The Dominican Republic shares Hispaniola with Haiti and is the Caribbean's most visited destination. Santo Domingo was the first European settlement in the Americas.
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These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 233 people per km² rank 45 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
|---|---|
| Share of world population | 0.14 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of North America | 1.9% of its people, 0.216% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 18,792 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Slovakia (49,035 km²) |
| Closest in population | Jordan (11,439,213 people) |
Dominican Republic is the only country in our list that uses DOP.
The +1 code is shared with Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis and 4 more; the digits that follow tell the networks apart.