Demographics of the Dominican Republic

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1920	894,665	—
1935	1,479,417	+65.4%
1950	2,135,872	+44.4%
1960	3,047,070	+42.7%
1970	4,009,458	+31.6%
1981	5,545,741	+38.3%
1993	7,293,390	+31.5%
2002	8,562,541	+17.4%
2010	9,445,281	+10.3%
2017	10,169,172	+7.7%
Source:^[1]

This article is about the demographic features of the population of the Dominican Republic, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

Population

The Dominican Republic's population (1961-2003).

According to the 2012 revision of the World Population Prospects the total population was 10,017,000 in 2010, compared to 2,380,000 in 1950. The proportion of the population aged below 15 in 2010 was 31.2%, 62.8% were aged between 15 and 65 years of age, while 6% were aged 65 years or older.^[2]

	Total population (x 1000)	Proportion aged 0–14 (%)	Proportion aged 15–64 (%)	Proportion aged 65+ (%)
1950	2 380	45.5	51.7	2.7
1955	2 796	46.3	51.1	2.6
1960	3 312	48.2	49.2	2.6
1965	3 900	48.9	48.5	2.6
1970	4 524	47.7	49.7	2.7
1975	5 169	45.3	51.9	2.8
1980	5 826	42.6	54.4	3.1
1985	6 524	40.4	56.2	3.4
1990	7 245	38.5	57.6	3.9
1995	7 978	37.0	58.5	4.5
2000	8 663	34.9	59.9	5.1
2005	9 343	33.1	61.3	5.7
2010	10 017	31.2	62.8	6.0
2015	10 528	30.0	63.4	6.7
2020	11 107	28.3	62.8	7.6

Largest cities and metropolitan areas

Largest cities in the Dominican Republic Source: Oficina Nacional de Estadística^[3]
	Rank		Province	Pop.
Santo Domingo Santiago	1	Santo Domingo	Distrito Nacional	2,908,607	La Vega San Cristóbal
	2	Santiago	Santiago	553,091
	3	La Vega	La Vega	210,736
	4	San Cristóbal	San Cristóbal	209,165
	5	San Pedro de Macorís	San Pedro de Macorís	205,911
	6	San Francisco de Macorís	Duarte	138,167
	7	La Romana	La Romana	130,842
	8	Higüey	La Altagracia	128,120
	9	Puerto Plata	Puerto Plata	122,186
	10	Moca	Espaillat Province	92,111

Vital statistics

UN estimates

Registration of vital events is in the Dominican Republic not complete. The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates. ^[2]

Period	Live births per year	Deaths per year	Natural change per year	CBR*	CDR*	NC*	TFR*	IMR*	Life expectancy total	Life expectancy males	Life expectancy females
1950-1955	140 000	53 000	87 000	54.3	20.5	33.8	7.60	153	46.0	44.7	47.3
1955-1960	163 000	54 000	109 000	53.4	17.6	35.8	7.64	139	49.9	48.6	51.4
1960-1965	178 000	52 000	126 000	49.5	14.5	35.0	7.35	124	53.6	52.1	55.2
1965-1970	186 000	50 000	136 000	44.2	11.8	32.3	6.65	109	56.9	55.4	58.7
1970-1975	190 000	47 000	143 000	39.2	9.7	29.6	5.68	96	59.8	58.1	61.8
1975-1980	194 000	46 000	149 000	35.4	8.3	27.1	4.76	86	62.0	60.3	64.0
1980-1985	206 000	46 000	160 000	33.4	7.5	25.9	4.15	75	64.0	62.1	66.1
1985-1990	213 000	46 000	168 000	31.0	6.7	24.3	3.65	63	66.5	64.3	69.0
1990-1995	218 000	46 000	172 000	28.7	6.0	22.7	3.31	48	69.0	66.5	71.9
1995-2000	215 000	50 000	165 000	25.8	6.0	19.8	2.98	41	70.0	67.3	73.1
2000-2005	219 000	54 000	165 000	24.4	6.0	18.4	2.83	35	71.1	68.1	74.4
2005-2010	221 000	58 000	163 000	22.8	6.0	16.8	2.67	30	72.2	69.2	75.5
2010-2015				21.4	6.0	15.4	2.53	25	73.2	70.2	76.4
* CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births; TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman)

Births and deaths ^[4]^[5]

Year	Population	Live births	Deaths	Natural increase	Crude birth rate	Crude death rate	Rate of natural increase	TFR
2001		188 844	28 368	160 476
2002		184 296	26 295	158 001
2003		170 899	29 482	141 417
2004		161 156	34 063	127 093
2005		157 497	33 971	123 526
2006		149 300	31 914	117 386
2007		147 368	33 396	113 972
2008		153 346	33 408	119 938
2009		155 642	33 340	122 302				2.516
2010	9 445 281	155 244	35 876	119 368	16.44	3,80	12.64	2.491
2011		158 955	35 490	123 465				2.440
2012		150 581	35 636	114 945				2.418
2013		148 719	35 507	113 212				2.391
2014		138 224	38 997	99 227				2.364

