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Dominican Republic

 

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 Dominican Republic
All information: Dominican Republic
 		 Spain
All information: Spain
 
Area:48,670 km² 505,935 km²
Population:10,627,000 46,797,000
Official language:Spanish Spanish

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Government

Government form:Presidential republic Parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Independent since:1844 n.Chr. 1492 n.Chr.
Capital:Santo Domingo Madrid


Population

Inhabitants per km²:218.4 92.5
Life expectancy males:70.8 years 80.7 years
Life expectancy females:77.2 years 86.1 years
Average age:25.8 years 41.4 years
Birthrate:19.51 ‰ 7.90 ‰
Deathrate:6.15 ‰ 9.10 ‰
Migrationrate:-2.70 ‰ 7.00 ‰


Quality of life

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Political stability:66 60
Civil rights:33 81
Health:44 85
Security:72 97
Climate:57 75
Cost of Living:69 42
Popularity:34 96


Economy

Currency:Dominican Peso (1 DOP = 100 Centavos)  Euro (1 EUR =100 Cent)
Unemployment rate:5.8 % 14.0 %
Inflation rate:1.81 % 0.70 %
Cost of Living:68.40 % 87.60 %
Commercial taxes and contributions:48.80 % 47.00 %
Average income:6,932 € 26,208 €
Corruption index:28 (very bad) 62 (moderate)
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Gross domestic product:76,423 Mio €7.19 M € 1,267,568 M €27.09 M €
Gross national product:73,700 Mio €6.94 M € 1,224,643 M €26.17 M €
Exported goods:18,036 M €1.70 M € 445,171 M €9.51 M €
Imported goods:21,087 M €1.98 M € 410,837 M €8.78 M €

Infrastructure

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Roadways:19,705 km1.85 km 683,175 km14.60 km
Railways:496 km0.05 km 15,333 km0.33 km
Harbours:370.003 1190.003
Airports:360.003 1350.003


Energy balance

 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Energy consumption:15.64 bn kWh1.47 m kWh 239.50 bn kWh5.12 m kWh
Energy production:18.03 bn kWh1.70 m kWh 258.60 bn kWh5.53 m kWh
Energy export:0.00 kWh0.00 kWh 14.18 bn kWh303,013.86 kWh
Energy imports:0.00 kWh0.00 kWh 21.85 bn kWh466,914.86 kWh
CO2 emissions:21.54 m t2,026.88 t 233.98 m t4,999.87 t


Telecommunication

International dialing:+1809 +34
Internet domain:.do .es
 
 totalper 1000 people totalper 1000 people
Landlines:1,277,247120 19,484,361416
Mobile phones:8,937,647841 54,161,0141,157
Internet server:404,50038 4,228,00090
Internet users:7,951,701748 40,295,207861



Healthcare system

Hospital beds/1000 inh.:1.60 3.00
Physicians per 1000 inh.:1.56 4.07
Diabetes sufferers:8.6 % 6.9 %
HIV sufferers:0.40 % 0.13 %
Tuberculosis sufferers:0.5 % 0.1 %
Tuberculosis cure rate:74.0 % 61.0 %
Smokers:13.7 % 29.3 %

Climate

Detailed info for: Dominican Republic and Spain

Daytime temperatures:32.2 °C 21.1 °C
Nighttime temperatures:22.0 °C 11.4 °C
Water temperature:27.3 °C 17.6 °C
Relative humidity:83 % 67 %
Absolute humidity:24 g/m³ 10 g/m³
Rain days per year:115.2 70.8
Sunshine hours per day:7.8 7.0


Native languages

Spanish:98.0 % 74.0 %
Catalan:n/a 17.0 %
Galecian:n/a 7.0 %
Creole-French:2.0 % n/a
Basque:n/a 2.0 %


Religions

Christianity:95.0 % 94.0 %
other:5.0 % 6.0 %