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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	Nigeria	Dominican Republic	Nigeria
1960	3,268,336	45,053,782	-	-
1961	3,373,233	45,989,310	3.21%	2.08%
1962	3,479,936	46,965,292	3.16%	2.12%
1963	3,588,287	47,973,575	3.11%	2.15%
1964	3,698,559	49,012,016	3.07%	2.16%
1965	3,808,963	50,086,764	2.99%	2.19%
1966	3,921,847	51,188,234	2.96%	2.2%
1967	4,038,928	52,293,065	2.99%	2.16%
1968	4,157,189	53,432,783	2.93%	2.18%
1969	4,277,035	54,631,914	2.88%	2.24%
1970	4,399,290	55,893,838	2.86%	2.31%
1971	4,524,234	57,214,684	2.84%	2.36%
1972	4,651,883	58,601,748	2.82%	2.42%
1973	4,782,227	60,082,139	2.8%	2.53%
1974	4,914,197	61,679,144	2.76%	2.66%
1975	5,046,776	63,410,815	2.7%	2.81%
1976	5,180,404	65,258,009	2.65%	2.91%
1977	5,315,443	67,234,590	2.61%	3.03%
1978	5,451,882	69,326,532	2.57%	3.11%
1979	5,589,690	71,498,242	2.53%	3.13%
1980	5,729,037	73,764,641	2.49%	3.17%
1981	5,868,453	76,068,103	2.43%	3.12%
1982	6,007,114	78,378,701	2.36%	3.04%
1983	6,147,248	80,438,260	2.33%	2.63%
1984	6,289,040	82,526,443	2.31%	2.6%
1985	6,430,404	84,897,973	2.25%	2.87%
1986	6,571,208	87,235,953	2.19%	2.75%
1987	6,712,515	89,591,716	2.15%	2.7%
1988	6,855,734	92,020,090	2.13%	2.71%
1989	7,002,295	94,531,014	2.14%	2.73%
1990	7,151,166	97,120,925	2.13%	2.74%
1991	7,299,853	99,720,162	2.08%	2.68%
1992	7,447,474	102,372,770	2.02%	2.66%
1993	7,594,572	105,122,069	1.98%	2.69%
1994	7,741,694	107,935,714	1.94%	2.68%
1995	7,888,115	110,819,428	1.89%	2.67%
1996	8,032,894	113,754,779	1.84%	2.65%
1997	8,174,078	116,754,792	1.76%	2.64%
1998	8,310,362	119,846,254	1.67%	2.65%
1999	8,446,208	123,047,320	1.63%	2.67%
2000	8,584,190	126,382,494	1.63%	2.71%
2001	8,720,283	129,862,595	1.59%	2.75%
2002	8,852,235	133,471,989	1.51%	2.78%
2003	8,980,620	137,202,644	1.45%	2.8%
2004	9,104,892	141,057,045	1.38%	2.81%
2005	9,225,034	145,017,253	1.32%	2.81%
2006	9,341,183	149,077,334	1.26%	2.8%
2007	9,455,658	153,267,261	1.23%	2.81%
2008	9,573,130	157,595,014	1.24%	2.82%
2009	9,695,265	162,049,464	1.28%	2.83%
2010	9,820,175	166,642,886	1.29%	2.83%
2011	9,945,621	171,379,598	1.28%	2.84%
2012	10,070,411	176,200,625	1.25%	2.81%
2013	10,193,833	181,049,443	1.23%	2.75%
2014	10,315,528	185,896,915	1.19%	2.68%
2015	10,434,829	190,671,878	1.16%	2.57%
2016	10,551,430	195,443,700	1.12%	2.5%
2017	10,666,843	200,254,579	1.09%	2.46%
2018	10,782,053	204,938,755	1.08%	2.34%
2019	10,894,043	209,485,641	1.04%	2.22%
2020	11,008,300	213,996,181	1.05%	2.15%
2021	11,123,476	218,529,286	1.05%	2.12%
2022	11,230,734	223,150,896	0.96%	2.11%
2023	11,331,265	227,882,945	0.9%	2.12%
2024	11,427,557	232,679,478	0.85%	2.1%
2025	11,520,480	237,527,783	0.81%	2.08%
2026	11,609,496	242,431,830	0.77%	2.06%
2027	11,695,935	247,374,258	0.74%	2.04%
2028	11,779,929	252,346,128	0.72%	2.01%
2029	11,860,814	257,352,638	0.69%	1.98%
2030	11,938,853	262,380,975	0.66%	1.95%
2031	12,014,148	267,421,079	0.63%	1.92%
2032	12,086,669	272,483,635	0.6%	1.89%
2033	12,156,523	277,555,116	0.58%	1.86%
2034	12,224,121	282,622,388	0.56%	1.83%
2035	12,289,431	287,685,757	0.53%	1.79%
2036	12,352,228	292,739,390	0.51%	1.76%
2037	12,412,542	297,773,236	0.49%	1.72%
2038	12,470,656	302,782,350	0.47%	1.68%
2039	12,526,156	307,764,754	0.45%	1.65%
2040	12,579,320	312,710,403	0.42%	1.61%
2041	12,630,679	317,607,237	0.41%	1.57%
2042	12,680,019	322,450,302	0.39%	1.52%
2043	12,727,289	327,243,941	0.37%	1.49%
2044	12,772,651	331,983,354	0.36%	1.45%
2045	12,816,003	336,662,502	0.34%	1.41%
2046	12,856,883	341,281,757	0.32%	1.37%
2047	12,895,158	345,844,004	0.3%	1.34%
2048	12,931,165	350,347,757	0.28%	1.3%
2049	12,964,841	354,792,418	0.26%	1.27%
2050	12,996,290	359,185,550	0.24%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.