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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	South Africa	Dominican Republic	South Africa
1960	3,268,336	16,440,172	-	-
1961	3,373,233	16,908,035	3.21%	2.85%
1962	3,479,936	17,418,522	3.16%	3.02%
1963	3,588,287	17,954,564	3.11%	3.08%
1964	3,698,559	18,511,361	3.07%	3.1%
1965	3,808,963	19,089,380	2.99%	3.12%
1966	3,921,847	19,690,087	2.96%	3.15%
1967	4,038,928	20,314,066	2.99%	3.17%
1968	4,157,189	20,957,287	2.93%	3.17%
1969	4,277,035	21,614,676	2.88%	3.14%
1970	4,399,290	22,279,984	2.86%	3.08%
1971	4,524,234	22,942,143	2.84%	2.97%
1972	4,651,883	23,609,456	2.82%	2.91%
1973	4,782,227	24,294,263	2.8%	2.9%
1974	4,914,197	24,989,108	2.76%	2.86%
1975	5,046,776	25,690,940	2.7%	2.81%
1976	5,180,404	26,395,450	2.65%	2.74%
1977	5,315,443	27,118,952	2.61%	2.74%
1978	5,451,882	27,869,507	2.57%	2.77%
1979	5,589,690	28,634,162	2.53%	2.74%
1980	5,729,037	29,518,857	2.49%	3.09%
1981	5,868,453	30,541,044	2.43%	3.46%
1982	6,007,114	31,615,339	2.36%	3.52%
1983	6,147,248	32,739,304	2.33%	3.56%
1984	6,289,040	33,892,788	2.31%	3.52%
1985	6,430,404	35,042,093	2.25%	3.39%
1986	6,571,208	36,180,515	2.19%	3.25%
1987	6,712,515	37,326,190	2.15%	3.17%
1988	6,855,734	38,480,649	2.13%	3.09%
1989	7,002,295	39,628,575	2.14%	2.98%
1990	7,151,166	40,746,268	2.13%	2.82%
1991	7,299,853	41,687,898	2.08%	2.31%
1992	7,447,474	42,443,509	2.02%	1.81%
1993	7,594,572	43,297,156	1.98%	2.01%
1994	7,741,694	44,004,139	1.94%	1.63%
1995	7,888,115	44,541,554	1.89%	1.22%
1996	8,032,894	45,123,018	1.84%	1.31%
1997	8,174,078	45,666,838	1.76%	1.21%
1998	8,310,362	46,223,880	1.67%	1.22%
1999	8,446,208	46,730,335	1.63%	1.1%
2000	8,584,190	47,159,719	1.63%	0.92%
2001	8,720,283	47,566,800	1.59%	0.86%
2002	8,852,235	48,019,415	1.51%	0.95%
2003	8,980,620	48,500,348	1.45%	1%
2004	9,104,892	48,991,421	1.38%	1.01%
2005	9,225,034	49,490,033	1.32%	1.02%
2006	9,341,183	49,998,277	1.26%	1.03%
2007	9,455,658	50,528,584	1.23%	1.06%
2008	9,573,130	51,114,599	1.24%	1.16%
2009	9,695,265	51,728,516	1.28%	1.2%
2010	9,820,175	52,344,051	1.29%	1.19%
2011	9,945,621	52,995,205	1.28%	1.24%
2012	10,070,411	53,782,567	1.25%	1.49%
2013	10,193,833	54,678,791	1.23%	1.67%
2014	10,315,528	55,594,838	1.19%	1.68%
2015	10,434,829	56,723,537	1.16%	2.03%
2016	10,551,430	57,259,551	1.12%	0.94%
2017	10,666,843	57,635,162	1.09%	0.66%
2018	10,782,053	58,613,001	1.08%	1.7%
2019	10,894,043	59,587,885	1.04%	1.66%
2020	11,008,300	60,562,381	1.05%	1.64%
2021	11,123,476	61,502,603	1.05%	1.55%
2022	11,230,734	62,378,410	0.96%	1.42%
2023	11,331,265	63,212,384	0.9%	1.34%
2024	11,427,557	64,007,187	0.85%	1.26%
2025	11,520,480	64,747,317	0.81%	1.16%
2026	11,609,496	65,453,086	0.77%	1.09%
2027	11,695,935	66,143,018	0.74%	1.05%
2028	11,779,929	66,830,384	0.72%	1.04%
2029	11,860,814	67,506,850	0.69%	1.01%
2030	11,938,853	68,161,357	0.66%	0.97%
2031	12,014,148	68,798,574	0.63%	0.93%
2032	12,086,669	69,426,441	0.6%	0.91%
2033	12,156,523	70,040,484	0.58%	0.88%
2034	12,224,121	70,641,572	0.56%	0.86%
2035	12,289,431	71,234,749	0.53%	0.84%
2036	12,352,228	71,816,372	0.51%	0.82%
2037	12,412,542	72,387,807	0.49%	0.8%
2038	12,470,656	72,949,611	0.47%	0.78%
2039	12,526,156	73,496,152	0.45%	0.75%
2040	12,579,320	74,035,615	0.42%	0.73%
2041	12,630,679	74,575,444	0.41%	0.73%
2042	12,680,019	75,111,899	0.39%	0.72%
2043	12,727,289	75,641,512	0.37%	0.71%
2044	12,772,651	76,164,461	0.36%	0.69%
2045	12,816,003	76,681,448	0.34%	0.68%
2046	12,856,883	77,199,542	0.32%	0.68%
2047	12,895,158	77,716,650	0.3%	0.67%
2048	12,931,165	78,215,323	0.28%	0.64%
2049	12,964,841	78,699,584	0.26%	0.62%
2050	12,996,290	79,177,329	0.24%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.