Americas · Caribbean
Capital: Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Explore the facts and rankings that shape Dominican Republic in Country Blitz, from its population and economy to its military, innovation, manufacturing, and neighboring countries.
Country Blitz power profile
Overall rank #85
Dominican Republic's Country Blitz power profile compares population, GDP, military expenditure, research-and-development spending, and manufacturing output across every playable country. A lower numerical rank represents a stronger position in that category.
Population
11.5M
#84 of 196
57th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI / UN population sources
View data source ↗GDP (Nominal)
$127.41B
#64 of 196
68th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Military Expenditure
$981.0M
#86 of 196
56th percentile
2024 · SIPRI via World Bank WDI
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Data unavailable
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Manufacturing Output
$15.63B
#64 of 196
68th percentile
2025 · World Bank WDI
View data source ↗Quick facts
- Capital
- Santo Domingo
- Region
- Americas
- Subregion
- Caribbean
- Country code
- DOM
- Neighbors
- Haiti
Three interesting facts
Dominican Republic shares land borders with 1 country: Haiti.
Dominican Republic spans roughly 48,671 square kilometers, placing it around 128th by area in this factbook.
Dominican Republic has only one land neighbor, creating an unusually concentrated overland connection.
Geography
Dominican Republic on the map
Dominican Republic is located in Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti. Its terrain is rugged highlands and mountains interspersed with fertile valleys. The climate is tropical maritime, little seasonal temperature variation, seasonal variation in rainfall. In area, the country is slightly more than twice the size of New Jersey.
Economy
Economic profile
Dominican Republic's economy is characterized by 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. Major industries include tourism, sugar processing, gold mining, textiles, cement, tobacco, electrical components, medical devices. Important agricultural products include sugarcane, bananas, papayas, plantains, avocados, rice, milk, watermelons, vegetables, pineapples (2023). Notable exports include medical instruments, tobacco, gold, garments, power equipment (2023).
Demographics
People and population
Dominican Republic has an estimated population of 10,771,504. Language and cultural traditions vary across Dominican Republic. The population includes mixed 70.4% (Mestizo/Indio 58%, Mulatto 12.4%), Black 15.8%, White 13.5%, other 0.3% (2014 est.). The urban population represents 84.4% of total population (2023).
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