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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Dominican Republic	Zambia	Dominican Republic	Zambia
1960	3,268,336	3,153,729	-	-
1961	3,373,233	3,254,086	3.21%	3.18%
1962	3,479,936	3,358,099	3.16%	3.2%
1963	3,588,287	3,465,907	3.11%	3.21%
1964	3,698,559	3,577,017	3.07%	3.21%
1965	3,808,963	3,692,086	2.99%	3.22%
1966	3,921,847	3,812,003	2.96%	3.25%
1967	4,038,928	3,936,343	2.99%	3.26%
1968	4,157,189	4,065,593	2.93%	3.28%
1969	4,277,035	4,197,116	2.88%	3.24%
1970	4,399,290	4,321,718	2.86%	2.97%
1971	4,524,234	4,442,525	2.84%	2.8%
1972	4,651,883	4,569,309	2.82%	2.85%
1973	4,782,227	4,702,693	2.8%	2.92%
1974	4,914,197	4,842,746	2.76%	2.98%
1975	5,046,776	4,990,086	2.7%	3.04%
1976	5,180,404	5,143,842	2.65%	3.08%
1977	5,315,443	5,302,480	2.61%	3.08%
1978	5,451,882	5,465,374	2.57%	3.07%
1979	5,589,690	5,631,728	2.53%	3.04%
1980	5,729,037	5,802,833	2.49%	3.04%
1981	5,868,453	5,983,289	2.43%	3.11%
1982	6,007,114	6,178,637	2.36%	3.26%
1983	6,147,248	6,381,038	2.33%	3.28%
1984	6,289,040	6,580,490	2.31%	3.13%
1985	6,430,404	6,780,953	2.25%	3.05%
1986	6,571,208	6,986,471	2.19%	3.03%
1987	6,712,515	7,191,282	2.15%	2.93%
1988	6,855,734	7,391,440	2.13%	2.78%
1989	7,002,295	7,589,216	2.14%	2.68%
1990	7,151,166	7,786,169	2.13%	2.6%
1991	7,299,853	7,981,650	2.08%	2.51%
1992	7,447,474	8,176,680	2.02%	2.44%
1993	7,594,572	8,373,921	1.98%	2.41%
1994	7,741,694	8,576,269	1.94%	2.42%
1995	7,888,115	8,785,763	1.89%	2.44%
1996	8,032,894	9,004,053	1.84%	2.48%
1997	8,174,078	9,237,063	1.76%	2.59%
1998	8,310,362	9,482,408	1.67%	2.66%
1999	8,446,208	9,740,005	1.63%	2.72%
2000	8,584,190	10,017,631	1.63%	2.85%
2001	8,720,283	10,325,185	1.59%	3.07%
2002	8,852,235	10,647,949	1.51%	3.13%
2003	8,980,620	10,983,595	1.45%	3.15%
2004	9,104,892	11,338,198	1.38%	3.23%
2005	9,225,034	11,718,819	1.32%	3.36%
2006	9,341,183	12,129,553	1.26%	3.5%
2007	9,455,658	12,565,085	1.23%	3.59%
2008	9,573,130	13,021,324	1.24%	3.63%
2009	9,695,265	13,490,389	1.28%	3.6%
2010	9,820,175	13,965,594	1.29%	3.52%
2011	9,945,621	14,437,796	1.28%	3.38%
2012	10,070,411	14,913,629	1.25%	3.3%
2013	10,193,833	15,398,997	1.23%	3.25%
2014	10,315,528	15,895,315	1.19%	3.22%
2015	10,434,829	16,399,089	1.16%	3.17%
2016	10,551,430	16,914,423	1.12%	3.14%
2017	10,666,843	17,441,320	1.09%	3.12%
2018	10,782,053	17,973,569	1.08%	3.05%
2019	10,894,043	18,513,839	1.04%	3.01%
2020	11,008,300	19,059,395	1.05%	2.95%
2021	11,123,476	19,603,607	1.05%	2.86%
2022	11,230,734	20,152,938	0.96%	2.8%
2023	11,331,265	20,723,965	0.9%	2.83%
2024	11,427,557	21,314,956	0.85%	2.85%
2025	11,520,480	21,913,869	0.81%	2.81%
2026	11,609,496	22,521,905	0.77%	2.77%
2027	11,695,935	23,138,716	0.74%	2.74%
2028	11,779,929	23,761,368	0.72%	2.69%
2029	11,860,814	24,389,681	0.69%	2.64%
2030	11,938,853	25,024,887	0.66%	2.6%
2031	12,014,148	25,666,496	0.63%	2.56%
2032	12,086,669	26,311,946	0.6%	2.51%
2033	12,156,523	26,960,073	0.58%	2.46%
2034	12,224,121	27,611,621	0.56%	2.42%
2035	12,289,431	28,266,887	0.53%	2.37%
2036	12,352,228	28,925,103	0.51%	2.33%
2037	12,412,542	29,583,482	0.49%	2.28%
2038	12,470,656	30,240,549	0.47%	2.22%
2039	12,526,156	30,895,586	0.45%	2.17%
2040	12,579,320	31,550,394	0.42%	2.12%
2041	12,630,679	32,204,340	0.41%	2.07%
2042	12,680,019	32,856,596	0.39%	2.03%
2043	12,727,289	33,510,500	0.37%	1.99%
2044	12,772,651	34,165,920	0.36%	1.96%
2045	12,816,003	34,821,101	0.34%	1.92%
2046	12,856,883	35,475,795	0.32%	1.88%
2047	12,895,158	36,129,270	0.3%	1.84%
2048	12,931,165	36,782,260	0.28%	1.81%
2049	12,964,841	37,434,667	0.26%	1.77%
2050	12,996,290	38,083,369	0.24%	1.73%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Dominican Republic increased by 1,210,247 people (a 13% growth), while Zambia gained 4,784,870 people (a 39.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Dominican Republic gained 1,059,010 (a 10% growth), while Zambia's population increased by 5,614,223 (a 33.2% growth).

The Dominican Republic was ranked 85th most populous country in 2006 and is 84th in 2026. Zambia was ranked 71st in 2006 and ranked 62nd 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 Zambia will increase by 69% to 38,083,369 people and rank change from 62nd to 53rd.