Dominican Republic vs. Haiti
Demographics
| Dominican Republic | Haiti | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 10,597,348 (July 2021 est.) | 11,198,240 (July 2021 est.) note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 26.85% (male 1,433,166/female 1,385,987) 15-24 years: 18.15% (male 968,391/female 937,227) 25-54 years: 40.54% (male 2,168,122/female 2,088,926) 55-64 years: 8.17% (male 429,042/female 428,508) 65 years and over: 6.29% (male 310,262/female 350,076) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 31.21% (male 1,719,961/female 1,734,566) 15-24 years: 20.71% (male 1,145,113/female 1,146,741) 25-54 years: 38.45% (male 2,110,294/female 2,145,209) 55-64 years: 5.3% (male 280,630/female 305,584) 65 years and over: 4.33% (male 210,451/female 269,228) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 27.9 years male: 27.8 years female: 28.1 years (2020 est.) | total: 24.1 years male: 23.8 years female: 24.3 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.92% (2021 est.) | 1.22% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 18.24 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 21.4 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 6.29 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 7.29 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -2.71 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | -1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.01 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.78 male(s)/female total population: 0.98 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 21.68 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.08 deaths/1,000 live births female: 19.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 41.29 deaths/1,000 live births male: 47.1 deaths/1,000 live births female: 35.42 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 72.28 years male: 70.57 years female: 74.06 years (2021 est.) | total population: 65.61 years male: 62.94 years female: 68.31 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.23 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 2.48 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.9% (2020 est.) | 1.9% (2020 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Dominican(s) adjective: Dominican | noun: Haitian(s) adjective: Haitian |
| Ethnic groups | mixed 70.4% (Mestizo/Indio 58%, Mulatto 12.4%), Black 15.8%, White 13.5%, other 0.3% (2014 est.) note: respondents self-identified their race; the term "indio" in the Dominican Republic is not associated with people of indigenous ancestry but people of mixed ancestry or skin color between light and dark | Black 95%, mixed and White 5% |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 72,000 (2020 est.) | 150,000 (2020 est.) |
| Religions | Roman Catholic 44.3%, Evangelical 13%, Protestant 7.9%, Adventist 1.4%, other 1.8%, atheist 0.2%, none 29.4%, unspecified 2% (2018 est.) | Protestant/Methodist/Adventist/Jehovah's Witness 51.8%, Roman Catholic 35.4%, Vodou 1.7%, none 11% (2016-17 est.) note: many Haitians practice elements of Vodou in addition to another religion, most often Roman Catholicism; Vodou was recognized as an official religion in 2003 |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | 1,900 (2020 est.) | 2,200 (2020 est.) |
| Languages | Spanish (official) major-language sample(s): La Libreta Informativa del Mundo, la fuente indispensable de información básica. (Spanish) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. | French (official), Creole (official) major-language sample(s): The World Factbook, une source indispensable d'informations de base. (French) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 93.8% male: 93.8% female: 93.8% (2016) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 61.7% male: 65.3% female: 58.3% (2016) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever | degree of risk: very high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial and protozoal diarrhea, hepatitis A and E, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria |
| Education expenditures | NA | 2.8% of GDP (2018) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 83.2% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.64% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 58% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 2.47% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 98.3% of population rural: 92% of population total: 96.7% of population unimproved: urban: 1.7% of population rural: 8% of population total: 3.3% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 91.5% of population rural: 55.4% of population total: 75% of population unimproved: urban: 8.5% of population rural: 44.6% of population total: 25% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 96.3% of population rural: 89.5% of population total: 95% of population unimproved: urban: 13.8% of population rural: 3.7% of population total: 5% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 80.6% of population rural: 40% of population total: 62.1% of population unimproved: urban: 19.4% of population rural: 60% of population total: 37.9% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 3.389 million SANTO DOMINGO (capital) (2021) | 2.844 million PORT-AU-PRINCE (capital) (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 95 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 480 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 4% (2013) | 9.5% (2016/17) |
| Health expenditures | 5.7% (2018) | 7.7% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 1.53 physicians/1,000 population (2011) | 0.23 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.6 beds/1,000 population (2017) | 0.7 beds/1,000 population (2013) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 27.6% (2016) | 22.7% (2016) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 20.9 years (2013 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 25-49 | 22.4 years (2016/7 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 25-49 |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 69.5% (2014) | 34.3% (2016/17) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 53.8 youth dependency ratio: 42.2 elderly dependency ratio: 11.6 potential support ratio: 8.6 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 60.4 youth dependency ratio: 52.1 elderly dependency ratio: 8.3 potential support ratio: 13.3 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
