This statistic shows the biggest cities in Dominican Republic in 2022. In 2022, approximately 2.75 million people lived in Santo Domingo, making it the biggest city in Dominican Republic.

Population in the largest city (% of urban population) in Dominican Republic was reported at 36.93 % in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Dominican Republic - Population in the largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Dominican Republic DO: Population in Largest City data was reported at 3,094,465.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 3,018,681.000 Person for 2016. Dominican Republic DO: Population in Largest City data is updated yearly, averaging 1,483,522.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3,094,465.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 367,328.000 Person in 1960. Dominican Republic DO: Population in Largest City data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Dominican Republic – Table DO.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the urban population living in the country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; ;

Population in largest city in Dominican Republic was reported at 3587402 in 2024, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. Dominican Republic - Population in largest city - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on July of 2025.

Dominican Republic DO: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data was reported at 35.661 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 35.521 % for 2016. Dominican Republic DO: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data is updated yearly, averaging 37.629 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 41.110 % in 1982 and a record low of 35.361 % in 2013. Dominican Republic DO: Population in Largest City: as % of Urban Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Dominican Republic – Table DO.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Population in largest city is the percentage of a country's urban population living in that country's largest metropolitan area.; ; United Nations, World Urbanization Prospects.; Weighted Average;

This horizontal bar chart displays population (people) by capital city using the aggregation sum in Dominican Republic. The data is about countries per year.

The share of urban population in the Dominican Republic saw no significant changes in 2023 in comparison to the previous year 2022 and remained at around 84.45 percent. Nevertheless, 2023 still represents a peak in the share in the Dominican Republic. A population may be defined as urban depending on the size (population or area) or population density of the village, town, or city. The urbanization rate then refers to the share of the total population who live in an urban setting. International comparisons may be inconsistent due to differing parameters for what constitutes an urban center.Find more key insights for the share of urban population in countries like Antigua and Barbuda and Cuba.

This horizontal bar chart displays companies by city using the aggregation count in Dominican Republic. The data is about companies.

This horizontal bar chart displays urban land area (km²) by capital city using the aggregation sum in Dominican Republic. The data is about countries per year.

Cancún (Mexico) was the city with the largest international visitor spending in Latin America in 2018 with more than 5.3 billion U.S. dollars. It was followed by Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) with a total visitor spending of 4.45 billion dollars.

This horizontal bar chart displays fertility rate (births per woman) by capital city using the aggregation average, weighted by population female in Dominican Republic. The data is about countries per year.

This horizontal bar chart displays rural population (people) by capital city using the aggregation sum in Dominican Republic. The data is filtered where the date is 2021. The data is about countries per year.

DO：最大城市人口：占城镇人口百分比在12-01-2017达35.661%，相较于12-01-2016的35.521%有所增长。DO：最大城市人口：占城镇人口百分比数据按年更新，12-01-1960至12-01-2017期间平均值为37.629%，共58份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-1982，达41.110%，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-2013，为35.361%。CEIC提供的DO：最大城市人口：占城镇人口百分比数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于Global Database的多米尼加共和国 – 表 DO.世界银行：人口和城市化进程统计。

Abstract

Polluted air is a major health hazard in developing countries. Improvements in pollution monitoring and statistical techniques during the last several decades have steadily enhanced the ability to measure the health effects of air pollution. Current methods can detect significant increases in the incidence of cardiopulmonary and respiratory diseases, coughing, bronchitis, and lung cancer, as well as premature deaths from these diseases resulting from elevated concentrations of ambient Particulate Matter (Holgate 1999).

Scarce public resources have limited the monitoring of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) concentrations in developing countries, despite their large potential health effects. As a result, policymakers in many developing countries remain uncertain about the exposure of their residents to PM air pollution. The Global Model of Ambient Particulates (GMAPS) is an attempt to bridge this information gap through an econometrically estimated model for predicting PM levels in world cities (Pandey et al. forthcoming).

The estimation model is based on the latest available monitored PM pollution data from the World Health Organization, supplemented by data from other reliable sources. The current model can be used to estimate PM levels in urban residential areas and non-residential pollution hotspots. The results of the model are used to project annual average ambient PM concentrations for residential and non-residential areas in 3,226 world cities with populations larger than 100,000, as well as national capitals.

The study finds wide, systematic variations in ambient PM concentrations, both across world cities and over time. PM concentrations have risen at a slower rate than total emissions. Overall emission levels have been rising, especially for poorer countries, at nearly 6 percent per year. PM concentrations have not increased by as much, due to improvements in technology and structural shifts in the world economy. Additionally, within-country variations in PM levels can diverge greatly (by a factor of 5 in some cases), because of the direct and indirect effects of geo-climatic factors.

The primary determinants of PM concentrations are the scale and composition of economic activity, population, the energy mix, the strength of local pollution regulation, and geographic and atmospheric conditions that affect pollutant dispersion in the atmosphere.

Geographic coverage

The database covers the following countries: Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola
Antigua and Barbuda Argentina
Armenia Australia
Austria Azerbaijan
Bahamas, The
Bahrain Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus Belgium Belize
Benin
Bhutan
Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Brunei
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Comoros Congo, Dem. Rep.
Congo, Rep. Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador Egypt, Arab Rep.
El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia
Faeroe Islands
Fiji
Finland France
Gabon
Gambia, The Georgia Germany Ghana
Greece
Grenada Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong, China
Hungary Iceland India
Indonesia
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Iraq
Ireland Israel
Italy
Jamaica Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Korea, Dem. Rep.
Korea, Rep. Kuwait
Kyrgyz Republic Lao PDR Latvia
Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao, China
Macedonia, FYR
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Mauritania
Mexico
Moldova Mongolia
Morocco Mozambique
Myanmar Namibia Nepal
Netherlands Netherlands Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria Norway
Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico Qatar
Romania Russian Federation
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovak Republic Slovenia
Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Uruguay Uzbekistan
Vanuatu Venezuela, RB
Vietnam Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Yemen, Rep. Yugoslavia, FR (Serbia/Montenegro)
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Kind of data

Observation data/ratings [obs]

Mode of data collection

Other [oth]

In 2018, Cancún (Mexico) was the Latin American city with the largest number of international visitors, receiving a total of 6.04 million tourists. It was followed by Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) with 3.89 million international tourists that year.

DO：最大城市人口在12-01-2017达3,094,465.000人，相较于12-01-2016的3,018,681.000人有所增长。DO：最大城市人口数据按年更新，12-01-1960至12-01-2017期间平均值为1,483,522.000人，共58份观测结果。该数据的历史最高值出现于12-01-2017，达3,094,465.000人，而历史最低值则出现于12-01-1960，为367,328.000人。CEIC提供的DO：最大城市人口数据处于定期更新的状态，数据来源于World Bank，数据归类于全球数据库的多米尼加共和国 – 表 DO.世行.WDI：人口和城市化进程统计。

This horizontal bar chart displays social score (ESG) (/ 100) by city using the aggregation average in Dominican Republic. The data is about companies.

This horizontal bar chart displays greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6) (Mt of CO2 equivalent) by capital city using the aggregation sum in Dominican Republic. The data is about countries per year.