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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	Lesotho	Dominican Republic	Lesotho
1960	3,268,336	736,500	-	-
1961	3,373,233	758,824	3.21%	3.03%
1962	3,479,936	781,814	3.16%	3.03%
1963	3,588,287	805,373	3.11%	3.01%
1964	3,698,559	829,437	3.07%	2.99%
1965	3,808,963	854,090	2.99%	2.97%
1966	3,921,847	881,870	2.96%	3.25%
1967	4,038,928	913,982	2.99%	3.64%
1968	4,157,189	948,105	2.93%	3.73%
1969	4,277,035	983,202	2.88%	3.7%
1970	4,399,290	1,019,273	2.86%	3.67%
1971	4,524,234	1,056,246	2.84%	3.63%
1972	4,651,883	1,094,063	2.82%	3.58%
1973	4,782,227	1,132,697	2.8%	3.53%
1974	4,914,197	1,172,420	2.76%	3.51%
1975	5,046,776	1,213,643	2.7%	3.52%
1976	5,180,404	1,253,214	2.65%	3.26%
1977	5,315,443	1,289,967	2.61%	2.93%
1978	5,451,882	1,327,240	2.57%	2.89%
1979	5,589,690	1,366,169	2.53%	2.93%
1980	5,729,037	1,406,521	2.49%	2.95%
1981	5,868,453	1,448,069	2.43%	2.95%
1982	6,007,114	1,490,732	2.36%	2.95%
1983	6,147,248	1,534,413	2.33%	2.93%
1984	6,289,040	1,578,986	2.31%	2.9%
1985	6,430,404	1,624,379	2.25%	2.87%
1986	6,571,208	1,666,138	2.19%	2.57%
1987	6,712,515	1,703,390	2.15%	2.24%
1988	6,855,734	1,739,841	2.13%	2.14%
1989	7,002,295	1,775,436	2.14%	2.05%
1990	7,151,166	1,809,696	2.13%	1.93%
1991	7,299,853	1,842,379	2.08%	1.81%
1992	7,447,474	1,873,274	2.02%	1.68%
1993	7,594,572	1,901,793	1.98%	1.52%
1994	7,741,694	1,927,707	1.94%	1.36%
1995	7,888,115	1,951,437	1.89%	1.23%
1996	8,032,894	1,972,418	1.84%	1.08%
1997	8,174,078	1,988,130	1.76%	0.8%
1998	8,310,362	1,998,049	1.67%	0.5%
1999	8,446,208	2,003,234	1.63%	0.26%
2000	8,584,190	2,003,913	1.63%	0.03%
2001	8,720,283	2,000,853	1.59%	-0.15%
2002	8,852,235	1,994,679	1.51%	-0.31%
2003	8,980,620	1,985,059	1.45%	-0.48%
2004	9,104,892	1,971,129	1.38%	-0.7%
2005	9,225,034	1,953,076	1.32%	-0.92%
2006	9,341,183	1,945,063	1.26%	-0.41%
2007	9,455,658	1,953,268	1.23%	0.42%
2008	9,573,130	1,966,541	1.24%	0.68%
2009	9,695,265	1,980,883	1.28%	0.73%
2010	9,820,175	1,996,251	1.29%	0.78%
2011	9,945,621	2,014,009	1.28%	0.89%
2012	10,070,411	2,034,354	1.25%	1.01%
2013	10,193,833	2,056,504	1.23%	1.09%
2014	10,315,528	2,080,089	1.19%	1.15%
2015	10,434,829	2,104,611	1.16%	1.18%
2016	10,551,430	2,130,422	1.12%	1.23%
2017	10,666,843	2,157,110	1.09%	1.25%
2018	10,782,053	2,183,603	1.08%	1.23%
2019	10,894,043	2,209,405	1.04%	1.18%
2020	11,008,300	2,235,727	1.05%	1.19%
2021	11,123,476	2,261,542	1.05%	1.15%
2022	11,230,734	2,286,110	0.96%	1.09%
2023	11,331,265	2,311,472	0.9%	1.11%
2024	11,427,557	2,337,423	0.85%	1.12%
2025	11,520,480	2,363,324	0.81%	1.11%
2026	11,609,496	2,389,334	0.77%	1.1%
2027	11,695,935	2,415,365	0.74%	1.09%
2028	11,779,929	2,441,435	0.72%	1.08%
2029	11,860,814	2,467,677	0.69%	1.07%
2030	11,938,853	2,493,816	0.66%	1.06%
2031	12,014,148	2,520,014	0.63%	1.05%
2032	12,086,669	2,546,489	0.6%	1.05%
2033	12,156,523	2,573,106	0.58%	1.05%
2034	12,224,121	2,599,777	0.56%	1.04%
2035	12,289,431	2,626,560	0.53%	1.03%
2036	12,352,228	2,653,503	0.51%	1.03%
2037	12,412,542	2,680,081	0.49%	1%
2038	12,470,656	2,706,197	0.47%	0.97%
2039	12,526,156	2,732,138	0.45%	0.96%
2040	12,579,320	2,757,868	0.42%	0.94%
2041	12,630,679	2,783,361	0.41%	0.92%
2042	12,680,019	2,808,538	0.39%	0.9%
2043	12,727,289	2,833,257	0.37%	0.88%
2044	12,772,651	2,857,499	0.36%	0.86%
2045	12,816,003	2,881,333	0.34%	0.83%
2046	12,856,883	2,904,780	0.32%	0.81%
2047	12,895,158	2,927,859	0.3%	0.79%
2048	12,931,165	2,950,411	0.28%	0.77%
2049	12,964,841	2,972,156	0.26%	0.74%
2050	12,996,290	2,993,080	0.24%	0.7%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,210,247 people (a 13% growth), while Lesotho gained 185,359 people (a 9.53% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Dominican Republic gained 1,059,010 (a 10% growth), while Lesotho's population increased by 259,196 (a 12.2% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2006 and is 84th in 2026. Lesotho was ranked 144th in 2006 and ranked 143rd 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 Lesotho will increase by 25.3% to 2,993,080 people and rank change from 143rd to 141st.