Dominican Republic: flag, capital & map
Get to know Dominican Republic, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Santo Domingo
- Region
- North America
- Subregion
- Caribbean
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 11,520,487
- Area
- 48,671 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Spanish
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Dominican Peso (DOP)
- Land neighbours
- Haiti
The Dominican Republic is a country in the Caribbean. Its capital is Santo Domingo.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Dominican Republic
The flag of the Dominican Republic is divided into four rectangles by a centered white cross that extends to the edges of the field and bears the national coat of arms in its center. The upper hoist-side and lower fly-side rectangles are blue and the lower hoist-side and upper fly-side rectangles are red.
Where it is
Dominican Republic is grouped in Caribbean, within Roam’s North America region. Its land-border list includes 1 country in this atlas: Haiti. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Dominican Republic has a recorded area of 48,671 square kilometres. Among the 13 countries assigned to Caribbean in this dataset, it ranks 2 by area, from largest to smallest. Cuba is immediately above it in that ordering, at 109,884 km². Haiti is immediately below it, at 27,750 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 11,520,487 people for Dominican Republic in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 237 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Spanish. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Dominican Peso (DOP). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Dominican Republic?
Reveal answer
Santo Domingo. The Dominican Republic is a country in the Caribbean. Its capital is Santo Domingo.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Dominican Republic?
Reveal answer
The flag of the Dominican Republic is divided into four rectangles by a centered white cross that extends to the edges of the field and bears the national coat of arms in its center. The upper hoist-side and lower fly-side rectangles are blue and the lower hoist-side and upper fly-side rectangles are red.
Which land neighbours of Dominican Republic are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
Haiti. The source classifies Dominican Republic as not landlocked.
Which languages does the source list for Dominican Republic?
Reveal answer
Spanish. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Dominican Republic.
Which currency codes are listed for Dominican Republic?
Reveal answer
Dominican Peso (DOP). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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