The latest officially reported population of the Dominican Republic was 11,427,557 in 2024 vs 283,487,931 people in Indonesia in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Dominican Republic's population is 11,610,440 people compared to 287,909,726 in Indonesia.
Population statistics:
- Indonesia's population is 24.8 times bigger than the Dominican Republic's.
- The Dominican Republic is ranked the 84th most populous country in the world, while Indonesia is the 4th.
- The countries together account for 3.62% of the world: 0.14% for the Dominican Republic vs 3.48% for Indonesia.
- For the last 10 years, the Dominican Republic has had an average growth rate of +1.04% per year vs +0.94% in Indonesia.
- Since 2006, the population of the Dominican Republic has increased from 9.34M people to 11.6M (24.3% growth), while Indonesia has grown from 234M to 288M (23.1% growth).
- The Dominican Republic is projected to reach its peak in 2061 at 13.2M people compared to the peak of 323M people in 2058 for Indonesia.
Dominican Republic vs Indonesia: live population counter
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| Current population |
11610440
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287909726
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| Population rank | 84/197 | 4/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.14% | 3.48% |
| One net population change |
5.46 minutes
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13.7 seconds
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| One birth every |
2.59 minutes
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7.04 seconds
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| One death every |
7.42 minutes
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14.9 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
15.1 minutes
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13.7 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -34,806 | -38,469 |
| Daily growth/decline | +264 | +6,296 |
| Annual growth/decline | +96,292 | +2,297,864 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.85% | +0.82% |
| Population growth rate rank | 112/197 | 116/197 |
the Dominican Republic and Indonesia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,268,336 | 88,296,070 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,373,233 | 90,791,249 | 3.21% | 2.83% |
| 1962 | 3,479,936 | 93,375,850 | 3.16% | 2.85% |
| 1963 | 3,588,287 | 96,051,424 | 3.11% | 2.87% |
| 1964 | 3,698,559 | 98,833,749 | 3.07% | 2.9% |
| 1965 | 3,808,963 | 101,365,130 | 2.99% | 2.56% |
| 1966 | 3,921,847 | 103,792,754 | 2.96% | 2.39% |
| 1967 | 4,038,928 | 106,526,393 | 2.99% | 2.63% |
| 1968 | 4,157,189 | 109,450,006 | 2.93% | 2.74% |
| 1969 | 4,277,035 | 112,517,639 | 2.88% | 2.8% |
| 1970 | 4,399,290 | 115,657,495 | 2.86% | 2.79% |
| 1971 | 4,524,234 | 118,833,702 | 2.84% | 2.75% |
| 1972 | 4,651,883 | 122,039,841 | 2.82% | 2.7% |
| 1973 | 4,782,227 | 125,288,515 | 2.8% | 2.66% |
| 1974 | 4,914,197 | 128,555,045 | 2.76% | 2.61% |
| 1975 | 5,046,776 | 131,843,848 | 2.7% | 2.56% |
| 1976 | 5,180,404 | 135,173,655 | 2.65% | 2.53% |
| 1977 | 5,315,443 | 138,533,541 | 2.61% | 2.49% |
| 1978 | 5,451,882 | 141,953,163 | 2.57% | 2.47% |
| 1979 | 5,589,690 | 145,434,834 | 2.53% | 2.45% |
| 1980 | 5,729,037 | 148,950,540 | 2.49% | 2.42% |
| 1981 | 5,868,453 | 152,485,035 | 2.43% | 2.37% |
| 1982 | 6,007,114 | 156,052,152 | 2.36% | 2.34% |
| 1983 | 6,147,248 | 159,651,381 | 2.33% | 2.31% |
| 1984 | 6,289,040 | 163,251,124 | 2.31% | 2.25% |
| 1985 | 6,430,404 | 166,776,185 | 2.25% | 2.16% |
| 1986 | 6,571,208 | 170,175,065 | 2.19% | 2.04% |
| 1987 | 6,712,515 | 173,511,154 | 2.15% | 1.96% |
| 1988 | 6,855,734 | 176,855,065 | 2.13% | 1.93% |
| 1989 | 7,002,295 | 180,201,630 | 2.14% | 1.89% |
| 1990 | 7,151,166 | 183,501,098 | 2.13% | 1.83% |
| 1991 | 7,299,853 | 186,778,238 | 2.08% | 1.79% |
| 1992 | 7,447,474 | 190,043,744 | 2.02% | 1.75% |
| 1993 | 7,594,572 | 193,305,168 | 1.98% | 1.72% |
| 1994 | 7,741,694 | 196,591,828 | 1.94% | 1.7% |
| 1995 | 7,888,115 | 199,888,057 | 1.89% | 1.68% |
| 1996 | 8,032,894 | 203,204,348 | 1.84% | 1.66% |
| 1997 | 8,174,078 | 206,536,095 | 1.76% | 1.64% |
| 1998 | 8,310,362 | 209,826,788 | 1.67% | 1.59% |
