Demographics of the Dominican Republic

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 2017 revision of the World Population Prospects[2] the total population was 10,648,791 in 2016, 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.[3]

Total population
(x 1000)		 Proportion
aged 0–14
(%)		 Proportion
aged 15–64
(%)		 Proportion
aged 65+
(%)
1950 2 38045.551.72.7
1955 2 79646.351.12.6
1960 3 31248.249.22.6
1965 3 90048.948.52.6
1970 4 52447.749.72.7
1975 5 16945.351.92.8
1980 5 82642.654.43.1
1985 6 52440.456.23.4
1990 7 24538.557.63.9
1995 7 97837.058.54.5
2000 8 66334.959.95.1
2005 9 34333.161.35.7
2010 10 01731.262.86.0
2015 10 52830.063.46.7
2020 11 10728.362.87.6

Vital statistics

UN estimates

Registration of vital events is not universal in the Dominican Republic. The Population Departement of the United Nations prepared the following estimates: [3]

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
1950–1955140 00053 00087 00054.320.533.87.6015346.044.747.3
1955–1960163 00054 000109 00053.417.635.87.6413949.948.651.4
1960–1965178 00052 000126 00049.514.535.07.3512453.652.155.2
1965–1970186 00050 000136 00044.211.832.36.6510956.955.458.7
1970–1975190 00047 000143 00039.29.729.65.689659.858.161.8
1975–1980194 00046 000149 00035.48.327.14.768662.060.364.0
1980–1985206 00046 000160 00033.47.525.94.157564.062.166.1
1985–1990213 00046 000168 00031.06.724.33.656366.564.369.0
1990–1995218 00046 000172 00028.76.022.73.314869.066.571.9
1995–2000215 00050 000165 00025.86.019.82.984170.067.373.1
2000–2005219 00054 000165 00024.46.018.42.833571.168.174.4
2005–2010221 00058 000163 00022.86.016.82.673072.269.275.5
2010–201521.46.015.42.532573.270.276.4
* 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
2015 143 830 39 670 104 160 2.34
2016 139 583 42 185 97 398 2.31

Structure of the population [6]

Population pyramid 2016

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

  • 10,478,757

Ethnic groups

  • Mixed 70.4%

(Mestizo/indio 58%, mulatto 12.4%)

Religions

Languages

Literacy

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

See also

Census information:

References

  1. ↑ "Censos de Población y Vivienda". Oficina Nacional de Estadística. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision". ESA.UN.org (custom data acquired via website). United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm
  5. ↑ http://www.one.gob.do/Estadisticas/159/nacimientos
  6. ↑ http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm
  7. ↑ 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=
  8. ↑ "Central America and Caribbean :: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC". CIA The World Factbook.


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