| Surface: |
48.730 sq km, or two-thirds of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola |
| Capital: |
Santo Domingo, with approximately 3 million inhabitants |
| Language: |
Spanish, and in border regions also Haitian Creole. |
| Currency: |
Dominican Peso = RD$; 1 peso = 100 centavos |
| Religion: |
75% Catholics, 4% Protestants, 2% other Christian churches, 1,5% Adventists, 0,3% Jehovah's Witnesses, 16% no religious affiliation |
| Staatform: |
Presidential Republic since 1966 |
| Flag: |
White cross, divided into two red and blue rectangles diagonally opposite each other. |
| Independence: |
Seclusion from Haiti on February 27, 1844. From March 18, 1861, it was again a Spanish colony at its own request. The country achieved final independence on September 14, 1863. |
| Population: |
about 11 million |
| Population growth: |
1,33% pro Jahr |
| Gross National Product: |
USD 13,5 billion, USD 2.383 per capita |
| Unemployment: |
approx 20% |
| Inflation rate: |
approx 10% |
| Foreign debt: |
approximately USD 10 billion |
| export: |
Sugar, coffee, cocoa, tobacco, iron, nickel, light industrial goods from the free trade zone |
