Key demographics
- Population
- 11.5M
- Density
- 221.1/km²
- HDI
- 0.776 (High)
- Gini index (2019)
- 41.9
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 73.9 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.22
- Urban population (2025)
- 72.5%
- Literacy rate (2024)
- 94.0%
- Labor force (2025)
- 69.7%
- Gender wage gap (2024)
- 0.5%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 52.4%
- Profile
- Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 72.5%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 17.6 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 6.3 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 43.7%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.22
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 27.7 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 11.3%
- Tourism (2020)
- 2.7M
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Español |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 74.6% |
| No religion | 22.0% |
| Other | 1.4% |
| Unspecified | 2.0% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Mixed | 71.7% |
| White | 18.7% |
| Black | 7.5% |
| East asian | 0.3% |
| Others | 0.4% |
| No answer | 1.4% |
- Demonym (male)
- Dominican
- Demonym (female)
- Dominican
- National anthem
- National Anthem of the Dominican Republic
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 73.9 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 63.6 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 4.6% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 27.7/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 73/100
- Hospital beds (2023)
- 0.8/1000
- Physicians (2023)
- 2.43/1000
- Nurses (2023)
- 2.06/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $489
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 25.1%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2024)
- 94.0%
- Education spending (2023)
- 3.8% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 345
- Internet users (2024)
- 91.0%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 93.7/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 11.2/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 181/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 11.2
Geography and practical
- Area
- 48,671 km²
- Continent
- North America
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- Caribbean
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC-04:00
- Calling codes
- +1
- Postal code
- #####
- TLD
- .do
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
Borders
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of the Dominican Republic is divided into four rectangles by a centered white cross that extends to the edges of the field and bears the national coat of arms in its center. The upper hoist-side and lower fly-side rectangles are blue and the lower hoist-side and upper fly-side rectangles are red.
- National anthem
- National Anthem of the Dominican Republic