Dominican Republic vs Spain

Spain is 10 times larger than Dominican Republic — 505,370 against 48,670 km². Spain is 4.3 times more populous than Dominican Republic — 49,355,143 against 11,520,487 people.

Side by side

Population density

Dominican Republic is 2.4 times more densely populated than Spain — 237 against 98 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

Practical differences

• Different currencies: the Dominican peso and the Euro.
• Spain spans 2 time zones, so "local time" there is not a single answer.
• Different continents — North America and Europe.

Dominican Republic

Shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. Pico Duarte at 3,098 m is the highest point in the Caribbean, and Lago Enriquillo, at about 40 m below sea level, is the lowest — both in the same country. The lake is saltier than the sea and holds American crocodiles.

Spain

After Switzerland, Spain is the most mountainous country in Europe, with an average elevation around 650 m. The Canary Islands sit off Africa, which is why part of Spain is on a different time zone and why Teide, at 3,715 m, is the country's highest point. Spain has more olive trees than any other country, around 340 million.

Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.