Structure of the population ^[6]

Structure of the population (01.07.2013) (Estimates) :

Age Group	Male	Female	Total	%
Total	5 116 325	5 141 399	10 257 724	100
0-4	540 059	517 927	1 057 986	10,31
5-9	538 697	518 934	1 057 631	10,31
10-14	517 095	501 571	1 018 666	9,93
15-19	493 007	482 786	975 793	9,51
20-24	466 574	463 931	930 505	9,07
25-29	421 165	427 362	848 527	8,27
30-34	372 726	385 871	758 597	7,40
35-39	328 377	341 652	670 029	6,53
40-44	297 036	307 267	604 303	5,89
45-49	266 783	274 569	541 352	5,28
50-54	233 418	239 141	472 559	4,61
55-59	191 052	195 818	386 870	3,77
60-64	144 913	150 186	295 099	3,88
65-69	104 992	110 896	215 888	2,10
70-74	79 128	85 230	164 358	1,60
75-79	59 287	65 793	125 080	1,22
80+	63 094	72 940	136 034	1,33

Age group	Male	Female	Total	Percent
0-14	1 595 851	1 538 432	3 134 283	30,56
15-64	3 213 973	3 268 108	6 482 081	63,19
65+	306 501	334 859	641 360	6,25

Structure of the population (DHS 2013) (Males 19 686, Females 19 878 = 39 564) :

Age Group	Male (%)	Female (%)	Total (%)
0-4	10,2	9,6	9,9
5-9	9,6	9,1	9,4
10-14	10,5	10,7	10,6
15-19	10,0	9,8	9,9
20-24	9,6	9,1	9,3
25-29	7,9	7,8	7,9
30-34	7,7	7,6	7,6
35-39	6,4	6,2	6,3
40-44	6,2	5,9	6,0
45-49	5,2	5,4	5,3
50-54	4,1	5,2	4,7
55-59	3,3	3,5	3,4
60-64	3,0	3,5	3,2
65-69	1,9	2,0	2,0
70-74	1,7	1,7	1,7
75-79	1,2	1,1	1,1
80+	1,7	1,8	1,8

Age group	Male (%)	Female (%)	Total (%)
0-14	30,3	29,4	29,9
15-64	63,2	64,0	63,5
65+	6,5	6,6	6,6

Fertility and Births

Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):^[7]

Year	CBR (Total)	TFR (Total)	CBR (Urban)	TFR (Urban)	CBR (Rural)	TFR (Rural)
1965-69		7,1
1970-74		5,8
1975-79		4,7
1980-82		4,31
1983-85		3,69
1986		3,8 (2,8)		3,2 (2,5)		5,1 (3,5)
1991	30,1	3,3 (2,6)	29,7	2,8 (2,3)	30,5	4,4 (3,1)
1996	27,7	3,2 (2,5)	24,4	2,8 (2,2)	29,8	4,0 (3,0)
1999		2,9 (2,3)		2,7 (2,1)		3,4 (2,7)
2002	25,2	3,0 (2,3)	25,3	2,8 (2,3)	24,9	3,3 (2,5)
2007	20,4	2,4 (1,9)	20,0	2,3 (1,8)	21,4	2,8 (2,1)
2013	20,9	2,5 (2,0)	21,2	2,4 (1,9)	20,3	2,6 (2,1)

CIA World Factbook statistics

The following data are from the CIA World Factbook ^[8]

Population

10,478,756

Ethnic groups

Mixed 73%
White 16%
Black 11%

Religions

Roman Catholic 95%
Other 5%

Languages

Spanish (official)

Literacy

Total population: 91.8%
Male: 91.2%
Female: 92.3% (2015 est.)

References

↑ "Censos de Población y Vivienda". Oficina Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
1 2 Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision Archived May 6, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ "Expansión Urbana de las ciudades capitales de RD: 1988-2010" (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Oficina Nacional de Estadística. 1 May 2015. ISBN 978-9945-8984-3-9. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
↑ http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm
↑ http://www.one.gob.do/Estadisticas/159/nacimientos
↑ http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm
↑ http://microdata.worldbank.org/index.php/catalog/dhs#_r=&collection=&country=&dtype=&from=1890&page=5&ps=&sk=&sort_by=nation&sort_order=&to=2014&topic=&view=s&vk=
↑ "Central America and Caribbean :: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC". CIA The World Factbook.

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Demographics of the Dominican Republic

Population

Largest cities and metropolitan areas

Vital statistics

UN estimates

Structure of the population [6]

Fertility and Births

CIA World Factbook statistics

Population

Ethnic groups

Religions

Languages

Literacy

See also

References

Structure of the population ^[6]