Rural population share — all countries

Rural population share — Dominican Republic

Rural population share in the Dominican Republic in 2025 — 27.5%. Ranked 138 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 42.3 pp.

2025 27.5% −0.1 pp vs 2024
World rank 138of 217
Period maximum 69.8%1960
Period minimum 25.8%2011

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Rural population share — Dominican Republic, 1960–20252040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 69.8%1962: 68.1%1964: 66.1%1966: 64%1968: 61.9%1970: 59.8%1972: 57.4%1974: 55%1976: 52.5%1978: 50.3%1980: 48.5%1982: 47.4%1984: 46.6%1986: 46%1988: 45.6%1990: 45%1992: 44.4%1994: 43.5%1996: 42.2%1998: 40.5%2000: 38.7%2002: 36.7%2004: 34.1%2006: 30.7%2008: 27.5%2010: 25.8%2012: 25.8%2014: 25.8%2016: 25.9%2018: 26.2%2020: 26.7%2022: 27.6%2024: 27.6%2025: 27.5%
Change over the period: −42.3 pp Annual average: -0.65 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic 27.5%
World 42.2%
Caribbean computed 31%
Rural population share — Dominican Republic, by year Dominican Republic All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 27.5 −0.1 pp
2024 27.6 −0.1 pp
2023 27.6 +0.1 pp
2022 27.6 +0.5 pp
2021 27.1 +0.3 pp
2020 26.7 +0.3 pp
2019 26.5 +0.2 pp
2018 26.2 +0.2 pp
2017 26.1 +0.1 pp
2016 25.9 +0.1 pp
2015 25.9 +0.1 pp
2014 25.8 +0 pp
2013 25.8 +0 pp
2012 25.8 +0 pp
2011 25.8 −0.1 pp
2010 25.8 −0.6 pp
2009 26.4 −1.1 pp
2008 27.5 −1.5 pp
2007 29 −1.7 pp
2006 30.7 −1.8 pp
2005 32.4 −1.7 pp
2004 34.1 −1.5 pp
2003 35.6 −1.1 pp
2002 36.7 −1 pp
2001 37.7 −1 pp
2000 38.7 −1 pp
1999 39.6 −0.9 pp
1998 40.5 −0.8 pp
1997 41.4 −0.8 pp
1996 42.2 −0.7 pp
1995 42.9 −0.6 pp
1994 43.5 −0.5 pp
1993 44 −0.4 pp
1992 44.4 −0.4 pp
1991 44.7 −0.3 pp
1990 45 −0.3 pp
1989 45.3 −0.2 pp
1988 45.6 −0.2 pp
1987 45.8 −0.2 pp
1986 46 −0.3 pp
1985 46.3 −0.3 pp
1984 46.6 −0.3 pp
1983 46.9 −0.4 pp
1982 47.4 −0.5 pp
1981 47.9 −0.7 pp
1980 48.5 −0.8 pp
1979 49.3 −1 pp
1978 50.3 −1.1 pp
1977 51.4 −1.2 pp
1976 52.5 −1.2 pp
1975 53.7 −1.2 pp
1974 55 −1.2 pp
1973 56.2 −1.2 pp
1972 57.4 −1.2 pp
1971 58.6 −1.1 pp
1970 59.8 −1.1 pp
1969 60.8 −1.1 pp
1968 61.9 −1.1 pp
1967 62.9 −1.1 pp
1966 64 −1.1 pp
1965 65.1 −1 pp
1964 66.1 −1 pp
1963 67.1 −1 pp
1962 68.1 −0.9 pp
1961 69 −0.8 pp
1960 69.8

About the indicator

The share of population living outside urban settlements, as a percent of the total. It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and therefore inherits every particularity of national definitions of urban areas.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.