 1998 | 69,124 | 3,712,696 | -0.25% | 1.05% |
| 1999 | 68,870 | 3,754,786 | -0.37% | 1.13% |
| 2000 | 68,511 | 3,805,174 | -0.52% | 1.34% |
| 2001 | 68,288 | 3,866,243 | -0.33% | 1.6% |
| 2002 | 68,367 | 3,931,947 | 0.12% | 1.7% |
| 2003 | 68,531 | 3,996,521 | 0.24% | 1.64% |
| 2004 | 68,649 | 4,070,262 | 0.17% | 1.85% |
| 2005 | 68,734 | 4,159,914 | 0.12% | 2.2% |
| 2006 | 68,806 | 4,273,591 | 0.1% | 2.73% |
| 2007 | 68,847 | 4,398,942 | 0.06% | 2.93% |
| 2008 | 68,854 | 4,489,544 | 0.01% | 2.06% |
| 2009 | 68,864 | 4,535,375 | 0.01% | 1.02% |
| 2010 | 68,859 | 4,560,155 | -0.007% | 0.55% |
| 2011 | 69,053 | 4,580,084 | 0.28% | 0.44% |
| 2012 | 69,118 | 4,599,533 | 0.09% | 0.42% |
| 2013 | 69,715 | 4,623,816 | 0.86% | 0.53% |
| 2014 | 70,373 | 4,657,740 | 0.94% | 0.73% |
| 2015 | 70,410 | 4,701,957 | 0.05% | 0.95% |
| 2016 | 69,606 | 4,762,722 | -1.14% | 1.29% |
| 2017 | 68,496 | 4,827,445 | -1.59% | 1.36% |
| 2018 | 68,174 | 4,898,022 | -0.47% | 1.46% |
| 2019 | 67,880 | 4,976,456 | -0.43% | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 67,573 | 5,039,747 | -0.45% | 1.27% |
| 2021 | 67,202 | 5,110,585 | -0.55% | 1.41% |
| 2022 | 66,826 | 5,212,836 | -0.56% | 2% |
| 2023 | 66,510 | 5,307,600 | -0.47% | 1.82% |
| 2024 | 66,205 | 5,380,257 | -0.46% | 1.37% |
| 2025 | 65,870 | 5,434,538 | -0.51% | 1.01% |
| 2026 | 65,508 | 5,484,615 | -0.55% | 0.92% |
| 2027 | 65,160 | 5,531,657 | -0.53% | 0.86% |
| 2028 | 64,808 | 5,576,425 | -0.54% | 0.81% |
| 2029 | 64,475 | 5,618,258 | -0.51% | 0.75% |
| 2030 | 64,169 | 5,656,768 | -0.47% | 0.69% |
| 2031 | 63,949 | 5,693,185 | -0.34% | 0.64% |
| 2032 | 63,825 | 5,728,435 | -0.19% | 0.62% |
| 2033 | 63,775 | 5,761,833 | -0.08% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 63,756 | 5,793,145 | -0.03% | 0.54% |
| 2035 | 63,764 | 5,822,398 | 0.01% | 0.5% |
| 2036 | 63,757 | 5,850,388 | -0.01% | 0.48% |
| 2037 | 63,770 | 5,878,309 | 0.02% | 0.48% |
| 2038 | 63,784 | 5,905,728 | 0.02% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 63,792 | 5,931,438 | 0.01% | 0.44% |
| 2040 | 63,798 | 5,956,212 | 0.009% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 63,804 | 5,980,704 | 0.009% | 0.41% |
| 2042 | 63,778 | 6,002,968 | -0.04% | 0.37% |
| 2043 | 63,731 | 6,022,662 | -0.07% | 0.33% |
| 2044 | 63,677 | 6,041,053 | -0.08% | 0.31% |
| 2045 | 63,630 | 6,057,952 | -0.07% | 0.28% |
| 2046 | 63,575 | 6,072,174 | -0.09% | 0.23% |
| 2047 | 63,501 | 6,084,484 | -0.12% | 0.2% |
| 2048 | 63,411 | 6,096,077 | -0.14% | 0.19% |
| 2049 | 63,303 | 6,105,740 | -0.17% | 0.16% |
| 2050 | 63,191 | 6,112,322 | -0.18% | 0.11% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Dominica increased by 1,676 people (a 2.44% growth), while Ireland gained 542,043 people (a 13% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Dominica lost -4,540 (a 6.45% decline), while Ireland's population increased by 772,806 (a 16.4% growth).
Dominica was ranked 187th most populous country in 2005 and is 188th in 2025. Ireland was ranked 121st in 2005 and still ranked 121st 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 Ireland will increase by 11.6% to 6,112,322 people and rank change from 121st to 120th.
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Population differences between Dominica and Ireland
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| Life expectancy | 71.5 years | 82.7 years |
| Average age | 38.2 years | 39.4 years |
| Median age | 37 years | 39.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50:50 | 49.5:50.5 |
| Fertility rate | 1.48 births per woman | 1.5 births per woman |
| Population density | 228.6 ppl/mi² | 202.3 ppl/mi² |
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