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In the Caribbean Sea. The eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola. 28 percent of the Domincan Republic is forest (compared to 1 percent for Haiti, on the western side of the island). Capital: Santo Domingo
Figures unless otherwise stated are from the CIA Factbook.
Estimated per capita GDP:
2007 $9,200 (ranks 100th)
GDP annual growth rate estimated for 2007: 7.2 percent. (Ranks 38th)
Exports: ferronickel, sugar, gold, silver, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, meats, consumer goods, baseball players. As of 2003 84 percent of its exports went to the United States.
Deaths: 5.3. Births: 22.65, down from 23.28 in 2005
Estimated for July 2008: 9.5 million, up from 8.95 million in 2005. Growth rate estimated for 2008: 1.495 percent per year.
Density: 206 persons per square kilometer (2005).
More people leaving than arriving - a net loss of 2.4 persons per 1,000 population.
Infant mortality estimated for 2008: 26.93 (deaths before the age of one year, per 1,000 live births).
Average life expectancy estimated for 2008: 73.39, up from 67.26 in 2005
Living with HIV/AIDS, ages 15 to 49: 1.7 percent (2003).
SOURCES:
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/
Copyright © 2008 by Frank E. Smitha. All rights reserved.