Land covered by forest
46.7%% of land area
#62 of 2132024
147% of world average
SERIAL · 214North America
Dominican Republic
CapitalSanto Domingo
CurrencyDOP · Dominican peso
LanguageSpanish
Area146,839 km²
Since1844
ISODOM · DO
Population
11.5Mas of 2025
Watermark portrait: Mario Vargas Llosa
— THE COUNTRY —
Island country in the Caribbean
The Dominican Republic is an island country on the eastern part of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and a land border with Haiti to the west, occupying the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola which, along with Saint Martin, is one of only two islands in the Caribbean shared by two sovereign states. In the Antilles, the country is the second-largest by area after Cuba at 48,671 square kilometers (18,792 sq mi) and the second most populous after Haiti with approximately 11.4 million people in 2024, of whom 3.6 million reside in the metropolitan area of Santo Domingo, the capital city.
Text: Wikipedia — Dominican RepublicCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-11-02
— FACTS —
- Capital
- Santo Domingo
- Currency
- Dominican peso (DOP)
- Official language
- Spanish
- Drives on the
- Right
- Calling code
- +1809
- Licence plate code
- DOM
- Top-level domain
- .do
- Independence / founding
- 1844
- Highest point
- Pico Duarte (3,101 m)
- Lowest point
- Lake Enriquillo (-46 m)
- Anthem
- National Anthem of the Dominican Republic
— LAND —
Forest area
22,575km²
#104 of 2132025
12% of world average
Agricultural land
51.5%% of land area
#49 of 2092024
139% of world average
Farmable (arable) land
21.7%% of land area
#54 of 2062024
155% of world average
Land area
146,839km²
#95 of 2152024
22% of world average
— PEOPLE —
Population
11.5Mpeople
#84 of 2162025
30% of world average
Population growth
0.8%% per year
#114 of 2162025
82% of world average
Population density
237people per km²
#58 of 2152024
52% of world average
People living in cities
72.5%% of population
#80 of 2162025
115% of world average
Urban population growth
1.0%% per year
#126 of 2162025
62% of world average
People living rurally
27.5%% of population
#137 of 2162025
75% of world average
Population aged 0-14
26.2%% of population
#89 of 2162025
104% of world average
Population aged 15-64
65.6%% of population
#86 of 2162025
102% of world average
Population aged 65+
8.2%% of population
#116 of 2162025
76% of world average
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Age dependency ratio
52.4%% of working-age population
#131 of 2162025
91% of world average
Female population
50.3%% of population
#118 of 2162025
101% of world average
Births per woman
2.22births per woman
#91 of 2162024
95% of world average
Birth rate
17.6 /1,000per 1,000 people
#86 of 2162024
102% of world average
Death rate
6.2 /1,000per 1,000 people
#146 of 2162024
81% of world average
Net migration
-35,306people (5-year total)
#190 of 2162025
-32064% of world average
Migrants living in the country
6.5%% of population
#99 of 2152024
49% of world average
— MONEY —
GDP
$127.41Bcurrent US$
#66 of 2112025
23% of world average
GDP, purchasing power parity
$330.88Bcurrent int'l $
#63 of 1992025
32% of world average
GDP per person
$11,059current US$
#98 of 2112025
46% of world average
GDP per person, purchasing power parity
$28,721current int'l $
#82 of 1992025
86% of world average
GDP growth
2.1%% per year
#142 of 2102025
63% of world average
GDP per person growth
1.3%% per year
#134 of 2102025
54% of world average
Gross national income
$119.67Bcurrent US$
#67 of 2042025
21% of world average
Gross national income per person
$10,620current US$
#91 of 2032025
53% of world average
Gross national income per person, PPP
$26,980current int'l $
#81 of 1972025
85% of world average
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Inflation
3.9%% per year
#123 of 1902025
45% of world average
Inflation (GDP deflator)
4.5%% per year
#136 of 2092025
63% of world average
Real interest rate
10.5%%
#19 of 1342024
255% of world average
Lending interest rate
15.3%%
#29 of 1342024
135% of world average
Government debt
16.4%% of GDP
not enough data to rank1999
28% of world average
Government revenue
17.5%% of GDP
#111 of 1492024
67% of world average
Government spending
18.1%% of GDP
#111 of 1492023
65% of world average
Government consumption
11.7%% of GDP
#142 of 1812025
67% of world average
Household consumption
67.8%% of GDP
#72 of 1812025
105% of world average
Investment (gross capital formation)
24.7%% of GDP
#73 of 1782025
106% of world average
Fixed investment
24.9%% of GDP
#55 of 1732025
112% of world average
Gross savings
23.3%% of GDP
#76 of 1682025
106% of world average
Foreign investment inflows
$4.92Bcurrent US$
#44 of 2012025
58% of world average
Foreign investment inflows
3.9%% of GDP
#57 of 1982025
no comparison
Foreign investment outflows
-0.1%% of GDP
#156 of 1792025
-4% of world average
Current account balance
-1.4%% of GDP
#94 of 1912025
no comparison
Foreign reserves
$14.78Bcurrent US$
#72 of 1772025
15% of world average
External debt
$53.29Bcurrent US$
#94 of 1212024
69% of world average
Income inequality (Gini)
390-100
#106 of 1472024
109% of world average
People below the poverty line
0.8%% of population
#52 of 1472024
6% of world average
Income share held by richest 10%
29.5%%
#96 of 1472024
106% of world average
Income share held by poorest 10%
2.3%%
#101 of 1472024
82% of world average
Money sent home by workers abroad
$12.41Bcurrent US$
#18 of 1862025
241% of world average
Foreign aid received
0.6%% of GNI
#101 of 1372023
10% of world average
Exchange rate
62local currency per US$
#77 of 2112025
4% of world average
Agriculture's share of the economy
4.6%% of GDP
#110 of 1992025
46% of world average
Industry's share of the economy
28.4%% of GDP
#61 of 2022025
116% of world average
Manufacturing's share of the economy
12.3%% of GDP
#76 of 1952025
112% of world average
Services' share of the economy
60.1%% of GDP
#84 of 2022025
104% of world average
1 of 39 figures unavailable for Dominican Republic.
