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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	Palau	Dominican Republic	Palau
1960	3,268,336	9,328	-	-
1961	3,373,233	9,555	3.21%	2.43%
1962	3,479,936	9,793	3.16%	2.49%
1963	3,588,287	10,037	3.11%	2.49%
1964	3,698,559	10,292	3.07%	2.54%
1965	3,808,963	10,547	2.99%	2.48%
1966	3,921,847	10,805	2.96%	2.45%
1967	4,038,928	10,988	2.99%	1.69%
1968	4,157,189	11,080	2.93%	0.84%
1969	4,277,035	11,159	2.88%	0.71%
1970	4,399,290	11,368	2.86%	1.87%
1971	4,524,234	11,759	2.84%	3.44%
1972	4,651,883	12,194	2.82%	3.7%
1973	4,782,227	12,552	2.8%	2.94%
1974	4,914,197	12,687	2.76%	1.08%
1975	5,046,776	12,655	2.7%	-0.25%
1976	5,180,404	12,598	2.65%	-0.45%
1977	5,315,443	12,525	2.61%	-0.58%
1978	5,451,882	12,440	2.57%	-0.68%
1979	5,589,690	12,337	2.53%	-0.83%
1980	5,729,037	12,271	2.49%	-0.53%
1981	5,868,453	12,402	2.43%	1.07%
1982	6,007,114	12,694	2.36%	2.35%
1983	6,147,248	13,006	2.33%	2.46%
1984	6,289,040	13,337	2.31%	2.54%
1985	6,430,404	13,688	2.25%	2.63%
1986	6,571,208	14,024	2.19%	2.45%
1987	6,712,515	14,334	2.15%	2.21%
1988	6,855,734	14,645	2.13%	2.17%
1989	7,002,295	14,945	2.14%	2.05%
1990	7,151,166	15,259	2.13%	2.1%
1991	7,299,853	15,614	2.08%	2.33%
1992	7,447,474	15,989	2.02%	2.4%
1993	7,594,572	16,372	1.98%	2.4%
1994	7,741,694	16,770	1.94%	2.43%
1995	7,888,115	17,195	1.89%	2.53%
1996	8,032,894	17,654	1.84%	2.67%
1997	8,174,078	18,108	1.76%	2.57%
1998	8,310,362	18,524	1.67%	2.3%
1999	8,446,208	18,901	1.63%	2.04%
2000	8,584,190	19,178	1.63%	1.47%
2001	8,720,283	19,352	1.59%	0.91%
2002	8,852,235	19,503	1.51%	0.78%
2003	8,980,620	19,659	1.45%	0.8%
2004	9,104,892	19,820	1.38%	0.82%
2005	9,225,034	19,819	1.32%	-0.005%
2006	9,341,183	19,593	1.26%	-1.14%
2007	9,455,658	19,302	1.23%	-1.49%
2008	9,573,130	19,009	1.24%	-1.52%
2009	9,695,265	18,709	1.28%	-1.58%
2010	9,820,175	18,396	1.29%	-1.67%
2011	9,945,621	18,078	1.28%	-1.73%
2012	10,070,411	17,765	1.25%	-1.73%
2013	10,193,833	17,648	1.23%	-0.66%
2014	10,315,528	17,715	1.19%	0.38%
2015	10,434,829	17,770	1.16%	0.31%
2016	10,551,430	17,797	1.12%	0.15%
2017	10,666,843	17,812	1.09%	0.08%
2018	10,782,053	17,814	1.08%	0.01%
2019	10,894,043	17,798	1.04%	-0.09%
2020	11,008,300	17,792	1.05%	-0.03%
2021	11,123,476	17,783	1.05%	-0.05%
2022	11,230,734	17,759	0.96%	-0.13%
2023	11,331,265	17,727	0.9%	-0.18%
2024	11,427,557	17,695	0.85%	-0.18%
2025	11,520,480	17,663	0.81%	-0.18%
2026	11,609,496	17,618	0.77%	-0.25%
2027	11,695,935	17,564	0.74%	-0.31%
2028	11,779,929	17,504	0.72%	-0.34%
2029	11,860,814	17,436	0.69%	-0.39%
2030	11,938,853	17,376	0.66%	-0.34%
2031	12,014,148	17,299	0.63%	-0.44%
2032	12,086,669	17,228	0.6%	-0.41%
2033	12,156,523	17,163	0.58%	-0.38%
2034	12,224,121	17,092	0.56%	-0.41%
2035	12,289,431	17,012	0.53%	-0.47%
2036	12,352,228	16,940	0.51%	-0.43%
2037	12,412,542	16,858	0.49%	-0.48%
2038	12,470,656	16,779	0.47%	-0.47%
2039	12,526,156	16,689	0.45%	-0.54%
2040	12,579,320	16,604	0.42%	-0.51%
2041	12,630,679	16,510	0.41%	-0.57%
2042	12,680,019	16,403	0.39%	-0.65%
2043	12,727,289	16,302	0.37%	-0.61%
2044	12,772,651	16,202	0.36%	-0.62%
2045	12,816,003	16,097	0.34%	-0.65%
2046	12,856,883	15,977	0.32%	-0.74%
2047	12,895,158	15,863	0.3%	-0.71%
2048	12,931,165	15,749	0.28%	-0.72%
2049	12,964,841	15,632	0.26%	-0.74%
2050	12,996,290	15,515	0.24%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.