Dominican Republic - Population, total

The value for Population, total in Dominican Republic was 10,847,900 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 10,847,900 in 2020 and a minimum value of 3,294,222 in 1960.

Definition: Total population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. The values shown are midyear estimates.

Source: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects: 2019 Revision. (2) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (3) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (4) United Nations Statistical Division. Popu

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Year Value
1960 3,294,222
1961 3,406,282
1962 3,521,018
1963 3,638,110
1964 3,757,123
1965 3,877,768
1966 3,999,796
1967 4,123,100
1968 4,247,559
1969 4,373,127
1970 4,499,722
1971 4,627,202
1972 4,755,464
1973 4,884,460
1974 5,014,187
1975 5,144,632
1976 5,275,767
1977 5,407,496
1978 5,539,596
1979 5,671,801
1980 5,803,929
1981 5,935,895
1982 6,067,769
1983 6,199,657
1984 6,331,760
1985 6,464,229
1986 6,596,967
1987 6,729,930
1988 6,863,438
1989 6,997,877
1990 7,133,491
1991 7,270,413
1992 7,408,339
1993 7,546,467
1994 7,683,707
1995 7,819,239
1996 7,952,766
1997 8,084,407
1998 8,214,427
1999 8,343,288
2000 8,471,317
2001 8,598,599
2002 8,724,974
2003 8,850,317
2004 8,974,444
2005 9,097,262
2006 9,218,681
2007 9,338,856
2008 9,458,079
2009 9,576,736
2010 9,695,117
2011 9,813,219
2012 9,930,916
2013 10,048,230
2014 10,165,180
2015 10,281,680
2016 10,397,740
2017 10,513,110
2018 10,627,150
2019 10,738,960
2020 10,847,900

Development Relevance: Increases in human population, whether as a result of immigration or more births than deaths, can impact natural resources and social infrastructure. This can place pressure on a country's sustainability. A significant growth in population will negatively impact the availability of land for agricultural production, and will aggravate demand for food, energy, water, social services, and infrastructure. On the other hand, decreasing population size - a result of fewer births than deaths, and people moving out of a country - can impact a government's commitment to maintain services and infrastructure.

Limitations and Exceptions: Current population estimates for developing countries that lack (i) reliable recent census data, and (ii) pre- and post-census estimates for countries with census data, are provided by the United Nations Population Division and other agencies. The cohort component method - a standard method for estimating and projecting population - requires fertility, mortality, and net migration data, often collected from sample surveys, which can be small or limited in coverage. Population estimates are from demographic modeling and so are susceptible to biases and errors from shortcomings in both the model and the data. In the UN estimates the five-year age group is the cohort unit and five-year period data are used; therefore interpolations to obtain annual data or single age structure may not reflect actual events or age composition. Because future trends cannot be known with certainty, population projections have a wide range of uncertainty.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Population estimates are usually based on national population censuses. Estimates for the years before and after the census are interpolations or extrapolations based on demographic models. Errors and undercounting occur even in high-income countries. In developing countries errors may be substantial because of limits in the transport, communications, and other resources required to conduct and analyze a full census. The quality and reliability of official demographic data are also affected by public trust in the government, government commitment to full and accurate enumeration, confidentiality and protection against misuse of census data, and census agencies' independence from political influence. Moreover, comparability of population indicators is limited by differences in the concepts, definitions, collection procedures, and estimation methods used by national statistical agencies and other organizations that collect the data. The currentness of a census and the availability of complementary data from surveys or registration systems are objective ways to judge demographic data quality. Some European countries' registration systems offer complete information on population in the absence of a census. The United Nations Statistics Division monitors the completeness of vital registration systems. Some developing countries have made progress over the last 60 years, but others still have deficiencies in civil registration systems. International migration is the only other factor besides birth and death rates that directly determines a country's population growth. Estimating migration is difficult. At any time many people are located outside their home country as tourists, workers, or refugees or for other reasons. Standards for the duration and purpose of international moves that qualify as migration vary, and estimates require information on flows into and out of countries that is difficult to collect. Population projections, starting from a base year are projected forward using assumptions of mortality, fertility, and migration by age and sex through 2050, based on the UN Population Division's World Population Prospects database medium variant.

Aggregation method: Sum

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Relevance to gender indicator: disaggregating the population composition by gender will help a country in projecting its demand for social services on a gender basis.

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Population