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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	Haiti	Dominican Republic	Haiti
1960	3,268,336	3,858,443	-	-
1961	3,373,233	3,929,030	3.21%	1.83%
1962	3,479,936	4,001,575	3.16%	1.85%
1963	3,588,287	4,073,068	3.11%	1.79%
1964	3,698,559	4,146,244	3.07%	1.8%
1965	3,808,963	4,223,820	2.99%	1.87%
1966	3,921,847	4,302,639	2.96%	1.87%
1967	4,038,928	4,382,999	2.99%	1.87%
1968	4,157,189	4,465,328	2.93%	1.88%
1969	4,277,035	4,549,334	2.88%	1.88%
1970	4,399,290	4,635,124	2.86%	1.89%
1971	4,524,234	4,723,244	2.84%	1.9%
1972	4,651,883	4,813,868	2.82%	1.92%
1973	4,782,227	4,906,743	2.8%	1.93%
1974	4,914,197	5,001,796	2.76%	1.94%
1975	5,046,776	5,099,086	2.7%	1.95%
1976	5,180,404	5,198,357	2.65%	1.95%
1977	5,315,443	5,299,476	2.61%	1.95%
1978	5,451,882	5,402,580	2.57%	1.95%
1979	5,589,690	5,507,590	2.53%	1.94%
1980	5,729,037	5,614,493	2.49%	1.94%
1981	5,868,453	5,723,725	2.43%	1.95%
1982	6,007,114	5,835,937	2.36%	1.96%
1983	6,147,248	5,951,096	2.33%	1.97%
1984	6,289,040	6,069,230	2.31%	1.99%
1985	6,430,404	6,190,862	2.25%	2%
1986	6,571,208	6,316,122	2.19%	2.02%
1987	6,712,515	6,445,123	2.15%	2.04%
1988	6,855,734	6,578,145	2.13%	2.06%
1989	7,002,295	6,714,730	2.14%	2.08%
1990	7,151,166	6,854,441	2.13%	2.08%
1991	7,299,853	6,995,450	2.08%	2.06%
1992	7,447,474	7,136,571	2.02%	2.02%
1993	7,594,572	7,278,181	1.98%	1.98%
1994	7,741,694	7,419,771	1.94%	1.95%
1995	7,888,115	7,562,546	1.89%	1.92%
1996	8,032,894	7,707,557	1.84%	1.92%
1997	8,174,078	7,854,298	1.76%	1.9%
1998	8,310,362	8,002,143	1.67%	1.88%
1999	8,446,208	8,151,296	1.63%	1.86%
2000	8,584,190	8,303,151	1.63%	1.86%
2001	8,720,283	8,455,918	1.59%	1.84%
2002	8,852,235	8,607,641	1.51%	1.79%
2003	8,980,620	8,759,912	1.45%	1.77%
2004	9,104,892	8,910,263	1.38%	1.72%
2005	9,225,034	9,061,273	1.32%	1.69%
2006	9,341,183	9,216,562	1.26%	1.71%
2007	9,455,658	9,373,296	1.23%	1.7%
2008	9,573,130	9,530,774	1.24%	1.68%
2009	9,695,265	9,689,581	1.28%	1.67%
2010	9,820,175	9,803,294	1.29%	1.17%
2011	9,945,621	9,914,904	1.28%	1.14%
2012	10,070,411	10,069,771	1.25%	1.56%
2013	10,193,833	10,222,362	1.23%	1.52%
2014	10,315,528	10,373,235	1.19%	1.48%
2015	10,434,829	10,523,242	1.16%	1.45%
2016	10,551,430	10,671,457	1.12%	1.41%
2017	10,666,843	10,817,754	1.09%	1.37%
2018	10,782,053	10,962,362	1.08%	1.34%
2019	10,894,043	11,105,163	1.04%	1.3%
2020	11,008,300	11,243,848	1.05%	1.25%
2021	11,123,476	11,374,586	1.05%	1.16%
2022	11,230,734	11,503,606	0.96%	1.13%
2023	11,331,265	11,637,398	0.9%	1.16%
2024	11,427,557	11,772,557	0.85%	1.16%
2025	11,520,480	11,906,087	0.81%	1.13%
2026	11,609,496	12,037,509	0.77%	1.1%
2027	11,695,935	12,167,797	0.74%	1.08%
2028	11,779,929	12,297,290	0.72%	1.06%
2029	11,860,814	12,425,433	0.69%	1.04%
2030	11,938,853	12,552,354	0.66%	1.02%
2031	12,014,148	12,677,982	0.63%	1%
2032	12,086,669	12,802,212	0.6%	0.98%
2033	12,156,523	12,924,876	0.58%	0.96%
2034	12,224,121	13,045,805	0.56%	0.94%
2035	12,289,431	13,164,995	0.53%	0.91%
2036	12,352,228	13,282,403	0.51%	0.89%
2037	12,412,542	13,398,061	0.49%	0.87%
2038	12,470,656	13,512,123	0.47%	0.85%
2039	12,526,156	13,624,107	0.45%	0.83%
2040	12,579,320	13,733,836	0.42%	0.81%
2041	12,630,679	13,841,976	0.41%	0.79%
2042	12,680,019	13,948,319	0.39%	0.77%
2043	12,727,289	14,052,350	0.37%	0.75%
2044	12,772,651	14,153,885	0.36%	0.72%
2045	12,816,003	14,252,965	0.34%	0.7%
2046	12,856,883	14,349,599	0.32%	0.68%
2047	12,895,158	14,443,725	0.3%	0.66%
2048	12,931,165	14,535,445	0.28%	0.64%
2049	12,964,841	14,624,487	0.26%	0.61%
2050	12,996,290	14,710,863	0.24%	0.59%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,210,247 people (a 13% growth), while Haiti gained 1,454,895 people (a 15.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Dominican Republic gained 1,059,010 (a 10% growth), while Haiti's population increased by 1,367,475 (a 12.8% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2006 and is 84th in 2026. Haiti was ranked 87th in 2006 and ranked 82nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Dominican Republic's population will grow by 11.9% to 12,996,290 people with a rank change from 84th to 90th. The population of Haiti will increase by 22.2% to 14,710,863 people and rank change from 82nd to 87th.