The latest officially reported population of the Dominican Republic was 11,427,557 in 2024 vs 37,548 people in the Marshall Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Dominican Republic's population is 11,591,984 people compared to 36,281 in the Marshall Islands.
Population statistics:
- The Dominican Republic's population is 320 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
- The Dominican Republic is ranked the 84th most populous country in the world, while the Marshall Islands is the 192nd.
- The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.14% for the Dominican Republic vs 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands.
- For the last 10 years, the Dominican Republic has had an average growth rate of +1.04% per year vs -2.69% in the Marshall Islands.
- Since 2005, the population of the Dominican Republic has increased from 9.23M people to 11.6M (25.7% growth), while the Marshall Islands has declined from 51.9K to 36.3K (30.1% decline).
- The Dominican Republic is projected to reach its peak in 2061 at 13.2M people, while the Marshall Islands' population already peaked in 2010 at 52K people and is projected to decrease to 23.8K people by 2100.
Dominican Republic vs Marshall Islands: live population counter
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| Current population |
11591984
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36281
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| Population rank | 84/197 | 192/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.14% | 0.0004% |
| One net population change |
5.46 minutes
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6.85 hours
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| One birth every |
2.59 minutes
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10.7 hours
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| One death every |
7.42 minutes
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1.35 days
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| One migration net change every |
15.1 minutes
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4.96 hours
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| Annual migration change | -34,806 | -1,765 |
| Daily growth/decline | +264 | -4 |
| Annual growth/decline | +96,292 | -1,279 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.85% | -3.29% |
| Population growth rate rank | 114/197 | 197/197 |
the Dominican Republic and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,268,336 | 14,703 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,373,233 | 15,219 | 3.21% | 3.51% |
| 1962 | 3,479,936 | 15,755 | 3.16% | 3.52% |
| 1963 | 3,588,287 | 16,302 | 3.11% | 3.47% |
| 1964 | 3,698,559 | 16,852 | 3.07% | 3.37% |
| 1965 | 3,808,963 | 17,402 | 2.99% | 3.26% |
| 1966 | 3,921,847 | 17,927 | 2.96% | 3.02% |
| 1967 | 4,038,928 | 18,655 | 2.99% | 4.06% |
| 1968 | 4,157,189 | 19,862 | 2.93% | 6.47% |
| 1969 | 4,277,035 | 21,305 | 2.88% | 7.27% |
| 1970 | 4,399,290 | 22,530 | 2.86% | 5.75% |
| 1971 | 4,524,234 | 23,366 | 2.84% | 3.71% |
| 1972 | 4,651,883 | 23,992 | 2.82% | 2.68% |
| 1973 | 4,782,227 | 24,581 | 2.8% | 2.45% |
| 1974 | 4,914,197 | 25,296 | 2.76% | 2.91% |
| 1975 | 5,046,776 | 26,154 | 2.7% | 3.39% |
| 1976 | 5,180,404 | 27,021 | 2.65% | 3.31% |
| 1977 | 5,315,443 | 27,906 | 2.61% | 3.28% |
| 1978 | 5,451,882 | 28,809 | 2.57% | 3.24% |
| 1979 | 5,589,690 | 29,738 | 2.53% | 3.22% |
| 1980 | 5,729,037 | 30,774 | 2.49% | 3.48% |
| 1981 | 5,868,453 | 32,017 | 2.43% | 4.04% |
| 1982 | 6,007,114 | 33,397 | 2.36% | 4.31% |
| 1983 | 6,147,248 | 34,811 | 2.33% | 4.23% |
| 1984 | 6,289,040 | 36,264 | 2.31% | 4.17% |
| 1985 | 6,430,404 | 37,761 | 2.25% | 4.13% |
| 1986 | 6,571,208 | 39,286 | 2.19% | 4.04% |
| 1987 | 6,712,515 | 40,828 | 2.15% | 3.93% |
| 1988 | 6,855,734 | 42,321 | 2.13% | 3.66% |
