2019News

Population increases 23.35% in almost 20 years

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Dominican population increased 1,960,518 persons from 8,397,802 inhabitants to 10,358,320 at the end of 2018, reported the National Statistics Office (ONE). That is a 23.35% increase from 2000 to 2018, or an annual population increase of around 1.17%. The increase is almost equal for men (5,174,343 – 49.95%) and women (5,183,977 – 50.05%). There are slightly more women now than in the past. The ratio in the past was 50.2% men and 49.8% women.

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12 February 2019