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🇩🇴 Dominican Republic

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3DOM
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2DO
UN M49 numeric214
IOC codeDOM
Official nameDominican Republic
Native name(s)spa: official: República Dominicana; common: República Dominicana
Alt spellingsDO
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionAmericas
SubregionCaribbean
UN regional groupLatin American and Caribbean Group
CapitalSanto Domingo
Area (km²)48,671
Lat / Lng19.0000, -70.6667
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)HTI
Top-level domain.do
Calling coderoot: +1; suffixes: 809, 829, 849

Demographics

Population (World Bank)11,520,487 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)73.868 (2024)
Languagesspa: Spanish
Demonymseng: f: Dominican; m: Dominican; fra: f: Dominicaine; m: Dominicain
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)127,407,463,759.043 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)11,059.208 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)5.092 (2025)
CurrenciesDOP: name: Dominican peso; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19502,379,894
19512,450,148
19522,525,048
19532,604,813
19542,689,095
19552,777,628
19562,870,023
19572,965,774
19583,064,343
19593,165,302
19603,268,336
19613,373,233
19623,479,936
19633,588,287
19643,698,559
19653,808,963
19663,921,847
19674,038,928
19684,157,189
19694,277,035
19704,399,290
19714,524,234
19724,651,883
19734,782,227
19744,914,197
19755,046,776
19765,180,404
19775,315,443
19785,451,882
19795,589,690
19805,729,037
19815,868,453
19826,007,114
19836,147,248
19846,289,040
19856,430,404
19866,571,208
19876,712,515
19886,855,734
19897,002,295
19907,151,166
19917,299,853
19927,447,474
19937,594,572
19947,741,694
19957,888,115
19968,032,894
19978,174,078
19988,310,362
19998,446,208
20008,584,190
20018,720,283
20028,852,235
20038,980,620
20049,104,892
20059,225,034
20069,341,183
20079,455,658
20089,573,130
20099,695,265
20109,820,175
20119,945,621
201210,070,411
201310,193,833
201410,315,528
201510,434,829
201610,551,430
201710,666,843
201810,782,053
201910,894,043
202011,008,300
202111,123,476
202211,230,734
202311,331,265

Full raw record (JSON)

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