| 1989 | 7,002,295 | 43,586 | 2.14% | 2.99% |
| 1990 | 7,151,166 | 44,629 | 2.13% | 2.39% |
| 1991 | 7,299,853 | 45,568 | 2.08% | 2.1% |
| 1992 | 7,447,474 | 46,388 | 2.02% | 1.8% |
| 1993 | 7,594,572 | 47,093 | 1.98% | 1.52% |
| 1994 | 7,741,694 | 47,712 | 1.94% | 1.31% |
| 1995 | 7,888,115 | 48,266 | 1.89% | 1.16% |
| 1996 | 8,032,894 | 48,775 | 1.84% | 1.05% |
| 1997 | 8,174,078 | 49,259 | 1.76% | 0.99% |
| 1998 | 8,310,362 | 49,717 | 1.67% | 0.93% |
| 1999 | 8,446,208 | 50,202 | 1.63% | 0.98% |
| 2000 | 8,584,190 | 50,706 | 1.63% | 1% |
| 2001 | 8,720,283 | 51,123 | 1.59% | 0.82% |
| 2002 | 8,852,235 | 51,425 | 1.51% | 0.59% |
| 2003 | 8,980,620 | 51,639 | 1.45% | 0.42% |
| 2004 | 9,104,892 | 51,791 | 1.38% | 0.29% |
| 2005 | 9,225,034 | 51,906 | 1.32% | 0.22% |
| 2006 | 9,341,183 | 51,992 | 1.26% | 0.17% |
| 2007 | 9,455,658 | 52,035 | 1.23% | 0.08% |
| 2008 | 9,573,130 | 52,030 | 1.24% | -0.01% |
| 2009 | 9,695,265 | 52,019 | 1.28% | -0.02% |
| 2010 | 9,820,175 | 52,044 | 1.29% | 0.05% |
| 2011 | 9,945,621 | 51,907 | 1.28% | -0.26% |
| 2012 | 10,070,411 | 51,419 | 1.25% | -0.94% |
| 2013 | 10,193,833 | 50,681 | 1.23% | -1.44% |
| 2014 | 10,315,528 | 49,796 | 1.19% | -1.75% |
| 2015 | 10,434,829 | 48,800 | 1.16% | -2% |
| 2016 | 10,551,430 | 47,709 | 1.12% | -2.24% |
| 2017 | 10,666,843 | 46,529 | 1.09% | -2.47% |
| 2018 | 10,782,053 | 45,285 | 1.08% | -2.67% |
| 2019 | 10,894,043 | 44,007 | 1.04% | -2.82% |
| 2020 | 11,008,300 | 42,706 | 1.05% | -2.96% |
| 2021 | 11,123,476 | 41,367 | 1.05% | -3.14% |
| 2022 | 11,230,734 | 40,077 | 0.96% | -3.12% |
| 2023 | 11,331,265 | 38,827 | 0.9% | -3.12% |
| 2024 | 11,427,557 | 37,548 | 0.85% | -3.29% |
| 2025 | 11,520,480 | 36,281 | 0.81% | -3.37% |
| 2026 | 11,609,496 | 35,078 | 0.77% | -3.32% |
| 2027 | 11,695,935 | 33,976 | 0.74% | -3.14% |
| 2028 | 11,779,929 | 32,977 | 0.72% | -2.94% |
| 2029 | 11,860,814 | 32,054 | 0.69% | -2.8% |
| 2030 | 11,938,853 | 31,191 | 0.66% | -2.69% |
| 2031 | 12,014,148 | 30,420 | 0.63% | -2.47% |
| 2032 | 12,086,669 | 29,740 | 0.6% | -2.23% |
| 2033 | 12,156,523 | 29,142 | 0.58% | -2.01% |
| 2034 | 12,224,121 | 28,608 | 0.56% | -1.83% |
| 2035 | 12,289,431 | 28,147 | 0.53% | -1.61% |
| 2036 | 12,352,228 | 27,751 | 0.51% | -1.41% |
| 2037 | 12,412,542 | 27,405 | 0.49% | -1.25% |
| 2038 | 12,470,656 | 27,092 | 0.47% | -1.14% |
| 2039 | 12,526,156 | 26,836 | 0.45% | -0.94% |
| 2040 | 12,579,320 | 26,598 | 0.42% | -0.89% |
| 2041 | 12,630,679 | 26,396 | 0.41% | -0.76% |
| 2042 | 12,680,019 | 26,217 | 0.39% | -0.68% |
| 2043 | 12,727,289 | 26,054 | 0.37% | -0.62% |
| 2044 | 12,772,651 | 25,913 | 0.36% | -0.54% |
| 2045 | 12,816,003 | 25,777 | 0.34% | -0.52% |
| 2046 | 12,856,883 | 25,653 | 0.32% | -0.48% |
| 2047 | 12,895,158 | 25,543 | 0.3% | -0.43% |
| 2048 | 12,931,165 | 25,429 | 0.28% | -0.45% |
| 2049 | 12,964,841 | 25,311 | 0.26% | -0.46% |
| 2050 | 12,996,290 | 25,195 | 0.24% | -0.46% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).
The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd 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 the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.
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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| City | Population |
| Majuro | 30K |
| Djarrit | 7.1K |
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Population differences between the Dominican Republic and the Marshall Islands
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| Life expectancy | 74 years | 67.2 years |
| Average age | 31.7 years | 27.5 years |
| Median age | 29 years | 21.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 51.2:48.8 |
| Fertility rate | 2.24 births per woman | 2.92 births per woman |
| Population density | 614 ppl/mi² | 540 ppl/mi² |
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