Dominican Republic vs Haiti
Haiti has 3% more people than Dominican Republic: 11,906,095 vs 11,520,487, a gap of 385,608. Haiti is growing faster (+1.13% vs +0.81% a year), adding about 134,293 people a year against +93,307. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Dominican Republic is the older society: 8.2% aged 65+ against 4.8% in Haiti, while Haiti has more children (30.8% under 15 vs 26.2%). Haiti is 1.8× as densely populated (422.3 vs 235.1 people per km²). People in Dominican Republic live 8.7 years longer on average (73.9 vs 65.1). GDP per capita is 4.1× higher in Dominican Republic ($11,059 vs $2,694).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Dominican Republic) and 2025 (Haiti); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Dominican Republic vs Haiti — side by side
 Dominican Republic |  Haiti | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 11,520,4872025 | 11,906,0952025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.81%2025 | +1.13%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 17.62024 | 21.92024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 6.22024 | 7.82024 |
| Children per woman | 2.222024 | 2.622024 |
| Life expectancy | 73.9 yrs2024 | 65.1 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 26.2%2025 | 30.8%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 8.2%2025 | 4.8%2025 |
| Density | 235.1 /km²2023 | 422.3 /km²2023 |
| Area | 49,003 km²2023 | 27,750 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 72.5%2025 | 55.6%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | -35,3062025 | -32,0522025 |
| GDP per capita | $11,0592025 | $2,6942025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #84 | #82 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.14% | 0.14% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Dominican Republic: 3.5× from 1960 to 2025; Haiti: 3.1× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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