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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	Spain	Dominican Republic	Spain
1960	3,268,336	30,455,000	-	-
1961	3,373,233	30,739,250	3.21%	0.93%
1962	3,479,936	31,023,366	3.16%	0.92%
1963	3,588,287	31,296,651	3.11%	0.88%
1964	3,698,559	31,609,195	3.07%	1%
1965	3,808,963	31,954,292	2.99%	1.09%
1966	3,921,847	32,283,194	2.96%	1.03%
1967	4,038,928	32,682,947	2.99%	1.24%
1968	4,157,189	33,113,134	2.93%	1.32%
1969	4,277,035	33,441,054	2.88%	0.99%
1970	4,399,290	33,814,531	2.86%	1.12%
1971	4,524,234	34,224,490	2.84%	1.21%
1972	4,651,883	34,604,469	2.82%	1.11%
1973	4,782,227	34,988,947	2.8%	1.11%
1974	4,914,197	35,373,335	2.76%	1.1%
1975	5,046,776	35,757,900	2.7%	1.09%
1976	5,180,404	36,137,812	2.65%	1.06%
1977	5,315,443	36,511,638	2.61%	1.03%
1978	5,451,882	36,864,898	2.57%	0.97%
1979	5,589,690	37,191,330	2.53%	0.89%
1980	5,729,037	37,491,165	2.49%	0.81%
1981	5,868,453	37,758,631	2.43%	0.71%
1982	6,007,114	37,986,012	2.36%	0.6%
1983	6,147,248	38,171,525	2.33%	0.49%
1984	6,289,040	38,330,364	2.31%	0.42%
1985	6,430,404	38,469,512	2.25%	0.36%
1986	6,571,208	38,584,624	2.19%	0.3%
1987	6,712,515	38,684,815	2.15%	0.26%
1988	6,855,734	38,766,939	2.13%	0.21%
1989	7,002,295	38,827,764	2.14%	0.16%
1990	7,151,166	38,867,322	2.13%	0.1%
1991	7,299,853	38,966,376	2.08%	0.25%
1992	7,447,474	39,157,685	2.02%	0.49%
1993	7,594,572	39,361,262	1.98%	0.52%
1994	7,741,694	39,549,108	1.94%	0.48%
1995	7,888,115	39,724,050	1.89%	0.44%
1996	8,032,894	39,889,852	1.84%	0.42%
1997	8,174,078	40,057,389	1.76%	0.42%
1998	8,310,362	40,223,509	1.67%	0.41%
1999	8,446,208	40,386,875	1.63%	0.41%
2000	8,584,190	40,567,864	1.63%	0.45%
2001	8,720,283	40,850,412	1.59%	0.7%
2002	8,852,235	41,431,558	1.51%	1.42%
2003	8,980,620	42,187,645	1.45%	1.82%
2004	9,104,892	42,921,895	1.38%	1.74%
2005	9,225,034	43,653,155	1.32%	1.7%
2006	9,341,183	44,397,319	1.26%	1.7%
2007	9,455,658	45,226,803	1.23%	1.87%
2008	9,573,130	45,954,106	1.24%	1.61%
2009	9,695,265	46,362,946	1.28%	0.89%
2010	9,820,175	46,576,897	1.29%	0.46%
2011	9,945,621	46,742,697	1.28%	0.36%
2012	10,070,411	46,773,055	1.25%	0.06%
2013	10,193,833	46,604,197	1.23%	-0.36%
2014	10,315,528	46,460,733	1.19%	-0.31%
2015	10,434,829	46,422,303	1.16%	-0.08%
2016	10,551,430	46,458,139	1.12%	0.08%
2017	10,666,843	46,571,232	1.09%	0.24%
2018	10,782,053	46,782,011	1.08%	0.45%
2019	10,894,043	47,118,501	1.04%	0.72%
2020	11,008,300	47,359,424	1.05%	0.51%
2021	11,123,476	47,443,821	1.05%	0.18%
2022	11,230,734	47,786,102	0.96%	0.72%
2023	11,331,265	48,352,528	0.9%	1.19%
2024	11,427,557	48,848,840	0.85%	1.03%
2025	11,520,480	48,827,866	0.81%	-0.04%
2026	11,609,496	48,787,930	0.77%	-0.08%
2027	11,695,935	48,738,456	0.74%	-0.1%
2028	11,779,929	48,683,694	0.72%	-0.11%
2029	11,860,814	48,619,674	0.69%	-0.13%
2030	11,938,853	48,542,955	0.66%	-0.16%
2031	12,014,148	48,454,221	0.63%	-0.18%
2032	12,086,669	48,362,482	0.6%	-0.19%
2033	12,156,523	48,271,264	0.58%	-0.19%
2034	12,224,121	48,177,551	0.56%	-0.19%
2035	12,289,431	48,077,695	0.53%	-0.21%
2036	12,352,228	47,970,911	0.51%	-0.22%
2037	12,412,542	47,860,116	0.49%	-0.23%
2038	12,470,656	47,747,343	0.47%	-0.24%
2039	12,526,156	47,629,540	0.45%	-0.25%
2040	12,579,320	47,504,152	0.42%	-0.26%
2041	12,630,679	47,373,061	0.41%	-0.28%
2042	12,680,019	47,234,914	0.39%	-0.29%
2043	12,727,289	47,092,497	0.37%	-0.3%
2044	12,772,651	46,942,712	0.36%	-0.32%
2045	12,816,003	46,778,501	0.34%	-0.35%
2046	12,856,883	46,604,170	0.32%	-0.37%
2047	12,895,158	46,421,312	0.3%	-0.39%
2048	12,931,165	46,230,109	0.28%	-0.41%
2049	12,964,841	46,024,720	0.26%	-0.44%
2050	12,996,290	45,808,469	0.24%	-0.47%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,210,247 people (a 13% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Dominican Republic gained 1,059,010 (a 10% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2006 and is 84th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Dominican Republic's population will grow by 11.9% to 12,996,290 people with a rank change from 84th to 90th. The population of Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.