Dominican Republic Population (LIVE)

11,501,524

Dominican Republic Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of the Dominican Republic is 11,501,094 as of Thursday, April 17, 2025 based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data¹.
the Dominican Republic 2025 population is estimated at 11,520,487 people at mid-year.
the Dominican Republic population is equivalent to 0.14% of the total world population.
the Dominican Republic ranks number 85 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in the Dominican Republic is 238 per Km² (618 people per mi²).
The total land area is 48,320 Km² (18,656 sq. miles).
86.37% of the population is urban (9,950,299 people in 2025)
The median age in the Dominican Republic is 28.3 years.

1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of the Dominican Republic (2025 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Dominican Republic Global Rank
2025	11,520,487	0.81%	92,930	−35,306	28.3	2.19	238	86.4%	9,950,299	0.14%	8,231,613,070	85
2024	11,427,557	0.85%	96,292	−34,806	28	2.22	236	85.8%	9,803,213	0.14%	8,161,972,572	85
2023	11,331,265	0.9%	100,531	−34,915	27.7	2.24	235	85.2%	9,651,617	0.14%	8,091,734,930	85
2022	11,230,734	1.01%	111,217	−35,153	27.3	2.27	232	84.5%	9,495,433	0.14%	8,021,407,192	84
2020	11,008,300	1.08%	114,694	−17,957	26.7	2.33	228	83.3%	9,168,876	0.14%	7,887,001,292	84
2015	10,434,829	1.22%	122,931	−36,375	25.1	2.43	216	79.3%	8,271,702	0.14%	7,470,491,872	87
2010	9,820,175	1.26%	119,028	−36,587	23.7	2.56	203	74.3%	7,300,054	0.14%	7,021,732,148	85
2005	9,225,034	1.45%	128,169	−37,063	22.3	2.57	191	67.5%	6,223,375	0.14%	6,586,970,132	85
2000	8,584,190	1.71%	139,215	−33,256	21.1	2.87	178	61.6%	5,287,718	0.14%	6,171,702,993	84
1995	7,888,115	1.98%	147,390	−29,873	19.9	3.1	163	57.6%	4,545,858	0.14%	5,758,878,982	84
1990	7,151,166	2.15%	144,152	−27,397	18.9	3.41	148	55.5%	3,967,238	0.13%	5,327,803,110	87
1985	6,430,404	2.34%	140,273	−23,388	17.8	3.69	133	54.4%	3,495,415	0.13%	4,868,943,465	87
1980	5,729,037	2.57%	136,452	−17,485	16.7	4.3	119	52%	2,979,572	0.13%	4,447,606,236	88
1975	5,046,776	2.78%	129,497	−16,425	15.7	5.24	104	46.7%	2,355,019	0.12%	4,070,735,277	88
1970	4,399,290	2.92%	118,065	−14,255	14.7	6.18	91	41.2%	1,813,592	0.12%	3,694,683,794	92
1965	3,808,963	3.11%	108,125	−15,978	14.3	7.05	79	35.7%	1,359,650	0.11%	3,334,533,703	94
1960	3,268,336	3.31%	98,142	−13,344	14.7	7.55	68	30.4%	994,518	0.11%	3,015,470,894	95
1955	2,777,628	3.14%	79,547	−7,403	15.5	7.67	57	26.9%	746,422	0.10%	2,740,213,792	96

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Dominican Republic Population Forecast

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Dominican Republic Global Rank
2030	11,938,852	0.72%	83,673	−31,785	30	2.08	247	88.9%	10,618,075	0.14%	8,569,124,911	85
2035	12,289,431	0.58%	70,116	−28,352	31.7	2	254	90.9%	11,170,096	0.14%	8,885,210,181	88
2040	12,579,320	0.47%	57,978	−24,830	33.2	1.94	260	92.3%	11,615,620	0.14%	9,177,190,203	89
2045	12,816,005	0.37%	47,337	−20,762	34.6	1.9	265	93.3%	11,952,241	0.14%	9,439,639,668	89
2050	12,996,293	0.28%	36,058	−16,816	36.2	1.86	269	93.9%	12,208,878	0.13%	9,664,378,587	90

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Dominican Republic Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of the Dominican Republic

Life Expectancy

74.0 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate

24.8

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5

30.8

(per 1,000 live births)

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Notes

The Dominican Republic Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Dominican Republic delivered by Worldometer’s RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Dominican Republic (1950 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2025: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2025: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country’s Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by the Dominican Republic in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.