Dominican Republic

Quick facts

	President: Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona
	Capital	Santo Domingo
	Language	Spanish
	Population	10225482
	Land Area	48730
	Density	209.8

Estimated population

UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs

This data was obtained from the 2012 Revision of the World Population Prospects, which is a set of global demographic estimates and projections undertaken by the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat. Estimates are for the total population as of 1 July of the year indicated, and may be rounded to the nearest thousand.

Publications

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2023 OECD/IDB Digital Government Index of Latin America and the Caribbean: Results and key findings

Towards the sustainable development of the Caribbean Sea for present and future generations.

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Opportunities and challenges for agrifood trade between Central American Integration System and Caribbean Community countries

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Oportunidades y desafíos del comercio agroalimentario entre los países del Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana y la Comunidad del Caribe <sp>

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News

11/21/2024

Guyana Chronicle

Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator champions urgent climate finance action at COP29

11/20/2024

Jamaica Observer

80 per cent of businesses not prepared for climate-related disasters

11/17/2024

Trinidad and Tobago Newsday

Caribbean authors to promote climate justice at COP29

11/14/2024

World Bank expands lifeline to Small States hit by disasters

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Economic overview

The Dominican Republic is expected to post economic growth of around 3% in 2013 (compared with 3.9% in 2012), driven by agriculture, mining and quarries, construction and financial services. On the demand side, less government consumption during the first half of the year contributed to the economic slowdown.

Inflation may close the year at 5%, up from 3.9% in 2012 but still within the target range set by the monetary authorities. On the strength of fiscal consolidation efforts, the consolidated public sector deficit is expected to come in at around 4.3% at end-2013, down from 7.8% in 2012. (Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2013)