Dominican Republic Population

Dominican Republic records about 551 births and 196 deaths a day. That is a natural increase of roughly 355 people per day, or about 129,664 a year before migration is counted.

Net migration runs at about 34,806 over the reported period, with more people leaving than arriving. That is equivalent to about 27% of its natural change.

If the current rate held indefinitely, Dominican Republic would take roughly 82 years to double in size — a projection of today's rate, not a forecast.

Over the 9 years from 2015 to 2024, the population rose from 10.4 million to 11.4 million — a gain of 992,728, or 9.5%.

With about 235 people per square kilometre, Dominican Republic is densely populated, roughly 3.8× the world average of 62. That ranks 24th of the 115 countries here. Its closest comparisons on density are Germany and Qatar.

Dominican Republic covers about 48,198 km² of land, which is what turns a population of 11.4 million into that density figure.

About 72.4% of people live in urban areas, making Dominican Republic highly urbanised, above the world average of 57.6%. That works out to roughly 8.27 million town and city dwellers and 3.15 million living rurally.

Dominican Republic has a broadly balanced age structure: about 26.6% are under 15 and 7.9% are 65 or older. Children outnumber over-65s by roughly 3.4 to one.

The total fertility rate is about 2.22 births per woman, above the ~2.1 replacement level, which is what sustains growth from births alone. The world figure is about 2.19.

Life expectancy at birth is about 73.9 years, close to the global average of 73.5.