What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Dominican Republic and Haiti?

306,100 people, with Haiti ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Haiti?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Dominican Republic vs Haiti: The global population hockey stick

Dominican Republic

11.33 million people

in 2023

Haiti

11.64 million people

in 2023

Dominican Republic rank

86th

Haiti rank

83rd

The global population hockey stick over time

Dominican Republic
Haiti

How they compare

Haiti currently reports 11.64 million people against 11.33 million people in Dominican Republic, a difference of 306,100 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Dominican Republic ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 86th and Haiti ranks 83rd of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 13 and Haiti in 26.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Haiti	Difference	Ahead
1000s	65,536 people	26,337 people	39,199 people	Dominican Republic
1100s	81,920 people	39,506 people	42,414 people	Dominican Republic
1200s	102,400 people	59,259 people	43,141 people	Dominican Republic
1300s	128,000 people	88,888 people	39,112 people	Dominican Republic
1400s	160,000 people	133,333 people	26,667 people	Dominican Republic
1500s	200,000 people	200,000 people	0 people	—
1600s	97,966 people	39,747 people	58,219 people	Dominican Republic
1700s	102,048 people	49,684 people	52,364 people	Dominican Republic
1710s	106,300 people	62,105 people	44,195 people	Dominican Republic
1720s	110,729 people	77,631 people	33,098 people	Dominican Republic
1730s	115,343 people	97,039 people	18,304 people	Dominican Republic
1740s	120,149 people	121,299 people	1,150 people	Haiti
1750s	125,155 people	151,624 people	26,469 people	Haiti
1760s	130,370 people	189,530 people	59,160 people	Haiti
1770s	135,802 people	236,912 people	101,110 people	Haiti
1780s	141,460 people	296,140 people	154,680 people	Haiti
1790s	147,355 people	370,176 people	222,821 people	Haiti
1800s	133,753 people	544,022 people	410,269 people	Haiti
1810s	103,173 people	654,265 people	551,092 people	Haiti
1820s	96,299 people	751,529 people	655,231 people	Haiti
1830s	113,212 people	820,264 people	707,052 people	Haiti
1840s	133,547 people	894,656 people	761,109 people	Haiti
1850s	164,360 people	985,655 people	821,295 people	Haiti
1860s	211,874 people	1.10 million people	886,656 people	Haiti
1870s	273,165 people	1.22 million people	951,110 people	Haiti
1880s	352,020 people	1.36 million people	1.01 million people	Haiti
1890s	453,674 people	1.52 million people	1.07 million people	Haiti
1900s	595,342 people	1.73 million people	1.14 million people	Haiti
1910s	779,808 people	2.03 million people	1.25 million people	Haiti
1920s	1.05 million people	2.36 million people	1.30 million people	Haiti
1930s	1.45 million people	2.68 million people	1.23 million people	Haiti
1940s	1.99 million people	3.03 million people	1.05 million people	Haiti
1950s	2.75 million people	3.51 million people	764,894 people	Haiti
1960s	3.76 million people	4.19 million people	432,018 people	Haiti
1970s	4.99 million people	5.06 million people	73,183 people	Haiti
1980s	6.36 million people	6.14 million people	217,359 people	Dominican Republic
1990s	7.81 million people	7.50 million people	312,414 people	Dominican Republic
2000s	9.15 million people	8.99 million people	162,414 people	Dominican Republic
2010s	10.37 million people	10.45 million people	78,920 people	Haiti
2020s	11.17 million people	11.44 million people	266,400 people	Haiti

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Dominican Republic or Haiti?: Haiti, at 11.64 million people against 11.33 million people in Dominican Republic as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Dominican Republic and Haiti?: 306,100 people, with Haiti ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Haiti?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Dominican Republic and Haiti rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Dominican Republic ranks 86th and Haiti ranks 83rd of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: The global population hockey stick
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.