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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	Laos	Dominican Republic	Laos
1960	3,268,336	2,121,514	-	-
1961	3,373,233	2,169,796	3.21%	2.28%
1962	3,479,936	2,219,910	3.16%	2.31%
1963	3,588,287	2,271,061	3.11%	2.3%
1964	3,698,559	2,322,826	3.07%	2.28%
1965	3,808,963	2,376,200	2.99%	2.3%
1966	3,921,847	2,431,084	2.96%	2.31%
1967	4,038,928	2,487,715	2.99%	2.33%
1968	4,157,189	2,546,377	2.93%	2.36%
1969	4,277,035	2,606,959	2.88%	2.38%
1970	4,399,290	2,669,702	2.86%	2.41%
1971	4,524,234	2,734,628	2.84%	2.43%
1972	4,651,883	2,801,660	2.82%	2.45%
1973	4,782,227	2,870,573	2.8%	2.46%
1974	4,914,197	2,939,761	2.76%	2.41%
1975	5,046,776	3,005,521	2.7%	2.24%
1976	5,180,404	3,064,876	2.65%	1.97%
1977	5,315,443	3,118,923	2.61%	1.76%
1978	5,451,882	3,171,740	2.57%	1.69%
1979	5,589,690	3,228,202	2.53%	1.78%
1980	5,729,037	3,292,573	2.49%	1.99%
1981	5,868,453	3,366,631	2.43%	2.25%
1982	6,007,114	3,450,026	2.36%	2.48%
1983	6,147,248	3,541,001	2.33%	2.64%
1984	6,289,040	3,637,843	2.31%	2.73%
1985	6,430,404	3,739,985	2.25%	2.81%
1986	6,571,208	3,846,715	2.19%	2.85%
1987	6,712,515	3,957,612	2.15%	2.88%
1988	6,855,734	4,072,601	2.13%	2.91%
1989	7,002,295	4,190,974	2.14%	2.91%
1990	7,151,166	4,311,955	2.13%	2.89%
1991	7,299,853	4,435,118	2.08%	2.86%
1992	7,447,474	4,559,646	2.02%	2.81%
1993	7,594,572	4,685,060	1.98%	2.75%
1994	7,741,694	4,809,220	1.94%	2.65%
1995	7,888,115	4,929,409	1.89%	2.5%
1996	8,032,894	5,045,678	1.84%	2.36%
1997	8,174,078	5,152,011	1.76%	2.11%
1998	8,310,362	5,248,266	1.67%	1.87%
1999	8,446,208	5,340,784	1.63%	1.76%
2000	8,584,190	5,431,212	1.63%	1.69%
2001	8,720,283	5,521,482	1.59%	1.66%
2002	8,852,235	5,610,889	1.51%	1.62%
2003	8,980,620	5,697,945	1.45%	1.55%
2004	9,104,892	5,781,626	1.38%	1.47%
2005	9,225,034	5,869,523	1.32%	1.52%
2006	9,341,183	5,963,200	1.26%	1.6%
2007	9,455,658	6,056,236	1.23%	1.56%
2008	9,573,130	6,148,969	1.24%	1.53%
2009	9,695,265	6,241,642	1.28%	1.51%
2010	9,820,175	6,334,194	1.29%	1.48%
2011	9,945,621	6,426,590	1.28%	1.46%
2012	10,070,411	6,518,978	1.25%	1.44%
2013	10,193,833	6,611,385	1.23%	1.42%
2014	10,315,528	6,703,172	1.19%	1.39%
2015	10,434,829	6,801,645	1.16%	1.47%
2016	10,551,430	6,908,802	1.12%	1.58%
2017	10,666,843	7,018,147	1.09%	1.58%
2018	10,782,053	7,128,045	1.08%	1.57%
2019	10,894,043	7,237,636	1.04%	1.54%
2020	11,008,300	7,346,533	1.05%	1.5%
2021	11,123,476	7,453,194	1.05%	1.45%
2022	11,230,734	7,559,007	0.96%	1.42%
2023	11,331,265	7,664,993	0.9%	1.4%
2024	11,427,557	7,769,819	0.85%	1.37%
2025	11,520,480	7,873,043	0.81%	1.33%
2026	11,609,496	7,974,020	0.77%	1.28%
2027	11,695,935	8,072,924	0.74%	1.24%
2028	11,779,929	8,169,794	0.72%	1.2%
2029	11,860,814	8,264,394	0.69%	1.16%
2030	11,938,853	8,357,024	0.66%	1.12%
2031	12,014,148	8,447,769	0.63%	1.09%
2032	12,086,669	8,536,450	0.6%	1.05%
2033	12,156,523	8,622,824	0.58%	1.01%
2034	12,224,121	8,706,826	0.56%	0.97%
2035	12,289,431	8,788,759	0.53%	0.94%
2036	12,352,228	8,868,880	0.51%	0.91%
2037	12,412,542	8,947,241	0.49%	0.88%
2038	12,470,656	9,023,864	0.47%	0.86%
2039	12,526,156	9,097,889	0.45%	0.82%
2040	12,579,320	9,168,998	0.42%	0.78%
2041	12,630,679	9,238,108	0.41%	0.75%
2042	12,680,019	9,305,405	0.39%	0.73%
2043	12,727,289	9,370,049	0.37%	0.69%
2044	12,772,651	9,432,310	0.36%	0.66%
2045	12,816,003	9,492,501	0.34%	0.64%
2046	12,856,883	9,550,341	0.32%	0.61%
2047	12,895,158	9,605,804	0.3%	0.58%
2048	12,931,165	9,659,037	0.28%	0.55%
2049	12,964,841	9,709,614	0.26%	0.52%
2050	12,996,290	9,757,279	0.24%	0.49%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while Laos gained 932,122 people (a 15.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while Laos' population increased by 1,152,510 (a 16.9% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. Laos was ranked 103rd in 2005 and still ranked 103rd 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 Laos will increase by 22.7% to 9,757,279 people and rank change from 103rd to 99th.