Dominican Republic - Urban population

Urban population

The value for Urban population in Dominican Republic was 8,953,860 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 8,953,860 in 2020 and a minimum value of 994,559 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 994,559
1961 1,059,762
1962 1,129,331
1963 1,202,468
1964 1,279,150
1965 1,359,235
1966 1,442,846
1967 1,529,917
1968 1,620,571
1969 1,714,572
1970 1,812,218
1971 1,913,394
1972 2,018,076
1973 2,126,059
1974 2,237,631
1975 2,352,589
1976 2,471,064
1977 2,592,786
1978 2,717,781
1979 2,845,826
1980 2,976,835
1981 3,110,468
1982 3,218,951
1983 3,305,843
1984 3,393,570
1985 3,482,151
1986 3,571,598
1987 3,661,890
1988 3,753,202
1989 3,845,683
1990 3,939,542
1991 4,034,861
1992 4,131,408
1993 4,228,814
1994 4,360,657
1995 4,503,725
1996 4,647,676
1997 4,792,113
1998 4,937,446
1999 5,083,816
2000 5,231,292
2001 5,379,713
2002 5,529,103
2003 5,717,747
2004 5,923,402
2005 6,128,825
2006 6,334,156
2007 6,539,067
2008 6,743,610
2009 6,947,156
2010 7,150,440
2011 7,342,937
2012 7,527,833
2013 7,711,913
2014 7,895,297
2015 8,077,901
2016 8,259,547
2017 8,439,610
2018 8,615,853
2019 8,787,474
2020 8,953,860

Urban population (% of total population)

Urban population (% of total population) in Dominican Republic was 82.54 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 82.54 in 2020, while its lowest value was 30.19 in 1960.

Definition: Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. The data are collected and smoothed by United Nations Population Division.

Source: United Nations Population Division. World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 30.19
1961 31.11
1962 32.07
1963 33.05
1964 34.05
1965 35.05
1966 36.07
1967 37.11
1968 38.15
1969 39.21
1970 40.27
1971 41.35
1972 42.44
1973 43.53
1974 44.63
1975 45.73
1976 46.84
1977 47.95
1978 49.06
1979 50.18
1980 51.29
1981 52.40
1982 53.05
1983 53.32
1984 53.60
1985 53.87
1986 54.14
1987 54.41
1988 54.68
1989 54.96
1990 55.23
1991 55.50
1992 55.77
1993 56.04
1994 56.75
1995 57.60
1996 58.44
1997 59.28
1998 60.11
1999 60.93
2000 61.75
2001 62.57
2002 63.37
2003 64.61
2004 66.00
2005 67.37
2006 68.71
2007 70.02
2008 71.30
2009 72.54
2010 73.75
2011 74.83
2012 75.80
2013 76.75
2014 77.67
2015 78.57
2016 79.44
2017 80.28
2018 81.07
2019 81.83
2020 82.54

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization