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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	Saudi Arabia	Dominican Republic	Saudi Arabia
1960	3,268,336	2,435,403	-	-
1961	3,373,233	2,526,347	3.21%	3.73%
1962	3,479,936	2,620,910	3.16%	3.74%
1963	3,588,287	2,719,341	3.11%	3.76%
1964	3,698,559	2,821,968	3.07%	3.77%
1965	3,808,963	2,928,771	2.99%	3.78%
1966	3,921,847	3,039,887	2.96%	3.79%
1967	4,038,928	3,157,242	2.99%	3.86%
1968	4,157,189	3,282,711	2.93%	3.97%
1969	4,277,035	3,417,114	2.88%	4.09%
1970	4,399,290	3,562,470	2.86%	4.25%
1971	4,524,234	3,724,031	2.84%	4.54%
1972	4,651,883	3,905,722	2.82%	4.88%
1973	4,782,227	4,106,344	2.8%	5.14%
1974	4,914,197	4,323,632	2.76%	5.29%
1975	5,046,776	4,556,287	2.7%	5.38%
1976	5,180,404	4,807,933	2.65%	5.52%
1977	5,315,443	5,083,048	2.61%	5.72%
1978	5,451,882	5,381,902	2.57%	5.88%
1979	5,589,690	5,703,698	2.53%	5.98%
1980	5,729,037	6,047,997	2.49%	6.04%
1981	5,868,453	6,420,551	2.43%	6.16%
1982	6,007,114	6,824,486	2.36%	6.29%
1983	6,147,248	7,252,941	2.33%	6.28%
1984	6,289,040	7,697,307	2.31%	6.13%
1985	6,430,404	8,151,779	2.25%	5.9%
1986	6,571,208	8,628,639	2.19%	5.85%
1987	6,712,515	9,130,194	2.15%	5.81%
1988	6,855,734	9,629,165	2.13%	5.47%
1989	7,002,295	10,128,394	2.14%	5.18%
1990	7,151,166	10,640,691	2.13%	5.06%
1991	7,299,853	11,160,744	2.08%	4.89%
1992	7,447,474	11,686,676	2.02%	4.71%
1993	7,594,572	12,215,862	1.98%	4.53%
1994	7,741,694	12,750,040	1.94%	4.37%
1995	7,888,115	13,289,245	1.89%	4.23%
1996	8,032,894	13,831,009	1.84%	4.08%
1997	8,174,078	14,374,943	1.76%	3.93%
1998	8,310,362	14,922,185	1.67%	3.81%
1999	8,446,208	15,472,075	1.63%	3.69%
2000	8,584,190	16,177,722	1.63%	4.56%
2001	8,720,283	17,041,397	1.59%	5.34%
2002	8,852,235	17,910,910	1.51%	5.1%
2003	8,980,620	18,786,767	1.45%	4.89%
2004	9,104,892	19,669,480	1.38%	4.7%
2005	9,225,034	20,559,890	1.32%	4.53%
2006	9,341,183	21,459,144	1.26%	4.37%
2007	9,455,658	22,368,313	1.23%	4.24%
2008	9,573,130	23,287,877	1.24%	4.11%
2009	9,695,265	24,217,654	1.28%	3.99%
2010	9,820,175	23,978,487	1.29%	-0.99%
2011	9,945,621	25,091,867	1.28%	4.64%
2012	10,070,411	26,168,861	1.25%	4.29%
2013	10,193,833	27,624,004	1.23%	5.56%
2014	10,315,528	28,309,273	1.19%	2.48%
2015	10,434,829	29,816,382	1.16%	5.32%
2016	10,551,430	30,954,198	1.12%	3.82%
2017	10,666,843	30,977,355	1.09%	0.07%
2018	10,782,053	30,196,281	1.08%	-2.52%
2019	10,894,043	30,063,799	1.04%	-0.44%
2020	11,008,300	31,552,510	1.05%	4.95%
2021	11,123,476	30,784,383	1.05%	-2.43%
2022	11,230,734	32,175,224	0.96%	4.52%
2023	11,331,265	33,702,731	0.9%	4.75%
2024	11,427,557	35,300,280	0.85%	4.74%
2025	11,520,480	35,927,625	0.81%	1.78%
2026	11,609,496	36,550,694	0.77%	1.73%
2027	11,695,935	37,167,513	0.74%	1.69%
2028	11,779,929	37,775,810	0.72%	1.64%
2029	11,860,814	38,364,377	0.69%	1.56%
2030	11,938,853	38,918,375	0.66%	1.44%
2031	12,014,148	39,450,880	0.63%	1.37%
2032	12,086,669	39,983,934	0.6%	1.35%
2033	12,156,523	40,517,599	0.58%	1.33%
2034	12,224,121	41,052,423	0.56%	1.32%
2035	12,289,431	41,588,429	0.53%	1.31%
2036	12,352,228	42,125,184	0.51%	1.29%
2037	12,412,542	42,661,908	0.49%	1.27%
2038	12,470,656	43,198,420	0.47%	1.26%
2039	12,526,156	43,734,316	0.45%	1.24%
2040	12,579,320	44,269,571	0.42%	1.22%
2041	12,630,679	44,804,338	0.41%	1.21%
2042	12,680,019	45,338,111	0.39%	1.19%
2043	12,727,289	45,870,896	0.37%	1.18%
2044	12,772,651	46,403,116	0.36%	1.16%
2045	12,816,003	46,934,822	0.34%	1.15%
2046	12,856,883	47,465,267	0.32%	1.13%
2047	12,895,158	47,993,976	0.3%	1.11%
2048	12,931,165	48,521,364	0.28%	1.1%
2049	12,964,841	49,047,461	0.26%	1.08%
2050	12,996,290	49,572,202	0.24%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.