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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	Sierra Leone	Dominican Republic	Sierra Leone
1960	3,268,336	2,268,356	-	-
1961	3,373,233	2,304,227	3.21%	1.58%
1962	3,479,936	2,342,242	3.16%	1.65%
1963	3,588,287	2,382,258	3.11%	1.71%
1964	3,698,559	2,424,390	3.07%	1.77%
1965	3,808,963	2,468,666	2.99%	1.83%
1966	3,921,847	2,514,638	2.96%	1.86%
1967	4,038,928	2,562,384	2.99%	1.9%
1968	4,157,189	2,611,532	2.93%	1.92%
1969	4,277,035	2,661,365	2.88%	1.91%
1970	4,399,290	2,712,286	2.86%	1.91%
1971	4,524,234	2,763,222	2.84%	1.88%
1972	4,651,883	2,814,388	2.82%	1.85%
1973	4,782,227	2,866,955	2.8%	1.87%
1974	4,914,197	2,920,459	2.76%	1.87%
1975	5,046,776	2,974,657	2.7%	1.86%
1976	5,180,404	3,028,820	2.65%	1.82%
1977	5,315,443	3,085,354	2.61%	1.87%
1978	5,451,882	3,145,517	2.57%	1.95%
1979	5,589,690	3,207,499	2.53%	1.97%
1980	5,729,037	3,272,089	2.49%	2.01%
1981	5,868,453	3,338,940	2.43%	2.04%
1982	6,007,114	3,408,183	2.36%	2.07%
1983	6,147,248	3,481,646	2.33%	2.16%
1984	6,289,040	3,558,758	2.31%	2.21%
1985	6,430,404	3,638,438	2.25%	2.24%
1986	6,571,208	3,728,380	2.19%	2.47%
1987	6,712,515	3,829,718	2.15%	2.72%
1988	6,855,734	3,934,517	2.13%	2.74%
1989	7,002,295	4,034,037	2.14%	2.53%
1990	7,151,166	4,196,828	2.13%	4.04%
1991	7,299,853	4,246,267	2.08%	1.18%
1992	7,447,474	4,166,366	2.02%	-1.88%
1993	7,594,572	4,157,130	1.98%	-0.22%
1994	7,741,694	4,173,105	1.94%	0.38%
1995	7,888,115	4,179,179	1.89%	0.15%
1996	8,032,894	4,199,210	1.84%	0.48%
1997	8,174,078	4,253,716	1.76%	1.3%
1998	8,310,362	4,295,785	1.67%	0.99%
1999	8,446,208	4,318,043	1.63%	0.52%
2000	8,584,190	4,423,611	1.63%	2.44%
2001	8,720,283	4,692,716	1.59%	6.08%
2002	8,852,235	4,971,435	1.51%	5.94%
2003	8,980,620	5,177,687	1.45%	4.15%
2004	9,104,892	5,355,717	1.38%	3.44%
2005	9,225,034	5,501,712	1.32%	2.73%
2006	9,341,183	5,624,466	1.26%	2.23%
2007	9,455,658	5,749,352	1.23%	2.22%
2008	9,573,130	5,894,722	1.24%	2.53%
2009	9,695,265	6,055,646	1.28%	2.73%
2010	9,820,175	6,222,714	1.29%	2.76%
2011	9,945,621	6,387,251	1.28%	2.64%
2012	10,070,411	6,551,080	1.25%	2.56%
2013	10,193,833	6,714,051	1.23%	2.49%
2014	10,315,528	6,876,385	1.19%	2.42%
2015	10,434,829	7,037,655	1.16%	2.35%
2016	10,551,430	7,205,328	1.12%	2.38%
2017	10,666,843	7,379,299	1.09%	2.41%
2018	10,782,053	7,554,563	1.08%	2.38%
2019	10,894,043	7,731,991	1.04%	2.35%
2020	11,008,300	7,912,558	1.05%	2.34%
2021	11,123,476	8,094,602	1.05%	2.3%
2022	11,230,734	8,276,807	0.96%	2.25%
2023	11,331,265	8,460,512	0.9%	2.22%
2024	11,427,557	8,642,022	0.85%	2.15%
2025	11,520,480	8,819,789	0.81%	2.06%
2026	11,609,496	8,996,743	0.77%	2.01%
2027	11,695,935	9,174,695	0.74%	1.98%
2028	11,779,929	9,349,021	0.72%	1.9%
2029	11,860,814	9,520,811	0.69%	1.84%
2030	11,938,853	9,694,851	0.66%	1.83%
2031	12,014,148	9,870,295	0.63%	1.81%
2032	12,086,669	10,047,193	0.6%	1.79%
2033	12,156,523	10,221,006	0.58%	1.73%
2034	12,224,121	10,391,485	0.56%	1.67%
2035	12,289,431	10,563,163	0.53%	1.65%
2036	12,352,228	10,734,341	0.51%	1.62%
2037	12,412,542	10,902,263	0.49%	1.56%
2038	12,470,656	11,066,143	0.47%	1.5%
2039	12,526,156	11,230,060	0.45%	1.48%
2040	12,579,320	11,398,391	0.42%	1.5%
2041	12,630,679	11,566,213	0.41%	1.47%
2042	12,680,019	11,728,787	0.39%	1.41%
2043	12,727,289	11,887,934	0.37%	1.36%
2044	12,772,651	12,049,424	0.36%	1.36%
2045	12,816,003	12,208,872	0.34%	1.32%
2046	12,856,883	12,363,446	0.32%	1.27%
2047	12,895,158	12,512,739	0.3%	1.21%
2048	12,931,165	12,659,609	0.28%	1.17%
2049	12,964,841	12,805,136	0.26%	1.15%
2050	12,996,290	12,948,320	0.24%	1.12%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,535,943 people (a 27.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,924,277 (a 27.3% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2005 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 44.5% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.