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title: "Dominican Republic — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Dominican Republic: capital Santo Domingo, area 48,670 km², population 11,520,487 (2025), currency Dominican peso. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/dominican-republic/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Dominican Republic

**Dominican Republic: Capital Santo Domingo**

48,670 km² · 11,520,487 people (2025) · Dominican peso

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.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Santo Domingo
- **Area:** 48,670 km² — 18,792 sq mi
- **Population:** 11,520,487 (2025)
- **Density:** 236.7 people per km²
- **Currency:** Dominican peso (DOP, $)
- **Official language:** Spanish
- **Time zone:** UTC-04:00
- **Calling code:** +1
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** DO · DOM
- **Continent:** North America

## How it compares

- **By area:** 129 of 200
- **By population:** 85 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Costa Rica | 51,100 | 5,152,950 |
| Slovakia | 49,035 | 5,413,813 |
| Dominican Republic ← | 48,670 | 11,520,487 |
| Estonia | 45,228 | 1,366,475 |
| Denmark | 43,094 | 6,009,169 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Dominican Republic?

Santo Domingo

### What currency does Dominican Republic use?

The Dominican peso (DOP).

### How big is Dominican Republic?

48,670 km², or 18,792 square miles — 129 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Dominican Republic drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Costa Rica](https://atoneplace.net/country/costa-rica/)
- [Slovakia](https://atoneplace.net/country/slovakia/)
- [Estonia](https://atoneplace.net/country/estonia/)
- [Denmark](https://atoneplace.net/country/denmark/)
- [United States](https://atoneplace.net/country/united-states/)
- [Mexico](https://atoneplace.net/country/mexico/)
- [Canada](https://atoneplace.net/country/canada/)
- [Guatemala](https://atoneplace.net/country/guatemala/)
- [Haiti](https://atoneplace.net/country/haiti/)
- [Honduras](https://atoneplace.net/country/honduras/)
- [Cuba](https://atoneplace.net/country/cuba/)
- [Nicaragua](https://atoneplace.net/country/nicaragua/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]