Dominican Republic Population

Population now

11,277,554

World: 83rd
Caribbean: 3rd

Male:	5,623,245	(49.86 %)
Female:	5,655,575	(50.14 %)

Births in 2024:	249,610
Deaths in 2024:	92,037

Life expectancy & Rates (2024)

Male:	71.84 years
Female:	78.13 years
Total:	74.90 years
Median Age:	28.31 years

Birth Rate:	17.52
Death Rate:	6.46
Growth Rate:	1.71 %
Fertility Rate:	2.20

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Population structure (mid 2024)
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Dominican Republic Population History

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Year	Total	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Growth rate	Birth rate	Death rate	Fertility rate	Life exp., total Life expectancy	Life exp., male	Life exp., female	Median Age	Urbanization	Density, people / km2 Density, people/km2
1960	3M	2M	2M	1.03	2.22%	51.89	16.11	7.56	51.60	50.28	53.09	14.96	30.19%	67.60
1961	3M	2M	2M	1.03	2.29%	51.05	15.51	7.49	52.31	50.98	53.80	14.80	31.11%	69.90
1962	4M	2M	2M	1.02	2.36%	50.12	14.91	7.40	53.00	51.66	54.50	14.65	32.07%	72.26
1963	4M	2M	2M	1.02	2.43%	49.13	14.33	7.30	53.68	52.34	55.18	14.55	33.05%	74.66
1964	4M	2M	2M	1.02	2.49%	48.09	13.76	7.19	54.34	53.00	55.86	14.49	34.05%	77.10
1965	4M	2M	2M	1.02	2.56%	47.03	13.21	7.05	54.99	53.64	56.52	14.49	35.05%	79.58
1966	4M	2M	2M	1.02	2.63%	45.96	12.67	6.90	55.64	54.27	57.18	14.52	36.07%	82.08
1967	4M	2M	2M	1.02	2.69%	44.88	12.16	6.74	56.27	54.88	57.83	14.60	37.11%	84.61
1968	4M	2M	2M	1.02	2.76%	43.81	11.66	6.56	56.89	55.48	58.48	14.71	38.15%	87.17
1969	4M	2M	2M	1.02	2.82%	42.77	11.19	6.38	57.50	56.06	59.12	14.85	39.21%	89.74
1970	4M	2M	2M	1.02	2.89%	41.76	10.74	6.18	58.09	56.62	59.75	15.01	40.27%	92.34
1971	5M	2M	2M	1.02	2.96%	40.79	10.31	5.98	58.67	57.16	60.37	15.18	41.35%	94.96
1972	5M	2M	2M	1.02	3.02%	39.86	9.92	5.78	59.23	57.68	60.96	15.36	42.44%	97.59
1973	5M	2M	2M	1.02	3.08%	38.97	9.55	5.58	59.76	58.19	61.53	15.56	43.53%	100.24
1974	5M	3M	2M	1.02	3.14%	38.13	9.22	5.39	60.28	58.67	62.08	15.77	44.63%	102.90
1975	5M	3M	3M	1.02	3.18%	37.33	8.92	5.20	60.76	59.14	62.59	15.98	45.73%	105.57
1976	5M	3M	3M	1.02	3.23%	36.59	8.64	5.02	61.23	59.58	63.07	16.19	46.84%	108.27
1977	5M	3M	3M	1.02	3.27%	35.90	8.40	4.84	61.66	59.99	63.53	16.42	47.95%	110.97
1978	6M	3M	3M	1.02	3.30%	35.25	8.19	4.68	62.08	60.39	63.97	16.64	49.06%	113.68
1979	6M	3M	3M	1.02	3.34%	34.65	7.99	4.53	62.48	60.76	64.39	16.87	50.18%	116.39
1980	6M	3M	3M	1.02	3.36%	34.09	7.82	4.38	62.86	61.12	64.81	17.09	51.29%	119.10
1981	6M	3M	3M	1.02	3.38%	33.56	7.66	4.25	63.23	61.46	65.22	17.32	52.40%	121.81
1982	6M	3M	3M	1.02	3.39%	33.05	7.52	4.12	63.60	61.79	65.63	17.55	53.05%	124.52
1983	6M	3M	3M	1.02	3.41%	32.56	7.38	4.01	63.96	62.10	66.04	17.77	53.32%	127.22
1984	6M	3M	3M	1.02	3.42%	32.08	7.26	3.90	64.33	62.42	66.46	17.98	53.60%	129.94
1985	6M	3M	3M	1.02	3.43%	31.61	7.13	3.80	64.69	62.72	66.89	18.20	53.87%	132.65
1986	7M	3M	3M	1.01	3.44%	31.17	7.02	3.70	65.07	63.03	67.34	18.42	54.14%	135.38
