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Dominican Republic: map and facts

The Dominican Republic is in the Caribbean. It has about 11.5 million people (2025), the 84th largest population. It covers 48,590 km², the 128th largest by area. That is about 237 people per km². Its highest point is Pico Duarte, at 3,101 m. The longest river on its map is the Yaque del Norte, 296 km from source to mouth.

The Dominican Republic and the land around it, with its rivers. The triangle marks its highest point, Pico Duarte; the circle marks its capital, Santo Domingo. Boundaries follow India’s official position.

Facts

Population: 11,520,487 (2025, World Bank)
Area: 48,590 km² (area as drawn on this map)
Capital: Santo Domingo
Highest point: Pico Duarte, 3,101 m (Wikidata)
Forest: 46.7% of the land (2024, World Bank)

Rivers

The longest rivers on the map of the Dominican Republic, with the length of each whole river (Wikidata):

Yaque del Norte: 296 km

Mountains and landscapes

Its highest peaks:

Pico Duarte: 3,101 m (its highest point)

Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: West Indies and Greater Antilles.

Land

Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): wooded savanna 35%, savanna 28.6%, evergreen broadleaf forest 19.1%, grassland 5.4%, farmland 5.1%, farmland with natural plants 2.8%.

Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 40.6%, hills 35.9%, plains 22.9%.

Forests covered 46.7% of its land in 2024, up from 44.1% in 1990 (World Bank).

Neighbours

The Dominican Republic shares land borders with Haiti on this map.

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Sources

India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.

Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.

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