The latest officially reported population of the Dominican Republic was 11,427,557 in 2024 vs 104,175 people in Tonga in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Dominican Republic's population is 11,591,984 people compared to 103,744 in Tonga.
Population statistics:
- The Dominican Republic's population is 111.7 times bigger than Tonga's.
- The Dominican Republic is ranked the 84th most populous country in the world, while Tonga is the 183rd.
- The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.14% for the Dominican Republic vs 0.001% for Tonga.
- For the last 10 years, the Dominican Republic has had an average growth rate of +1.04% per year vs -0.25% in Tonga.
- Since 2005, the population of the Dominican Republic has increased from 9.23M people to 11.6M (25.7% growth), while Tonga has declined from 106K to 104K (1.82% decline).
- The Dominican Republic is projected to reach its peak in 2061 at 13.2M people compared to the peak of 118K people in 2100 for Tonga.
Dominican Republic vs Tonga: live population counter
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| Current population |
11591984
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103744
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| Population rank | 84/197 | 183/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.14% | 0.001% |
| One net population change |
5.46 minutes
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20.8 hours
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| One birth every |
2.59 minutes
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3.62 hours
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| One death every |
7.42 minutes
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13 hours
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| One migration net change every |
15.1 minutes
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4.08 hours
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| Annual migration change | -34,806 | -2,149 |
| Daily growth/decline | +264 | -1 |
| Annual growth/decline | +96,292 | -422 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.85% | -0.4% |
| Population growth rate rank | 114/197 | 181/197 |
the Dominican Republic and Tonga: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,268,336 | 66,170 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,373,233 | 68,037 | 3.21% | 2.82% |
| 1962 | 3,479,936 | 69,940 | 3.16% | 2.8% |
| 1963 | 3,588,287 | 71,885 | 3.11% | 2.78% |
| 1964 | 3,698,559 | 73,879 | 3.07% | 2.77% |
| 1965 | 3,808,963 | 75,924 | 2.99% | 2.77% |
| 1966 | 3,921,847 | 78,002 | 2.96% | 2.74% |
| 1967 | 4,038,928 | 79,814 | 2.99% | 2.32% |
| 1968 | 4,157,189 | 81,353 | 2.93% | 1.93% |
| 1969 | 4,277,035 | 82,885 | 2.88% | 1.88% |
| 1970 | 4,399,290 | 84,401 | 2.86% | 1.83% |
| 1971 | 4,524,234 | 85,896 | 2.84% | 1.77% |
| 1972 | 4,651,883 | 87,356 | 2.82% | 1.7% |
| 1973 | 4,782,227 | 88,805 | 2.8% | 1.66% |
| 1974 | 4,914,197 | 90,683 | 2.76% | 2.11% |
| 1975 | 5,046,776 | 93,017 | 2.7% | 2.57% |
| 1976 | 5,180,404 | 95,325 | 2.65% | 2.48% |
| 1977 | 5,315,443 | 96,725 | 2.61% | 1.47% |
| 1978 | 5,451,882 | 97,204 | 2.57% | 0.5% |
| 1979 | 5,589,690 | 97,544 | 2.53% | 0.35% |
| 1980 | 5,729,037 | 97,769 | 2.49% | 0.23% |
| 1981 | 5,868,453 | 97,909 | 2.43% | 0.14% |
| 1982 | 6,007,114 | 97,980 | 2.36% | 0.07% |
| 1983 | 6,147,248 | 97,998 | 2.33% | 0.02% |
| 1984 | 6,289,040 | 97,990 | 2.31% | -0.008% |
| 1985 | 6,430,404 | 97,984 | 2.25% | -0.006% |
| 1986 | 6,571,208 | 98,010 | 2.19% | 0.03% |
| 1987 | 6,712,515 | 98,376 | 2.15% | 0.37% |
| 1988 | 6,855,734 | 98,969 | 2.13% | 0.6% |
| 1989 | 7,002,295 | 99,403 | 2.14% | 0.44% |
| 1990 | 7,151,166 | 99,700 | 2.13% | 0.3% |
| 1991 | 7,299,853 | 99,895 | 2.08% | 0.2% |
