Republica Dominicana

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Population: 9,049,595 (July 2005 est.)

Life expectancy
Female: 69.35 years
Male: 65.98 years
Average: 67.63 years

Age structure:
0-14 years: 34% (male 1,505,964; female 1,438,809)
15-64 years: 61% (male 2,815,544; female 2,703,012)
65 years and over: 5% (male 226,372; female 260,333) (2005 est.)

Population growth rate: 1.47% (2006 est.)

Birth rate: 23.28 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Death rate: 7.35 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Net migration rate: 3.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 32.38 deaths/1,000 live births male: 34.81 deaths/1,000 live births female: 29.84 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 71.44 years
male: 69.94 years
female: 73.03 years (2005 est.)

Total fertility rate: 2.86 children born/woman (2005 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Dominican(s)
adjective: Dominican

Ethnic groups: Mixed 73%, White 11%, Black 16%, Native American (Taino) 0.1% Religions: Roman Catholic 95%, other 5%

Languages: Spanish (official); Haitian Creole spoken by Haitians, English (Mostly spoken by the upper class, U.S soldiers on military bases, motel and hotel workers and by British and United states immigrants that are permenently living in the country) Haitian Creole (Kreyòl ayisyen) is a creole language based on the French language. ...

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 84.7%
male: 84.6%
female: 84.8% (2003 est.)

See also : Dominican Republic