— TRADE —
Exports
23.6%% of GDP
#131 of 1872025
55% of world average
Imports
27.9%% of GDP
#148 of 1872025
56% of world average
Trade balance
-4.2%% of GDP
#100 of 1872025
no comparison
Total trade (openness)
35.6%% of GDP
#163 of 2052025
55% of world average
Goods exported
$15.58Bcurrent US$
#85 of 2072025
13% of world average
Goods imported
$29.75Bcurrent US$
#72 of 2072025
24% of world average
Services exported
$14.43Bcurrent US$
#64 of 1912025
30% of world average
Services imported
$5.65Bcurrent US$
#89 of 1912025
13% of world average
Goods and services exported
$30.13Bcurrent US$
#83 of 1912025
17% of world average
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Goods and services imported
$35.44Bcurrent US$
#75 of 1912025
21% of world average
High-tech share of exports
7.7%% of manufactured exports
#83 of 1792024
63% of world average
Terms of trade
107index
#86 of 2062024
101% of world average
— HEALTH —
Life expectancy
73.9 yrsyears
#115 of 2162024
100% of world average
Life expectancy, women
77.1 yrsyears
#115 of 2162024
101% of world average
Life expectancy, men
70.7 yrsyears
#114 of 2162024
99% of world average
Infant deaths
27.7 /1,000per 1,000 live births
#146 of 1962024
149% of world average
Deaths under age 5
30.6 /1,000per 1,000 live births
#140 of 1962024
126% of world average
Maternal deaths
124per 100,000 live births
#137 of 1942023
107% of world average
Health spending
4.6%% of GDP
#134 of 1932023
67% of world average
Health spending per person
$489current US$
#96 of 1932023
34% of world average
Physicians
2.4 /1,000per 1,000 people
#78 of 1872023
115% of world average
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Nurses and midwives
2.1 /1,000per 1,000 people
#133 of 1962023
44% of world average
Hospital beds
0.8 /1,000per 1,000 people
#135 of 1572023
25% of world average
Access to clean drinking water
97.5%% of population
#106 of 2142024
107% of world average
Access to basic sanitation
90.1%% of population
#123 of 2132024
112% of world average
Suicide rate
4.2per 100,000 people
#44 of 1852021
49% of world average
HIV prevalence
1.0%% aged 15-49
#114 of 1532024
73% of world average
Tuberculosis cases
51per 100,000 people
#118 of 2082024
51% of world average
Undernourishment
2.5%% of population
#69 of 1682024
25% of world average
Children vaccinated against measles
89.0%% of children 12-23 months
#103 of 1932024
104% of world average
1 of 19 figures unavailable for Dominican Republic.
