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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	United States	Dominican Republic	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	3,268,336	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	3,373,233	183,691,481	3.21%	1.67%
1962	3,479,936	186,537,737	3.16%	1.55%
1963	3,588,287	189,241,798	3.11%	1.45%
1964	3,698,559	191,888,791	3.07%	1.4%
1965	3,808,963	194,302,963	2.99%	1.26%
1966	3,921,847	196,560,338	2.96%	1.16%
1967	4,038,928	198,712,056	2.99%	1.09%
1968	4,157,189	200,706,052	2.93%	1%
1969	4,277,035	202,676,946	2.88%	0.98%
1970	4,399,290	205,052,174	2.86%	1.17%
1971	4,524,234	207,660,677	2.84%	1.27%
1972	4,651,883	209,896,021	2.82%	1.08%
1973	4,782,227	211,908,788	2.8%	0.96%
1974	4,914,197	213,853,928	2.76%	0.92%
1975	5,046,776	215,973,199	2.7%	0.99%
1976	5,180,404	218,035,164	2.65%	0.95%
1977	5,315,443	220,239,425	2.61%	1.01%
1978	5,451,882	222,584,545	2.57%	1.06%
1979	5,589,690	225,055,487	2.53%	1.11%
1980	5,729,037	226,542,250	2.49%	0.66%
1981	5,868,453	229,465,744	2.43%	1.29%
1982	6,007,114	231,664,432	2.36%	0.96%
1983	6,147,248	233,792,014	2.33%	0.92%
1984	6,289,040	235,824,908	2.31%	0.87%
1985	6,430,404	237,923,734	2.25%	0.89%
1986	6,571,208	240,132,831	2.19%	0.93%
1987	6,712,515	242,288,936	2.15%	0.9%
1988	6,855,734	244,499,004	2.13%	0.91%
1989	7,002,295	246,819,222	2.14%	0.95%
1990	7,151,166	250,131,894	2.13%	1.34%
1991	7,299,853	253,492,503	2.08%	1.34%
1992	7,447,474	256,894,189	2.02%	1.34%
1993	7,594,572	260,255,352	1.98%	1.31%
1994	7,741,694	263,435,673	1.94%	1.22%
1995	7,888,115	266,557,091	1.89%	1.18%
1996	8,032,894	269,667,391	1.84%	1.17%
1997	8,174,078	272,911,760	1.76%	1.2%
1998	8,310,362	276,115,288	1.67%	1.17%
1999	8,446,208	279,294,713	1.63%	1.15%
2000	8,584,190	282,162,411	1.63%	1.03%
2001	8,720,283	284,968,955	1.59%	0.99%
2002	8,852,235	287,625,193	1.51%	0.93%
2003	8,980,620	290,107,933	1.45%	0.86%
2004	9,104,892	292,805,298	1.38%	0.93%
2005	9,225,034	295,516,599	1.32%	0.93%
2006	9,341,183	298,379,912	1.26%	0.97%
2007	9,455,658	301,231,207	1.23%	0.96%
2008	9,573,130	304,093,966	1.24%	0.95%
2009	9,695,265	306,771,529	1.28%	0.88%
2010	9,820,175	309,327,143	1.29%	0.83%
2011	9,945,621	311,583,481	1.28%	0.73%
2012	10,070,411	313,877,662	1.25%	0.74%
2013	10,193,833	316,059,947	1.23%	0.7%
2014	10,315,528	318,386,329	1.19%	0.74%
2015	10,434,829	320,738,994	1.16%	0.74%
2016	10,551,430	323,071,755	1.12%	0.73%
2017	10,666,843	325,122,128	1.09%	0.63%
2018	10,782,053	326,838,199	1.08%	0.53%
2019	10,894,043	328,329,953	1.04%	0.46%
2020	11,008,300	331,526,933	1.05%	0.97%
2021	11,123,476	331,893,745	1.05%	0.11%
2022	11,230,734	333,271,411	0.96%	0.42%
2023	11,331,265	334,914,895	0.9%	0.49%
2024	11,427,557	340,110,988	0.85%	1.55%
2025	11,520,480	341,931,772	0.81%	0.54%
2026	11,609,496	343,664,369	0.77%	0.51%
2027	11,695,935	345,331,185	0.74%	0.49%
2028	11,779,929	346,981,137	0.72%	0.48%
2029	11,860,814	348,601,982	0.69%	0.47%
2030	11,938,853	350,176,974	0.66%	0.45%
2031	12,014,148	351,725,612	0.63%	0.44%
2032	12,086,669	353,249,060	0.6%	0.43%
2033	12,156,523	354,749,644	0.58%	0.42%
2034	12,224,121	356,234,239	0.56%	0.42%
2035	12,289,431	357,694,316	0.53%	0.41%
2036	12,352,228	359,119,002	0.51%	0.4%
2037	12,412,542	360,517,853	0.49%	0.39%
2038	12,470,656	361,895,407	0.47%	0.38%
2039	12,526,156	363,229,908	0.45%	0.37%
2040	12,579,320	364,512,364	0.42%	0.35%
2041	12,630,679	365,753,139	0.41%	0.34%
2042	12,680,019	366,969,419	0.39%	0.33%
2043	12,727,289	368,146,925	0.37%	0.32%
2044	12,772,651	369,258,123	0.36%	0.3%
2045	12,816,003	370,318,770	0.34%	0.29%
2046	12,856,883	371,328,255	0.32%	0.27%
2047	12,895,158	372,299,116	0.3%	0.26%
2048	12,931,165	373,230,539	0.28%	0.25%
2049	12,964,841	374,119,803	0.26%	0.24%
2050	12,996,290	374,986,259	0.24%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.