Population in the Dominican Republic compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

the Dominican Republic and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	Sao Tome	Dominican Republic	Sao Tome
1960	3,268,336	68,012	-	-
1961	3,373,233	68,707	3.21%	1.02%
1962	3,479,936	69,403	3.16%	1.01%
1963	3,588,287	70,112	3.11%	1.02%
1964	3,698,559	70,865	3.07%	1.07%
1965	3,808,963	71,680	2.99%	1.15%
1966	3,921,847	72,576	2.96%	1.25%
1967	4,038,928	73,596	2.99%	1.41%
1968	4,157,189	74,765	2.93%	1.59%
1969	4,277,035	76,083	2.88%	1.76%
1970	4,399,290	77,626	2.86%	2.03%
1971	4,524,234	79,330	2.84%	2.2%
1972	4,651,883	81,041	2.82%	2.16%
1973	4,782,227	82,798	2.8%	2.17%
1974	4,914,197	84,672	2.76%	2.26%
1975	5,046,776	86,708	2.7%	2.4%
1976	5,180,404	88,922	2.65%	2.55%
1977	5,315,443	91,301	2.61%	2.68%
1978	5,451,882	93,794	2.57%	2.73%
1979	5,589,690	96,252	2.53%	2.62%
1980	5,729,037	98,544	2.49%	2.38%
1981	5,868,453	100,615	2.43%	2.1%
1982	6,007,114	102,508	2.36%	1.88%
1983	6,147,248	104,380	2.33%	1.83%
1984	6,289,040	106,394	2.31%	1.93%
1985	6,430,404	108,658	2.25%	2.13%
1986	6,571,208	111,150	2.19%	2.29%
1987	6,712,515	113,919	2.15%	2.49%
1988	6,855,734	116,939	2.13%	2.65%
1989	7,002,295	119,979	2.14%	2.6%
1990	7,151,166	122,980	2.13%	2.5%
1991	7,299,853	125,697	2.08%	2.21%
1992	7,447,474	128,110	2.02%	1.92%
1993	7,594,572	130,467	1.98%	1.84%
1994	7,741,694	132,732	1.94%	1.74%
1995	7,888,115	134,895	1.89%	1.63%
1996	8,032,894	136,962	1.84%	1.53%
1997	8,174,078	138,922	1.76%	1.43%
1998	8,310,362	140,751	1.67%	1.32%
1999	8,446,208	142,442	1.63%	1.2%
2000	8,584,190	144,018	1.63%	1.11%
2001	8,720,283	146,375	1.59%	1.64%
2002	8,852,235	149,922	1.51%	2.42%
2003	8,980,620	153,814	1.45%	2.6%
2004	9,104,892	157,705	1.38%	2.53%
2005	9,225,034	161,639	1.32%	2.49%
2006	9,341,183	165,638	1.26%	2.47%
2007	9,455,658	169,700	1.23%	2.45%
2008	9,573,130	173,793	1.24%	2.41%
2009	9,695,265	177,853	1.28%	2.34%
2010	9,820,175	181,802	1.29%	2.22%
2011	9,945,621	185,649	1.28%	2.12%
2012	10,070,411	189,439	1.25%	2.04%
2013	10,193,833	193,148	1.23%	1.96%
2014	10,315,528	196,767	1.19%	1.87%
2015	10,434,829	200,291	1.16%	1.79%
2016	10,551,430	203,689	1.12%	1.7%
2017	10,666,843	206,970	1.09%	1.61%
2018	10,782,053	210,187	1.08%	1.55%
2019	10,894,043	213,392	1.04%	1.52%
2020	11,008,300	217,435	1.05%	1.89%
2021	11,123,476	221,961	1.05%	2.08%
2022	11,230,734	226,305	0.96%	1.96%
2023	11,331,265	230,871	0.9%	2.02%
2024	11,427,557	235,536	0.85%	2.02%
2025	11,520,480	240,251	0.81%	2%
2026	11,609,496	244,987	0.77%	1.97%
2027	11,695,935	249,783	0.74%	1.96%
2028	11,779,929	254,657	0.72%	1.95%
2029	11,860,814	259,597	0.69%	1.94%
2030	11,938,853	264,560	0.66%	1.91%
2031	12,014,148	269,566	0.63%	1.89%
2032	12,086,669	274,643	0.6%	1.88%
2033	12,156,523	279,761	0.58%	1.86%
2034	12,224,121	284,911	0.56%	1.84%
2035	12,289,431	290,082	0.53%	1.81%
2036	12,352,228	295,269	0.51%	1.79%
2037	12,412,542	300,439	0.49%	1.75%
2038	12,470,656	305,590	0.47%	1.71%
2039	12,526,156	310,729	0.45%	1.68%
2040	12,579,320	315,833	0.42%	1.64%
2041	12,630,679	320,875	0.41%	1.6%
2042	12,680,019	325,888	0.39%	1.56%
2043	12,727,289	330,908	0.37%	1.54%
2044	12,772,651	335,919	0.36%	1.51%
2045	12,816,003	340,911	0.34%	1.49%
2046	12,856,883	345,883	0.32%	1.46%
2047	12,895,158	350,758	0.3%	1.41%
2048	12,931,165	355,569	0.28%	1.37%
2049	12,964,841	360,353	0.26%	1.35%
2050	12,996,290	365,103	0.24%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.