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
thumb|450px|The Dominican Republic's population (1961–2003).
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.
thumb|300px|Group of Dominicans in the town of Moca.
Vital statistics
UN estimates
Registration of vital events is not universal in the Dominican Republic.
The Population Department of the United Nations prepared the following estimates:
Births and deaths
Structure of the population <ref>https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/documents/dyb2017/table07.pdf</ref>
Structure of the population (01.07.2017) (Estimates) :
Structure of the population (DHS 2013) (Males 19 686, Females 19 878 = 39 564) :
Fertility and births
Total Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and Crude Birth Rate (CBR):
Other demographic statistics
Demographic statistics according to the World Population Review in 2019.
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.
;Population:
10,298,756 (July 2018 est.)
;Age structure: thumb|350px|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 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:
Spanish (official)''
;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
Health in the Dominican Republic
Youth in the Dominican Republic
Census information:
1920 Santo Domingo Census
1950 Dominican Republic Census
1960 Dominican Republic Census
1970 Dominican Republic Census
2010 Dominican Republic Census
References
