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Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic is a country in Caribbean. Its capital city is Santo Domingo. About 10.6 million people live there, in an area of 48 671 square kilometres.
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Where is Dominican Republic?
Dominican Republic lies in Caribbean, on the continent of Americas.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 2 115 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 1 288 km long.
It shares a border with 1 country: Haiti.
How big is Dominican Republic?
Dominican Republic covers 48 671 square kilometres.
That is about 19 times the size of Luxembourg.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 128th largest.
If everybody spread out evenly, there would be about 218.3 people on every square kilometre.
Who lives in Dominican Republic?
About 10.6 million people live in Dominican Republic.
That is the 86th biggest population in the world.
People here speak Spanish.
They pay with the Dominican peso ($).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 73 years.
The land of Dominican Republic
The land in Dominican Republic sits on average 424 metres above sea level.
Its coast runs for about 1 288 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 64 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Dominican Republic different?
A dish the country is known for: rice, red beans and and meat.
Websites from here often end in .do.
Dominican Republic and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 1 live in Dominican Republic.
It takes up about 0.04 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Americas it is the 22nd largest of 35 countries, and the 15th most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Dominican Republic and its neighbours
Dominican Republic is about 1.8 times the size of Haiti, its largest neighbour.
Haiti has more people: 11.1 million against 10.6 million.
Nature and animals
Of the animals on this site, 1 live wild in Dominican Republic: Humpback whale.
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Questions children ask
What is the capital of Dominican Republic?
The capital of Dominican Republic is Santo Domingo. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Dominican Republic?
About 10.6 million people live in Dominican Republic, which makes it the 86th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
Which countries border Dominican Republic?
Dominican Republic borders Haiti — 1 neighbour in total.
How big is Dominican Republic?
Dominican Republic covers 48 671 square kilometres, making it the 128th largest country in the world. That is about 19 times the size of Luxembourg.
Which continent is Dominican Republic in?
Dominican Republic is in Americas, in the part called Caribbean.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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