| Population | 10,597,348 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Dominican(s) adjective: Dominican |
| Ethnic groups | mixed 70.4% (Mestizo/Indio 58%, Mulatto 12.4%), Black 15.8%, White 13.5%, other 0.3% (2014 est.) note: respondents self-identified their race; the term "indio" in the Dominican Republic is not associated with people of indigenous ancestry but people of mixed ancestry or skin color between light and dark |
| Languages | Spanish (official) major-language sample(s): La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 44.3%, Evangelical 13%, Protestant 7.9%, Adventist 1.4%, other 1.8%, atheist 0.2%, none 29.4%, unspecified 2% (2018 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 26.85% (male 1,433,166/female 1,385,987) 15-24 years: 18.15% (male 968,391/female 937,227) 25-54 years: 40.54% (male 2,168,122/female 2,088,926) 55-64 years: 8.17% (male 429,042/female 428,508) 65 years and over: 6.29% (male 310,262/female 350,076) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 53.8 youth dependency ratio: 42.2 elderly dependency ratio: 11.6 potential support ratio: 8.6 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 27.9 years male: 27.8 years female: 28.1 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.92% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 18.24 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 6.29 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -2.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | coastal development is significant, especially in the southern coastal plains and the Cibao Valley, where population density is highest; smaller population clusters exist in the interior mountains (Cordillera Central) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 83.2% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.64% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 3.389 million SANTO DOMINGO (capital) (2021) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 20.9 years (2013 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 25-49 |
| Maternal mortality rate | 95 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 21.68 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 72.28 years male: 70.57 years female: 74.06 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.23 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 69.5% (2014) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 98.3% of population rural: 92% of population total: 96.7% of population unimproved: urban: 1.7% of population rural: 8% of population total: 3.3% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 5.7% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 1.53 physicians/1,000 population (2011) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.6 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 96.3% of population rural: 89.5% of population total: 95% of population unimproved: urban: 13.8% of population rural: 3.7% of population total: 5% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.9% (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 72,000 (2020 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 1,900 (2020 est.) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 27.6% (2016) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 4% (2013) |
| Education expenditures | NA |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.8% male: 93.8% female: 93.8% (2016) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 15 years (2017) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
