The latest officially reported population of the Dominican Republic was 11,427,557 in 2024 vs 100,987,686 people in Vietnam in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Dominican Republic's population is 11,610,440 people compared to 102,183,444 in Vietnam.
Population statistics:
- Vietnam's population is 8.8 times bigger than the Dominican Republic's.
- The Dominican Republic is ranked the 84th most populous country in the world, while Vietnam is the 16th.
- The countries together account for 1.37% of the world: 0.14% for the Dominican Republic vs 1.23% for Vietnam.
- For the last 10 years, the Dominican Republic has had an average growth rate of +1.04% per year vs +0.99% in Vietnam.
- Since 2006, the population of the Dominican Republic has increased from 9.34M people to 11.6M (24.3% growth), while Vietnam has grown from 82.2M to 102M (24.4% growth).
- The Dominican Republic is projected to reach its peak in 2061 at 13.2M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2049 for Vietnam.
Dominican Republic vs Vietnam: live population counter
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| Current population |
11610440
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102183444
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| Population rank | 84/197 | 16/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.14% | 1.23% |
| One net population change |
5.46 minutes
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49.6 seconds
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| One birth every |
2.59 minutes
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22.7 seconds
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| One death every |
7.42 minutes
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47.8 seconds
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| One migration net change every |
15.1 minutes
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8.81 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -34,806 | -59,645 |
| Daily growth/decline | +264 | +1,741 |
| Annual growth/decline | +96,292 | +635,494 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.85% | +0.63% |
| Population growth rate rank | 112/197 | 124/197 |
the Dominican Republic and Vietnam: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 3,268,336 | 32,531,933 | - | - |
| 1961 | 3,373,233 | 33,409,059 | 3.21% | 2.7% |
| 1962 | 3,479,936 | 34,288,560 | 3.16% | 2.63% |
| 1963 | 3,588,287 | 35,249,101 | 3.11% | 2.8% |
| 1964 | 3,698,559 | 36,201,563 | 3.07% | 2.7% |
| 1965 | 3,808,963 | 37,129,656 | 2.99% | 2.56% |
| 1966 | 3,921,847 | 38,024,836 | 2.96% | 2.41% |
| 1967 | 4,038,928 | 38,895,080 | 2.99% | 2.29% |
| 1968 | 4,157,189 | 39,734,609 | 2.93% | 2.16% |
| 1969 | 4,277,035 | 40,582,096 | 2.88% | 2.13% |
| 1970 | 4,399,290 | 41,475,230 | 2.86% | 2.2% |
| 1971 | 4,524,234 | 42,449,276 | 2.84% | 2.35% |
| 1972 | 4,651,883 | 43,429,168 | 2.82% | 2.31% |
| 1973 | 4,782,227 | 44,409,861 | 2.8% | 2.26% |
| 1974 | 4,914,197 | 45,413,537 | 2.76% | 2.26% |
| 1975 | 5,046,776 | 46,482,903 | 2.7% | 2.35% |
| 1976 | 5,180,404 | 47,684,931 | 2.65% | 2.59% |
| 1977 | 5,315,443 | 48,954,872 | 2.61% | 2.66% |
| 1978 | 5,451,882 | 50,249,552 | 2.57% | 2.64% |
| 1979 | 5,589,690 | 51,378,211 | 2.53% | 2.25% |
| 1980 | 5,729,037 | 52,490,101 | 2.49% | 2.16% |
| 1981 | 5,868,453 | 53,738,141 | 2.43% | 2.38% |
| 1982 | 6,007,114 | 55,011,289 | 2.36% | 2.37% |
| 1983 | 6,147,248 | 56,337,921 | 2.33% | 2.41% |
| 1984 | 6,289,040 | 57,706,067 | 2.31% | 2.43% |
| 1985 | 6,430,404 | 59,060,622 | 2.25% | 2.35% |
| 1986 | 6,571,208 | 60,347,048 | 2.19% | 2.18% |
| 1987 | 6,712,515 | 61,584,651 | 2.15% | 2.05% |
| 1988 | 6,855,734 | 62,843,228 | 2.13% | 2.04% |
| 1989 | 7,002,295 | 64,147,348 | 2.14% | 2.08% |
| 1990 | 7,151,166 | 65,504,552 | 2.13% | 2.12% |
| 1991 | 7,299,853 | 66,891,775 | 2.08% | 2.12% |
| 1992 | 7,447,474 | 68,260,337 | 2.02% | 2.05% |
