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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	Sri Lanka	Dominican Republic	Sri Lanka
1960	3,268,336	9,661,389	-	-
1961	3,373,233	9,899,372	3.21%	2.46%
1962	3,479,936	10,143,754	3.16%	2.47%
1963	3,588,287	10,395,040	3.11%	2.48%
1964	3,698,559	10,653,397	3.07%	2.49%
1965	3,808,963	10,916,965	2.99%	2.47%
1966	3,921,847	11,183,928	2.96%	2.45%
1967	4,038,928	11,457,328	2.99%	2.44%
1968	4,157,189	11,736,088	2.93%	2.43%
1969	4,277,035	12,013,858	2.88%	2.37%
1970	4,399,290	12,287,110	2.86%	2.27%
1971	4,524,234	12,551,910	2.84%	2.16%
1972	4,651,883	12,809,205	2.82%	2.05%
1973	4,782,227	13,060,916	2.8%	1.97%
1974	4,914,197	13,305,693	2.76%	1.87%
1975	5,046,776	13,548,984	2.7%	1.83%
1976	5,180,404	13,796,770	2.65%	1.83%
1977	5,315,443	14,049,371	2.61%	1.83%
1978	5,451,882	14,310,128	2.57%	1.86%
1979	5,589,690	14,579,614	2.53%	1.88%
1980	5,729,037	14,847,974	2.49%	1.84%
1981	5,868,453	15,099,414	2.43%	1.69%
1982	6,007,114	15,286,567	2.36%	1.24%
1983	6,147,248	15,388,794	2.33%	0.67%
1984	6,289,040	15,441,860	2.31%	0.34%
1985	6,430,404	15,544,154	2.25%	0.66%
1986	6,571,208	15,731,256	2.19%	1.2%
1987	6,712,515	15,916,576	2.15%	1.18%
1988	6,855,734	16,078,621	2.13%	1.02%
1989	7,002,295	16,248,557	2.14%	1.06%
1990	7,151,166	16,352,458	2.13%	0.64%
1991	7,299,853	16,475,354	2.08%	0.75%
1992	7,447,474	16,739,284	2.02%	1.6%
1993	7,594,572	17,025,918	1.98%	1.71%
1994	7,741,694	17,275,773	1.94%	1.47%
1995	7,888,115	17,564,068	1.89%	1.67%
1996	8,032,894	17,905,018	1.84%	1.94%
1997	8,174,078	18,248,200	1.76%	1.92%
1998	8,310,362	18,596,003	1.67%	1.91%
1999	8,446,208	18,944,731	1.63%	1.88%
2000	8,584,190	19,293,054	1.63%	1.84%
2001	8,720,283	19,600,362	1.59%	1.59%
2002	8,852,235	19,805,752	1.51%	1.05%
2003	8,980,620	19,951,521	1.45%	0.74%
2004	9,104,892	20,087,605	1.38%	0.68%
2005	9,225,034	20,216,524	1.32%	0.64%
2006	9,341,183	20,352,411	1.26%	0.67%
2007	9,455,658	20,492,545	1.23%	0.69%
2008	9,573,130	20,629,378	1.24%	0.67%
2009	9,695,265	20,756,435	1.28%	0.62%
2010	9,820,175	20,879,089	1.29%	0.59%
2011	9,945,621	21,009,048	1.28%	0.62%
2012	10,070,411	21,169,458	1.25%	0.76%
2013	10,193,833	20,585,000	1.23%	-2.76%
2014	10,315,528	20,778,000	1.19%	0.94%
2015	10,434,829	20,970,000	1.16%	0.92%
2016	10,551,430	21,209,000	1.12%	1.14%
2017	10,666,843	21,453,000	1.09%	1.15%
2018	10,782,053	21,670,000	1.08%	1.01%
2019	10,894,043	21,803,000	1.04%	0.61%
2020	11,008,300	21,919,000	1.05%	0.53%
2021	11,123,476	22,156,000	1.05%	1.08%
2022	11,230,734	22,181,000	0.96%	0.11%
2023	11,331,265	22,037,000	0.9%	-0.65%
2024	11,427,557	21,916,000	0.85%	-0.55%
2025	11,520,480	22,035,440	0.81%	0.54%
2026	11,609,496	22,148,172	0.77%	0.51%
2027	11,695,935	22,255,601	0.74%	0.49%
2028	11,779,929	22,357,682	0.72%	0.46%
2029	11,860,814	22,453,922	0.69%	0.43%
2030	11,938,853	22,546,245	0.66%	0.41%
2031	12,014,148	22,635,106	0.63%	0.39%
2032	12,086,669	22,720,118	0.6%	0.38%
2033	12,156,523	22,802,043	0.58%	0.36%
2034	12,224,121	22,879,527	0.56%	0.34%
2035	12,289,431	22,952,739	0.53%	0.32%
2036	12,352,228	23,022,027	0.51%	0.3%
2037	12,412,542	23,088,877	0.49%	0.29%
2038	12,470,656	23,152,480	0.47%	0.28%
2039	12,526,156	23,211,633	0.45%	0.26%
2040	12,579,320	23,265,986	0.42%	0.23%
2041	12,630,679	23,315,260	0.41%	0.21%
2042	12,680,019	23,359,578	0.39%	0.19%
2043	12,727,289	23,398,752	0.37%	0.17%
2044	12,772,651	23,433,096	0.36%	0.15%
2045	12,816,003	23,464,943	0.34%	0.14%
2046	12,856,883	23,492,738	0.32%	0.12%
2047	12,895,158	23,512,629	0.3%	0.08%
2048	12,931,165	23,525,953	0.28%	0.06%
2049	12,964,841	23,533,940	0.26%	0.03%
2050	12,996,290	23,538,230	0.24%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.