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GeographyLocation: Caribbean, eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola, between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east of Haiti
Area: Land boundaries: total 275 km, Haiti 275 km Coastline: 1,288 km
PeoplePopulation: 7,511,263 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate: 1.17% (1995 est.) Birth rate: 23.92 births/1,000 population Death rate: 6.15 deaths/1,000 population Net migration rate: -6.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population Infant mortality rate: 49.5 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: 2.72 children born/woman Ethnic divisions: white 16%, black 11%, mixed 73% Religions: Roman Catholic 95% Languages: Spanish
Literacy:
age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
Government
Names:
Type: republic Capital: Santo Domingo Independence: 27 February 1844 (from Haiti) Constitution: 28 November 1966
EconomyNational product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $24 billion National product real growth rate: 2.9% National product per capita: $3,070 Inflation rate (consumer prices): 14% Unemployment rate: 30%
Electricity:
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