Nationality:
noun: Dominican(s)
adjective:
Dominican
Ethnic groups:
mixed 73%, white 16%, black 11%
Languages:
Spanish (official)
Religions:
Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases:
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
Child labor - children ages 5-14:
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24
10,349,741 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 87
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
28% (male 1,474,170/female 1,423,573)
15-24 years:
18.5% (male 974,688/female 937,103)
25-54 years:
39.3% (male 2,078,915/female 1,984,585)
55-64 years:
7.2% (male 376,175/female 371,152)
65 years and over:
6.9% (male 336,712/female 392,668) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
57.1 %
youth dependency ratio:
47 %
elderly dependency ratio:
10.1 %
potential support ratio:
9.9 (2014 est.)
total:
27.1 years
male:
26.9 years
female:
27.3 years (2014 est.)
1.25% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 93
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
18.97 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 92
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
4.5 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 203
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-1.93 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 165
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
69.7% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
2.03% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
SANTO DOMINGO (capital) 2.191 million (2011)
at birth:
1.04 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.86 male(s)/female
total population:
1.03 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
20.3
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
150 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 62
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
19.63 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 92
male:
21.56 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
17.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
77.8 years
country comparison to the world: 62
male:
75.6 years
female:
80.08 years (2014 est.)
2.36 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 88
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
72.9% (2007)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
5.4% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 124
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
1.88 physicians/1,000 population (2000)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
1.7 beds/1,000 population (2011)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 82.5% of population
rural: 77.2% of population
total: 80.9% of population
unimproved:
urban: 17.5% of population
rural: 22.8% of population
total: 19.1% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 85.5% of population
rural: 73.8% of population
total: 82% of population
unimproved:
urban: 14.5% of population
rural: 26.2% of population
total: 18% of population (2012 est.)
0.7% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 54
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
45,000 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 63
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
1,900 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 59
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne disease:
dengue fever (2013)
21.2% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 90
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
3.4% (2007)
country comparison to the world: 106
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
2.2% of GDP (2012)
country comparison to the world: 163
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
90.1%
male:
90%
female:
90.2% (2011 est.)
total number:
180,423
percentage:
10 % (2000 est.)
total:
29.4%
country comparison to the world: 26
male:
22.6%
female:
40.8% (2011)