{"id":1087,"date":"2007-02-02T17:28:06","date_gmt":"2007-02-02T13:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dominicana-online.org\/?p=1087"},"modified":"2018-03-19T19:51:55","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T19:51:55","slug":"poblacion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/republica-dominicana\/poblacion\/","title":{"rendered":"Population"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to the results of the National Census of Population and\u00a0Housing1<\/span>,\u00a0taking place in 2010,\u00a0the population of the Dominican Republic was\u00a09,445,281,\u00a0with a population density of 194.01 inhabitants\/km2<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC<\/b>:\u00a0<\/b>Total population by sex
\n<\/b>(<\/b>2010<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>Census<\/b>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Color \/\u00a0<\/b>Race<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nBoth<\/b>\u00a0sexes<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nMen<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nWomen<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n9,445,281\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n100.0%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n4,739,038\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n50.17%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n4,706,243\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n49.83%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/span>Source<\/b>:<\/b>\u00a0 IX\u00a02010 National Census of Population and\u00a0Housing.\u00a0National Office of Statistics, Santo Domingo.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The figures from the National Census of\u00a0Population and Housing\u00a0(2010)\u00a0indicate that the majority of the Dominican population resides in urban areas of the country, making the\u00a0Santo Domingo\u00a0province that which maintains the greatest proportion\u00a0of the urban population, with 2,084,651 people; second Distrito Nacional with\u00a0965,040; Santiago\u00a0with 728,484, and La Altagracia with\u00a0212,656.\u00a0Of these,\u00a0Distrito Nacional\u00a0is the only territorial environment of the country that is completely urban.<\/p>\n

The provinces with the greatest proportions of the population are:\u00a0Santo\u00a0Domingo, Distrito Nacional, Santiago, San Crist\u00f3bal, La Vega, Puerto Plata and\u00a0San Pedro\u00a0de\u00a0Macor\u00eds.<\/p>\n

According to estimates by the World Bank2<\/span>,\u00a0in 2014 the Dominican population rose to\u00a010,405,943 people,\u00a0with a population density of 213.81 inhabitants\/km2<\/span>.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Year<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nN<\/b>umber<\/b>\u00a0of\u00a0<\/b>provinces<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nTotal<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nUrban<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nRural<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n%<\/b>
\nUrban<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n		%<\/b>
\nRural<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a02010<\/span><\/td>\n32<\/td>\n\u00a09,445,281<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a07,013,575<\/span><\/td>\n2,431,706\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a074.3%<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a025.7%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2002<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n8,562,541<\/td>\n5,446,704<\/td>\n3,115,837\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n63.6%<\/i><\/td>\n36.4%<\/i><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1993\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n30<\/td>\n7,293,390\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n4,094,263\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n3,199,127\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n56.1%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n43.9%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n27\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n5,545,741\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2,881,879\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2,663,862\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n52.0%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n48.0%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1970\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n27\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n4,009,458\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1,593,299\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2,416,159\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n39.7%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n60.3%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1960\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n26\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n3,047,070\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n922,090\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2,124,980\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n30.3%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n69.7%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1950\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n20\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2,135,872\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n508,408\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1,627,464\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n23.8%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n76.2%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1935\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n13\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1,479,417\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n266,565\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1,212,852\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n18.0%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n82.0%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1920\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n12\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n894,665\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n148,894\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n745,771\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n16.6%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n83.4%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source<\/b>:<\/b>\u00a0National\u00a0Census of Population and Housing\u00a0(1920-2010).\u00a0National Office of Statistics, Santo Domingo.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>At present, the Dominican population is predominantly urban, with\u00a0 74.25 percent residing in urban areas\u00a0and 25.75 percent in rural areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC<\/b>: Po<\/b>pulation total by sex<\/b>,\u00a0<\/b>according to age<\/b>,\u00a0<\/b>in large groups\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
(<\/b>2010<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>Census<\/b>)<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Color \/\u00a0Race\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nBoth\u00a0sexes\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nMen\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nWomen\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n9,445,281<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n100.00%<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n4,739,038<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n100.00%<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n4,706,243<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n100.00%<\/i><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
0 – 14\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2,808,927\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n29.74%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1,425,696\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n30.08%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1,383,231\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n29.39%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15 – 64\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n6,049,220\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n64.04%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n3,030,839\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n63.95%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n3,018,381\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n64.14%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65 and\u00a0older\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n587,134\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n6.22%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n282,503\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n5.96%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n304,631\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n6.47%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Source:<\/b>\u00a0 IX\u00a02010\u00a0National Census of\u00a0Population and\u00a0Housing. National\u00a0Office of Statistics, Santo Domingo.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite that\u00a0every official census in the Dominican Republic beginning with the first census (taking place in 1920) included questions about ethnic (color or race) identification, since 1960 that variable has\u00a0not\u00a0been\u00a0studied in the censuses.<\/p>\n

