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.

Population

According to the total population was in, 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.
Total population
Proportion
aged 0–14
Proportion
aged 15–64
Proportion
aged 65+
19502 38045.551.72.7
19552 79646.351.12.6
19603 31248.249.22.6
19653 90048.948.52.6
19704 52447.749.72.7
19755 16945.351.92.8
19805 82642.654.43.1
19856 52440.456.23.4
19907 24538.557.63.9
19957 97837.058.54.5
20008 66334.959.95.1
20059 34333.161.35.7
201010 01731.262.86.0
201510 52830.063.46.7
202011 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:

Births and deaths

YearPopulationLive birthsDeathsNatural increaseCrude birth rateCrude death rateRate of natural increaseTFR
2001192,67728,557164,120
2002189,70426,525163,179
2003175,81129,735146,076
2004166,40134,400132,001
2005163,43334,270129,163
2006155,50132,259123,242
2007153,81433,822119,992
2008160,57833,865126,713
2009164,30633,749130,5572.516
20109,445,281166,19536,438129,75717,593,8613,732.491
2011172,51436,054136,4602.440
2012165,99136,266129,7252.418
2013166,91936,326130,5932.391
2014169,10740,896128,2112.364
2015164,84341,428123,4152.34
2016155,88343,633112,2502.31
2017162,13942,580119,559
2018159,53240,440119,092
2019167,68642,811124,875

Structure of the population https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/documents/dyb2017/table07.pdf

Structure of the population :
Age GroupMaleFemaleTotal%
Total5 082 8765 086 29610 169 172100
0–4492 808472 820965 6289,49
5–9492 702474 348967 0509,50
10–14492 107477 445969 5529,53
15–19480 035471 501951 5369,51
20–24455 440453 444930 5059,15
25–29420 715423 382844 9078,30
30–34377 850385 180763 0307,50
35–39339 877348 143688 0206,76
40–44306 907313 858616 9556,07
45–49275 488282 105557 5935,48
50–54245 299249 766495 0654,87
55–59206 257210 188416 4454,10
60–64162 912168 103331 0153,25
65–69121 894126 929248 5232,44
70–7486 73990 761177 5001,74
75–7961 13365 274126 4071,24
80+65 52373 349138 8721,36

Structure of the population :
Age GroupMale Female Total
0–410,29,69,9
5–99,69,19,4
10–1410,510,710,6
15–1910,09,89,9
20–249,69,19,3
25–297,97,87,9
30–347,77,67,6
35–396,46,26,3
40–446,25,96,0
45–495,25,45,3
50–544,15,24,7
55–593,33,53,4
60–643,03,53,2
65–691,92,02,0
70–741,71,71,7
75–791,21,11,1
80+1,71,81,8

Fertility and births

Total Fertility Rate and Crude Birth Rate :
YearCBR TFR CBR TFR CBR TFR
1965–697,1
1970–745,8
1975–794,7
1980–824,31
1983–853,69
19863,8 3,2 5,1
199130,13,3 29,72,8 30,54,4
199627,73,2 24,42,8 29,84,0
19992,9 2,7 3,4
200225,23,0 25,32,8 24,93,3
200720,42,4 20,02,3 21,42,8
201320,92,5 21,22,4 20,32,6

Other demographic statistics

Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019.
Demographic statistics according to the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated.
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;Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
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Unemployment, youth ages 15–24: