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Dominican Republic

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Dominican Republic is a country. The capital city is Santo Domingo, located in the Caribbean region of Americas. It has a land area of 48,198 km², a population of 11,331,265 people and uses the currency Dominican peso. The President is Danilo Medina.

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currency: Dominican peso
capital city: Santo Domingo
region: Caribbean
continent: Americas
land area: 48,198 km²
population: 11,331,265 people
political leader: Danilo Medina (President)

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central government debt: 16.42 % of GDP
expense: 17.68 % of GDP
GDP: 121,444,279,313.93 current US$
inflation: 4.79 annual %
self-employed workers: 42.37 % of total employment
tax revenue: 13.82 % of GDP
unemployment: 5.55 % of total labor force
vulnerable employment: 38.30 % of total employment
armed forces personnel: 71,000 people
democracy score: 6.54
democracy type: Flawed democracy
individuals using the Internet: 84.60 % of population
military expenditure: 0.74 % of GDP
net migration: -34,915 people
press freedom: 2.80
proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments: 27.89 %
birth rate: 18.11 per 1,000 people
death rate: 6.07 per 1,000 people
health expenditure per capita: 416.90 current US$
health expenditure: 4.92 % of GDP
incidence of HIV: 0.37 per 1,000 uninfected population
hospital beds: 1.42 per 1,000 people
life expectancy at birth: 74
suicide mortality rate: 4.90 per 100,000 population
agricultural land: 24,290.00 km²
alternative and nuclear energy: 2.34 % of total energy use
carbon dioxide emissions (CO2): 31.35 Mt of CO2 equivalent
access to electricity: 98.10 % of population
electricity production from coal sources: 12.86 % of total
electricity production from natural gas sources: 22.03 % of total
electricity production from hydroelectric sources: 6.37 % of total
electricity production from nuclear sources: 0.00 % of total
electricity production from oil sources: 53.48 % of total
electricity production from renewable sources, excluding hydroelectric: 5.27 % of total
net energy imports: 86.72 % of energy use
fertility rate: 2.25 births per woman
forest area: 21,602 km²
fossil fuel energy consumption: 86.56 % of total
greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, CH4, N2O, HFCs, PFCs, SF6): 48.40 Mt of CO2 equivalent
median age: 23.70
methane emissions: 12.60 Mt of CO2 equivalent
nitrous oxide emissions: 2.83 Mt of CO2 equivalent
female population: 5,696,732 people
male population: 5,634,533 people
renewable energy consumption: 14.80 % of total final energy consumption
rural land area: 45,389.63 km²
rural population: 1,762,465 people
urban land area: 2,504.49 km²
urban population: 9,568,800 people
urban population living in areas where elevation is below 5 meters : 1.38 % of total population

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