— LEARNING —
Education spending
3.8%% of GDP
#113 of 1902023
87% of world average
Education spending
20.9%% of government spending
#14 of 1892025
154% of world average
Adult literacy
94.0%% aged 15+
#53 of 1192024
112% of world average
Youth literacy
98.2%% aged 15-24
#57 of 1262024
108% of world average
Primary school enrolment
101.9%% gross
#80 of 2002024
101% of world average
Secondary school enrolment
76.4%% gross
#140 of 1882024
88% of world average
University enrolment
57.7%% gross
#66 of 1672024
116% of world average
Primary school completion
90.0%% of relevant age group
#120 of 1802024
100% of world average
Pupils per teacher, primary school
18.9pupils per teacher
#85 of 1602018
85% of world average
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Years of compulsory education
15.0 yrsyears
#3 of 1972025
149% of world average
— WORK —
Unemployment
5.1%% of labour force
#92 of 1862025
74% of world average
Youth unemployment
12.3%% of labour force aged 15-24
#91 of 1862025
79% of world average
Labour force participation
64.8%% aged 15+
#63 of 1862025
107% of world average
Women in the labour force
53.7%% of women aged 15+
#90 of 1862025
105% of world average
Men in the labour force
76.4%% of men aged 15+
#44 of 1862025
109% of world average
Labour force
5.5Mpeople
#80 of 1862025
27% of world average
Working in agriculture
7.0%% of employment
#121 of 1862025
32% of world average
Working in industry
19.0%% of employment
#91 of 1862025
97% of world average
Working in services
74.0%% of employment
#40 of 1862025
127% of world average
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Self-employed
42.1%% of employment
#72 of 1862025
109% of world average
Labour force with advanced education
83.4%% of labour force
#32 of 1712025
110% of world average
Employed
61.5%% aged 15+
#62 of 1862025
109% of world average
— CONNECTED —
People online
91.0%% of population
#55 of 2072024
128% of world average
Mobile phone subscriptions
93.7per 100 people
#153 of 2102024
81% of world average
Fixed broadband subscriptions
11.2per 100 people
#115 of 2082024
62% of world average
Fixed telephone lines
10.1per 100 people
#109 of 2132024
68% of world average
Access to electricity
99.5%% of population
#130 of 2142024
112% of world average
Access to clean cooking fuel
93.0%% of population
#87 of 1892024
134% of world average
Electricity used per person
2,034kWh per person
#87 of 1492024
48% of world average
Energy used per person
954kg oil equivalent per person
#90 of 1492024
42% of world average
Air passengers carried
996,238passengers
#99 of 1652023
4% of world average
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Air freight
0million tonne-km
#150 of 1632023
0% of world average
Container port traffic
2.1MTEU
#48 of 1672024
39% of world average
Patent applications by residents
11count
#110 of 1422024
0% of world average
Scientific journal articles published
105count
#139 of 1972023
1% of world average
Tourists arriving
2.7Mcount
#54 of 1942020
54% of world average
Money earned from tourism
$7.56Bcurrent US$
#24 of 1752018
204% of world average
3 of 18 figures unavailable for Dominican Republic.
— NATURE —
Carbon emissions per person
2.99tonnes per person
#111 of 2032024
67% of world average
Carbon emissions
34.2Mt CO2
#139 of 2032024
18% of world average
Greenhouse gas emissions
51.6Mt CO2-equivalent
#127 of 2032024
20% of world average
Protected land
26.3%% of land area
#56 of 2132025
139% of world average
Protected coastal waters
13.3%% of territorial waters
#43 of 1742025
129% of world average
Freshwater withdrawn
30.4%% of internal resources
#131 of 1772022
24% of world average
Renewable water available per person
2,092m³ per person
#105 of 1832022
15% of world average
Renewable energy use
14.8%% of final energy consumption
#124 of 2122021
51% of world average
Electricity from renewables
17.1%% of total
#124 of 2062021
49% of world average
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Electricity from fossil fuels
84.0%% of total
#139 of 2092024
141% of world average
Electricity from nuclear power
0.0%% of total
#33 of 2082021
0% of world average
Energy imported (net)
94.2%% of energy use
#11 of 1432024
no comparison
— STATE —
Military spending
0.8%% of GDP
#128 of 1562025
36% of world average
Military spending
$1.04Bcurrent US$
#83 of 1602025
6% of world average
Military spending
4.1%% of government spending
#105 of 1532025
56% of world average
Armed forces personnel
71,000people
#59 of 1702020
44% of world average
Armed forces
1.5%% of labour force
#42 of 1682020
118% of world average
Tax revenue
14.7%% of GDP
#92 of 1492024
88% of world average
Homicides
10.9per 100,000 people
#125 of 1582023
140% of world average
— TRADE PARTNERS —
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— TRADE —
No trade data available for Dominican Republic.
— EXTRAS —
Anthem
National Anthem of the Dominican RepublicAudio: Wikimedia Commons
Capital time
--:--:--Santo Domingo · approx. UTC-5
Neighbours
Landmarks
Iglesia de Las MercedesImage: Wikimedia Commons 
Colonial City of Santo DomingoImage: Wikimedia Commons
People
Mario Vargas LlosaPeruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer (1936–2025)
Rafael TrujilloPresident of the Dominican Republic (1891-1961)
Felipe GonzálezPrime Minister of Spain from 1982 to 1996
Danilo Medinaformer president of the Dominican Republic
Alejandro BaldeSpanish-Dominican association football player
Leonel Fernándezformer president of the Dominican Republic
Mariano DíazSpanish-Dominican Republic association football player
Amaury NolascoPuerto Rican actor
Luis AbinaderPresident of the Dominican Republic since 2020
Junot Díazauthor
Joaquín BalaguerPresident of the Dominican Republic (1906-2002)
Félix SánchezDominican track and field athlete
History
1844Dominican Republic founded as a sovereign state
24 Oct 1945Joined the United Nations
Size, side by side
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1960 → now
2026
Population11.5M2025
GDP$127.41B2025
GDP per person$11,0592025