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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	North Korea	Dominican Republic	North Korea
1960	3,268,336	11,722,953	-	-
1961	3,373,233	11,990,713	3.21%	2.28%
1962	3,479,936	12,262,882	3.16%	2.27%
1963	3,588,287	12,567,057	3.11%	2.48%
1964	3,698,559	12,889,770	3.07%	2.57%
1965	3,808,963	13,219,369	2.99%	2.56%
1966	3,921,847	13,569,094	2.96%	2.65%
1967	4,038,928	13,958,350	2.99%	2.87%
1968	4,157,189	14,365,596	2.93%	2.92%
1969	4,277,035	14,767,615	2.88%	2.8%
1970	4,399,290	15,172,775	2.86%	2.74%
1971	4,524,234	15,572,457	2.84%	2.63%
1972	4,651,883	15,975,069	2.82%	2.59%
1973	4,782,227	16,350,367	2.8%	2.35%
1974	4,914,197	16,673,121	2.76%	1.97%
1975	5,046,776	16,971,055	2.7%	1.79%
1976	5,180,404	17,243,450	2.65%	1.61%
1977	5,315,443	17,492,798	2.61%	1.45%
1978	5,451,882	17,735,995	2.57%	1.39%
1979	5,589,690	17,983,470	2.53%	1.4%
1980	5,729,037	18,236,786	2.49%	1.41%
1981	5,868,453	18,501,295	2.43%	1.45%
1982	6,007,114	18,776,357	2.36%	1.49%
1983	6,147,248	19,054,034	2.33%	1.48%
1984	6,289,040	19,335,043	2.31%	1.47%
1985	6,430,404	19,620,388	2.25%	1.48%
1986	6,571,208	19,910,855	2.19%	1.48%
1987	6,712,515	20,205,483	2.15%	1.48%
1988	6,855,734	20,503,161	2.13%	1.47%
1989	7,002,295	20,804,367	2.14%	1.47%
1990	7,151,166	21,112,137	2.13%	1.48%
1991	7,299,853	21,428,638	2.08%	1.5%
1992	7,447,474	21,750,911	2.02%	1.5%
1993	7,594,572	22,073,352	1.98%	1.48%
1994	7,741,694	22,393,975	1.94%	1.45%
1995	7,888,115	22,669,304	1.89%	1.23%
1996	8,032,894	22,895,746	1.84%	1%
1997	8,174,078	23,110,830	1.76%	0.94%
1998	8,310,362	23,311,564	1.67%	0.87%
1999	8,446,208	23,497,599	1.63%	0.8%
2000	8,584,190	23,665,910	1.63%	0.72%
2001	8,720,283	23,815,358	1.59%	0.63%
2002	8,852,235	23,943,973	1.51%	0.54%
2003	8,980,620	24,090,380	1.45%	0.61%
2004	9,104,892	24,254,943	1.38%	0.68%
2005	9,225,034	24,396,433	1.32%	0.58%
2006	9,341,183	24,524,507	1.26%	0.52%
2007	9,455,658	24,646,383	1.23%	0.5%
2008	9,573,130	24,764,618	1.24%	0.48%
2009	9,695,265	24,878,332	1.28%	0.46%
2010	9,820,175	24,987,258	1.29%	0.44%
2011	9,945,621	25,097,874	1.28%	0.44%
2012	10,070,411	25,211,728	1.25%	0.45%
2013	10,193,833	25,329,451	1.23%	0.47%
2014	10,315,528	25,451,262	1.19%	0.48%
2015	10,434,829	25,575,350	1.16%	0.49%
2016	10,551,430	25,698,326	1.12%	0.48%
2017	10,666,843	25,817,709	1.09%	0.46%
2018	10,782,053	25,931,147	1.08%	0.44%
2019	10,894,043	26,037,632	1.04%	0.41%
2020	11,008,300	26,136,312	1.05%	0.38%
2021	11,123,476	26,232,534	1.05%	0.37%
2022	11,230,734	26,328,845	0.96%	0.37%
2023	11,331,265	26,418,204	0.9%	0.34%
2024	11,427,557	26,498,823	0.85%	0.31%
2025	11,520,480	26,571,033	0.81%	0.27%
2026	11,609,496	26,633,682	0.77%	0.24%
2027	11,695,935	26,686,492	0.74%	0.2%
2028	11,779,929	26,729,261	0.72%	0.16%
2029	11,860,814	26,762,008	0.69%	0.12%
2030	11,938,853	26,784,894	0.66%	0.09%
2031	12,014,148	26,797,946	0.63%	0.05%
2032	12,086,669	26,801,071	0.6%	0.01%
2033	12,156,523	26,795,061	0.58%	-0.02%
2034	12,224,121	26,780,481	0.56%	-0.05%
2035	12,289,431	26,757,705	0.53%	-0.09%
2036	12,352,228	26,727,309	0.51%	-0.11%
2037	12,412,542	26,689,907	0.49%	-0.14%
2038	12,470,656	26,646,323	0.47%	-0.16%
2039	12,526,156	26,596,967	0.45%	-0.19%
2040	12,579,320	26,542,417	0.42%	-0.21%
2041	12,630,679	26,483,475	0.41%	-0.22%
2042	12,680,019	26,420,812	0.39%	-0.24%
2043	12,727,289	26,354,324	0.37%	-0.25%
2044	12,772,651	26,284,000	0.36%	-0.27%
2045	12,816,003	26,210,196	0.34%	-0.28%
2046	12,856,883	26,132,922	0.32%	-0.29%
2047	12,895,158	26,052,086	0.3%	-0.31%
2048	12,931,165	25,967,581	0.28%	-0.32%
2049	12,964,841	25,879,244	0.26%	-0.34%
2050	12,996,290	25,787,120	0.24%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.