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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	Vatican	Dominican Republic	Vatican
1960	3,268,336	-	-	-
1961	3,373,233	-	3.21%	-
1962	3,479,936	-	3.16%	-
1963	3,588,287	-	3.11%	-
1964	3,698,559	-	3.07%	-
1965	3,808,963	-	2.99%	-
1966	3,921,847	-	2.96%	-
1967	4,038,928	-	2.99%	-
1968	4,157,189	-	2.93%	-
1969	4,277,035	-	2.88%	-
1970	4,399,290	-	2.86%	-
1971	4,524,234	-	2.84%	-
1972	4,651,883	-	2.82%	-
1973	4,782,227	-	2.8%	-
1974	4,914,197	-	2.76%	-
1975	5,046,776	-	2.7%	-
1976	5,180,404	-	2.65%	-
1977	5,315,443	-	2.61%	-
1978	5,451,882	-	2.57%	-
1979	5,589,690	-	2.53%	-
1980	5,729,037	-	2.49%	-
1981	5,868,453	-	2.43%	-
1982	6,007,114	-	2.36%	-
1983	6,147,248	-	2.33%	-
1984	6,289,040	-	2.31%	-
1985	6,430,404	-	2.25%	-
1986	6,571,208	-	2.19%	-
1987	6,712,515	-	2.15%	-
1988	6,855,734	-	2.13%	-
1989	7,002,295	-	2.14%	-
1990	7,151,166	-	2.13%	-
1991	7,299,853	-	2.08%	-
1992	7,447,474	-	2.02%	-
1993	7,594,572	-	1.98%	-
1994	7,741,694	-	1.94%	-
1995	7,888,115	-	1.89%	-
1996	8,032,894	-	1.84%	-
1997	8,174,078	-	1.76%	-
1998	8,310,362	-	1.67%	-
1999	8,446,208	-	1.63%	-
2000	8,584,190	880	1.63%	-
2001	8,720,283	890	1.59%	1.14%
2002	8,852,235	900	1.51%	1.12%
2003	8,980,620	911	1.45%	1.22%
2004	9,104,892	921	1.38%	1.1%
2005	9,225,034	921	1.32%	0%
2006	9,341,183	932	1.26%	1.19%
2007	9,455,658	821	1.23%	-11.9%
2008	9,573,130	824	1.24%	0.37%
2009	9,695,265	826	1.28%	0.24%
2010	9,820,175	829	1.29%	0.36%
2011	9,945,621	832	1.28%	0.36%
2012	10,070,411	836	1.25%	0.48%
2013	10,193,833	839	1.23%	0.36%
2014	10,315,528	842	1.19%	0.36%
2015	10,434,829	1,000	1.16%	18.8%
2016	10,551,430	-	1.12%	0%
2017	10,666,843	1,000	1.09%	0%
2018	10,782,053	-	1.08%	0%
2019	10,894,043	1,000	1.04%	0%
2020	11,008,300	987	1.05%	-1.29%
2021	11,123,476	970	1.05%	-1.68%
2022	11,230,734	944	0.96%	-2.66%
2023	11,331,265	922	0.9%	-2.34%
2024	11,427,557	933	0.85%	1.2%
2025	11,520,480	939	0.81%	0.59%
2026	11,609,496	952	0.77%	1.37%
2027	11,695,935	974	0.74%	2.32%
2028	11,779,929	985	0.72%	1.13%
2029	11,860,814	983	0.69%	-0.19%
2030	11,938,853	976	0.66%	-0.75%
2031	12,014,148	968	0.63%	-0.75%
2032	12,086,669	968	0.6%	0%
2033	12,156,523	988	0.58%	2.09%
2034	12,224,121	992	0.56%	0.37%
2035	12,289,431	1,000	0.53%	0.74%
2036	12,352,228	998	0.51%	-0.18%
2037	12,412,542	1,003	0.49%	0.55%
2038	12,470,656	1,022	0.47%	1.83%
2039	12,526,156	1,060	0.45%	3.78%
2040	12,579,320	1,095	0.42%	3.3%
2041	12,630,679	1,127	0.41%	2.86%
2042	12,680,019	1,149	0.39%	1.96%
2043	12,727,289	1,169	0.37%	1.76%
2044	12,772,651	1,186	0.36%	1.42%
2045	12,816,003	1,209	0.34%	2.02%
2046	12,856,883	1,224	0.32%	1.22%
2047	12,895,158	1,248	0.3%	1.95%
2048	12,931,165	1,272	0.28%	1.92%
2049	12,964,841	1,296	0.26%	1.88%
2050	12,996,290	1,325	0.24%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,209,795 people (a 13.1% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Dominican Republic gained 1,157,155 (a 11.1% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2005 and is 84th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.