North America · Capital Santo Domingo

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic's best placing is 44th of 194 for population by area.

Best placing: #44Population by area
Top 10 placings: 0 / 17
Population: 11.5 million
Land area: 48,198 km²

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Best placings first. The bar shows how far up the ranking the Dominican Republic is.

Population by area

#44 of 194

239.02 people per km²

World Bank · 2025

Forest by area

#55 of 194

45.0 % of land area covered by forest

World Bank · 2023

GDP

#63 of 182

127,407,463,759 US$ (current prices)

4th in North America · World Bank · 2025

Rainfall

#65 of 179

1,410 mm of precipitation per year

17th in North America · World Bank · 2022

Airports by area

#77 of 191

6.64 airports per 10,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

GDP per person

#74 of 182

11,059 GDP per person (US$)

World Bank · 2025

Population

#84 of 195

11,520,487 people

6th in North America · World Bank · 2025

Coastline

#69 of 151

1,288 km of coastline

9th in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Railways by area

#65 of 133

10.29 km of railway per 1,000 km²

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Forest

#104 of 194

21,684 km² of forest

10th in North America · World Bank · 2023

Forest per person

#113 of 194

0.0019 km² of forest per person

World Bank · 2023

Airports

#115 of 193

32 airports

11th in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area

#127 of 194

48,198 km² of land

10th in North America · World Bank · 2023

Airports per person

#127 of 192

2.78 airports per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2025

Land area per person

#151 of 194

0.004 km² of land per person

World Bank · 2023

Railways per person

#108 of 134

43.05 km of railway per million people

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

Railways

#113 of 135

496 km of railway

7th in North America · Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) · 2014

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