The latest officially reported population of the Dominican Republic was 11,427,557 in 2024 vs 10,876,981 people in the United Arab Emirates in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Dominican Republic's population is 11,591,984 people compared to 11,372,700 in the United Arab Emirates.
Population statistics:
- The Dominican Republic's population is 1.02 times bigger than the United Arab Emirates'.
- The Dominican Republic is ranked the 84th most populous country in the world, while the United Arab Emirates is the 86th.
- The countries together account for 0.28% of the world: 0.14% for the Dominican Republic vs 0.14% for the United Arab Emirates.
- For the last 10 years, the Dominican Republic has had an average growth rate of +1.04% per year vs +3.22% in the United Arab Emirates.
- Since 2005, the population of the Dominican Republic has increased from 9.23M people to 11.6M (25.7% growth), while the United Arab Emirates has grown from 4.66M to 11.4M (143.8% growth).
- The Dominican Republic is projected to reach its peak in 2061 at 13.2M people compared to the peak of 25.8M people in 2100 for the United Arab Emirates.
Dominican Republic vs United Arab Emirates: live population counter
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| Current population |
11591984
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11372700
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| Population rank | 84/197 | 86/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.14% | 0.14% |
| One net population change |
5.46 minutes
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1.34 minutes
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| One birth every |
2.59 minutes
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5.13 minutes
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| One death every |
7.42 minutes
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53.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
15.1 minutes
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1.89 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -34,806 | +278,439 |
| Daily growth/decline | +264 | +1,077 |
| Annual growth/decline | +96,292 | +393,230 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.85% | +3.75% |
| Population growth rate rank | 114/197 | 8/197 |
the Dominican Republic and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,268,336 | 131,334 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,373,233 | 137,989 | 3.21% | 5.07% |
| 1962 | 3,479,936 | 144,946 | 3.16% | 5.04% |
| 1963 | 3,588,287 | 152,211 | 3.11% | 5.01% |
| 1964 | 3,698,559 | 159,692 | 3.07% | 4.91% |
| 1965 | 3,808,963 | 167,103 | 2.99% | 4.64% |
| 1966 | 3,921,847 | 173,976 | 2.96% | 4.11% |
| 1967 | 4,038,928 | 179,700 | 2.99% | 3.29% |
| 1968 | 4,157,189 | 199,416 | 2.93% | 11% |
| 1969 | 4,277,035 | 239,660 | 2.88% | 20.2% |
| 1970 | 4,399,290 | 286,536 | 2.86% | 19.6% |
| 1971 | 4,524,234 | 335,027 | 2.84% | 16.9% |
| 1972 | 4,651,883 | 385,014 | 2.82% | 14.9% |
| 1973 | 4,782,227 | 436,399 | 2.8% | 13.3% |
| 1974 | 4,914,197 | 489,087 | 2.76% | 12.1% |
| 1975 | 5,046,776 | 542,856 | 2.7% | 11% |
| 1976 | 5,180,404 | 615,866 | 2.65% | 13.4% |
| 1977 | 5,315,443 | 710,209 | 2.61% | 15.3% |
| 1978 | 5,451,882 | 809,274 | 2.57% | 13.9% |
| 1979 | 5,589,690 | 912,010 | 2.53% | 12.7% |
| 1980 | 5,729,037 | 1,015,700 | 2.49% | 11.4% |
| 1981 | 5,868,453 | 1,099,855 | 2.43% | 8.29% |
| 1982 | 6,007,114 | 1,166,370 | 2.36% | 6.05% |
| 1983 | 6,147,248 | 1,235,305 | 2.33% | 5.91% |
| 1984 | 6,289,040 | 1,305,996 | 2.31% | 5.72% |
| 1985 | 6,430,404 | 1,377,911 | 2.25% | 5.51% |
| 1986 | 6,571,208 | 1,467,383 | 2.19% | 6.49% |
| 1987 | 6,712,515 | 1,574,244 | 2.15% | 7.28% |
| 1988 | 6,855,734 | 1,681,788 | 2.13% | 6.83% |
| 1989 | 7,002,295 | 1,789,851 | 2.14% | 6.43% |
| 1990 | 7,151,166 | 1,898,220 | 2.13% | 6.05% |
| 1991 | 7,299,853 | 2,006,626 | 2.08% | 5.71% |
| 1992 | 7,447,474 | 2,114,730 | 2.02% | 5.39% |