| 1999 | 8,446,208 | 213,004,668 | 1.63% | 1.51% |
| 2000 | 8,584,190 | 216,077,790 | 1.63% | 1.44% |
| 2001 | 8,720,283 | 219,097,902 | 1.59% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 8,852,235 | 222,088,495 | 1.51% | 1.36% |
| 2003 | 8,980,620 | 225,048,008 | 1.45% | 1.33% |
| 2004 | 9,104,892 | 227,926,649 | 1.38% | 1.28% |
| 2005 | 9,225,034 | 230,871,650 | 1.32% | 1.29% |
| 2006 | 9,341,183 | 233,951,652 | 1.26% | 1.33% |
| 2007 | 9,455,658 | 237,062,337 | 1.23% | 1.33% |
| 2008 | 9,573,130 | 240,157,903 | 1.24% | 1.31% |
| 2009 | 9,695,265 | 243,220,028 | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 2010 | 9,820,175 | 246,305,322 | 1.29% | 1.27% |
| 2011 | 9,945,621 | 249,470,032 | 1.28% | 1.28% |
| 2012 | 10,070,411 | 252,698,525 | 1.25% | 1.29% |
| 2013 | 10,193,833 | 255,852,467 | 1.23% | 1.25% |
| 2014 | 10,315,528 | 258,877,399 | 1.19% | 1.18% |
| 2015 | 10,434,829 | 261,799,249 | 1.16% | 1.13% |
| 2016 | 10,551,430 | 264,627,418 | 1.12% | 1.08% |
| 2017 | 10,666,843 | 267,346,658 | 1.09% | 1.03% |
| 2018 | 10,782,053 | 269,951,846 | 1.08% | 0.97% |
| 2019 | 10,894,043 | 272,489,381 | 1.04% | 0.94% |
| 2020 | 11,008,300 | 274,814,866 | 1.05% | 0.85% |
| 2021 | 11,123,476 | 276,758,053 | 1.05% | 0.71% |
| 2022 | 11,230,734 | 278,830,529 | 0.96% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | 11,331,265 | 281,190,067 | 0.9% | 0.85% |
| 2024 | 11,427,557 | 283,487,931 | 0.85% | 0.82% |
| 2025 | 11,520,480 | 285,721,231 | 0.81% | 0.79% |
| 2026 | 11,609,496 | 287,886,778 | 0.77% | 0.76% |
| 2027 | 11,695,935 | 289,986,520 | 0.74% | 0.73% |
| 2028 | 11,779,929 | 292,016,774 | 0.72% | 0.7% |
| 2029 | 11,860,814 | 293,978,106 | 0.69% | 0.67% |
| 2030 | 11,938,853 | 295,876,644 | 0.66% | 0.65% |
| 2031 | 12,014,148 | 297,719,741 | 0.63% | 0.62% |
| 2032 | 12,086,669 | 299,510,654 | 0.6% | 0.6% |
| 2033 | 12,156,523 | 301,250,975 | 0.58% | 0.58% |
| 2034 | 12,224,121 | 302,938,571 | 0.56% | 0.56% |
| 2035 | 12,289,431 | 304,566,615 | 0.53% | 0.54% |
| 2036 | 12,352,228 | 306,135,097 | 0.51% | 0.51% |
| 2037 | 12,412,542 | 307,646,407 | 0.49% | 0.49% |
| 2038 | 12,470,656 | 309,096,450 | 0.47% | 0.47% |
| 2039 | 12,526,156 | 310,481,116 | 0.45% | 0.45% |
| 2040 | 12,579,320 | 311,797,391 | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| 2041 | 12,630,679 | 313,041,656 | 0.41% | 0.4% |
| 2042 | 12,680,019 | 314,211,278 | 0.39% | 0.37% |
| 2043 | 12,727,289 | 315,304,309 | 0.37% | 0.35% |
| 2044 | 12,772,651 | 316,318,412 | 0.36% | 0.32% |
| 2045 | 12,816,003 | 317,249,609 | 0.34% | 0.29% |
| 2046 | 12,856,883 | 318,096,567 | 0.32% | 0.27% |
| 2047 | 12,895,158 | 318,862,018 | 0.3% | 0.24% |
| 2048 | 12,931,165 | 319,554,646 | 0.28% | 0.22% |
| 2049 | 12,964,841 | 320,173,244 | 0.26% | 0.19% |
| 2050 | 12,996,290 | 320,712,941 | 0.24% | 0.17% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,210,247 people (a 13% growth), while Indonesia gained 30,675,766 people (a 13.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Dominican Republic gained 1,059,010 (a 10% growth), while Indonesia's population increased by 23,282,308 (a 8.8% growth).
The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2006 and is 84th in 2026. Indonesia was ranked 4th in 2006 and still ranked 4th 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 Indonesia will increase by 11.4% to 320,712,941 people and rank change from 4th to 6th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Santiago de los Caballeros | 1.34M |
| Santo Domingo | 1.13M |
| Puerto Plata | 338K |
| La Vega | 282K |
| Higuey | 251K |
| San Cristobal | 233K |
| San Pedro de Macoris | 217K |
| San Francisco de Macoris | 188K |
| San Juan de la Maguana | 169K |
| Bonao | 158K |
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Population differences between the Dominican Republic and Indonesia
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| Life expectancy | 74.1 years | 71.6 years |
| Average age | 31.7 years | 32.8 years |
| Median age | 29 years | 31.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 50.2:49.8 |
| Fertility rate | 2.24 births per woman | 2.13 births per woman |
| Population density | 614 ppl/mi² | 388 ppl/mi² |
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