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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	Nauru	Dominican Republic	Nauru
1960	3,268,336	4,607	-	-
1961	3,373,233	4,774	3.21%	3.62%
1962	3,479,936	4,979	3.16%	4.29%
1963	3,588,287	5,226	3.11%	4.96%
1964	3,698,559	5,515	3.07%	5.53%
1965	3,808,963	5,832	2.99%	5.75%
1966	3,921,847	6,043	2.96%	3.62%
1967	4,038,928	6,135	2.99%	1.52%
1968	4,157,189	6,328	2.93%	3.15%
1969	4,277,035	6,581	2.88%	4%
1970	4,399,290	6,710	2.86%	1.96%
1971	4,524,234	6,762	2.84%	0.77%
1972	4,651,883	6,812	2.82%	0.74%
1973	4,782,227	6,866	2.8%	0.79%
1974	4,914,197	6,923	2.76%	0.83%
1975	5,046,776	6,987	2.7%	0.92%
1976	5,180,404	7,064	2.65%	1.1%
1977	5,315,443	7,163	2.61%	1.4%
1978	5,451,882	7,298	2.57%	1.88%
1979	5,589,690	7,468	2.53%	2.33%
1980	5,729,037	7,649	2.49%	2.42%
1981	5,868,453	7,839	2.43%	2.48%
1982	6,007,114	8,040	2.36%	2.56%
1983	6,147,248	8,216	2.33%	2.19%
1984	6,289,040	8,377	2.31%	1.96%
1985	6,430,404	8,551	2.25%	2.08%
1986	6,571,208	8,742	2.19%	2.23%
1987	6,712,515	8,946	2.15%	2.33%
1988	6,855,734	9,165	2.13%	2.45%
1989	7,002,295	9,390	2.14%	2.45%
1990	7,151,166	9,622	2.13%	2.47%
1991	7,299,853	9,850	2.08%	2.37%
1992	7,447,474	10,021	2.02%	1.74%
1993	7,594,572	10,102	1.98%	0.81%
1994	7,741,694	10,137	1.94%	0.35%
1995	7,888,115	10,165	1.89%	0.28%
1996	8,032,894	10,183	1.84%	0.18%
1997	8,174,078	10,197	1.76%	0.14%
1998	8,310,362	10,198	1.67%	0.01%
1999	8,446,208	10,187	1.63%	-0.11%
2000	8,584,190	10,168	1.63%	-0.19%
2001	8,720,283	10,130	1.59%	-0.37%
2002	8,852,235	10,082	1.51%	-0.47%
2003	8,980,620	10,059	1.45%	-0.23%
2004	9,104,892	10,060	1.38%	0.01%
2005	9,225,034	10,049	1.32%	-0.11%
2006	9,341,183	10,034	1.26%	-0.15%
2007	9,455,658	10,020	1.23%	-0.14%
2008	9,573,130	10,009	1.24%	-0.11%
2009	9,695,265	10,016	1.28%	0.07%
2010	9,820,175	10,043	1.29%	0.27%
2011	9,945,621	10,098	1.28%	0.55%
2012	10,070,411	10,267	1.25%	1.67%
2013	10,193,833	10,517	1.23%	2.43%
2014	10,315,528	10,742	1.19%	2.14%
2015	10,434,829	10,954	1.16%	1.97%
2016	10,551,430	11,150	1.12%	1.79%
2017	10,666,843	11,324	1.09%	1.56%
2018	10,782,053	11,477	1.08%	1.35%
2019	10,894,043	11,587	1.04%	0.96%
2020	11,008,300	11,643	1.05%	0.48%
2021	11,123,476	11,709	1.05%	0.57%
2022	11,230,734	11,801	0.96%	0.79%
2023	11,331,265	11,875	0.9%	0.63%
2024	11,427,557	11,947	0.85%	0.61%
2025	11,520,480	12,030	0.81%	0.7%
2026	11,609,496	12,103	0.77%	0.61%
2027	11,695,935	12,196	0.74%	0.77%
2028	11,779,929	12,296	0.72%	0.82%
2029	11,860,814	12,403	0.69%	0.87%
2030	11,938,853	12,519	0.66%	0.94%
2031	12,014,148	12,645	0.63%	1%
2032	12,086,669	12,785	0.6%	1.11%
2033	12,156,523	12,921	0.58%	1.06%
2034	12,224,121	13,071	0.56%	1.16%
2035	12,289,431	13,230	0.53%	1.22%
2036	12,352,228	13,391	0.51%	1.21%
2037	12,412,542	13,541	0.49%	1.12%
2038	12,470,656	13,697	0.47%	1.16%
2039	12,526,156	13,857	0.45%	1.17%
2040	12,579,320	14,041	0.42%	1.33%
2041	12,630,679	14,220	0.41%	1.27%
2042	12,680,019	14,402	0.39%	1.28%
2043	12,727,289	14,579	0.37%	1.23%
2044	12,772,651	14,754	0.36%	1.2%
2045	12,816,003	14,920	0.34%	1.13%
2046	12,856,883	15,098	0.32%	1.19%
2047	12,895,158	15,268	0.3%	1.12%
2048	12,931,165	15,431	0.28%	1.07%
2049	12,964,841	15,595	0.26%	1.06%
2050	12,996,290	15,751	0.24%	1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while Nauru gained 905 people (a 9.01% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 1,134 (a 10.4% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. Nauru was ranked 195th in 2005 and still ranked 195th 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 Nauru will increase by 30.3% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.