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Dominican Republic population

Dominican Republic population now

11,630,907

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 11.5–11.8 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 11,331,266

Year
2026
projection · medium
Population, mid-2026
11.6095 million
95% range, 31 Dec: 11.5–11.8 million
Median age
29.7
Aged 65+
8.5%
2023 | 2024 peak 2061

male female projection · one cell = 2,000 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

DOM · 1950–2100 · in brief

Dominican Republic in numbers

The UN counts 11,331,266 people in The Dominican Republic in mid-2023, which makes it the 85th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.14% of the world's people. That is 4.8 times its 1950 population of 2.4 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2061 at 13.2 million, then falling to 11.7 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 7.1 million to 18.2 million.

The medium projection has deaths passing births in 2068 and staying above them from then on.

The median age was 16.9 in 1950 and 28.7 in 2023; the projection has 47.3 in 2100. 7.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 27.9% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is projected to peak in 2052 at 8.5 million.

Its place in the world by population: 85th in 2023, 90th in 2050, 94th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Jordan in 2026, Belgium in 2029 and Tunisia in 2056. It is overtaken by the United Arab Emirates in 2027, Honduras in 2031 and Tajikistan in 2032.

Population, mid-2023
11,331,266
Rank by population, 2023
85 of 236
Share of the world, 2023
0.14%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023
+0.90% · +100,532 people
People per km² of land, 2023
235
Land area, 2023
48,198 km²
Births, 2023
203,183
Deaths, 2023
70,823
Net migration, 2023
−34,915
Children per woman, 2023
2.24
Median age, 2023
28.7 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023
73.7 years
In a city, 2025
61 of every 100
Population, mid-1950
2,379,894
Projected, mid-2050
12,996,293
Projected, mid-2100
11,674,910

DOM · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

peak 2061estimates | projections05 m10 m15 m20 m1950197520002025205020752100

estimate   projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range   95% range   medium projection. Every column stands for a single year, counted on 1 January, and the paper rules slice it into cells of equal size.

