Polity · 1846 CE – present
Dominican Republic
República Dominicana · República Dominicana · La Dominicana
- Peak recorded area
- 52,641 km²
- 1846 CE
- Rulers on record
- 9
- from 1965 CE
- Data series
- 397
- 1846 CE–2025 CE
Overview
The Dominican Republic is a country on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and a land border with Haiti to the west, occupying the eastern five-eighths of Hispaniola which, along with Saint Martin, is one of only two islands in the Caribbean shared by two sovereign states.
Lead section from Wikipedia, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article.
Territory
5 dated territorial extents on record from Cliopatria. Areas are measured off the recorded polygons; the line steps because each extent holds until the next one is recorded — nothing is interpolated. CShapes 2.0 holds 1 further extent, measured on a different basis and deliberately not merged into this series.
The record
The best-attested series in each category; where several projects publish the same quantity, the one with the most observations is shown. Each row is the most recent value the record holds at or before the last complete year, shown with the year that value belongs to. Some statistical series also publish forward projections — the year column is the honest guide. Nothing on this page is interpolated or estimated by us.
People
6 of 58 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Population216 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 11.5Mpersons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy165 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 73.99years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Net Migration141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | -35.3Kpersons2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Population Growth141 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 0.787% annual2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Female140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 77.23years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
| Life Expectancy Male140 obs · 1950 CE–2025 CE | 70.79years2025 CE · UN World Population Prospects 2024 |
Economy
6 of 154 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| GDP per capita PPP220 obs · 1800 CE–2019 CE | 13.4Kint'l $ (inflation adj.)2019 CE · Gapminder |
| Total Exports114 obs · 1894 CE–2014 CE | 10.2Kmillion USD (current)2014 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
| Total Imports114 obs · 1894 CE–2014 CE | 19Kmillion USD (current)2014 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
| Trade Balance114 obs · 1894 CE–2014 CE | -8,806.84million USD (current)2014 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
| Trade Openness114 obs · 1894 CE–2014 CE | 29.3Kmillion USD (current)2014 CE · CoW Bilateral Trade v4.0 |
| GDP Current Usd112 obs · 1960 CE–2025 CE | 127.4Bcurrent US$2025 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
Military
6 of 49 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Military Expenditure % GDP131 obs · 1958 CE–2024 CE | 0.7824% of GDP2024 CE · SIPRI Military Expenditure Database |
| CINC Score116 obs · 1894 CE–2016 CE | 0.0011CINC (share of world capability)2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Energy Consumption116 obs · 1894 CE–2016 CE | 6.7Mcoal-ton equivalents2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Iron Steel Production116 obs · 1894 CE–2016 CE | 0tons2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Personnel116 obs · 1894 CE–2016 CE | 56Kpersons2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
| Military Expenditure85 obs · 1924 CE–2016 CE | 455Mcurrent USD2016 CE · Correlates of War NMC v6.0 |
Territory & resources
6 of 58 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Arable Land %126 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 20.24% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Forest Area %68 obs · 1990 CE–2023 CE | 44.99% of land area2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Agricultural Land %63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 55.35%2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Arable Land per capita Ha63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 0.0861hectares per person2023 CE · World Bank World Development Indicators |
| Fao Agricultural Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 2.7Mha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
| Fao Arable Land63 obs · 1961 CE–2023 CE | 975.8Kha2023 CE · FAOSTAT |
Governance
6 of 25 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Rule Of Law Index215 obs · 1789 CE–2024 CE | 0.494index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Electoral Democracy Index214 obs · 1789 CE–2024 CE | 0.705index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Participatory Democracy Index213 obs · 1789 CE–2024 CE | 0.461index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Liberal Democracy Index180 obs · 1844 CE–2024 CE | 0.45index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Polity2158 obs · 1844 CE–2012 CE | 8index (-10 to 10)2012 CE · Clio-Infra |
| Regime Type124 obs · 1900 CE–2024 CE | 2RoW index (0-3)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
Development
6 of 53 series| Series | Value · year · source |
|---|---|
| Freedom Of Expression Index215 obs · 1789 CE–2024 CE | 0.902index (0-1)2024 CE · V-Dem v15 |
| Tech Radios122 obs · 1844 CE–1999 CE | 1,500count1999 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Railway Line Km105 obs · 1885 CE–1993 CE | 142km1993 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Commercial Vehicles61 obs · 1928 CE–1996 CE | 145count1996 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Passenger Cars61 obs · 1928 CE–1996 CE | 271Kcount1996 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
| Tech Telephones59 obs · 1913 CE–2003 CE | 902Kcount2003 CE · CHAT (Comin-Hobijn) |
Rulers
9 on record with dated reigns. Reign years follow the house convention: BCE years are negative.
