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

Updated on by Georank team

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

Dominican Republic Marshall Islands
Current population
11591984
36281
Population rank 84/197 192/197
Percent of world population 0.14% 0.0004%
One net population change
5.46 minutes
6.85 hours
One birth every
2.59 minutes
10.7 hours
One death every
7.42 minutes
1.35 days
One migration net change every
15.1 minutes
4.96 hours
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

Dominican Republic
Population

Growth rate
Marshall Islands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Dominican Republic Marshall Islands Dominican Republic Marshall Islands
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.

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