1987	7M	3M	3M	1.01	3.46%	30.75	6.90	3.62	65.44	63.34	67.80	18.64	54.41%	138.11
1988	7M	3M	3M	1.01	3.47%	30.34	6.79	3.54	65.82	63.64	68.26	18.85	54.68%	140.85
1989	7M	4M	3M	1.01	3.48%	29.96	6.69	3.48	66.20	63.94	68.73	19.06	54.96%	143.61
1990	7M	4M	4M	1.01	3.49%	29.57	6.59	3.41	66.57	64.24	69.18	19.28	55.23%	146.39
1991	7M	4M	4M	1.01	3.49%	29.16	6.50	3.35	66.93	64.53	69.61	19.52	55.50%	149.20
1992	7M	4M	4M	1.01	3.48%	28.73	6.42	3.29	67.27	64.81	70.02	19.75	55.77%	152.03
1993	8M	4M	4M	1.01	3.44%	28.26	6.36	3.23	67.59	65.07	70.39	19.96	56.04%	154.86
1994	8M	4M	4M	1.01	3.41%	27.76	6.30	3.16	67.89	65.33	70.73	20.17	56.75%	157.68
1995	8M	4M	4M	1.01	3.36%	27.24	6.25	3.10	68.16	65.57	71.05	20.38	57.60%	160.46
1996	8M	4M	4M	1.01	3.30%	26.71	6.21	3.04	68.43	65.79	71.34	20.60	58.44%	163.20
1997	8M	4M	4M	1.01	3.24%	26.18	6.18	2.98	68.68	66.01	71.63	20.84	59.28%	165.90
1998	8M	4M	4M	1	3.17%	25.68	6.16	2.93	68.93	66.23	71.91	21.08	60.11%	168.57
1999	8M	4M	4M	1	3.11%	25.21	6.14	2.88	69.18	66.44	72.19	21.31	60.93%	171.21
2000	8M	4M	4M	1	3.05%	24.77	6.12	2.84	69.43	66.65	72.48	21.54	61.75%	173.84
2001	9M	4M	4M	1.01	2.99%	24.36	6.10	2.80	69.69	66.87	72.78	21.79	62.57%	176.45
2002	9M	4M	4M	1.01	2.94%	23.96	6.08	2.76	69.96	67.11	73.08	22.04	63.37%	179.05
2003	9M	4M	4M	1.01	2.89%	23.57	6.06	2.73	70.23	67.35	73.37	22.27	64.61%	181.62
2004	9M	5M	4M	1.01	2.83%	23.20	6.05	2.69	70.50	67.60	73.66	22.50	66.00%	184.17
2005	9M	5M	5M	1.01	2.78%	22.84	6.04	2.65	70.77	67.86	73.95	22.74	67.37%	186.69
2006	9M	5M	5M	1.01	2.73%	22.50	6.03	2.62	71.04	68.12	74.23	22.99	68.71%	189.18
2007	9M	5M	5M	1.01	2.68%	22.18	6.02	2.59	71.30	68.37	74.50	23.24	70.02%	191.64
2008	9M	5M	5M	1.01	2.64%	21.90	6.02	2.56	71.56	68.62	74.76	23.49	71.30%	194.09
2009	10M	5M	5M	1.01	2.59%	21.64	6.02	2.53	71.81	68.86	75.02	23.74	72.54%	196.53
2010	10M	5M	5M	1.01	2.55%	21.40	6.03	2.50	72.05	69.09	75.26	23.98	73.75%	198.96
2011	10M	5M	5M	1.01	2.51%	21.18	6.04	2.48	72.28	69.31	75.51	24.28	74.83%	201.38
2012	10M	5M	5M	1.01	2.47%	20.97	6.05	2.46	72.52	69.53	75.76	24.58	75.80%	203.79
2013	10M	5M	5M	1	2.43%	20.76	6.06	2.44	72.76	69.75	76.02	24.87	76.75%	206.20
2014	10M	5M	5M	1	2.39%	20.55	6.07	2.42	73.00	69.97	76.27	25.17	77.67%	208.60
2015	10M	5M	5M	1	2.34%	20.32	6.08	2.41	73.24	70.19	76.53	25.46	78.57%	210.99
2016	10M	5M	5M	1	2.29%	20.07	6.10	2.39	73.47	70.40	76.77	25.77	79.44%	213.37
2017	11M	5M	5M	1	2.24%	19.80	6.12	2.37	73.69	70.61	76.99	26.08	80.28%	215.74
2018	11M	5M	5M	1	2.17%	19.51	6.15	2.35	73.89	70.81	77.20	26.39	81.07%	218.08
2019	11M	5M	5M	1	2.10%	19.19	6.19	2.32	74.08	70.99	77.38	26.70	81.83%	220.38
2020	11M	5M	5M	1	2.03%	18.86	6.23	2.30	74.26	71.17	77.55	27.00	82.54%	222.61
2021	11M	5M	5M	1	2.03%	18.86	6.23	2.30	74.26	71.17	77.55	27.32	83.21%	224.78
2022	11M	6M	6M	1	2.03%	18.86	6.23	2.30	74.26	71.17	77.55	27.64	83.85%	226.88
2023	11M	6M	6M	1	1.79%	17.86	6.40	2.23	74.74	71.67	77.99	27.97	84.45%	228.93
2024	11M	6M	6M	0.99	1.71%	17.52	6.46	2.20	74.90	71.84	78.13	28.31	85.01%	230.90

