Demographics of the Dominican Republic

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.

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]

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]

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: [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
1950–1955140 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 00023.86.117.72.753571.168.174.4
2005–2010221 00058 000163 00022.06.016.02.573072.269.275.5
2010–201520.96.114.82.57
2015–202019.76.113.62.45
2020–202518.06.411.62.36
2025–203016.56.79.82.23
2030–203515.27.18.12.12
2035–204014.27.56.72.03
* 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][6]

Year Population Live births Deaths Natural increase Crude birth rate Crude death rate Rate of natural increase TFR
2001 192,677 28,557 164,120
2002 189,704 26,525 163,179
2003 175,811 29,735 146,076
2004 166,401 34,400 132,001
2005 163,433 34,270 129,163
2006 155,501 32,259 123,242
2007 153,814 33,822 119,992
2008 160,578 33,865 126,713
2009 164,306 33,749 130,557 2.516
2010 9,445,281 166,195 36,438 129,757 17,59 3,86 13,73 2.491
2011 172,514 36,054 136,460 2.440
2012 165,991 36,266 129,725 2.418
2013 166,919 36,326 130,593 2.391
2014 169,107 40,896 128,211 2.364
2015 164,843 41,428 123,415 2.34
2016 155,883 43,633 112,250 2.31
2017 162,139 42,580 119,559
2018 159,532 40,440 119,092

Structure of the population [7]

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):[8]

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.[9]

  • 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.[10]

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/indio 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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