Population in Dominican Republic

Measures the number of inhabitants of the Dominican Republic and how it changes over time. Published by the National Statistics Office (ONE), it is a structural indicator underpinning GDP per capita, population density and a wide range of per-head ratios.

Estimated from the population census and from records of births, deaths and net migration, which update the figure between censuses. It is usually reported as a population level at an annual reference date.

Demographics shape the Dominican economy's potential growth, its labour supply, consumption and public spending on pensions and healthcare. It rarely moves markets in the short term but frames long-run expectations for domestic demand and fiscal sustainability.

It is a low-frequency series: intercensal figures are estimates that get revised once new censuses or better migration data become available, and unrecorded migration can bias the count.