| 1993 | 7,594,572 | 2,222,093 | 1.98% | 5.08% |
| 1994 | 7,741,694 | 2,328,188 | 1.94% | 4.77% |
| 1995 | 7,888,115 | 2,434,662 | 1.89% | 4.57% |
| 1996 | 8,032,894 | 2,597,564 | 1.84% | 6.69% |
| 1997 | 8,174,078 | 2,817,410 | 1.76% | 8.46% |
| 1998 | 8,310,362 | 3,040,421 | 1.67% | 7.92% |
| 1999 | 8,446,208 | 3,266,009 | 1.63% | 7.42% |
| 2000 | 8,584,190 | 3,493,575 | 1.63% | 6.97% |
| 2001 | 8,720,283 | 3,723,590 | 1.59% | 6.58% |
| 2002 | 8,852,235 | 3,956,826 | 1.51% | 6.26% |
| 2003 | 8,980,620 | 4,192,457 | 1.45% | 5.96% |
| 2004 | 9,104,892 | 4,428,967 | 1.38% | 5.64% |
| 2005 | 9,225,034 | 4,664,790 | 1.32% | 5.32% |
| 2006 | 9,341,183 | 5,009,100 | 1.26% | 7.38% |
| 2007 | 9,455,658 | 5,624,635 | 1.23% | 12.3% |
| 2008 | 9,573,130 | 6,302,664 | 1.24% | 12.1% |
| 2009 | 9,695,265 | 6,707,058 | 1.28% | 6.42% |
| 2010 | 9,820,175 | 6,869,838 | 1.29% | 2.43% |
| 2011 | 9,945,621 | 7,104,538 | 1.28% | 3.42% |
| 2012 | 10,070,411 | 7,391,448 | 1.25% | 4.04% |
| 2013 | 10,193,833 | 7,693,031 | 1.23% | 4.08% |
| 2014 | 10,315,528 | 8,059,440 | 1.19% | 4.76% |
| 2015 | 10,434,829 | 8,505,237 | 1.16% | 5.53% |
| 2016 | 10,551,430 | 8,935,095 | 1.12% | 5.05% |
| 2017 | 10,666,843 | 9,223,225 | 1.09% | 3.22% |
| 2018 | 10,782,053 | 9,346,701 | 1.08% | 1.34% |
| 2019 | 10,894,043 | 9,445,785 | 1.04% | 1.06% |
| 2020 | 11,008,300 | 9,401,038 | 1.05% | -0.47% |
| 2021 | 11,123,476 | 9,575,152 | 1.05% | 1.85% |
| 2022 | 11,230,734 | 10,074,977 | 0.96% | 5.22% |
| 2023 | 11,331,265 | 10,483,751 | 0.9% | 4.06% |
| 2024 | 11,427,557 | 10,876,981 | 0.85% | 3.75% |
| 2025 | 11,520,480 | 11,191,510 | 0.81% | 2.89% |
| 2026 | 11,609,496 | 11,417,074 | 0.77% | 2.02% |
| 2027 | 11,695,935 | 11,595,528 | 0.74% | 1.56% |
| 2028 | 11,779,929 | 11,750,055 | 0.72% | 1.33% |
| 2029 | 11,860,814 | 11,890,496 | 0.69% | 1.2% |
| 2030 | 11,938,853 | 12,024,613 | 0.66% | 1.13% |
| 2031 | 12,014,148 | 12,159,255 | 0.63% | 1.12% |
| 2032 | 12,086,669 | 12,298,043 | 0.6% | 1.14% |
| 2033 | 12,156,523 | 12,440,531 | 0.58% | 1.16% |
| 2034 | 12,224,121 | 12,586,327 | 0.56% | 1.17% |
| 2035 | 12,289,431 | 12,734,906 | 0.53% | 1.18% |
| 2036 | 12,352,228 | 12,885,831 | 0.51% | 1.19% |
| 2037 | 12,412,542 | 13,038,803 | 0.49% | 1.19% |
| 2038 | 12,470,656 | 13,193,613 | 0.47% | 1.19% |
| 2039 | 12,526,156 | 13,349,897 | 0.45% | 1.18% |
| 2040 | 12,579,320 | 13,507,317 | 0.42% | 1.18% |
| 2041 | 12,630,679 | 13,665,875 | 0.41% | 1.17% |
| 2042 | 12,680,019 | 13,825,473 | 0.39% | 1.17% |
| 2043 | 12,727,289 | 13,986,029 | 0.37% | 1.16% |
| 2044 | 12,772,651 | 14,147,509 | 0.36% | 1.15% |
| 2045 | 12,816,003 | 14,309,823 | 0.34% | 1.15% |
| 2046 | 12,856,883 | 14,473,950 | 0.32% | 1.15% |
| 2047 | 12,895,158 | 14,641,700 | 0.3% | 1.16% |
| 2048 | 12,931,165 | 14,812,411 | 0.28% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 12,964,841 | 14,984,754 | 0.26% | 1.16% |
| 2050 | 12,996,290 | 15,158,142 | 0.24% | 1.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth).
The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th in 2005 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.
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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| City | Population |
| Dubai | 3.94M |
| Abu Dhabi | 1.57M |
| Sharjah | 1.25M |
| Al Ain | 767K |
| Ajman | 490K |
| Fujairah | 119K |
| Ras al-Khaimah | 116K |
| Umm al-Quwain | 44.4K |
| Madinat Zayed | 29.1K |
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Population differences between the Dominican Republic and the United Arab Emirates
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| Life expectancy | 74 years | 83.2 years |
| Average age | 31.7 years | 32.1 years |
| Median age | 29 years | 32.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 63.9:36.1 |
| Fertility rate | 2.24 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 614 ppl/mi² | 397 ppl/mi² |
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