Population in the Dominican Republic compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Dominican Republic and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	Papua New Guinea	Dominican Republic	Papua New Guinea
1960	3,268,336	1,995,110	-	-
1961	3,373,233	2,046,127	3.21%	2.56%
1962	3,479,936	2,093,919	3.16%	2.34%
1963	3,588,287	2,141,376	3.11%	2.27%
1964	3,698,559	2,188,325	3.07%	2.19%
1965	3,808,963	2,235,820	2.99%	2.17%
1966	3,921,847	2,285,774	2.96%	2.23%
1967	4,038,928	2,337,532	2.99%	2.26%
1968	4,157,189	2,390,803	2.93%	2.28%
1969	4,277,035	2,446,927	2.88%	2.35%
1970	4,399,290	2,505,628	2.86%	2.4%
1971	4,524,234	2,566,421	2.84%	2.43%
1972	4,651,883	2,628,432	2.82%	2.42%
1973	4,782,227	2,690,629	2.8%	2.37%
1974	4,914,197	2,752,671	2.76%	2.31%
1975	5,046,776	2,814,820	2.7%	2.26%
1976	5,180,404	2,877,327	2.65%	2.22%
1977	5,315,443	2,940,327	2.61%	2.19%
1978	5,451,882	3,003,714	2.57%	2.16%
1979	5,589,690	3,067,341	2.53%	2.12%
1980	5,729,037	3,131,512	2.49%	2.09%
1981	5,868,453	3,197,019	2.43%	2.09%
1982	6,007,114	3,264,291	2.36%	2.1%
1983	6,147,248	3,333,633	2.33%	2.12%
1984	6,289,040	3,405,198	2.31%	2.15%
1985	6,430,404	3,478,936	2.25%	2.17%
1986	6,571,208	3,554,793	2.19%	2.18%
1987	6,712,515	3,632,543	2.15%	2.19%
1988	6,855,734	3,711,880	2.13%	2.18%
1989	7,002,295	3,796,078	2.14%	2.27%
1990	7,151,166	3,896,481	2.13%	2.64%
1991	7,299,853	4,021,837	2.08%	3.22%
1992	7,447,474	4,166,699	2.02%	3.6%
1993	7,594,572	4,320,872	1.98%	3.7%
1994	7,741,694	4,480,208	1.94%	3.69%
1995	7,888,115	4,644,278	1.89%	3.66%
1996	8,032,894	4,813,361	1.84%	3.64%
1997	8,174,078	4,987,883	1.76%	3.63%
1998	8,310,362	5,166,390	1.67%	3.58%
1999	8,446,208	5,349,333	1.63%	3.54%
2000	8,584,190	5,537,064	1.63%	3.51%
2001	8,720,283	5,728,435	1.59%	3.46%
2002	8,852,235	5,924,003	1.51%	3.41%
2003	8,980,620	6,123,997	1.45%	3.38%
2004	9,104,892	6,328,041	1.38%	3.33%
2005	9,225,034	6,535,905	1.32%	3.28%
2006	9,341,183	6,747,720	1.26%	3.24%
2007	9,455,658	6,963,345	1.23%	3.2%
2008	9,573,130	7,183,002	1.24%	3.15%
2009	9,695,265	7,406,438	1.28%	3.11%
2010	9,820,175	7,633,523	1.29%	3.07%
2011	9,945,621	7,859,346	1.28%	2.96%
2012	10,070,411	8,081,390	1.25%	2.83%
2013	10,193,833	8,302,698	1.23%	2.74%
2014	10,315,528	8,523,441	1.19%	2.66%
2015	10,434,829	8,743,246	1.16%	2.58%
2016	10,551,430	8,961,718	1.12%	2.5%
2017	10,666,843	9,178,714	1.09%	2.42%
2018	10,782,053	9,394,513	1.08%	2.35%
2019	10,894,043	9,609,010	1.04%	2.28%
2020	11,008,300	9,815,746	1.05%	2.15%
2021	11,123,476	10,012,896	1.05%	2.01%
2022	11,230,734	10,203,169	0.96%	1.9%
2023	11,331,265	10,389,635	0.9%	1.83%
2024	11,427,557	10,576,502	0.85%	1.8%
2025	11,520,480	10,762,813	0.81%	1.76%
2026	11,609,496	10,947,845	0.77%	1.72%
2027	11,695,935	11,131,268	0.74%	1.68%
2028	11,779,929	11,312,895	0.72%	1.63%
2029	11,860,814	11,492,799	0.69%	1.59%
2030	11,938,853	11,671,420	0.66%	1.55%
2031	12,014,148	11,848,221	0.63%	1.51%
2032	12,086,669	12,023,121	0.6%	1.48%
2033	12,156,523	12,196,639	0.58%	1.44%
2034	12,224,121	12,369,248	0.56%	1.42%
2035	12,289,431	12,540,596	0.53%	1.39%
2036	12,352,228	12,710,682	0.51%	1.36%
2037	12,412,542	12,879,737	0.49%	1.33%
2038	12,470,656	13,047,122	0.47%	1.3%
2039	12,526,156	13,212,668	0.45%	1.27%
2040	12,579,320	13,376,156	0.42%	1.24%
2041	12,630,679	13,537,361	0.41%	1.21%
2042	12,680,019	13,696,139	0.39%	1.17%
2043	12,727,289	13,853,410	0.37%	1.15%
2044	12,772,651	14,009,926	0.36%	1.13%
2045	12,816,003	14,165,578	0.34%	1.11%
2046	12,856,883	14,318,889	0.32%	1.08%
2047	12,895,158	14,469,210	0.3%	1.05%
2048	12,931,165	14,617,364	0.28%	1.02%
2049	12,964,841	14,763,600	0.26%	1%
2050	12,996,290	14,906,584	0.24%	0.97%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,210,247 people (a 13% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,213,998 people (a 32.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Dominican Republic gained 1,059,010 (a 10% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 1,988,131 (a 22.2% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2006 and is 84th in 2026. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2006 and ranked 89th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Dominican Republic's population will grow by 11.9% to 12,996,290 people with a rank change from 84th to 90th. The population of Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.1% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 89th to 85th.