Show the numbers: Dominican Republic, 1950–2100
Dominican Republic: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
YearKindPopulation, 1 Jan95% rangeBirthsDeathsChildren per womanLife expectancy
1950estimate2,345,815126,33051,9027.5144.1
1951estimate2,413,972130,90052,0657.5444.8
1952estimate2,486,323136,00952,2917.5945.6
1953estimate2,563,774141,14952,5917.6346.4
1954estimate2,645,851146,15352,8577.6647.1
1955estimate2,732,339150,99053,0077.6747.9
1956estimate2,822,918155,53353,1057.6748.7
1957estimate2,917,127159,74853,1487.6749.5
1958estimate3,014,422163,56853,1197.6450.2
1959estimate3,114,264167,03552,9667.6151.0
1960estimate3,216,341170,01552,6697.5551.7
1961estimate3,320,330172,56852,2527.4952.5
1962estimate3,426,135174,67951,7007.4053.2
1963estimate3,533,737176,45951,4657.3053.8
1964estimate3,642,836177,90050,3987.1954.6
1965estimate3,754,283179,04953,7017.0552.8
1966estimate3,863,644181,32849,2306.9556.0
1967estimate3,980,051181,59748,5076.7556.6
1968estimate4,097,806181,45047,7816.5557.3
1969estimate4,216,572182,55747,1126.3757.9
1970estimate4,337,498184,36246,5266.1858.5
1971estimate4,461,082186,43345,9636.0159.1
1972estimate4,587,387188,75145,4975.8459.7
1973estimate4,716,379191,36445,0815.6760.2
1974estimate4,848,076192,30844,6585.4460.8
1975estimate4,980,318193,62644,2835.2461.3
1976estimate5,113,235195,18343,9815.0561.7
1977estimate5,247,572196,56343,7434.8462.2
1978estimate5,383,314197,63643,5914.6462.6
1979estimate5,520,450199,84645,0674.4762.4
1980estimate5,658,929201,30743,6094.3063.4
1981estimate5,799,145202,01443,5964.1563.8
1982estimate5,937,761203,10943,5094.0164.2
1983estimate6,076,468206,67243,5323.9564.6
1984estimate6,218,027207,59243,3303.8265.1
1985estimate6,360,053207,16943,0773.6965.6
1986estimate6,500,755208,66442,9863.6066.1
1987estimate6,641,662210,54042,9853.5366.5
1988estimate6,783,367214,39443,1003.5066.9
1989estimate6,928,100218,64643,2793.4867.3
1990estimate7,076,490220,10143,3473.4167.8
1991estimate7,225,841220,73443,3643.3568.2
1992estimate7,373,865220,94743,4653.2968.5
1993estimate7,521,083221,37543,6823.2368.9
1994estimate7,668,060220,86043,9793.1669.2
1995estimate7,815,329219,90044,4543.1069.4
1996estimate7,960,902219,03245,0283.0469.6
1997estimate8,104,885213,86045,4382.9269.8
1998estimate8,243,272210,61846,3342.8369.9
1999estimate8,377,451214,53846,7922.8570.2
2000estimate8,514,965219,38947,6992.8770.4
2001estimate8,653,415218,60648,4192.8370.5
2002estimate8,787,152215,85849,1172.7670.7
2003estimate8,917,318213,17949,9162.7070.9
2004estimate9,043,922210,34751,5592.6470.7
2005estimate9,165,862207,23551,8272.5771.0
2006estimate9,284,206204,20153,0732.5171.0
2007estimate9,398,159206,40854,3432.5171.1
2008estimate9,513,157211,76155,0912.5571.3
2009estimate9,633,103216,62755,7352.5771.6
2010estimate9,757,427217,68955,6092.5672.0
2011estimate9,882,923217,51655,4262.5372.5
2012estimate10,008,320216,73855,8252.5072.8
2013estimate10,132,502215,90056,5622.4773.0
2014estimate10,255,163215,02257,7572.4573.1
2015estimate10,375,892214,31160,0552.4373.0
2016estimate10,493,766213,55362,0052.4172.9
2017estimate10,609,093213,42861,8632.4073.4
2018estimate10,724,593214,00163,1482.4073.6
2019estimate10,839,514211,66766,8072.3773.1
2020estimate10,948,573208,68071,2632.3372.6
2021estimate11,068,027206,57477,7142.2971.8
2022estimate11,178,924205,01266,2522.2774.2
2023estimate11,282,543203,18370,8232.2473.7
2024estimate11,379,988201,35071,4072.2273.9
2025projection11,475,12611.4–11.5 million199,01472,9892.1974.0
2026projection11,565,84811.5–11.7 million196,92974,5792.1774.1
2027projection11,653,15211.5–11.8 million195,14976,1792.1574.3
2028projection11,738,72711.6–11.9 million193,32077,9122.1374.4
2029projection11,821,12811.6–12.1 million191,64379,6432.1074.5
2030projection11,900,49411.6–12.2 million189,91681,4112.0874.6
2031projection11,977,21011.7–12.3 million188,43083,2632.0774.8
2032projection12,051,09711.7–12.4 million186,77885,1072.0574.9
2033projection12,122,23911.7–12.6 million185,33186,9372.0375.0
2034projection12,190,81811.7–12.7 million184,23888,8902.0275.2
2035projection12,257,43611.7–12.8 million183,17590,8402.0075.3
2036projection12,321,42511.8–12.9 million182,00292,7711.9975.4
2037projection12,383,02111.8–13.1 million180,93594,7571.9875.5
2038projection12,442,07111.8–13.2 million179,86396,7131.9675.7
2039projection12,499,24311.8–13.3 million178,81798,6431.9575.8
2040projection12,553,07911.8–13.4 million177,878100,5671.9475.9
2041projection12,605,56111.8–13.5 million177,044102,5261.9476.1
2042projection12,655,81711.8–13.6 million176,114104,4651.9376.2
2043projection12,704,22511.8–13.7 million175,188106,3191.9276.3
2044projection12,750,36411.8–13.8 million174,013108,1841.9176.5
2045projection12,794,94111.8–14.0 million172,846109,9611.9076.6
2046projection12,837,06911.7–14.1 million171,542111,8291.8976.7
2047projection12,876,69111.7–14.2 million170,210113,5671.8976.8
2048projection12,913,62911.7–14.3 million168,911115,2441.8877.0
