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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	DR Congo	Dominican Republic	DR Congo
1960	3,268,336	15,264,846	-	-
1961	3,373,233	15,662,374	3.21%	2.6%
1962	3,479,936	16,075,724	3.16%	2.64%
1963	3,588,287	16,507,599	3.11%	2.69%
1964	3,698,559	16,955,327	3.07%	2.71%
1965	3,808,963	17,427,802	2.99%	2.79%
1966	3,921,847	17,931,929	2.96%	2.89%
1967	4,038,928	18,462,782	2.99%	2.96%
1968	4,157,189	19,012,189	2.93%	2.98%
1969	4,277,035	19,570,445	2.88%	2.94%
1970	4,399,290	20,137,436	2.86%	2.9%
1971	4,524,234	20,695,569	2.84%	2.77%
1972	4,651,883	21,251,160	2.82%	2.68%
1973	4,782,227	21,827,665	2.8%	2.71%
1974	4,914,197	22,418,878	2.76%	2.71%
1975	5,046,776	23,021,101	2.7%	2.69%
1976	5,180,404	23,624,031	2.65%	2.62%
1977	5,315,443	24,229,061	2.61%	2.56%
1978	5,451,882	24,992,689	2.57%	3.15%
1979	5,589,690	25,886,782	2.53%	3.58%
1980	5,729,037	26,711,099	2.49%	3.18%
1981	5,868,453	27,500,515	2.43%	2.96%
1982	6,007,114	28,338,190	2.36%	3.05%
1983	6,147,248	29,250,963	2.33%	3.22%
1984	6,289,040	30,245,081	2.31%	3.4%
1985	6,430,404	31,264,816	2.25%	3.37%
1986	6,571,208	32,265,196	2.19%	3.2%
1987	6,712,515	33,298,904	2.15%	3.2%
1988	6,855,734	34,382,752	2.13%	3.25%
1989	7,002,295	35,486,866	2.14%	3.21%
1990	7,151,166	36,684,063	2.13%	3.37%
1991	7,299,853	37,925,817	2.08%	3.38%
1992	7,447,474	39,228,910	2.02%	3.44%
1993	7,594,572	40,656,336	1.98%	3.64%
1994	7,741,694	42,626,876	1.94%	4.85%
1995	7,888,115	44,433,704	1.89%	4.24%
1996	8,032,894	45,296,124	1.84%	1.94%
1997	8,174,078	46,029,902	1.76%	1.62%
1998	8,310,362	47,297,600	1.67%	2.75%
1999	8,446,208	48,912,971	1.63%	3.42%
2000	8,584,190	50,507,442	1.63%	3.26%
2001	8,720,283	52,132,646	1.59%	3.22%
2002	8,852,235	53,750,524	1.51%	3.1%
2003	8,980,620	55,343,867	1.45%	2.96%
2004	9,104,892	56,997,741	1.38%	2.99%
2005	9,225,034	58,775,724	1.32%	3.12%
2006	9,341,183	60,615,908	1.26%	3.13%
2007	9,455,658	62,477,752	1.23%	3.07%
2008	9,573,130	64,390,664	1.24%	3.06%
2009	9,695,265	66,412,044	1.28%	3.14%
2010	9,820,175	68,563,038	1.29%	3.24%
2011	9,945,621	70,849,311	1.28%	3.33%
2012	10,070,411	73,254,618	1.25%	3.39%
2013	10,193,833	75,789,395	1.23%	3.46%
2014	10,315,528	78,403,242	1.19%	3.45%
2015	10,434,829	81,035,531	1.16%	3.36%
2016	10,551,430	83,956,415	1.12%	3.6%
2017	10,666,843	87,083,398	1.09%	3.72%
2018	10,782,053	90,047,644	1.08%	3.4%
2019	10,894,043	92,947,442	1.04%	3.22%
2020	11,008,300	95,989,998	1.05%	3.27%
2021	11,123,476	99,148,932	1.05%	3.29%
2022	11,230,734	102,396,968	0.96%	3.28%
2023	11,331,265	105,789,731	0.9%	3.31%
2024	11,427,557	109,276,265	0.85%	3.3%
2025	11,520,480	112,832,475	0.81%	3.25%
2026	11,609,496	116,452,162	0.77%	3.21%
2027	11,695,935	120,129,744	0.74%	3.16%
2028	11,779,929	123,871,555	0.72%	3.11%
2029	11,860,814	127,674,141	0.69%	3.07%
2030	11,938,853	131,532,201	0.66%	3.02%
2031	12,014,148	135,447,495	0.63%	2.98%
2032	12,086,669	139,408,613	0.6%	2.92%
2033	12,156,523	143,414,031	0.58%	2.87%
2034	12,224,121	147,468,142	0.56%	2.83%
2035	12,289,431	151,560,102	0.53%	2.77%
2036	12,352,228	155,689,453	0.51%	2.72%
2037	12,412,542	159,848,574	0.49%	2.67%
2038	12,470,656	164,045,610	0.47%	2.63%
2039	12,526,156	168,296,695	0.45%	2.59%
2040	12,579,320	172,595,578	0.42%	2.55%
2041	12,630,679	176,946,261	0.41%	2.52%
2042	12,680,019	181,350,407	0.39%	2.49%
2043	12,727,289	185,805,168	0.37%	2.46%
2044	12,772,651	190,312,004	0.36%	2.43%
2045	12,816,003	194,865,386	0.34%	2.39%
2046	12,856,883	199,464,487	0.32%	2.36%
2047	12,895,158	204,105,925	0.3%	2.33%
2048	12,931,165	208,783,692	0.28%	2.29%
2049	12,964,841	213,497,692	0.26%	2.26%
2050	12,996,290	218,246,073	0.24%	2.22%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while the DR Congo gained 22,259,807 people (a 37.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while the DR Congo's population increased by 34,704,561 (a 42.8% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. The DR Congo was ranked 22nd in 2005 and ranked 15th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Dominican Republic's population will grow by 12.1% to 12,996,290 people with a rank change from 84th to 90th. The population of the DR Congo will increase by 88.6% to 218,246,073 people and rank change from 15th to 8th.