URBANIZATION, POVERTY, AND CHILDREN IN LATIN AMERICA

DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILE

Total Population:
8,129,734 (July 1999 est.)

Urban Population: 
61.7% (1995 est.)

Rural Population: 
38.3% (1995 est.)

Three largest cities:

Santo Domingo 
(Population: 2.4 million, 1999 est.)

Santiago (de los Caballeros) 
(Population: 500,000, 1999 est.)

San Cristobal
(Population: 409,381, 1993 est.)

Population Age:

5-9 years — 967,749
10-14 years — 904,708 (1995 est.) 
0-14 years — 35% (male: 1,447,435; female: 1,393,122)
15-64 years — 61% (male: 2,501,206; female: 2,426,564)
65 years and over — 4% (male: 171,049; female: 190,358) (1999 est.)

Source: CIA-World Factbook 1999
Whitaker’s Almanack 2000
 

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