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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	Kenya	Dominican Republic	Kenya
1960	3,268,336	7,695,307	-	-
1961	3,373,233	7,987,770	3.21%	3.8%
1962	3,479,936	8,299,308	3.16%	3.9%
1963	3,588,287	8,627,971	3.11%	3.96%
1964	3,698,559	8,973,535	3.07%	4.01%
1965	3,808,963	9,338,078	2.99%	4.06%
1966	3,921,847	9,717,816	2.96%	4.07%
1967	4,038,928	10,111,057	2.99%	4.05%
1968	4,157,189	10,518,823	2.93%	4.03%
1969	4,277,035	10,939,695	2.88%	4%
1970	4,399,290	11,368,791	2.86%	3.92%
1971	4,524,234	11,788,904	2.84%	3.7%
1972	4,651,883	12,206,060	2.82%	3.54%
1973	4,782,227	12,634,835	2.8%	3.51%
1974	4,914,197	13,070,078	2.76%	3.44%
1975	5,046,776	13,511,671	2.7%	3.38%
1976	5,180,404	13,957,623	2.65%	3.3%
1977	5,315,443	14,428,819	2.61%	3.38%
1978	5,451,882	14,934,126	2.57%	3.5%
1979	5,589,690	15,460,666	2.53%	3.53%
1980	5,729,037	16,018,459	2.49%	3.61%
1981	5,868,453	16,601,507	2.43%	3.64%
1982	6,007,114	17,206,175	2.36%	3.64%
1983	6,147,248	17,846,374	2.33%	3.72%
1984	6,289,040	18,514,906	2.31%	3.75%
1985	6,430,404	19,201,768	2.25%	3.71%
1986	6,571,208	19,901,646	2.19%	3.64%
1987	6,712,515	20,616,096	2.15%	3.59%
1988	6,855,734	21,356,219	2.13%	3.59%
1989	7,002,295	22,118,434	2.14%	3.57%
1990	7,151,166	22,892,651	2.13%	3.5%
1991	7,299,853	23,646,514	2.08%	3.29%
1992	7,447,474	24,382,460	2.02%	3.11%
1993	7,594,572	25,117,188	1.98%	3.01%
1994	7,741,694	25,857,130	1.94%	2.95%
1995	7,888,115	26,601,751	1.89%	2.88%
1996	8,032,894	27,344,211	1.84%	2.79%
1997	8,174,078	28,101,768	1.76%	2.77%
1998	8,310,362	28,888,057	1.67%	2.8%
1999	8,446,208	29,733,408	1.63%	2.93%
2000	8,584,190	30,642,890	1.63%	3.06%
2001	8,720,283	31,619,170	1.59%	3.19%
2002	8,852,235	32,629,808	1.51%	3.2%
2003	8,980,620	33,652,223	1.45%	3.13%
2004	9,104,892	34,713,455	1.38%	3.15%
2005	9,225,034	35,796,484	1.32%	3.12%
2006	9,341,183	36,904,008	1.26%	3.09%
2007	9,455,658	38,036,349	1.23%	3.07%
2008	9,573,130	39,206,351	1.24%	3.08%
2009	9,695,265	40,408,891	1.28%	3.07%
2010	9,820,175	41,598,567	1.29%	2.94%
2011	9,945,621	42,758,461	1.28%	2.79%
2012	10,070,411	43,888,303	1.25%	2.64%
2013	10,193,833	44,986,791	1.23%	2.5%
2014	10,315,528	46,051,440	1.19%	2.37%
2015	10,434,829	47,088,526	1.16%	2.25%
2016	10,551,430	48,139,687	1.12%	2.23%
2017	10,666,843	49,197,766	1.09%	2.2%
2018	10,782,053	50,207,107	1.08%	2.05%
2019	10,894,043	51,202,827	1.04%	1.98%
2020	11,008,300	52,217,334	1.05%	1.98%
2021	11,123,476	53,219,166	1.05%	1.92%
2022	11,230,734	54,252,461	0.96%	1.94%
2023	11,331,265	55,339,003	0.9%	2%
2024	11,427,557	56,432,944	0.85%	1.98%
2025	11,520,480	57,532,489	0.81%	1.95%
2026	11,609,496	58,636,403	0.77%	1.92%
2027	11,695,935	59,745,751	0.74%	1.89%
2028	11,779,929	60,860,444	0.72%	1.87%
2029	11,860,814	61,979,186	0.69%	1.84%
2030	11,938,853	63,102,241	0.66%	1.81%
2031	12,014,148	64,230,108	0.63%	1.79%
2032	12,086,669	65,359,031	0.6%	1.76%
2033	12,156,523	66,484,805	0.58%	1.72%
2034	12,224,121	67,604,628	0.56%	1.68%
2035	12,289,431	68,715,909	0.53%	1.64%
2036	12,352,228	69,818,887	0.51%	1.61%
2037	12,412,542	70,910,404	0.49%	1.56%
2038	12,470,656	71,990,929	0.47%	1.52%
2039	12,526,156	73,057,760	0.45%	1.48%
2040	12,579,320	74,108,858	0.42%	1.44%
2041	12,630,679	75,144,357	0.41%	1.4%
2042	12,680,019	76,161,719	0.39%	1.35%
2043	12,727,289	77,159,121	0.37%	1.31%
2044	12,772,651	78,134,979	0.36%	1.26%
2045	12,816,003	79,088,832	0.34%	1.22%
2046	12,856,883	80,022,371	0.32%	1.18%
2047	12,895,158	80,938,635	0.3%	1.15%
2048	12,931,165	81,837,657	0.28%	1.11%
2049	12,964,841	82,721,766	0.26%	1.08%
2050	12,996,290	83,593,232	0.24%	1.05%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while Kenya gained 11,292,042 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while Kenya's population increased by 11,330,713 (a 24.1% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. Kenya was ranked 33rd in 2005 and ranked 26th 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 Kenya will increase by 43.1% to 83,593,232 people and rank change from 26th to 22nd.