Dominican Republic's population rose from 8.03M in 1996 to 11.5M in 2025.
Dominican Republic · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
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Dominican Republic's population growth fell from 1.8 % in 1996 to 0.8 % in 2025.
Dominican Republic's population density rose from 160.3 in 1994 to 235.1 in 2023.
Dominican Republic's population, female (% of total) rose from 49.9 % in 1996 to 50.3 % in 2025.
Dominican Republic's urbanisation rose from 57.8 % in 1996 to 72.5 % in 2025.
Dominican Republic's urban population rose from 4.65M in 1996 to 8.35M in 2025.
Dominican Republic's rural population fell from 3.39M in 1996 to 3.17M in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −0.9 %91st of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −1.7 %86th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −0.0 %147th of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −4.9 %149th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.3 yrs132nd of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts89th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.1 pts86th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.3 pts117th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −0.2 pts132nd of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.5 pts112th of 217
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- Net migrationdown −1.4 %191st of 217
- Migrant stockup +1.0 pts100th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −97.7 %152nd of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs116th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs116th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs115th of 217