Page last amended 21 August 2023
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Community
Area 48,670 square kilometres (land area 48,320 square kilometres)
Population,
2,000,000 (1490)*
200,000 (1850)
504,000 (1890)
550,000 (1900)
1,479,417 (1935)
1,826,407 (1942)
2,312,000 (1950)
3,294,000 (1960) +42.4%
4,503,000 (1970) +36.7%
5,810,000 (1980) +29.0%
7,183,000 (1990) +23.6%
8,562,541 (2000) +19.2%
9,898,000 (2010) +16.0%
10,848,000 (2020) +9.6%
*Entire island
including Haiti on eve of discovery by Christopher Columbus
Ethnicity,
|
|
Black |
Mixed |
White |
|
1945 |
15.0 |
70.0 |
15.0 |
|
1950 |
19.0 |
68.0 |
13.0 |
|
2005 |
11.0 |
73.0 |
16.0 |
Religion,
|
|
Animist |
Christian Protestant |
Christian R C |
|
1900 |
2.0 |
0.3 |
97.8 |
|
1970 |
1.0 |
2.0 |
97.0 |
|
1980 |
|
|
98.0 |
|
1990 |
|
|
92.0 |
|
2014 |
|
23.0 |
57.0 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1935 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
17.8 |
|
1952 |
|
51.0 (+31.0) |
149.0 |
20.0 |
42.3 |
|
23.8 |
|
1962 |
7.4 |
49.0 (+34.0) |
100.0 |
15.0 |
48.8 |
2.6 |
32.1 |
|
1972 |
5.8 |
39.0 (+28.3) |
82.0 |
10.7 |
46.9 |
2.7 |
42.4 |
|
1980 |
4.4 |
34.0 (+26.0) |
64.0 |
8.0 |
42.6 |
3.1 |
51.3 |
|
1990 |
3.5 |
30.0 (+23.7) |
46.0 |
6.3 |
38.7 |
3.9 |
55.2 |
|
2000 |
2.9 |
25.0 (+19.0) |
33.0 |
6.0 |
35.0 |
5.1 |
61.7 |
|
2010 |
2.6 |
22.0 (+16.0) |
28.3 |
6.0 |
31.4 |
6.1 |
73.7 |
|
2015 |
2.5 |
20.5 (+14.4) |
26.1 |
6.1 |
30.0 |
6.7 |
79.0 |
|
2017 |
2.4 |
19.8 (+13.7) |
24.8 |
6.1 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
24.1 |
|
28.0 |
7.1 |
81.1 |
Life expectancy,
46.0 (1952); 45.0 (M), 47.0 (F)
51.8 (1960); 50.4 (M), 53.4 (F)
58.5 (1970); 56.8 (M), 60.3 (F)
63.0 (1980); 61.2 (M), 65.0 (F)
68.0 (1990); 65.5 (M), 70.5 (F)
70.6 (2000); 67.7 (M), 73.8 (F)
72.7 (2010); 69.7 (M), 76.0 (F)
74.1 (2020); 71.1 (M), 77.4 (F)
Population of principal cities, MA = Metropolitan Area
|
|
Santiago de los Caballeros |
SANTO DOMINGO (Ciudad Trujillo)1 |
|
1890 |
|
16,000 |
|
1900 |
|
18,000 |
|
1935 |
34,175 |
71,297 |
|
1945 |
54,113 |
116,992 |
|
1950 |
|
182,000 |
|
1960 |
113,630 |
477,782 |
|
1970 |
155,150 |
671,400 |
|
1981 |
278,638 |
1,313,172 |
|
1991 |
375,000 |
2,200,000 |
|
1993 |
1,289,000 MA |
|
|
2009 |
1,200,000 MA |
2,900,000 MA |
1Santo Domingo (Ciudad Trujillo) was founded by Bartholomeu, brother of Christopher Columbus, in 1496, Santo Domingo claims to be the oldest continuously-inhabited European settlement in the Americas.� Under the dictatorial rule of Rafael Trujillo Molina, Santo Domingo was renamed Ciudad Trujillo (Trujillo City).