2049projection12,948,70411.7–14.4 million167,478116,9141.8777.1
2050projection12,980,97311.7–14.5 million165,941118,4831.8677.3
2051projection13,011,61311.6–14.6 million164,521120,0881.8677.4
2052projection13,038,66811.6–14.7 million162,954121,6201.8577.5
2053projection13,062,58911.5–14.8 million161,301123,0861.8577.6
2054projection13,083,46911.5–14.9 million159,867124,5121.8477.8
2055projection13,101,38611.5–15.0 million158,440125,9691.8477.9
2056projection13,116,52111.4–15.1 million157,036127,3411.8478.0
2057projection13,128,72011.3–15.2 million155,756128,6831.8378.2
2058projection13,139,03111.3–15.3 million154,289129,9821.8378.3
2059projection13,147,10111.2–15.4 million152,692131,3141.8278.4
2060projection13,151,48411.1–15.5 million151,306132,6341.8278.5
2061projection13,153,52211.1–15.6 million149,889133,9151.8178.7
2062projection13,152,65611.0–15.7 million148,627135,2081.8178.8
2063projection13,149,41210.9–15.8 million147,333136,4981.8178.9
2064projection13,143,69910.8–15.8 million146,117137,7111.8079.1
2065projection13,135,18510.7–15.9 million145,032139,0141.8079.2
2066projection13,124,26910.6–16.0 million143,847140,2421.7979.3
2067projection13,111,87610.5–16.0 million142,835141,3791.7979.4
2068projection13,097,25810.4–16.1 million141,778142,5131.7979.6
2069projection13,080,20410.3–16.2 million140,681143,6231.7879.7
2070projection13,061,23510.3–16.3 million139,597144,7421.7879.8
2071projection13,039,81510.2–16.3 million138,751145,8791.7880.0
2072projection13,017,00810.1–16.4 million137,611146,9861.7780.1
2073projection12,991,81710.0–16.5 million136,646148,0711.7780.2
2074projection12,964,7119.9–16.5 million135,596149,0521.7780.3
2075projection12,935,3239.7–16.6 million134,764149,9251.7780.5
2076projection12,904,7819.7–16.7 million133,596150,7731.7680.6
2077projection12,872,1709.6–16.8 million132,512151,6061.7680.7
2078projection12,837,2099.5–16.8 million131,461152,3851.7680.9
2079projection12,800,8519.4–16.9 million130,278153,2031.7681.0
2080projection12,762,5629.3–17.0 million129,123153,8901.7581.1
2081projection12,722,2419.2–17.1 million127,897154,5581.7581.2
2082projection12,680,4549.1–17.1 million126,689155,1751.7581.3
2083projection12,636,6749.0–17.2 million125,441155,7491.7581.5
2084projection12,592,1888.9–17.2 million124,249156,2091.7481.6
2085projection12,545,5848.8–17.3 million123,058156,5671.7481.7
2086projection12,497,4888.7–17.3 million121,899157,0521.7481.8
2087projection12,447,8048.5–17.4 million120,782157,3381.7481.9
2088projection12,397,1178.4–17.5 million119,680157,5811.7482.1
2089projection12,345,5138.3–17.5 million118,639157,7331.7482.2
2090projection12,292,0688.2–17.6 million117,661157,8631.7482.3
2091projection12,237,6898.1–17.7 million116,633158,0171.7482.4
2092projection12,182,2808.0–17.8 million115,623158,1031.7482.5
2093projection12,125,9127.9–17.8 million114,553158,0851.7382.7
2094projection12,068,2097.8–17.8 million113,539158,1181.7382.8
2095projection12,009,8687.7–17.9 million112,617158,0921.7382.9
2096projection11,950,6017.5–17.9 million111,667158,1321.7383.0
2097projection11,890,7167.5–18.0 million110,766157,9221.7383.1
2098projection11,830,3527.4–18.1 million109,836157,8311.7383.2
2099projection11,768,7317.3–18.1 million108,927157,7191.7383.3
2100projection11,706,5097.1–18.2 million108,014157,4841.7383.5
Show the numbers: Dominican Republic, mid-2026, by single year of age
Dominican Republic: population by single year of age, mid-2026
AgeMaleFemale
098,30694,550
198,50294,721
298,93495,168
399,43995,724
4100,05096,348
5100,85897,130
6101,97298,190
7103,09699,279
8103,37299,541
9103,13099,276
10103,26499,379
11103,56699,654
12103,89199,934
13104,247100,212
14104,565100,444
15104,650100,480
16104,183100,000
17102,33598,214
1899,25495,278
1996,66892,828
2096,01692,258
2196,56792,880
2296,92393,374
2397,10893,757
2497,35294,191
2597,20894,221
2695,28592,498
2792,23989,664
2891,08488,674
2992,05689,774
3092,45890,324
3191,85189,929
3291,11689,472
3390,02488,680
3488,76487,684
3587,46886,624
3685,91685,278
3783,59783,140
3880,79880,520
3978,58678,480
4076,92677,018
4175,79776,071
4274,80475,190
4372,96273,429
4471,13071,698
4569,91870,663
4668,61469,574
4767,01268,188
4865,49566,914
4964,12165,796
5062,63864,547
5161,15063,292
5259,75062,142
5358,06360,719
5456,09159,026
5554,21357,448
5652,44655,965
5750,92254,691
5849,79553,826
5948,79353,110
6047,37851,927
6145,85150,586
6244,46249,386
6342,95648,053
6441,32846,598
6539,56644,987
6637,67443,209
6735,65841,278
6833,53639,200
6931,33036,998
7029,05934,688
7126,74632,297
7224,42829,868
7322,14227,443
7419,91225,050
7517,79322,778
7615,71520,511
7714,04018,652
7812,57017,080
7910,88115,254
809,33813,518
817,98011,902
826,83710,539
835,9059,488
845,1028,572
854,4007,749
863,7847,004
873,2576,368
882,7545,716
892,2444,964
901,7774,208
911,3943,548
921,0852,979
938262,456
946171,995
954531,597
963261,257
97229973
98158740
99108554
100+1941,316

