Country Resource - Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
- Population..................................................................................10,790,744 (2023 est.)
- Population growth rate .....................................................................0.88% (2023 est.)
- Birth rate.....................................................17.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
- Death rate.....................................................6.31 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
- Net migration rate..................................-2.66 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
- Ethnic groups*..........................................mixed 70.4% (Mestizo/Indio 58%, Mulatto 12.4%), Black 15.8%, White 13.5%, other 0.3% (2014 est.)
* 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