!!!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.) \\