DOM · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Dominican Republic, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

DOM · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Dominican Republic

On the UN's projection, the Dominican Republic will have the most working-age people it ever has in 2052: 8,516,380 people aged 15–64. In 2023 it had 7,422,560.

100 aged 15–64
41 children
12 aged 65+

aged 15–64   children under 15   aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100   the same, projected   50 or more

How to read this: the strip runs 1950 to 2100. Coloured years are the ones with under 50 dependants for every 100 people aged 15–64; grey years are the rest, and a hatched year has not happened yet.

How every country compares

DOM · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Dominican Republic, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 the Dominican Republic loses 29,894 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 20–24, at 5,860 a year more leaving than arriving.

one square = 1,000 people a year
020406080+

more arrive than leave   more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

Its best and worst years between 1950 and 2023: a gain of -6,272 (1950), and a loss of 37,170 (2006).

In 2024, 738,667 people living in the Dominican Republic had been born in another country, 7 of every 100 people there, against 4 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

DOM · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Dominican Republic

Of every 100 babies born in the Dominican Republic in 2023, 13 had a mother under 20, 76 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 11 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 16 under 20 and 14 aged 35 or older.

1950
16 · 70 · 14
2023
13 · 76 · 11
2050 · projected
5 · 76 · 19

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023
203,183
Average age when women have a baby
27.4 years
29.2 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19
53
136 in 1950
Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100
Babies born in the Dominican Republic by the mother's age
Mother's age19501975200020232050 projected2100 projected
10–142,5533,1193,246447234
15–1918,11736,76750,26025,1368,3922,103
20–2434,44660,57872,81857,52933,70713,599
25–2930,88242,87350,18456,60346,88629,640
30–3422,64427,09928,04340,66144,85535,376
35–3912,46316,60611,69118,28625,40621,394
40–444,4475,5972,8944,1796,3065,554
45–49743948246335362341
50–5435397743
All babies126,330193,626219,389203,183165,941108,014

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

DOM · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Dominican Republic

A baby born in the Dominican Republic in 2021 could expect 73.3 years of life, 63.6 of them in full health (95% range 62.8–64.4). That leaves 9.7 years in less than full health, close to the world's 9.5.

Women

65.5 in full health, 11.3 not: 76.8 years

Men

61.8 in full health, 8.4 not: 70.2 years

a year in full health   a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 65.5 healthy years of 76.8. Men: 61.8 of 70.2. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 64.1.

DOM · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Dominican Republic

At the end of 2025, the Dominican Republic was hosting 100,533 people who had crossed a border into it, about 9 of every 1,000 people living there.

  1. hosted from abroad100,533
  2. Dominican Republic nationals abroad22,023

stayed inside their own country   crossed a border

How to read this: count the squares — 2,000 people each, so the rows can be compared with one another. The last row is people from the Dominican Republic living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 42 people asked for asylum in the Dominican Republic for the first time; 8,307 people from the Dominican Republic asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from the Dominican Republic whose claims were decided that year, 16 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

DOM · of every 100 people

How people live in Dominican Republic

Of every 100 people in the Dominican Republic in 2025, 61 lived in a city, 25 in a town or suburb and 14 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

0.5 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 9 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

DOM · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Dominican Republic went in school

Of every 100 adults in the Dominican Republic in 2020, 12 never went to school and 41 finished upper secondary or went further.

12 never went to school 17 some primary 10 finished primary 20 finished lower secondary 21 finished upper secondary 20 studied after school

Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 18.5 of every 100 women and 19 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 3.5 and 6.

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2050; those among them who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2070.

How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

DOM · cities · 2025

Cities in Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic had 17 cities in 2025, home to 7.1 million people. The largest, Santo Domingo, holds 40 of every 100 people in the Dominican Republic.

  1. Santo Domingo4,600,064
  2. Santiago de los Caballeros681,087
  3. La Romana250,479
  4. San Pedro de Macorís244,148
  5. Salvaleón de Higüey158,122
  6. San Francisco de Macorís149,230
  7. Puerto Plata134,264
  8. Baní128,505
  9. La Vega128,409
  10. Moca94,250

How to read this: the 10 largest cities in 2025, bars on one scale. A city is the whole built-up area on the UN's rule, not the city's own boundary.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for the Dominican Republic are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.