| 1993 | 7,594,572 | 69,586,384 | 1.98% | 1.94% |
| 1994 | 7,741,694 | 70,854,391 | 1.94% | 1.82% |
| 1995 | 7,888,115 | 72,049,940 | 1.89% | 1.69% |
| 1996 | 8,032,894 | 73,156,447 | 1.84% | 1.54% |
| 1997 | 8,174,078 | 74,226,889 | 1.76% | 1.46% |
| 1998 | 8,310,362 | 75,299,660 | 1.67% | 1.45% |
| 1999 | 8,446,208 | 76,287,452 | 1.63% | 1.31% |
| 2000 | 8,584,190 | 77,154,011 | 1.63% | 1.14% |
| 2001 | 8,720,283 | 77,969,361 | 1.59% | 1.06% |
| 2002 | 8,852,235 | 78,772,224 | 1.51% | 1.03% |
| 2003 | 8,980,620 | 79,563,777 | 1.45% | 1% |
| 2004 | 9,104,892 | 80,338,971 | 1.38% | 0.97% |
| 2005 | 9,225,034 | 81,088,313 | 1.32% | 0.93% |
| 2006 | 9,341,183 | 82,167,897 | 1.26% | 1.33% |
| 2007 | 9,455,658 | 83,633,375 | 1.23% | 1.78% |
| 2008 | 9,573,130 | 85,175,788 | 1.24% | 1.84% |
| 2009 | 9,695,265 | 86,460,018 | 1.28% | 1.51% |
| 2010 | 9,820,175 | 87,455,152 | 1.29% | 1.15% |
| 2011 | 9,945,621 | 88,468,314 | 1.28% | 1.16% |
| 2012 | 10,070,411 | 89,510,356 | 1.25% | 1.18% |
| 2013 | 10,193,833 | 90,573,104 | 1.23% | 1.19% |
| 2014 | 10,315,528 | 91,679,578 | 1.19% | 1.22% |
| 2015 | 10,434,829 | 92,823,254 | 1.16% | 1.25% |
| 2016 | 10,551,430 | 94,000,117 | 1.12% | 1.27% |
| 2017 | 10,666,843 | 95,176,977 | 1.09% | 1.25% |
| 2018 | 10,782,053 | 96,237,319 | 1.08% | 1.11% |
| 2019 | 10,894,043 | 97,173,776 | 1.04% | 0.97% |
| 2020 | 11,008,300 | 98,079,191 | 1.05% | 0.93% |
| 2021 | 11,123,476 | 98,935,098 | 1.05% | 0.87% |
| 2022 | 11,230,734 | 99,680,655 | 0.96% | 0.75% |
| 2023 | 11,331,265 | 100,352,192 | 0.9% | 0.67% |
| 2024 | 11,427,557 | 100,987,686 | 0.85% | 0.63% |
| 2025 | 11,520,480 | 101,598,531 | 0.81% | 0.6% |
| 2026 | 11,609,496 | 102,177,434 | 0.77% | 0.57% |
| 2027 | 11,695,935 | 102,727,392 | 0.74% | 0.54% |
| 2028 | 11,779,929 | 103,255,746 | 0.72% | 0.51% |
| 2029 | 11,860,814 | 103,761,151 | 0.69% | 0.49% |
| 2030 | 11,938,853 | 104,254,900 | 0.66% | 0.48% |
| 2031 | 12,014,148 | 104,737,913 | 0.63% | 0.46% |
| 2032 | 12,086,669 | 105,204,401 | 0.6% | 0.45% |
| 2033 | 12,156,523 | 105,656,307 | 0.58% | 0.43% |
| 2034 | 12,224,121 | 106,097,515 | 0.56% | 0.42% |
| 2035 | 12,289,431 | 106,530,671 | 0.53% | 0.41% |
| 2036 | 12,352,228 | 106,945,842 | 0.51% | 0.39% |
| 2037 | 12,412,542 | 107,346,046 | 0.49% | 0.37% |
| 2038 | 12,470,656 | 107,732,019 | 0.47% | 0.36% |
| 2039 | 12,526,156 | 108,097,653 | 0.45% | 0.34% |
| 2040 | 12,579,320 | 108,437,634 | 0.42% | 0.31% |
| 2041 | 12,630,679 | 108,752,199 | 0.41% | 0.29% |
| 2042 | 12,680,019 | 109,040,314 | 0.39% | 0.26% |
| 2043 | 12,727,289 | 109,292,559 | 0.37% | 0.23% |
| 2044 | 12,772,651 | 109,506,274 | 0.36% | 0.2% |
| 2045 | 12,816,003 | 109,685,396 | 0.34% | 0.16% |
| 2046 | 12,856,883 | 109,827,664 | 0.32% | 0.13% |
| 2047 | 12,895,158 | 109,930,243 | 0.3% | 0.09% |
| 2048 | 12,931,165 | 109,994,024 | 0.28% | 0.06% |
| 2049 | 12,964,841 | 110,018,017 | 0.26% | 0.02% |
| 2050 | 12,996,290 | 110,008,910 | 0.24% | -0.008% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,210,247 people (a 13% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Dominican Republic gained 1,059,010 (a 10% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).
The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2006 and is 84th in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Dominican Republic's population will grow by 11.9% to 12,996,290 people with a rank change from 84th to 90th. The population of Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.
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 Vietnam
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| Life expectancy | 74.1 years | 75 years |
| Average age | 31.7 years | 34.6 years |
| Median age | 29 years | 33.9 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.7:50.3 | 49:51 |
| Fertility rate | 2.24 births per woman | 1.91 births per woman |
| Population density | 614 ppl/mi² | 835 ppl/mi² |
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