Demographics of the Dominican Republic

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Dominican Republic population pyramid in 2020
Historical population
YearPop.±%
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 2019 revision of the World Population Prospects[2][3] the total population was 10,627,141 in 2018, 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.[4]

Group of Dominicans in the town of Moca.
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

Vital statistics[]

UN estimates[]

Registration of vital events is not universal in the Dominican Republic. The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates: [4]

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 23.8 6.1 17.7 2.75 35 71.1 68.1 74.4
2005–2010 221 000 58 000 163 000 22.0 6.0 16.0 2.57 30 72.2 69.2 75.5
2010–2015 20.9 6.1 14.8 2.57
2015–2020 19.7 6.1 13.6 2.45
2020–2025 18.0 6.4 11.6 2.36
2025–2030 16.5 6.7 9.8 2.23
2030–2035 15.2 7.1 8.1 2.12
2035–2040 14.2 7.5 6.7 2.03
* 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[]

[5]

Year Population Live births Deaths Natural increase Crude birth rate Crude death rate Rate of natural increase TFR
2001 8,512,996 193,522 28,631 164,891 22.7 3.4 19.3 2.556
2002 8,627,509 189,813 26,603 163,210 22.0 3.1 18.9 2.475
2003 8,745,084 176,472 29,824 146,648 20.2 3.4 16.8 2.255
2004 8,857,648 167,533 34,507 133,026 18.9 3.9 15.0 2.128
2005 8,968,144 164,867 34,369 130,498 18.4 3.8 14.6 2.070
2006 9,071,458 156,849 32,385 124,464 17.3 3.6 13.7 1.959
2007 9,174,058 155,322 33,940 121,382 16.9 3.7 13.2 1.921
2008 9,279,602 162,173 34,012 128,161 17.5 3.7 13.8 2.000
2009 9,380,152 166,043 33,880 132,163 17.7 3.6 14.1 2.027
2010 9,478,612 167,964 36,607 131,357 17.7 3.9 13.8 2.026
2011 9,580,139 174,533 36,221 138,312 18.2 3.8 14.4 2.087
2012 9,680,963 168,061 36,447 131,614 17.4 3.8 13.6 1.999
2013 9,784,680 169,445 36,498 132,947 17.3 3.7 13.6 2.006
2014 9,883,486 172,786 41,123 131,663 17.5 4.2 13.3 2.030
2015 9,980,243 168,240 41,692 126,548 16.9 4.2 12.7 1.963
2016 10,075,045 159,161 43,971 115,190 15.8 4.4 11.4 1.845
2017 10,169,172 166,758 43,002 123,756 16.4 4.2 12.2 1.930
2018 10,266,149 172,723 42,199 130,524 16.8 4.1 12.7 2.000
2019 10,358,320 175,466 44,024 131,442 16.9 4.3 12.6 2.027
2020 10,448,499 141,548 42,789 98,759 13.5 4.1 9.4 1.645

Structure of the population [6][]

Structure of the population (01.07.2017) (Estimates) :

Age Group Male Female Total %
Total 5 082 876 5 086 296 10 169 172 100
0–4 492 808 472 820 965 628 9,49
5–9 492 702 474 348 967 050 9,50
10–14 492 107 477 445 969 552 9,53
15–19 480 035 471 501 951 536 9,51
20–24 455 440 453 444 930 505 9,15
25–29 420 715 423 382 844 907 8,30
30–34 377 850 385 180 763 030 7,50
35–39 339 877 348 143 688 020 6,76
40–44 306 907 313 858 616 955 6,07
45–49 275 488 282 105 557 593 5,48
50–54 245 299 249 766 495 065 4,87
55–59 206 257 210 188 416 445 4,10
60–64 162 912 168 103 331 015 3,25
65–69 121 894 126 929 248 523 2,44
70–74 86 739 90 761 177 500 1,74
75–79 61 133 65 274 126 407 1,24
80+ 65 523 73 349 138 872 1,36
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)

Other demographic statistics[]

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019.[8]

  • One birth every 2 minutes
  • One death every 8 minutes
  • One net migrant every 18 minutes
  • Net gain of one person every 5 minutes

Demographic statistics according to the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.[9]

Population
10,298,756 (July 2018 est.)
Age structure
Population pyramid of Dominican Republic in 2017
0-14 years: 27.56% (male 1,442,926 /female 1,395,809)
15-24 years: 18.52% (male 969,467 /female 937,765)
25-54 years: 40.28% (male 2,112,813 /female 2,035,902)
55-64 years: 7.71% (male 397,821 /female 396,172)
65 years and over: 5.92% (male 286,300 /female 323,781) (2018 est.)
Ethnic groups
mixed 70.4% (mestizo 58%, mulatto 12.4%), black 15.8%, white 13.5%, other 0.3% (2014 est.)
note: respondents self-identified their race; the term "indio" in the Dominican Republic is not associated with people of indigenous ancestry but people of mixed ancestry or skin color between light and dark
Median age
total: 27.3 years. Country comparison to the world: 145th
male: 27.1 years
female: 27.4 years (2018 est.)
Birth rate
18.9 births/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 84th
Death rate
6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 145th
Total fertility rate
2.28 children born/woman (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 88th
Net migration rate
-2.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 170th
Population growth rate
0.99% (2018 est.) Country comparison to the world: 109th
Mother's mean age at first birth
21.3 years (2013 est.)
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
Contraceptive prevalence rate
69.5% (2014)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio: 57.8 (2015 est.) Country comparison to the world: 151st
youth dependency ratio: 47.3 (2015 est.)
elderly dependency ratio: 10.5 (2015 est.)
potential support ratio: 9.5 (2015 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
total population: 71.3 years. Country comparison to the world: 151st
male: 69.7 years
female: 73.1 years (2018 est.)
Religions
  • Roman Catholic 95%
  • Other 5%
Urbanization
urban population: 81.1% of total population (2018)
rate of urbanization: 2.06% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
Languages
Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2016 est.)

total population: 93.8%
male: 93.8%
female: 93.8% (2016 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 14 years
male: 13 years
female: 14 years (2016)

Unemployment, youth ages 15–24:

total: 13.4%. Country comparison to the world: 97th
male: 8.5%
female: 21.7% (2016 est.)

See also[]

Census information:

References[]

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  2. ^ ""World Population prospects – Population division"". population.un.org. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  3. ^ ""Overall total population" – World Population Prospects: The 2019 Revision" (xslx). population.un.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved November 9, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "World Population Prospects - Population Division - United Nations". population.un.org. Archived from the original on May 6, 2011.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-14. Retrieved 2016-02-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  7. ^ "MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys". microdata.worldbank.org.
  8. ^ "Dominican Republic Population 2019", World Population Review
  9. ^ "World Factbook CENTRAL AMERICA : DOMINICAN REPUBLIC", The World Factbook, July 12, 2018 Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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