The statistics from the 2022 National Census reveal the average age is 29 years.
Carlos Hernandez of the National Statistics Office explains the DR is enjoying what is known as the “demographic bonus,” when the majority of a country’s inhabitants are of productive age. The demographic bonus is described as the condition in which the productive age population is more than the non-productive population.
Hernandez told Diario Libre that this is “the moment of opportunity to generate wealth, where the working-age population exceeds the dependent population.” The demographic bonus happens when the child population (under 15) has decreased and the elderly population (over 65) has not yet aged as much. He says this is a unique and unrepeatable state in the natural evolution of populations.
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Diario Libre
1 November 2023