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1948 |
165 |
0.07 |
75 |
4.92 |
|
1956 |
570 |
0.16 |
|
|
|
1960 |
672 |
0.12 |
204 |
6.78 |
|
1965 |
888 |
0.12 |
270 |
7.05 |
|
1970 |
1,485 |
0.14 |
320 |
6.10 |
|
1975 |
3,370 |
0.21 |
709 |
9.07 |
|
1980 |
6,760 |
0.24 |
1,229 |
9.76 |
|
1985 |
5,070 |
0.12 |
793 |
4.34 |
|
1990 |
7,010 |
0.12 |
984 |
4.11 |
|
1995 |
16,360 |
0.22 |
2,070 |
6.88 |
|
2000 |
24,000 |
0.24 |
2,800 |
7.68 |
|
2005 |
34,000 |
0.26 |
3,681 |
8.31 |
|
2010 |
53,900 |
0.36 |
5,450 |
11.27 |
|
2015 |
68,102 |
0.38 |
6,470 |
11.51 |
|
2016 |
71,584 |
0.39 |
6,722 |
11.70 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1960 |
|
67.0 |
|
12.0 |
|
21.0 |
|
1970 |
|
55.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
17.0 |
49.0 |
30.0 |
18.0 |
53.0 |
33.0 |
|
1990 |
15.0 |
25.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
2000 |
11.8 |
17.0 |
32.9 |
24.0 |
55.2 |
59.0 |
|
2010 |
7.3 |
14.6 |
27.9 |
22.3 |
64.8 |
63.1 |
|
2014 |
|
14.4 |
|
20.8 |
|
64.7 |
|
2016 |
5.5 |
|
33.4 |
|
61.1 |
|
Communications
Language, Official; Spanish
Spanish 98.0% (1990)
French 1.2% (1992)
Literacy
43.0% (1950)
67.2% (1970); 68.8% (M), 65.7% (F)
77.5% (1985); 78.0% (M), 77.0% (F)
82.0% (1995); 82.0% (M), 82.0% (F)
84.0% (2000); 84.0% (M), 84.0% (F)
89.1% (2010); 88.8% (M), 89.5% (F)
91.8% (2015); 91.2% (M), 92.3% (F)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Surfaced (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
Railways (km) total |
Sugar industry lines (km) |
|
1939 |
|
1,610 |
|
|
|
1,277 |
1,037 |
|
1948 |
|
|
|
3,124 |
2,390 |
|
|
|
1951 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,320 |
1,050 |
|
1955 |
|
|
|
5,900 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
4,815 |
|
|
9,500 |
|
1,770 |
|
|
1961 |
|
|
|
11,000 |
6,000 |
|
|
|
1964 |
|
|
|
16,700 |
|
1,444 |
|
|
1975 |
11,844 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1977 |
|
|
|
82,700 |
40,626 |
|
|
|
1986 |
|
|
|
110,000 |
|
|
|
|
1988 |
17,120 |
5,070 |
|
224,000 |
137,000 |
|
|
|
1996 |
|
|
|
|
|
757 |
240 |
|
2002 |
19,705 |
9,872 |
|
378,500 |
178,600 |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
1,148,000 |
602,700 |
525,400 |
145 |
145 |
|
2010 |
|
|
1,335,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
2013 |
|
|
1,483,000 |
|
|
496 |
|
Urban metro systems, (kilometres)
Santo Domingo (opened 2009)
14.5 (2010)
27.4 (2013)
Electronic communications, TV broadcasts began 1952
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
2,949 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1944 |
|
|
4,146 |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
20,126 |
|
102,000 |
|
|
|
|
1962 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1976 |
|
|
|
160,000 |
|
|
|
1977 |
|
|
210,000 |
|
|
|
|
1980 |
105,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1982 |
|
|
250,000 |
450,000 |
|
|
|
1990 |
341,200 |
3,166 |
1,210,000 |
600,000 |
|
|
|
1995 |
|
56,000 |
1,380,000 |
728,000 |
|
|
|
2000 |
894,000 |
1,700,000 |
1,510,000 |
810,000 |
|
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
300,000 |
|
2005 |
|
3,623,300 |
|
1,900,000 |
|
938,300 |
|
2010 |
1,010,000 |
|
|
|
|
3,500,000 |
|
2016 |
1,345,091 |
8,708,000 |
|
|
|
6,505,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to the Dominican Republic,
133,036 (1972)
200,000 (1975)
395,699 (1977)
800,000 (1986)
1,305,000 (1990)
1,776,000 (1995)
2,978,000 (2000)
3,691,000 (2005)
4,125,000 (2010)
5,600,000 (2015)