In the census of 1920, performed by the Military Government during the North American Occupation\u00a0(1924-1916),\u00a0the question was open, whereas in the 1935 census four answer categories were incorporated:\u00a0white, black,\u00a0indian, and yellow.\u00a0Afterward, in the 1950 and 1960 censuses the \u201cindian\u201d category was substituted by\u00a0mullato, in every instance, to be\u00a0defined beginning with the assessment\u00a0of the census taker3<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC<\/b>: Po<\/b>pulation total by sex<\/b>,\u00a0<\/b>according to race\u00a0<\/b>
\n(<\/b>1960<\/b>\u00a0Census<\/b>)<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Color \/\u00a0Race\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nBoth\u00a0sexes\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nMen\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\nWomen\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n3,047,070\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n100.0%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1,535,820\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n100.0%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1,511,250\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n100.0%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
White\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n489,580\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n16.1%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n231,510\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n15.1%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n258,070\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n17.1%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n331,910\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n10.9%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n179,290\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n11.7%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n152,620\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n10.1%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mullato\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2,222,380\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n72.9%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1,123,310\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n73.1%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1,099,070\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n72.7%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Yellow\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n3,200\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n0.1%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1,710\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n0.1%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1,490\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n0.1%<\/i>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Source:<\/b>\u00a0 IX\u00a02010\u00a0National Census of\u00a0Population and\u00a0Housing.\u00a0National Office of Statistics, Santo Domingo.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

Demographic<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>growth<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>indicators<\/b>:<\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Demographic<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>indicators<\/b><\/td>\nYear<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2010<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2011<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2012<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2013<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2014<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2015<\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fertility<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gross birthrate\u00a0(per thousand)\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n21.20\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n20.95\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n20.70\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n20.38\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n20.07\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n19.78\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Global\u00a0fertility\u00a0rate\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2.46\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2.44\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2.42\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2.39\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2.36\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n2.34\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gross\u00a0reproduction\u00a0rate\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1.20\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1.19\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1.18\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1.17\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1.15\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n1.14\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Average\u00a0age\u00a0of\u00a0fertitlity\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n26.14\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n26.15\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n26.15\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n26.16\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n26.17\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n26.17\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mortality<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gross rate of mortality\u00a0(per thousand)\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n6.37\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n6.36\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n6.36\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n6.36\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n6.37\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n6.37\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Life<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>expectancy<\/b>\u00a0at\u00a0<\/b>birth<\/b>:<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Both\u00a0sexes\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n71.78\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n72.04\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n72.30\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n72.55\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n72.81\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n73.06\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Men\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n69.51\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n69.75\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n70.00\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n70.21\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n70.43\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n70.64\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Women\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n74.20\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n74.50\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n74.80\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n75.07\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n75.35\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n75.62\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Infant mortality rate (pe<\/b>r<\/b>\u00a0<\/b>thousand<\/b>):<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Both sexes\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n27.04\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n26.09\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n25.14\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n24.39\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n23.65\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n22.90\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Men\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n30.81\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n29.74\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n28.68\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n27.84\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n27.01\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n26.17\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Women\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n23.08\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n22.25\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n21.42\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n20.77\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n20.12\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n19.47\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Natural\u00a0<\/b>growth<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Natural growth rate (per\u00a0thosuand)\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n14.83\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n14.58\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n14.34\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n14.02\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n13.71\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n13.41\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Migration<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Migration\u00a0rate\u00a0(per\u00a0thousand)\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n-4.17\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n-4.07\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n-3.98\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n-3.90\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n-3.83\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n-3.76\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total growth rate\u00a0<\/b>(<\/b>per thousand<\/b>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Exponential\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n10.44\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n10.65\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n10.47\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n10.66\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n10.05\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n9.74\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geometric\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n10.50\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n10.71\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n10.52\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n10.71\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n10.10\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n9.79\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Source<\/b>:<\/b>\u00a0National population estimates and projections 1950-2100, 2014.\u00a0Dominicana en Cifras 2015.\u00a0National\u00a0Office of\u00a0Statistics.\u00a0November\u00a02015, Santo Domingo.\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For more current information and documents,\u00a0visit the Population and Housing\u00a0section of the National Office of Statistics (ONE):\u00a0http:\/\/www.one.gob.do\/Estadisticas\/263\/poblacion-y-vivienda<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to the results of the National Census of Population and\u00a0Housing1,\u00a0taking place in 2010,\u00a0the population of the Dominican Republic was\u00a09,445,281,\u00a0with a population density of 194.01 inhabitants\/km2.\u00a0 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC:\u00a0Total population by sex (2010\u00a0Census) Color \/\u00a0Race\u00a0 Both\u00a0sexes\u00a0 Men\u00a0 Women\u00a0 Total\u00a0 9,445,281\u00a0 100.0%\u00a0 4,739,038\u00a0 50.17%\u00a0 4,706,243\u00a0 49.83%\u00a0 \u00a0Source:\u00a0 IX\u00a02010 National Census of Population and\u00a0Housing.\u00a0National Office of Statistics, Santo … Continue reading “Population”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1520,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1087","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1087"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1087"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9747,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1087\/revisions\/9747"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dominicanaonline.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}