Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Santo Domingo
- Region
- Americas, Caribbean
- Population
- 11,520,487 (2025)
- Area
- 48,730 km²
- Currency
- Dominican peso (DOP)
- Languages
- Spanish
- Calling code
- +1-809 and 1-829
- Internet domain
- .do
- ISO codes
- DO, DOM, 214
- Time zone
- UTC-4:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ##### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
The Dominican Republic covers about 48,730 square kilometres. By area it ranks 133rd among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Slovakia and a little larger than Estonia. It shares a land border with 1 neighbour: Haiti. Its centre lies at about 19° north, 71° west, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 11.5 million people live in the Dominican Republic (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 85th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.14 percent of the world's people. On average there are 236 people to each square kilometre. About 73 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 74 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Spanish.
Money and economy
The currency is the Dominican peso (code DOP, symbol $). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 127 billion (2025), which is about US$ 11,059 for each person (2025).
Time
The Dominican Republic uses one time zone, UTC-4:00 (America/Santo Domingo). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Santo Domingo | 2,201,941 |
| Santiago de los Caballeros | 1,200,000 |
| Santo Domingo Oeste | 701,269 |
| Santo Domingo Este | 700,000 |
| San Pedro de Macorís | 217,899 |
| La Romana | 208,437 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Caribbean
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.