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Country Resource - Dominican Republic
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Dominican Republic

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  • 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

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