The 2010 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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      Central America and the Caribbean

      Area:

      total: 48,670 sq km country comparison to the world: 131 land: 48,320 sq km

      water: 350 sq km

      Area - comparative:

      slightly more than twice the size of New Hampshire

      Land boundaries:

      total: 360 km

      border countries: Haiti 360 km

      Coastline:

      1,288 km

      Maritime claims:

      measured from claimed archipelagic straight baselines

      territorial sea: 6 nm

      contiguous zone: 24 nm

      exclusive economic zone: 200 nm

      continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin

      Climate:

      tropical maritime; little seasonal temperature variation; seasonal variation in rainfall

      Terrain:

      rugged highlands and mountains with fertile valleys interspersed

      Elevation extremes:

      lowest point: Lago Enriquillo −46 m

      highest point: Pico Duarte 3,175 m

      Natural resources:

      nickel, bauxite, gold, silver

      Land use:

      arable land: 22.49%

      permanent crops: 10.26%

      other: 67.25% (2005)

      Irrigated land:

      2,750 sq km (2003)

      Total renewable water resources:

      21 cu km (2000)

      Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

      total: 3.39 cu km/yr (32%/2%/66%)

      per capita: 381 cu m/yr (2000)

      Natural hazards:

      lies in the middle of the hurricane belt and subject to severe storms from June to October; occasional flooding; periodic droughts

      Environment - current issues:

      water shortages; soil eroding into the sea damages coral reefs; deforestation

      Environment - international agreements:

      party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

       Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes,

       Marine Dumping, Marine Life Conservation, Ozone Layer Protection,

       Ship Pollution, Wetlands

      signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea

      Geography - note:

      shares island of Hispaniola with Haiti

      People ::Dominican Republic

      Population:

      9,823,821 (July 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 86

      Age structure:

      0–14 years: 31.4% (male 1,543,141/female 1,488,016)

      15–64 years: 62.7% (male 3,087,351/female 2,960,319)

      65 years and over: 5.9% (male 264,476/female 306,751) (2010 est.)

      Median age:

      total: 25.8 years

      male: 25.6 years

      female: 26 years (2010 est.)

      Population growth rate:

      1.357% (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 91

      Birth rate:

      19.9 births/1,000 population (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 92

      Death rate:

      4.3 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 205

      Net migration rate:

      −2.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 173

      Urbanization:

      urban population: 69% of total population (2008)

      rate of urbanization: 2.6% annual rate of change (2005–10 est.)

      Sex ratio:

      at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female

      under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

      15–64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

      65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female

      total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

      total: 23.1 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: 90 male: 25.11 deaths/1,000 live births

      female: 21 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

      total population: 77.15 years country comparison to the world: 60 male: 75.01 years

      female: 79.38 years (2010 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

      2.47 children born/woman (2010 est.) country comparison to the world: 91

      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

      1.1% (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 51

      HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

      62,000 (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 59

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