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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	Samoa	Dominican Republic	Samoa
1960	3,268,336	112,490	-	-
1961	3,373,233	115,496	3.21%	2.67%
1962	3,479,936	118,597	3.16%	2.68%
1963	3,588,287	121,764	3.11%	2.67%
1964	3,698,559	124,894	3.07%	2.57%
1965	3,808,963	127,978	2.99%	2.47%
1966	3,921,847	131,073	2.96%	2.42%
1967	4,038,928	133,764	2.99%	2.05%
1968	4,157,189	136,020	2.93%	1.69%
1969	4,277,035	138,233	2.88%	1.63%
1970	4,399,290	140,400	2.86%	1.57%
1971	4,524,234	142,503	2.84%	1.5%
1972	4,651,883	144,538	2.82%	1.43%
1973	4,782,227	146,516	2.8%	1.37%
1974	4,914,197	149,431	2.76%	1.99%
1975	5,046,776	153,344	2.7%	2.62%
1976	5,180,404	157,113	2.65%	2.46%
1977	5,315,443	159,753	2.61%	1.68%
1978	5,451,882	161,375	2.57%	1.02%
1979	5,589,690	162,882	2.53%	0.93%
1980	5,729,037	164,322	2.49%	0.88%
1981	5,868,453	165,678	2.43%	0.83%
1982	6,007,114	166,484	2.36%	0.49%
1983	6,147,248	166,714	2.33%	0.14%
1984	6,289,040	166,796	2.31%	0.05%
1985	6,430,404	166,849	2.25%	0.03%
1986	6,571,208	167,061	2.19%	0.13%
1987	6,712,515	167,661	2.15%	0.36%
1988	6,855,734	168,346	2.13%	0.41%
1989	7,002,295	168,768	2.14%	0.25%
1990	7,151,166	169,042	2.13%	0.16%
1991	7,299,853	169,368	2.08%	0.19%
1992	7,447,474	170,331	2.02%	0.57%
1993	7,594,572	171,774	1.98%	0.85%
1994	7,741,694	173,159	1.94%	0.81%
1995	7,888,115	174,571	1.89%	0.82%
1996	8,032,894	176,071	1.84%	0.86%
1997	8,174,078	177,547	1.76%	0.84%
1998	8,310,362	178,905	1.67%	0.76%
1999	8,446,208	180,275	1.63%	0.77%
2000	8,584,190	181,685	1.63%	0.78%
2001	8,720,283	183,166	1.59%	0.82%
2002	8,852,235	184,471	1.51%	0.71%
2003	8,980,620	185,430	1.45%	0.52%
2004	9,104,892	186,249	1.38%	0.44%
2005	9,225,034	186,978	1.32%	0.39%
2006	9,341,183	187,709	1.26%	0.39%
2007	9,455,658	188,753	1.23%	0.56%
2008	9,573,130	190,107	1.24%	0.72%
2009	9,695,265	191,513	1.28%	0.74%
2010	9,820,175	193,023	1.29%	0.79%
2011	9,945,621	194,713	1.28%	0.88%
2012	10,070,411	196,498	1.25%	0.92%
2013	10,193,833	198,268	1.23%	0.9%
2014	10,315,528	200,037	1.19%	0.89%
2015	10,434,829	201,782	1.16%	0.87%
2016	10,551,430	203,499	1.12%	0.85%
2017	10,666,843	205,415	1.09%	0.94%
2018	10,782,053	207,582	1.08%	1.05%
2019	10,894,043	209,780	1.04%	1.06%
2020	11,008,300	211,944	1.05%	1.03%
2021	11,123,476	213,779	1.05%	0.87%
2022	11,230,734	215,261	0.96%	0.69%
2023	11,331,265	216,663	0.9%	0.65%
2024	11,427,557	218,019	0.85%	0.63%
2025	11,520,480	219,302	0.81%	0.59%
2026	11,609,496	220,530	0.77%	0.56%
2027	11,695,935	221,772	0.74%	0.56%
2028	11,779,929	223,104	0.72%	0.6%
2029	11,860,814	224,504	0.69%	0.63%
2030	11,938,853	225,968	0.66%	0.65%
2031	12,014,148	227,581	0.63%	0.71%
2032	12,086,669	229,298	0.6%	0.75%
2033	12,156,523	231,110	0.58%	0.79%
2034	12,224,121	233,061	0.56%	0.84%
2035	12,289,431	235,172	0.53%	0.91%
2036	12,352,228	237,415	0.51%	0.95%
2037	12,412,542	239,730	0.49%	0.98%
2038	12,470,656	242,155	0.47%	1.01%
2039	12,526,156	244,653	0.45%	1.03%
2040	12,579,320	247,196	0.42%	1.04%
2041	12,630,679	249,796	0.41%	1.05%
2042	12,680,019	252,427	0.39%	1.05%
2043	12,727,289	255,023	0.37%	1.03%
2044	12,772,651	257,609	0.36%	1.01%
2045	12,816,003	260,250	0.34%	1.03%
2046	12,856,883	262,849	0.32%	1%
2047	12,895,158	265,365	0.3%	0.96%
2048	12,931,165	267,836	0.28%	0.93%
2049	12,964,841	270,291	0.26%	0.92%
2050	12,996,290	272,711	0.24%	0.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while Samoa gained 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 18,506 (a 9.17% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2005 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.8% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.