- Jorge Luis FelipePresident1965 CE – 1966 CE
- Joaquín BalaguerHead of State1966 CE – 1978 CE
- Antonio Guzmán FernándezPresident1978 CE – 1982 CE
- Jacobo Majluta AzarPresident1982 CE
- Salvador Jorge BlancoPresident1982 CE – 1986 CE
- Leonel FernándezPresident1996 CE – 2000 CE
- Hipólito MejíaPresident2000 CE – 2004 CE
- Danilo MedinaPresident2012 CE – 2020 CE
- Luis AbinaderHead of State2020 CE –
Country profile
From the CIA World Factbook 2024. Long entries are trimmed at a sentence boundary.
- Location
- Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
- Government type
- presidential republic
- Executive branch
- chief of state: President Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona (since 16 August 2020); head of government: President Luis Rodolfo ABINADER Corona (since 16 August 2020); cabinet: Cabinet nominated by the president;
- Ethnic groups
- mixed 70.4% (Mestizo/Indio 58%, Mulatto 12.4%), Black 15.8%, White 13.5%, other 0.3% (2014 est.)
- Natural resources
- nickel, bauxite, gold, silver, arable land
- Economy
- surging middle-income tourism, construction, mining, and telecommunications OECS economy; major foreign US direct investment and free-trade zones; developing local financial markets; improving debt management; declining poverty
Language & currency
- Official & national languages
- Spanish
- Currency
- Dominican pesos (DOP)
Memberships
- 21-member Entente (1936)Historical alliance · member1936 CE – 1945 CE
- United NationsUNInternational organisation · founding member1945 CE –
- 20-member Defense Pact (1945)Military alliance · member1945 CE – 1947 CE
- 35-member Defense Pact (1947)Military alliance · member1947 CE –
Sources
Every figure above comes from one of these. Nothing on this page is estimated, interpolated or model-generated.
CHAT (Comin-Hobijn)2009 (FinalCHAT_72909)
Comin, D. & Hobijn, B. (2009). The CHAT Dataset. NBER Working Paper 15319.
NBER research data, freely downloadable
CIA World Factbook 2024
Clio-Infra2017 datasets
Clio-Infra project (2017). Reconstructions of global inequality and well-being. International Institute of Social History.
Academic use, attribution
Seshat Global History Databank. Cliopatria: a historical basemap of polity borders (cliopatria.geojson).
Correlates of War NMC v6.0v6.0
Singer, J.D. (1987). National Material Capabilities Data (NMC), v6.0. Correlates of War Project.
Free academic use, citation
Barbieri, K. & Keshk, O. (2016). Correlates of War Project Trade Data Set, v4.0.
Free academic use, citation
FAOSTAT2024 release
FAO (2024). FAOSTAT Statistical Database. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome.
CC BY 4.0
Gapminderv14 / systema globalis
Gapminder Foundation. Gapminder systema globalis dataset.
CC BY 4.0
SIPRI Military Expenditure Database2024
SIPRI (2024). Military Expenditure Database.
Free for non-commercial use, attribution
UN World Population Prospects 20242024
United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024.
CC BY 3.0 IGO
V-Dem v15v15
Coppedge, M. et al. (2025). V-Dem Country-Year Dataset v15. Varieties of Democracy Project.
Free academic/non-commercial use, attribution
Wikipedia contributors. Article lead sections, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0.
CC BY-SA 4.0
World Bank World Development Indicators2024 release
World Bank (2024). World Development Indicators. Washington, DC.
CC BY 4.0
Dominican Republic is one of the polities with a sourced record deep enough to publish.