Dominican Republic Population Projections

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Year	Total	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Growth rate	Birth rate	Death rate	Fertility rate	Life exp., total Life expectancy	Life exp., male	Life exp., female	Median Age	Urbanization	Density, people / km2 Density, people/km2
2025	11M	6M	6M	0.99	1.64%	17.19	6.52	2.18	75.06	72.01	78.28	28.62	85.54%	232.83
2026	11M	6M	6M	0.99	1.57%	16.91	6.59	2.16	75.22	72.18	78.43	28.97	86.04%	234.70
2027	12M	6M	6M	0.99	1.50%	16.63	6.66	2.14	75.39	72.36	78.58	29.29	86.51%	236.51
2028	12M	6M	6M	0.99	1.43%	16.35	6.72	2.11	75.55	72.53	78.72	29.62	86.96%	238.23
2029	12M	6M	6M	0.99	1.37%	16.07	6.79	2.09	75.72	72.71	78.87	29.93	87.37%	239.91
2030	12M	6M	6M	0.99	1.30%	15.79	6.86	2.07	75.88	72.88	79.02	30.26	87.77%	241.53
2031	12M	6M	6M	0.99	1.24%	15.57	6.94	2.05	76.04	73.06	79.16	30.59	88.13%	243.12
2032	12M	6M	6M	0.99	1.19%	15.35	7.02	2.03	76.20	73.23	79.30	30.91	88.48%	244.63
2033	12M	6M	6M	0.99	1.13%	15.14	7.10	2.02	76.36	73.41	79.44	31.22	88.80%	246.09
2034	12M	6M	6M	0.99	1.08%	14.92	7.18	2.00	76.52	73.58	79.58	31.55	89.10%	247.49
2035	12M	6M	6M	0.99	1.02%	14.70	7.26	1.98	76.68	73.76	79.72	31.87	89.38%	248.84
2036	12M	6M	6M	0.99	0.98%	14.52	7.35	1.97	76.84	73.93	79.85	32.16	89.65%	250.13
2037	12M	6M	6M	0.99	0.93%	14.34	7.44	1.95	77.00	74.11	79.99	32.47	89.89%	251.39
2038	12M	6M	6M	0.98	0.88%	14.17	7.53	1.94	77.15	74.28	80.12	32.79	90.12%	252.58
2039	12M	6M	6M	0.98	0.84%	13.99	7.62	1.92	77.31	74.46	80.26	33.09	90.33%	253.72
2040	12M	6M	6M	0.98	0.79%	13.81	7.71	1.91	77.47	74.63	80.39	33.41	90.53%	254.79
2041	12M	6M	6M	0.98	0.75%	13.64	7.81	1.90	77.63	74.81	80.52	33.69	90.71%	255.84
2042	13M	6M	6M	0.98	0.71%	13.48	7.90	1.89	77.78	74.99	80.65	33.99	90.88%	256.82
2043	13M	6M	6M	0.98	0.66%	13.31	8.00	1.88	77.94	75.16	80.78	34.31	91.03%	257.75
2044	13M	6M	6M	0.98	0.63%	13.15	8.09	1.87	78.09	75.34	80.91	34.62	91.18%	258.61
2045	13M	6M	6M	0.98	0.58%	12.98	8.19	1.86	78.25	75.52	81.04	34.93	91.33%	259.43
2046	13M	6M	6M	0.98	0.55%	12.83	8.29	1.85	78.41	75.70	81.17	35.24	91.48%	260.17
2047	13M	6M	6M	0.98	0.51%	12.67	8.38	1.84	78.57	75.88	81.30	35.55	91.62%	260.87
2048	13M	6M	6M	0.98	0.48%	12.52	8.48	1.83	78.72	76.07	81.42	35.86	91.76%	261.50
2049	13M	6M	6M	0.98	0.44%	12.36	8.57	1.82	78.88	76.25	81.55	36.17	91.90%	262.08
2050	13M	6M	6M	0.98	0.41%	12.21	8.67	1.81	79.04	76.43	81.68	36.49	92.04%	262.59

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1	Santo Domingo	3,476,417	2,201,941
2	Santiago	682,135	16,380

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