This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
General information
Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico | |
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Region: | Caribbean | Caribbean |
Area: | 48,670 km² | 8,870 km² |
Official language: | Spanish | Spanish |
Government form: | Presidential republic | Presidential democracy (unincorporated territory of the US) |
Capital: | Santo Domingo | San Juan |
Population
Details for the Dominican Republic and Puerto RicoDominican Republic | Puerto Rico | |
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Population: | 11,118,000 | 3,264,000 |
Inhabitants/km²: | 228.4 | 367.9 |
Life expectancy males: | Ø 69 years | Ø 74 years |
Life expectancy females: | Ø 77 years | Ø 83 years |
Average age: | Ø 27.9 years | Ø 43.6 years |
Birth rate: | 18.78 ‰ | 5.60 ‰ |
Death rate: | 6.46 ‰ | 9.60 ‰ |
Migrationrate: | -2.68 ‰ | -11.90 ‰ |
Quality of life
Values from 0 (bad) to 100 (very good)See also: Explanations and country ranking on quality of life
Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico | |
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Political stability: | 53 | 67 |
Civil rights: | 43 | 67 |
Health: | 49 | 86 |
Climate: | 61 | 71 |
Cost of Living: | 49 | 22 |
Popularity: | 30 | 9 |
Economy
Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico | |
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Currency: | Dominican peso (1 DOP = 100 Centavos) | US dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
Unemployment rate: | 8.5 % | 8.3 % |
Cost of Living: (USA = 100%) | 45.81 % | 97.69 % |
Commercial taxes and contributions: | 48.80 % | 64.40 % |
Average income: | 8,100 US$ | 22,580 US$ |
Corruption index: | 70 (very bad) | 37 (moderate) |
DOM: total | per 1000 inh. | PRI: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Gross domestic product: | 94,243 M US$ | 8.48 M US$ | 106,526 M US$ | 32.64 M US$ |
Gross national product: | 90,006 M US$ | 8.10 M US$ | 73,678 M US$ | 22.58 M US$ |
Exported goods: | 20,509 M US$ | 1.84 M US$ | 73,170 M US$ | 22.42 M US$ |
Imported goods: | 28,541 M US$ | 2.57 M US$ | 49,010 M US$ | 15.02 M US$ |
Infrastructure
DOM: total | per 1000 inh. | PRI: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Roadways: | 19,705 km | 1.77 km | 26,862 km | 8.23 km |
Passenger airports: | 8 | 0.0007 | 6 | 0.0018 |
Energy balance
Details for the Dominican Republic and Puerto RicoDOM: total | per 1000 inh. | PRI: total | per 1000 inh. | |
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Energy consumption: | 15.64 bn kWh | 1.41 m kWh | 19.48 bn kWh | 5.97 m kWh |
Energy production: | 18.03 bn kWh | 1.62 m kWh | 20.95 bn kWh | 6.42 m kWh |
CO2 emissions: | 27.23 m t | 2,449.21 t | 19.85 m t | 6,082.27 t |
Telecommunication
Details for the Dominican Republic and Puerto RicoDominican Republic | Puerto Rico | |
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International dialing: | +1809 | +1809 |
Internet domain: | .do | .pr |
DOM total | DOM per 1000 inh. | PRI total | PRI per 1000 inh. | |
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Landlines: | 1,155,493 | 104 | 711,512 | 218 |
Mobile cellulars: | 8,989,587 | 809 | 3,483,570 | 1067 |
Internet server: | 404,500 | 36 | 469 | 0 |
Internet users: | 8,423,406 | 758 | 2,536,994 | 777 |
Broadband Internet: | 1,084,919 | 98 | 671,284 | 206 |
Healthcare system
Details for the Dominican Republic and Puerto RicoDominican Republic | Puerto Rico | |
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Hospital beds per 1000 inh.: | 1.56 | 3.32 |
Physicians per 1000 inh.: | 1.56 | 1.75 |
Diabetes: | 8.6 % | 13.7 % |
Tuberculosis: | 0.45 ‰ | 0.01 ‰ |
Tuberculosis cure rate: | 84.0 % | 74.0 % |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico
Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico | |
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Daytime temperatures: | 31.7 °C | 30.4 °C |
Nighttime temperatures: | 22.8 °C | 24.1 °C |
Water temperature: | 27.3 °C | 27.1 °C |
Rel. humidity: | 83 % | 75 % |
Rain days: | 10.4 | 13.5 |
Sunshine hours per day: | 7.6 | 8.1 |
Native languages
Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico | |
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Spanish: | 98.0 % | 51.3 % |
English: | n/a | 47.4 % |
Creole-French: | 2.0 % | n/a |
other: | 0.0 % | 1.3 % |
Religions
Dominican Republic | Puerto Rico | |
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Christianity: | 95.0 % | 85.0 % |
other: | 5.0 % | 15.0 % |