Dominican Republic Urban Population 1960-2024

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.
  • Dominican Republic urban population for 2023 was 9,570,242, a 1.65% increase from 2022.
  • Dominican Republic urban population for 2022 was 9,415,142, a 1.77% increase from 2021.
  • Dominican Republic urban population for 2021 was 9,251,516, a 1.9% increase from 2020.
  • Dominican Republic urban population for 2020 was 9,079,123, a 1.96% increase from 2019.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name Urban Population
China 910,895,447
Brazil 189,992,937
Russia 108,345,662
Mexico 104,796,621
Iran 68,892,205
Turkey 66,096,079
Colombia 42,894,219
South Africa 41,576,651
Thailand 38,491,230
Algeria 34,327,085
Iraq 32,580,810
Peru 27,111,853
Malaysia 27,006,299
Venezuela 25,504,192
Ecuador 11,785,978
Kazakhstan 11,577,724
Jordan 10,432,355
Romania 10,418,360
Dominican Republic 9,570,242
Guatemala 9,346,539
Cuba 8,678,273
Belarus 7,409,732
Azerbaijan 5,822,506
Libya 5,621,338
Bulgaria 4,932,158
Lebanon 4,788,127
Paraguay 4,332,984
Costa Rica 4,306,402
Serbia 3,779,753
Turkmenistan 3,518,889
Gabon 2,217,982
Botswana 1,949,449
Albania 1,773,980
Armenia 1,770,650
Jamaica 1,621,241
Bosnia 1,614,061
Namibia 1,429,326
Equatorial Guinea 1,276,538
North Macedonia 1,077,748
Fiji 549,774
Mauritius 515,350
Montenegro 422,094
Suriname 413,897
Guyana 221,054
Maldives 218,678
Belize 191,477
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 56,307
Dominica 52,593
Grenada 46,762
Samoa 39,512
American Samoa 38,308
St. Lucia 34,558
Marshall Islands 33,121
Tonga 24,960
Nauru 12,780
Tuvalu 7,549
Dominican Republic Urban Population - Historical Data
Year Population % of Total Change
2023 9,570,242 84.45 1.63%
2022 9,415,142 83.85 1.75%
2021 9,251,516 83.21 1.88%
2020 9,079,123 82.54 1.94%
2019 8,904,426 81.83 2.00%
2018 8,728,047 81.07 2.09%
2017 8,547,288 80.28 2.18%
2016 8,362,698 79.44 2.26%
2015 8,175,446 78.57 2.34%
2014 7,986,119 77.67 2.42%
2013 7,795,435 76.75 2.49%
2012 7,603,609 75.80 2.57%
2011 7,410,669 74.83 2.75%
2010 7,209,913 73.75 2.97%
2009 6,998,896 72.54 3.03%
2008 6,789,862 71.30 3.09%
2007 6,583,425 70.02 3.15%
2006 6,379,152 68.71 3.26%
2005 6,174,304 67.37 3.39%
2004 5,968,735 66.00 3.51%
2003 5,762,670 64.61 3.34%
2002 5,573,543 63.37 2.72%
2001 5,423,785 62.57 2.80%
2000 5,274,195 61.75 2.86%
1999 5,125,303 60.93 2.91%
1998 4,978,137 60.11 3.00%
1997 4,831,039 59.28 3.12%
1996 4,682,476 58.44 3.25%
1995 4,532,820 57.60 3.35%
1994 4,383,487 56.75 3.20%
1993 4,245,405 56.04 2.47%
1992 4,142,005 55.77 2.51%
1991 4,039,295 55.50 2.56%
1990 3,937,064 55.23 2.60%
1989 3,835,877 54.96 2.61%
1988 3,737,218 54.68 2.59%
1987 3,641,643 54.41 2.59%
1986 3,548,512 54.14 2.61%
1985 3,457,139 53.87 2.64%
1984 3,366,956 53.60 2.68%
1983 3,277,878 53.32 2.69%
1982 3,190,946 53.05 3.41%
1981 3,083,927 52.40 4.37%
1980 2,952,150 51.29 4.48%
1979 2,822,777 50.18 4.59%
1978 2,696,119 49.06 4.70%
1977 2,572,446 47.95 4.79%
1976 2,452,118 46.84 4.89%
1975 2,335,130 45.73 4.98%
1974 2,221,742 44.63 5.09%
1973 2,111,574 43.53 5.18%
1972 2,005,064 42.44 5.27%
1971 1,902,080 41.35 5.37%
1970 1,802,612 40.27 5.47%
1969 1,706,663 39.21 5.57%
1968 1,614,207 38.15 5.71%
1967 1,524,654 37.11 5.83%
1966 1,438,263 36.07 5.89%
1965 1,356,061 35.05 5.97%
1964 1,277,512 34.05 6.12%
1963 1,201,704 33.05 6.21%
1962 1,129,378 32.07 6.30%
1961 1,060,426 31.11 6.30%
1960 995,706 30.19 %