| 1992 | 7,447,474 | 100,022 | 2.02% | 0.13% |
| 1993 | 7,594,572 | 100,103 | 1.98% | 0.08% |
| 1994 | 7,741,694 | 100,166 | 1.94% | 0.06% |
| 1995 | 7,888,115 | 100,225 | 1.89% | 0.06% |
| 1996 | 8,032,894 | 100,275 | 1.84% | 0.05% |
| 1997 | 8,174,078 | 100,674 | 1.76% | 0.4% |
| 1998 | 8,310,362 | 101,388 | 1.67% | 0.71% |
| 1999 | 8,446,208 | 102,046 | 1.63% | 0.65% |
| 2000 | 8,584,190 | 102,677 | 1.63% | 0.62% |
| 2001 | 8,720,283 | 103,288 | 1.59% | 0.6% |
| 2002 | 8,852,235 | 103,874 | 1.51% | 0.57% |
| 2003 | 8,980,620 | 104,464 | 1.45% | 0.57% |
| 2004 | 9,104,892 | 105,071 | 1.38% | 0.58% |
| 2005 | 9,225,034 | 105,671 | 1.32% | 0.57% |
| 2006 | 9,341,183 | 106,253 | 1.26% | 0.55% |
| 2007 | 9,455,658 | 106,726 | 1.23% | 0.45% |
| 2008 | 9,573,130 | 107,020 | 1.24% | 0.28% |
| 2009 | 9,695,265 | 107,203 | 1.28% | 0.17% |
| 2010 | 9,820,175 | 107,400 | 1.29% | 0.18% |
| 2011 | 9,945,621 | 107,570 | 1.28% | 0.16% |
| 2012 | 10,070,411 | 107,460 | 1.25% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 10,193,833 | 107,078 | 1.23% | -0.36% |
| 2014 | 10,315,528 | 106,609 | 1.19% | -0.44% |
| 2015 | 10,434,829 | 106,095 | 1.16% | -0.48% |
| 2016 | 10,551,430 | 105,524 | 1.12% | -0.54% |
| 2017 | 10,666,843 | 105,356 | 1.09% | -0.16% |
| 2018 | 10,782,053 | 105,567 | 1.08% | 0.2% |
| 2019 | 10,894,043 | 105,669 | 1.04% | 0.1% |
| 2020 | 11,008,300 | 105,704 | 1.05% | 0.03% |
| 2021 | 11,123,476 | 105,490 | 1.05% | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 11,230,734 | 105,042 | 0.96% | -0.42% |
| 2023 | 11,331,265 | 104,597 | 0.9% | -0.42% |
| 2024 | 11,427,557 | 104,175 | 0.85% | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 11,520,480 | 103,744 | 0.81% | -0.41% |
| 2026 | 11,609,496 | 103,290 | 0.77% | -0.44% |
| 2027 | 11,695,935 | 102,899 | 0.74% | -0.38% |
| 2028 | 11,779,929 | 102,568 | 0.72% | -0.32% |
| 2029 | 11,860,814 | 102,280 | 0.69% | -0.28% |
| 2030 | 11,938,853 | 102,069 | 0.66% | -0.21% |
| 2031 | 12,014,148 | 101,927 | 0.63% | -0.14% |
| 2032 | 12,086,669 | 101,837 | 0.6% | -0.09% |
| 2033 | 12,156,523 | 101,807 | 0.58% | -0.03% |
| 2034 | 12,224,121 | 101,806 | 0.56% | -0.001% |
| 2035 | 12,289,431 | 101,833 | 0.53% | 0.03% |
| 2036 | 12,352,228 | 101,895 | 0.51% | 0.06% |
| 2037 | 12,412,542 | 101,993 | 0.49% | 0.1% |
| 2038 | 12,470,656 | 102,173 | 0.47% | 0.18% |
| 2039 | 12,526,156 | 102,367 | 0.45% | 0.19% |
| 2040 | 12,579,320 | 102,568 | 0.42% | 0.2% |
| 2041 | 12,630,679 | 102,805 | 0.41% | 0.23% |
| 2042 | 12,680,019 | 103,038 | 0.39% | 0.23% |
| 2043 | 12,727,289 | 103,306 | 0.37% | 0.26% |
| 2044 | 12,772,651 | 103,612 | 0.36% | 0.3% |
| 2045 | 12,816,003 | 103,928 | 0.34% | 0.3% |
| 2046 | 12,856,883 | 104,232 | 0.32% | 0.29% |
| 2047 | 12,895,158 | 104,502 | 0.3% | 0.26% |
| 2048 | 12,931,165 | 104,744 | 0.28% | 0.23% |
| 2049 | 12,964,841 | 104,975 | 0.26% | 0.22% |
| 2050 | 12,996,290 | 105,193 | 0.24% | 0.21% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).
The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Santiago de los Caballeros | 1.34M |
| Santo Domingo | 1.13M |
| Puerto Plata | 338K |
| La Vega | 282K |
| Higuey | 251K |
| San Cristobal | 233K |
| San Pedro de Macoris | 217K |
| San Francisco de Macoris | 188K |
| San Juan de la Maguana | 169K |
| Bonao | 158K |
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Population differences between the Dominican Republic and Tonga
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| Life expectancy | 74 years | 73.2 years |
| Average age | 31.7 years | 27.9 years |
| Median age | 29 years | 21.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 47.2:52.8 |
| Fertility rate | 2.24 births per woman | 3.13 births per woman |
| Population density | 614 ppl/mi² | 375 ppl/mi² |
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