People [1]

People

Population 11,584,996 (2022)
Population Growth Rate 1.193 annual % (2022)
Age Dependency Ratio 57.776 % of working-age population (2022)
Urban Population 58.82 % of total (2022)
Infant Mortality Rate 45.4 per 1,000 live births (2021)
Life Expectancy at Birth 63.192 years (2021)

Age Distribution - % of Total Population (2022)

Energy [2]

Electricity

Ranking
Production 0.99 billion kWh (2021) #149
Consumption 0.37 billion kWh (2021) #171
Exports 0 billion kWh (2021) #96
Imports 0 billion kWh (2021) #118
Renewable Electricity Generation 0.13 billion kWh (2021) #152

Oil

Ranking
Production 0 thousand bbl/day (2021) #119
Consumption 18.88 thousand bbl/day (2021) #136
Exports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #87
Imports (Refined) [3] 0 thousand bbl/day (2013) #85
Proved Reserves (Crude) 0 billion bbl (2021) #100

Natural Gas

Ranking
Production (Gross) 0 billion cu ft (2015) #97
Consumption (Dry) 0.12 billion cu ft (2021) #120
Exports (Dry) 0 billion cu ft (2021) #57
Imports (Dry) 0.12 billion cu ft (2021) #84
Proved Reserves 0 trillion cu ft (2021) #100

Other [3]

Technology

Airports 14 (2013)
Cellular Telephones 6,399,044 (2018 est.)
Highways 4,266 km (2009)
Internet Users 1,282,686 (2016 est.)
Telephones 5,922 (2018 est.)

Geography & Environment

LocationCaribbean, western one-third of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, west of the Dominican Republic
Total Area27,750 sq. km
Land Area27,560 sq. km
Water Area190 sq. km
Coastline1,771 km
Climatetropical; semiarid where mountains in east cut off trade winds
Terrainmostly rough and mountainous
Lowest PointCaribbean Sea 0 m
Highest Point Chaine de la Selle 2,680 m

Sources

  1. The World Bank Date Accessed: 9/11/2023
  2. U.S. Energy Information Administration
  3. CIA World Factbook Date Accessed: 5/9/2020