!!!Dominican Republic: People & Society ||Population|10,606,865 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Dominican(s) \\ ''adjective'': Dominican \\ ||Ethnic groups|mixed 73%, white 16%, black 11% ||Languages|Spanish (official) ||Religions|Roman Catholic 95%, other 5% ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 27.06% (male 1,460,389/female 1,410,226) \\ ''15-24 years'': 18.3% (male 989,020/female 952,375) \\ ''25-54 years'': 39.54% (male 2,146,082/female 2,047,860) \\ ''55-64 years'': 7.67% (male 409,166/female 403,977) \\ ''65 years and over'': 7.43% (male 363,791/female 423,979) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 57.8% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 47.3% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 10.5% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 9.5% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 27.8 years \\ ''male'': 27.6 years \\ ''female'': 28 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|1.21% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|18.6 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|4.6 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|-1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Population distribution|coastal development is significant, especially in the southern coastal plains and the Cibao Valley, where population density is highest; smaller population clusters exist in the interior mountains (Cordillera Central) ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 79% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 2.6% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|SANTO DOMINGO (capital) 2.945 million (2015) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 1.01 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.86 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 1.03 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Mother's mean age at first birth|21.3 \\ ''__note__'': median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2013 est.) \\ ||Maternal mortality rate|92 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 18.1 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 20 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 16.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 78.1 years \\ ''male'': 75.9 years \\ ''female'': 80.5 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|2.31 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|73% (2009/10) ||Health expenditures|4.4% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|1.49 physicians/1,000 population (2011) ||Hospital bed density|1.7 beds/1,000 population (2011) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 85.4% of population \\ rural: 81.9% of population \\ total: 84.7% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 14.6% of population \\ rural: 18.1% of population \\ total: 15.3% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 86.2% of population \\ rural: 75.7% of population \\ total: 84% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 13.8% of population \\ rural: 24.3% of population \\ total: 16% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|1.03% (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|67,900 (2015 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|3,100 (2015 est.) ||Major infectious diseases|''degree of risk'': high \\ ''food or waterborne diseases'': bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever \\ ''vectorborne diseases'': dengue fever \\ \\ ''__note__'': active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) \\ ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|23% (2014) ||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|4% (2013) ||Education expenditures|2.1% of GDP (2007) ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 91.8% \\ ''male'': 91.2% \\ ''female'': 92.3% (2015 est.) \\ ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 13 years \\ ''male'': 13 years \\ ''female'': 14 years (2014) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 31.4% \\ ''male'': 22.2% \\ ''female'': 46.7% (2013 est.) \\